New-York daily tribune., 1851-08-01
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Let, The Cui Heal band, numbering 80 Chief,
waunah,lw, txho Is also head chief Of this d.
viSl0n)
a. Inc ho-do-rot eat ouf ilo-covs num-
her Ito
II, reNt d!v.slon : the Teiors. Chefs and p0pu-
latioL unknown. 1as bands 2ic
1t OgOidNla
ID rhe sioune and probably some others.
The next csyl>ion Is hat o. the Nanketons oi IN
Missouri. CT whose th.eiS ami numbers have no
reliable information. These are The Sioux, "ttl are
al Cd ~ Lewis and Clark, The Big Devils
We row cross the Missouri River into TIE Iief-
rite hound ares of the Wild Teton 5antS, oi whom
little : known. whose buffalo ranges extend Souia-
westerly 20 tie L,aG a;erS % The Arkansas, mere
manehes OF the southwest. Along the northern ooan-
cary oi this far extending region the ASS4nloOln>.
twho were originally Sioux. but not ID tkOid
SIOUX the Manfaus, Greeks, krCeS. BacNioot AM
o;h,r bands OF various origin, i've IN wreiche say
age independence, accupying region extending ar
north n British America.
radical error IN the political and social oonA.-
ton OF these people, in opinion. their cOmmuu-
ism wan; OF protection IN Tie possession OF mil
y.oual property. II secure the enloymont OF the
fruits ol their individual labOrS, taerc would be th.
economy. avarce, - that good Old gen,lcmanly
vice. gradual accreuon OF wealth. and taste for
the comforts and luxuries of civilization which
would soon advance them beyond the savage cOnl,-
ton OF Hottcniots. In their present condition. the
Indian who raises 4 busnel OF corn must divide Il
with the whole band. know an instance of a Sioux.
who determined 20 provide himself With fuel, ike
white man. instead Of Depending upon his wife 70 20
out INTO the woods ana cone III win 4 BACK loat Oi
iaggotS, whenever he needed hTe. lie bought a
Red River cant and haneSSed his hOrse, and com
m6nced hauling up his wood. Not only was his WOOL
taken away fast he hauled H. but ms neighb,rS
were 50 nconsed that he should presume 10 reap The
benefit OF his own industry, that they Killed his IA
yOrlt dog IN revenge. As he did not deS>t from en-
croachlng uGon the exclusive privilege of the SQua~S
fh.r -h.tfsI Al fN.af
his horse The only cure for this wrctchei condi-
ton Of the Sioux isnort of taking their infants
from them and educating them among whites, en-
troy away from the ulgwLm,l II 10 put them IN
small compact body on good land make laws for
them. ami induce them to work protecting their per-
sons and their property, and compelling them 10 know
the priceless value OF law ard industry.
THURSDAY. June l7.-Last evening. after the close
OF ms letter OF that date there VAS another grand
exhibition Of SIOUX chIya-Ty on horseback. who made
a sham descent upon the various encampmentS OF
separate bands. These Dacota dragoons. who are
terrible 1t least III appear tnCe, came sweeping down
over the ridge, with a noise like mob OF whIrl-
winds, their horses cantt ring about fast hocA
OF sheep. some of their horses being IN fact smaller
than their riders, and every rder drumming the sides
Of his horse with his heels. every Jump, as II ne were
working vcoclpede. The Indians IN are here,
generally nde as badly rs they SWIM and they SWIM
exactly like dogs. Ii there Is any poetry in their
motion on horseback or IN the wafer we fail 10 see
II. They also had representation of buffalo hunt
having some of thelr number dressed SO aS 10 look
Ike bufao> and really. to do them justice, they
enact the character Of be aSts pretty well.
For the benefit of those aInlabe gentlemen who
think that tins Commission may be composed of
loeCheS. who are rOtng upon luNurcs purchased
with public money, | VIII here publish our regular
b of fare at the table OF the Commissioners. II Is
invariably the same and consists OF beet for meat,
and the water II is boiled IN, for soup. As Tor Bread
We have pilot bread, harder than the horns OF thun-
der warm biscuit, too heavy for ampllghteT or a
Wit to make light OF, and which We swallow like
pills and insults, only from kneadccSSlty" Mr..
w b. White has Spraned his wrist severely by try
ing To of these biscuit whole TO his mouth
We shall take one OF them down With us and have
It's specific sravity compared With that OF platinum
Yesterday, one of the Five Lodge Band, thinking
he had very fleet horse (beng a buffalo huntcr
challenged the rider Of Gov Ramsey's horse 10 make
a race with him. The Indian insisted upon running
nearly mile. The Governors horse dIstanced the
buffalo horse before half the distance was run
Many OF these Indians have tolerably good horses
beng such have been stolen from the frontiers, or
taken by the Camanches fTom the McXcanS, ana
traded by them To the Sioux OF the Plains but the
best OF them will not at all compare with the me
stock of The English hunter and the English turf
horse. which are now found everywhere IN the INT
ted States
FRIDAY, July Is, 1851
Scattered everywhere among northwestern IN
dams are the halfbreeds, being children of French,
English, Scotch, or American males by squaws for
IN this mixture II Will always be observed. that the
:, hlte race Is aggressive and uppermoSt. In this
Iresent and benevolent attempt to absorb the Red
race. the French have always been foremost. The
FrCnchman your true COSmOpotc. Wherever
he finds. fds "A ispng friend of ours utterS IT. thOit
womanih eyths,' he Is there. Traders and white
men, who have lived with the Indians, have almost
all taken or bought Indian wives. The prlce OF a
Squaw varies from blanket and piece of calico,
to gun and horse the price beng pad to the
father or next relative of the bride. II an Indian
wishes TO show act OF high generosity s. white
man. he trOis out and presents 10 him, nd young
SQuaw and although the squaw> do all the labor
carving all the wood and water, building fires,
packing and putting up tepees raising corn, and IN
fact doing everything but the smoking and shooting
they are not slaves, they are their slavery Is
cutie voluntary. They have more energy. more
sense, and more strength than the males II Is OBJ
soTyable that Squaws who are here belonging To the
remote bands, have children with hair and eyes al
most invariably black which Is by no means true
of SQuaws living near the Mississippi rlyer. Various
theories may be- offered to explain tins fact upon
principles, the least plausible OF which
iS that 1t IS owing to the different covering of the
head
His Majesty. Limpng- Devil, head-chef OF the
: SIssetons of the TwowOOds band, has arrived. lhe
Irst thing he did after ask ne for beef, To inquire
for Secretary smith. With him came an Indian
about hfy years old, dressed IN the most exrayagnt
style OF Indian fashion, who IS known as the hand-
some man. lie says he has had u wves-kept
tTyIng, bat found no one that was quite the thDg IN
every respect, although one OF ms wives VINO dled
was pretty near the right thing lie says tnat a
woman ls like horse, very hard 10 hnd iaultles'
that when a woman did not suit hm, he turned hef
OF well-dressed and mounted upon gOod morse
and Tried another that the women were always
running after him, and he never saw grl that dlo
rot want him Says he, " am not handsome man
ut there Is something about me, don snow "hd''
that makes the girls all Ike me Inc ihdians
standing about and listening TO tins concehed O"l
andy said they felt ashamed to hear him talking 80
like Il fool
The Treaty.
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