The Minnesotian. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1851-1852, 1851-09-24

! many A'iiiSS tlty uIu mentioned nc
could say good deal, but he did not
,nink 1t necessary to say much. The
HhipPeWas had made a treaty, by which
they sold good deal Of land 10 ihe gov
ernment and had agreed to go back. The
Chippewas are well know n to bc = bravo
warlike, honest people, and when tbcv
make bargain they will stick 10 It.
Here arose simultaneous ugh, ugh. Of
satisfaction.) The government wants
not to deprive them of home, but to
give them better than they now have, and
| in every way to improve their condition.
The Chippewas are very widely spread,
their game is scarce, and from their great
country they get but little good. Before
the whites got there they could live hap
PLY i'll Indian style, but that was no long
er the case. Almost all the Indians, who
once occupied all this vast country where
we now are, found it necessary to sell out
their land to the whites, in whole or in
ra~t. So must the Chippewas. The
government thinks, and their Great Faith
er desires. that they will collect all togeth-
er, SO that they will be able TO have hou-
ses and saw mills, and farms and schools,
and have white improvements all about
them. 1t is impossible to introduce white
improvements SO long as they live in their
present scattered state. The whites could
not have farms. and schools, and shops,
and all such things, il they lived in the
way that the Chippewas do.
One of the chiefs this afternoon spoke
of The payment of the annuity last year,
and the sickness that prevailed at that
time. The government and their Great
Father was very sorry TO hear of it, but
it was one of those things that could not
he avoided. The best that the circum-
stances permitted had been done. So long
as the Chippewas remain SO much scat
tered, such things as these cannot well be
avoided. If they lived closer together
rlrcTc -wu,uu noI Uc 50 rar 10 1raveT Tor a
few dollars piece and little provision
The time has come when the Chippewas
must do as the other Indians; they must
depend for their support upon the cult
walton Of the soil, and not solely upon the
chase. In the country reserved for them
in Minnesota there might be much land,
not rich, but still there is enough for all
their purposes, il they will depend upon
cultivating the soil, upon agriculture, and
not upon hunting & fishing. they would
do this, they would soon find themselves
better off than they have been for years.
have said the commissioner been late
ly in Minnesota, and made treaties with
the Sioux, and they say that the Chippe-
was have made war upon the Sioux.
Just as the Chippewas say the Sioux
have upon them. And whilstI was there,
and not very far from the place, party
Of Chippcwas came and killed many wo-
men and children Of the Sioux. The
Sioux were very angry at this, and were
going to make war parties, and had a
great deal Of trouble to prevent them from
going to fight the Chippewas. {Ugh!
ugh! y told them that they must not go !;
that they must be at peace with the whites
and Chippewas, and all other tribes
And in the same way the Great Father
expects the Chippewas to act towards
the Sioux. There was much difficulty
in settling the accounts between the Sioux
and the Chippewas. Governor Ramsey
had examined the matter, and he said that
money was now due the Chippcwas.-
This money has been paid to the Chippe-
was with their other money. The Sioux
thought the Chippewas ought TO be made
to pay them. They complained at what |
had done for the Chippcwas. had ff-
teen hundred dollars paid over to the
Chippewas for those scalps they took.
Taking scalps is not good. To take the
scalps Of women and children is what no
man oueh hit TO think of doing. 1t is bad
business. The Great Fathcr-ycs and
the Great Spirit, too, arc against it. l
talk to you as l talk to the Sioux. War
must be stopped. 1t does no good to ell
thcr party. Both must quit it it must
be stopped. The Chippewa country is
great way off. The government would
do its best, but it was as hard for their
Great Father to keep all his chiefs al
ways obedient as it was for them to keep
their young men from ever doing wrong.
Ttis was great country-thousands and
millions of people were in it. Their
Great FMher must have agents TO employ
over SO great people. lie tries always
10 get good men under him, but he is
sometimes mistaken, as you and every
body else is liable to be.
sour Great Father wishes it, and l
give instructions to all agents to be faith
ful, honest, and kind to the Indians
This is what the government requires
Sometimes an agent will not do right !;
then, If find him out, will remove him,
and put good man in his place who will
do his duty. When was in Minnesota
inquired of every body, and found the
agent to be good, true, and faithful man.
1t is far from Minnesota here. 1t takes
long TO hear from thence, and then when
we do hear we have different accounts,
and do not always know which to believe.
OF this you may be sure: your Great
Father is your friend, your best FRIEND
and you will do best to obey him and l.s
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