The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-07-24

bis wood taken away as fast as he ha u!ed Il but
his neighbors were 30 incensed that be should
lpresutne to reap the benefit Of bis own industry,
that they killed his favorite dog IN revenge. As
he did not desist from encroaching upon The ex-
elusive privilege Of the squaws 20 pack fuel upon
their shoulders, they next killed bis horse. The
only cure for this wretched condition Of the Sioux,
(short Of taking their infants away from them and
cdu ating them amongst whites, entirely away
\ from the wigwam,) is to put them in a small COM
pact body ,op good land, make laws for them, and
induce themto work, protecting their persons and
their property, and compelling them to know the
! priceless value Of law and industry.
f@4 taf# THURSDAY, June IL.
4 LAST evening, after the close Of my letter Of
that date, there was another grand exhibition Of
Sioux chivary on horseback, who made a sham
descent rpon the various encanpments Of sepa-
1 rute bands. These Da ota Dragons, who are
terrible al least in appearance, came sweeping
dosn over the ridge, with noise like n mob OF
whirwinds, their horses caniering about as fast as
n flock OF sheep, some Of their horses being in
fact smaller than their riders, and every rider
drumming the sides Of his Nurse with his heels,
every jsmp, as il he were working a velocipede.
i The Indians that are here generally ride as bad
lily as they swim and they swim exactly like
dogs. IL there is any poetry in their motion on
horseback-or in the water, we foil 10 see it. They
also bad representation Of buffalo hunt, hav-
ing some Of their number dressed so us to look
like buffalocs; and really, TO do them Justice, they
enact the character Of beasts pretty we'll
70, the benefit Of those amiable gentleman who
think that this Commission may be composed of
eeches, who are rioting upon luxuries purchased
with public money, will here publish our regu-
liar bill of fare, at the table of the Commission
ers. II is invariably the same; and consists Of
besf for meat, and the water il is boiled in, for
soup As for bread, we have piot-bread, harder
than the horns Of thunder; warm biscuif, too
heavy for lamp-lighter or wit 10 make light of,
and which we swallow, like pills and insults, only
from s'knead-cessi,y." Mr.. w. b. White has
Fsprained his wrist severely, by trying raise one
OF these biscuit whole TO his mouth. We shall
take one of them down with US and have its spe-
cifc CAVITY compared with that Of platinum.
On Friday next, it is thought the treaty will be
opened, Me-. Mcleod having returned from Lac
qui-Parle with information that all the chiefs and
principal men of the remote bands win be here
Thursday evening. The liver is now rapidly
falling, although last night we had another drench-
ing Thunderstorm. The water is still several feet
higher than it was when the Steamboat Yankee
went up last summer. We are grati6ed to hear
that the new steamboat Dakota, belonging to
Messrs. WATSON & Barnes Of ST. Paul has at
length got through the Illinois canal, and should
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to take rs home after the treaty is concluded
Yesterday, one Of the Fiye-Lodge Band, thinking
he had very fleet horse (be ng buffalo hunter
challenged the rider of Gov. Ramsey's horse to
make race with him. The Indian insisted up
on running nearly mile. The Governors horse
dstanced the buffalo horse before half the dis
lance was run. Many of these Indians have toll
erably good horses, being such as have been sto-
len from the frontiers, or taken by the Camanches
from the Mexicans, and traded by them to The
Sioux Of the plains; but the best of them will not
at all compare with the fine stock of the English
hunter and the English turf horse, which are now
found every where in the United States.
TRAVERSE DIES Sioux, July IS, 1851.
Scattered every where amongst Northwestera
Indians are the half-breeds, being children OF
French, English, Scotch, or American males by
squaws for in this mixture, il will always be OBJ
served, that the white race is aggressive and up
Ipermost. 10 this pleasant and benevolent attempt
to absorb the Red race, the French have always
been foremost. The Frenchman is your true CO.'S
mopo!iie. Wherever he finds, las Iisping friend
Of ours utters it) "thoft womanth eyths, - he is
there. Traders and white men, who have lived
with the Indians, have almost all taken or bought
Indian wives. The price Of a squaw varies from,
a blanket and a piece Of calico, to gun and a
horse; the price being paid TO the father next
show aniact Of high generosity to white man,
ne 'rots out aud presents to him, wild young
squaw; and although the squaws do all the labor
carrying all the wood and water, building fires,
packing ard putting up tepees, raising corn, and
| IN fact doing every thing bu, the smoking and
sbootins-they are not slaves, or If they are,
their slavery squite voluntary. They have more
energy, more sense, and more strength than the
males. 1t is observable that squaws who are
l~Ix a. u Il
with hair and eyes almost invariably black
which is by no means true OF squaws living near
The Mississippi river. Various theories may be
offered 10 explain this fact npon physiological prin-
ciples, the least plausible Of winch is, that ii is
owing TO The different covering of the head
! His Majesty, LimPing Devil. head -chief of the
Sissetons Of the Two-woods band, has arrived.
The first thing he did after asking for beef, was
to enquire for Secretary Smith. With him came
an Indian about fifty years old, dressed in the
most extravagant style Of Indian fashion, who is
known as the 'hundsome man. He says he
has bad ~ wives-kept trying, but found no one
that was quite the thing in every respect, although
one Of his wives who died was pretty near The
right thing. lie says that woman is like a
horse, very hard TO find faultess that when a
woman did not snit him, he turned her off we'll
dressed, and mounted upon a good horse, and
! tried another; that the women were. always run
aing after him, and he never saw n girl that did
not want him. Says be, 81 am not a handsome
man, but there is something about me don I
know what, that makes the girls all like me- -
The Indians standing about and listening TO this
eonceited old dandy, said they felt ashamed TO
hear him talking so like fool. 8
e THE COUNCIL.
The last Of the upper band Of Sioux, expected
to participate in the proposed treaty, having at
length arrived this morning, procla nation was
immediately made, and in accordance herewith,
the chiefs and principal men Of the Wah-pay-
toan and See-see-toan bands Of Dakota Indians
met in Grand Council the Commissioners Of the
United States.
| The pipe of peace having been passed around,
the Councial was then opened by Gov. Ramsey,
in the following address 81, ..ss.
| You, Chiefs, Warriors and Headaea Of the
Of the See-see-foans; and you, Chiefs, Warri-
ors and Headmea Of The Wdh-pay-foans: We
are glad to meet you here to-day-we have been
waiting long time for you We are here as the
Representatives Of your Great Father and for
HIM, and for ourselves, we pleased 10 have