The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-08-14


Now, if you wish to pay $1,000 to Mira.
Bailiy, instead of the land, when this treaty
is ratified, the money will re IN your hares
You can pay to Mrs. q. and to Scott
Campbeli's heirs, as much or rs little as yoH
please /; you have the power 10 dispose of
ii as you desire.
Little Grow pow arose and said thar ha
had been Trough: up ani always lived 10
country where there was woods, AMI in
which could be found something TwiIsl to
live upon. The land ser apart for their
home, was too much prairie. He wanted
the reservation EXTENDED down to Traverse
DIES Sioux, and then they would have woods
sufficient, aud be would is,ak. no further
objection
One of the soldiers, Sha -ko PEGS brother,
now came forward; AID in loud al We
hamcnt manner, claimed to represen; their
wishes and feelings in contradiction To those
of the chiefs. He said the chiefs diil't
seem to do anything. He wac Of The sol
diers, one Of the people who owned the
land. He objected like Little Crow 10 Ii.
reservation, as being too high up asDeHg
the prairies and indicated the Big lake or
Fails creek as the place where he thought
the Indians would wish TO live and die--io
stay without end The soliiers, he said,
were satisfied with all the other part Of lha
treaty. s--fF
Coz Ramsey :-Saif ne had great re-
gar'! for the warrior who had last spoken.
Y OH talk out boldly, and like a man. am
glad 10 hear you say for tie soldiers, tina;
they like the treaty in all respects bus one
AS my brother Commissioner has remark
ed it is impossible To make treaty salts
factory 10 ALL We have come as near 10
il, as we are likely ever to come. Bat,
repeat, am glad to hear from him, a. ne
speaks for the soldiers, that they are sasis-
fed. w bat we wanted was TO hear their
wishes expressed; and having heard hem,
we will now consent TO coEae down vi'h the
reservation TO Little Rock river, which
gives them timber enough.
Zone Of the soldiers now made sonle
rambling remarks, mainly abou, thu treaty
of peace with the Chippewas VII CHI no
said the latter had not kept, aud he wished
the treaty destroyed, and TO be allowed 20
go 10 war.
The chief, Wah- koo-tay, said Fathers,
your counsel and advice is very good 10 In
dams; bat there are great many diierrnt
minds and different opinions; and II apIicars
almost impossible to get an asfecnsni,
though we have all been consulting SD many
days.
Fathers: You have come with the ords
OF our Great Father, and have put i!se.n an
this paper; hut the Indians are afraid i may
he changed hereafter. ] say this in good
feeling. Perhaps you think many Of these
thngs will he altered at w sshiBgton your
selves You have been asked greai many
questions; and have answered yes 10 them.
If all prove true as you say, II viii be very
good indeed. But when we were az Wash
ington, the chiefs were told many .hnse
which wheu VIC came back here, auG 81
tempted to carry out, we found couia nlt
he done. At the end OF three or fc;,r sars,
the Indians found out very diftereut from
what they had been told and ui were
asharned
hope when the people situ this ,rcH'y,
yon will take and deliver it TO the President
as il is. ! want you to write first tbat |
wish the country for our home to he fesery-
ed south of where | now live was nor
brought Up in prairie country, b. among
woods and would like TO go 10 q tyact oi
land called Pine Island, which is IA good
place for Indians. | want you to " re his
: in the treaty. mention to you my wishes
/ in this respect; but If YOU do not think IL
can be complied with, and is not right ni,J
Just, ] will say 10 more about H. This
chief farther expressed himself pleas ed wi'h
the band payment, and the provisions Of
the treaty generally but made a com iaint
about the present system of farming auseBy
them.
Governor Ramsey replied Say 60 Wa
koo-tay, that he is man Away listen %
with q grea, deal of respect. On nm, tcc,..
sion have paid particular attention ID ,,-
cry thing he has SAID. ! am sati-iitI f,o.n
The good sense he has always shown, ;ia,
he will understand lbe dItiiculies Nbirh
surround this question; how impos lie !. Is
10 consult the wishes of every chic aDd ind
vi,lunl. One of the soldiers has SAIL ihey
wanted TO go up nearer the Chinpcwas,
their old enemies. The chief has request
ed 10 go south, IN another direction. Thu,
every Indian here would perhar> want 20
go in different direction. To scatter YOU
about, would only weaken you, anI d. .,.
good. The country we have selected f0r
you, is on both sides OF river. ] & good
country, and is near the W aiI-pay -touns end
See see-loans. your brothers. 4 0e bat
first written 1t, we supposed it lfas l-sza
enough for you, Bat as the soldiers through
SKIS brother, have requested 1t, Ns have
come much further down the river, aal civ
en- you much more extensive boluiaiies -
This is he place where your annuil.es v.5ii
be paid, where the improvements for rour
benefit will be made--and which vou can
know as your home. But for many years
until the whites want it, youw II he aLie to
hunt over the large country you SCI iDst as
you hunted before. We will tale are O.
let you know in time how much OF the
country you must iall back from. 4 great
deal could be talked about; bu, it is useless
to say more. You cannot have cuEiid eu.e
IN US and in your Great Father. w ,,ieAl
talk month, and no business be do-g
One of The soldiers, brother OF Wa
ba-sha, here made long, raulblir e, dizcon-
necied speech, which the Interpr, els even
found some difficulty in understarIiar
Wa-ba-she himself now arose end ad-
dressed the Commissioners wishing t9
know whether il was designed to dsslrrtis.i
the chiefs and 2d chiefs, by mark OF ,i,s-
tinction, and to allow them greater SAY. &c.
Coz. Lea:--We have listened T. Na-ha-
sha with pleasure. lie is now ta,kinr more
like a man than before We fly agree
with him. The chiefs ought to b. iistu-
gulshed in some way from the 9ber ~
dians and our endeavor will be tereai3er
IN iii II sh them I, IL dino to t.,.tr 80.