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

at their removal, (~itbln one year
after the ratiicalion,) go 900. |
The remaining Ss2I,Ol viii be pu
at 8 per cent interest for so years
the principal then to revert To the
u. s.. this interest viii yield TO
them annuiiies as follows, for 50 yrs:
Cash, = $780, 900.
Civilization Fund, l2,OoO.
Goods and Clothing, 10 900.
Schools, 5000.
Whole payment to lower bands, $i,o4+,OloI
50 - upper bands, ,66o, 900
Total purchase money, $2.7o9.0i0
The Galena newspapers are suggesting names
for part of the Sioux territory just purchas ed,
all of which i. in The limits Of Minnesota Terri
tory, and for aught we or they know, may forever
be. II there is any christening TO be done, it
may as well for the mother Territory, Minnesota,
to have a voice it. Dakota (thc national name
of those bands oc Sioux with whom the treaty is
made) is u far better name for state than any
that has been suggested by the volunteer grannies
down the river. We have discovered much Of
medllesome disposition III the affairs of Mime
/,
rcshed here, and may prove detrimental to the
interests of some Of our neighbors who indulge
in it.
We have received the International Magazine,
published monthly in New York city. by Stringcr
S Townsend, at 90 per annum, with numer-
, Gus engravings, and each number containing la
pages of valuable reading matter.
The Little Canada School District, OF 6 miles
north Of St. Paul, contains 81 dwelling houses
and lis children between the ages of 5 and 20
years. They have only So3. 90 of school money !,
and they need and must have school-houso
They are poor and need assistance to build who
will help them?
The Galena Advertiser, remarkng on the nj
lowance of the claims Of traders aga inst the Sioux
Indians, says:
$50 far as we have heard. the only claim al
! lowed was that of Siblev. We do not vouch for
the correctness Of this rumor, nor indeed for all
the details Of news get, relative TO the treaty
| but We believe IT to be correct in the main and
important points"
! 1t is wholly immntcrial whether the Advertiser
vouches for any thing, but that press is wholly
unwarrauted in trying to give currency TO any
such fiction as that the claims of Mr.. Sibey were
allowed, the claims Of any other men. The
Advertiser ought to know that the treaty does not
and cannot by law recognize the claims of any
trader. Whatever debts the Indians choose to
pay is their own business. We hope they will
pay oil just debts, without exception.
We shall be fully warranted by the Commission
ers in saying that full, truthful and accurat.
report Of the various councils. speeches and pro-
ceedings at the treaty, could not be made in any
journal, than we have furnished, at no small OK.
pense, for the columns of the Pioneer In ou
report Of matters not concerning the treaty, ",
have used what coloring we pleased.
In the Pioneer last week, we stated that The
Government w ud realize $50, O00, 900 out o
the lands purchased of the Sioux. We intended
to include in this estimate all the lands purchased
both Of the Upper and Lower bands, making al
aggregate Of more than 80, 900 square miles.
: The Dubuque Herald says
"The Supreme Courr of Minnesota has decide,
, that Judge of Probate in that Territory has n
right to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus. II ma
be remembered that Judge Lambert, Probat
! Judge IN Minnesota, issued writ of habcas cor
dus, directed to Luke Lee, commander at For
I Smelling. commanding him TO deliver mp certain
persons which he, the said Luke Lee, detained i
said Fort against their will"
The Herald should know, that Col. Lee, com
l handing ut Fort Smelling. is one gentleman; an
I that Luke Lea, Commissioner of Indian Affairs
n with Gov. Ramsey, negotiating treaty with tn
Sioux Indians, is another gentleman, who is no,
returning TO his bureau at Washington The
Y. Tribune also mixes up Leas in a very singula
manner, for an intelligent Journal. The Trbun
notices tho death of Col. Like Lea, uncle of Il,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and Indian agcI
at Fort Leavenworth. and regrets the death
y that gentleman son The very eve of bis successll
y negotiation of the Sioux treaty.
The Gacna Advertiser contains the follown
notice Of our late distinguished townsman Of III
Fremont House, temperance lecturer, lawye
ETC., and formerly member Of the Illinois Degr
!, ature. and one Of the Commissioners Of Scho
Lands, as well as author of the History Of Ii
:, Black Hawk War, and Of an unpublished now
Of intense interest
JOHN A. WAKEFIELD, Esq. formerly Of tn
e county, Is now citizen Of Aiamakee county
g Town. He came down from Saint Paul, last fal
;, on the last trip of the Franklin, landed at Lar
sing, and went back about 10 miles to make hi
n farm. He has now ons hundred and tweni,
1--WE acres enclosed, aud sixty acres under Guilty.;
tion."
: The Saint Anthony Express Of last Saturda,
n has a leader ON ''Saint Anthony a summer re
9 sort''--a very gos article, which contains niue
truth. Saint Anthony is web worth visiting, an