The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-07-17


az Minnesota, and especial, those who viii iaa
few years occupy Traverse de Sioux, as shriy-
ing town, full Of population, fashion and luxury,
that the only buildings BOW q. this sros. where
thousands of Indians are now assembled 10 make
"a treaty and to sell these lands, are. i've log
buildings, used many years for the trading sslsb-
lishment Of the Fur Company three iog ka:id-
Jag. and two or three dilspida,ed stables. being
the trading establishment of a. Fanibaels ahd
the residence Of Alexander Graham, sod ,as
houses of the lamenied Mr. Hopkins sad sIf. iiig-
gins, and The school-house of The nIissioa. We
are now writing in the school hoase, Ia sight or
the tents and marques Of the Commissioners
and The traders. and in sight Of The v igpaa.s ~
0olndhns, Of whom many more are hess y
expected. being more than 100 miles away from
any white settlement, and without drasoop, 4
musket. or any means Of self-defence; so yess,st
is our confidence 10 the pacific relations existsg
between ourselves and the Sioux Indians, n.nry
Of whom. from the wild, lofty plains of the Ioless
prairie, in he buffalo regions. between fi,e disid-
ing bead waters Of Red River. the Missouri aHd
the Mississippi, have had but very Iasle aeqsaiu,-
ance or intercourse with The whites.
Little Hell. one ofthe winnebago Chiefs cfthe
Upper Mississippi, pretsnds to pracs;=s medicine.
He has some sort Of arnold bone which IS cons;,i-
cred sraukon, of which be scrapes or little ns
nfallible specific, charging for his prescription,
sometimes as high as 500.
Some Of the gentlemen at the treaty, took 9Th
them, to read m the evenings, iight i,esaiurc,=
candles being scarce.
HEAVY RArNs.--Last Saturday night and
Sunday morning, we were visited BY The beasies,
storm Of rain that ever was experienced ia shis
latitude, wilhia the memory Of the oldes,set.lers
About 10 o'clock ia the evening there came apa
shower. which continued in torrents. wHhou,
any iisermission until aylishi the mex. Morning,
most Of the lime accompanied by constant
glare of lightning and deafeuing thunder, Some
idea may be formed of the quaniiiy Of winter dis,
charged by the fact that in various places where
empty pals had been ssrting outdoors they had
been found running over the brim in The morning.
Over how great an extent Of Territory .he STERN
extended with such fearful vioIence we are ana
bic 10 say. but ]. is quito probable tina, II wa.
general. The Franklin, No. l., and he Excelsior
both experienced the storm with asdimins he'd
fury on their way up: the former had b, lis BY Tor
four hours at Red Wing. and the latter about one
hundred miles further down.
Since the above was in type, we learn that
there was scarcely any ram at White Bear Lake,
about 10 miles northeast Of this place.
Several years ago, a brother Of sirs. Riggs.
wife Of missionary. now at Lac qui parle and
then resident at Traverse de Sioux. was drowned
near the place where The Rev. Nj. Hopkins wa.
drowned week ago last Friday. The Indians had
supersii,ious belief that he .sas draw under ,be
water by a huge 6sh.
,A;seport reached Traverse de Sion an the 5.h
inst that Two sioux had he.n l,,s,, lille, nv.
partv Of Chime j who ,,.,. h..,;o. .,cs.,,
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ride from the bufJsJo ysayes som. ,,f The b;,s.
a, the treaty are anxio.s 10 no ont. IN, prob.b,v
will not.
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