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


e.Iy. Dinner again. II Is ON the very top
of breakfast; but being in the daily routine
Of events, must he attended 70. Suddenly
news arrives that that the body of the la
mented Mr.. HOPKINS, who was dTpwned on
the morning Of the 4ih. 10 caughtfn drag
net that was extended across thei mouth Of
the slough ia which he was drowned; and
instantly the most of our company and hum
dreds Of Indians are running FROM all direc-
tons TO the spot. The body was found
much covered with mud, aud being washed,
was removed TO the house of the deceased
amid much silent griet, while q very agei
s9uaw, INDUCED in piteous lamentations.
which affected every listener saying che
was my son he was very kintl TO me he
provided for me when | was hungry and
ueedy.n This afternoon, we are engaged
in The mournful duly Of burying ihis good
man, who has spent here, burie,l in The Sc
clusion of savage life, the flower of his
days, in work Of beHeYolence as dsinger-
esied as that which made Howard immor-
tai. 81 4.
W TuEsDaY, July 8, 1851.
The Brulcau, as the French call II, = "a
name signifyins a burning sensation,) Is a
little insect which we call the buffalo gnat,
-
iare Of annoyance al day, until sunset !;
when the canpaigH is opened l,y nyriasls Of
mosquitoes, Bounding their bngles and open
ing upon as batteries Of flying artillery.
look around the camp and see our people
beclou,lcd in musquiioe smudges, at sunset,
10 escape the lancet of these unlicensed
phleluotomists, which come without being
called or listen when all are in bel aud
near on all quarters, slap after slap, i,pmo.
lating them in the act OF ''trawius blood.'
10 the night, there came up one Of thuse ter
rife ihun,erstorns described by Hennrpin,
the wind Tapping aud swaying the tents
over, like sail-boafs in teinpesf--the rain
streaming, as If all the windows of heaven
had been stove in aud the waste gates OF the
clouds hois,ed; the lightning blazing with
glare enough to burst the eyehalls. red hot
bolts seeming 10 run every where like hun
Cry demons IL glowed as it hell were mn
capped, aud the terrible thunderbolls pulsa-
ted upon the ground with fOrce like the
Earring blows of an earthquake--ihe water
poured in sheets through. the tents and wig
vans and every human being in ths,n,
was up, bracing and staying the tent poles.
Such was the storm, for two hours on Mon
day night--a storm, such as Hennepin de-
scr'bcd as occurring once at Mendoza, and
which ! shnll never again believe he exag-
gerated the description of. Nothing Of par
ticular interest occurred ON Tuesday. Our
young men, seem possessed of undated cu-
riosi'y in Inilian affairs. We already en-
Joy the fruition Of Cooper's aspiration, -
"oh for lodge in some vas, wilderntss;"
Ash. White says (and he says good things
well, both new and old J that the line should
be amended SO as TO read, ha ~ h8hd
ooh, Cor u lodge in some grass widow. ne.,,p
thereby implying that we are anxious to re-
turn to the wives we have left behind U.s.
We have news that Mr.. Kittsons isexpeeied
in day or two, with the van Of Red River
traders, on their way to Saint Paul. 1'his
year, they are coming down by the valley Of
the Minnesota, although for a few years
past, they hl,e come down through the val
iey of the Mississippi. Our keel-boat. by
which we expect TO 90 down TO Saint Paul
after the treaty, was driven from its inoor-,
ings by the storm, across the river, and tho
water is rapidly rising By-nine O'Clock in
the morning, the clouds scattered and the
wind blew fresh from the west, making our
flag stream out gaiIy again; aud every
where for a mile along the slanting hill
sides. the Red natives at theif wigwams and
the bearded representatives of Saxon cisili-
cation at their tents of canvass, are hnsiIy
engaged in spreading out their blankets,
and skins and badding aud clothing which
was drenched by the deluge last night, to
dry in the sunshine and the breeze near
while the warrior lies down in the sunshine
To smoke bis pipe, or engages in whiting a
ball stick for game after dinner and The
squaws, having done their morning work,
sit down in front of their lodges aud amuse
themselves by chronological examinations
AMI chronological research. without the aid
of Comte--rare examples of the 'spursuit
of knowledge under difficulties" Each
takes the head Of another in her lap, and
turns it over like globe, as the examina-
ton proceeds. II is by such training a. this,
(Which resembles IA snin,ic buffalo hut III
embryo that the young' idea is taught to
shoot. Red-iron has also established here,
a medical and clinical hospital, where con-
slant experiments are made in the healing
art, without the use of calonlel. The Red
wingian theory Of disease is, thai all sick
ness is caused by thesdevil getting into the
patient. To annoy and drive ont The devil,
or to appease and coax him OUT, is there
fore ali that is wanted 10 effect azure. 10
apisehse TIE uepH, tue DOCTOR SNAKES box
of'dry peas. day night, near the head Of
his patient, constantly exclaiiniug, har! har,
bar har, har, har ~ H. i4ds ae4irf&
There is another school Of physicians,
loudly opposed to the pea practice, as q
remedy for casting out the devil; aud who
resort at once TO shooting, by discharging
blank cartridges frou, gan, NJ the patient;
and it is but Justice TO say, that nearly every
patient who is thus shot, either dies after il,
Or RECEIVERS. A daguerreotyrist here, might
hive made a f'ftune, Snfnany Red repnly-'
l,cans, will probably never again assemble
this side of judgement. Amongst other Iu-
dans here, is that Internal wretch Onnahk-
te, the Sioux who wantonly murdered Mr..
Lester, of Prairie ,lu Chen, f:sw years
ago, the Sheriff Of Crawford county, Wis
eensip. He has also murdered several 9th
er, whites, and ought To be seized and hung.
He was also en,plpyed the other dry before
he was known here, to carry letter for
$1,000. irnm here TO Lac-qni- Psrle. No
nsws yet this week from Saint Paul.
TEAvEasE DIES Sioux,
Wednesday, July 9TH.
News came Into camp this morning. that about
The goth inst, all The upper Sisselops, and Tie
Cuf.Iaade voeis;rr tha ~ l.,