The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-08-07

spend it cautiously. We have taken care
to provide that the whisley dealer shall be
kept far away from your new hoine--he
will not he permitted to come with his poi
son within hundred miles or more Of even
its borders. - 1'e
Above all things, we want to caution you
not to waste this money by committing dep
relations on the whites living among you.
| Having now money anDuties, you will be
enabled to buy what you need, and will
have no necessity 10 take anything without
permission. II you were after this to take
or destroy white mems property, you would
he obliged to pay more, probably, than it
was worth; SO that you had better have
bought it in the first place. Among your
selves, and with the white inen living among
you, it is our desire you should he friendly
and peaceful; and as you know your Great
Father at Washington is the Father of all
the red people, he desires they should act
as friends and brothers towards each other,
no matter of what name the nation may be.
We have the goods and prov isions here,
that we promised you after the treaty was
over, and we will leave your agents to dis
tribute them among yom. f
The Commissioners were rising TO leave
the Council, when they were requested to
stay awhile, as the chiefs wished to speak
about another matter.
Curly Head came forward with his face
blacked, AMI naked except his blanket, ad-
dressing Gov. Ramsey, said: "Father--l
| wan: you to tell me if you can, who has
made Inc naked thus, and why ! am in
mourning. 1t is in consequence of listening
treated me very badIy-knocked down and
Ill t-er toll. oil .s~
quence of listening to you, Father.''
Governor Ramsey (to the interpreter)
81 suppose he wants to talk about the Chip
peMas." The Interpreter replied, that he
so understood him. "Very WELL" said the
Governor, 81 will give them a few words
on that score" Turning to Curly head, be
said
"I am sorry with you, that you are under
the necessity Of bIacking your face Ever
since came into this country as the agent
Of your Great Father, l have iabored with
all tribes of Indians, to induce them to de-
sist from taking the lives of each other, and
especially Of each others women and chill
dren. told them they both suffered and
neither gained 10y this warfare. That gen.
orally the scalps were those of feeble wO-
men and helpless children, who could hur,
no one, and would not if they could. That,
they thus made the Great Spirit above us
angry, and their Great Father oil earth to
feel badly; and that the latter had deter,nin-
ed that this evil thing must cease among his
red children. You will recoIIect that |
brought you Sioux and Chippewas together
in Council last year, at Fort Smelling ; and
you recollect it was then agreed that this
thing should cease, and that in future you
would be at peace. But early last fall this
agreement was first broken, 10y war party
of See see-toan Sioux from Lake traverse,
who went over and killed four Chippewa
children mt Ottertail Lake; and i'm retaIia-
ton, the Chippewas during the past winter
destroyed between here aud Lac -qui- -Parle,
II lodge Of Sioux; taking five scalps, three
Of whom were children. That is the way
your face became blackened your own peo-
pie committed the first wrong. If you had
heeded what told you, as well as listened,
you would not now he in mourning.
To this the chief attempted no reply
the Governors speech appearing to he a
home thrust that he could not parry
The Commissioners having lett the
ground, Agent Mclean, and Hugh Tyler,
Esq, the special agent of purchases for the
Commission, distributed the presents among
the multitude of red republicans to their
huge qualification and delight.
The day vas pretty well spent ere the
crowd dispersed and orders were given to
strike tent and be off early the next NOR
ming
Traverse DEs SIoUx, and alll
Along the Minnesota River,
July "a, 1851.
''Strke your tents and march away" was the
word this morning early. The oxen, corn, -four
and other provisions turned over in bulk TO
the different bands Of Indians; and our Durham
boat being al length completely loaded, about
o clock we started from the landing below Gra-
hams house, bidding farewell to the crowd Of
Indians witnessing our enlbarkatIon, and to Ira
verse des Sioux, by three old d-fashioned Anglo
Saxon cheers, that were conirasted admirably i'm
mediately afterwards with the French chorus Of
a Canadian boat song, in which the voyageurs
they sprang to their great oars, and the old pi-
oneers of the Indian trade on board rtly Joined
until the whole valley seemed to ring with their
musical chantngs. We took our meals as we
could. A slice Of fat cold ham in our fingers, or
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