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


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you IN sincerity ana ifuth-
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ests OF ms WINE cn,uren, out Is my pas,nsss
10 attend soieiy 20 inc care o. MS req chnu'en,
ION may therefore reiy' tnat on TINS OCCASION
VII not ask OF you any thing winch your ureas
Father ana DO mol look upon as LOT your oenent.
You an, no aonpt' understand, ihe general oD-
Ject OF our meeting 'osetncr: Inc country you
| possess mere IS comparatively " hIlie vaiue 10
yon; ana your ureat raiher WISHES 10 purchase
It OF you.. But ne would not want 10 ouy OF
you, ne thousnt u was NOT your interest 10 sen
IT. he thinks would De 10 your advahtase 70
sell all MS lar wcs' US Lake lfaSeiIe, running up
to The ked River OF the NORM, ana down % the
western border OF iowa--al iha' you own eas'
oil that 10 the hississiPpi river
But while ne proposes TO buy SO much O. ycnf
country, u Is no part oil nis purps SO 10 dep'ise
you OF nome. hoGr Great rather would no'
consent 10 our hfking any arrangement wnn you
| oy when you would De deprived oi conlioriaD'e
and sufficient home for yourselves and families
he expects TO give ial compensation Tor al !he
lands he purchases from you. II you are willing
10 agree 10 the terms we are instructed TO propose
to you, we doubt not 1t Will be better tor you
and your Posterity. t
Should you agree to sell this country, portion
OF VIII be set apart tor The future, permanent,
and common home Of you all There IS a great
deal more OF 1t than you want, or can use. 1t Is
better Tor you to be settled IN small portion Oh
it, where you can have your horses. your farms,
and oil your other interests collected together,
than TO be scattered over SO large region, poor,
and often suffering from want OF the necessaries
OF life. we think ,'irom all the information We
have been able to obtain, that If yon had coun-
try provided for you high up on the Minnesota
river, where the farms and Improvements have
mentioned could be made, it would be much for
your good. Once collected there, you would be
less exposed to the bad influence Of bad white
men, than if you should remain where you are !;
and an Agent would be sent to reside among you,
10 look after your interests.
! Bot your Great Father Is not only disposed TO
secure you a home sufficiently large and good,
but he is willing to give you much in addition;
enough, he thinks, to make yon comfortable IN
future arf h fsfeE
There are many other tribes of red men, who,
like yourselves, once owned large couniry-it
was of little use 10 them, and they were poor; so
they have sold out to their Great Father, receiv-
ing therefor. goods, provisions and money, with
many other substantial benefits Those tribes are
now happier and more comfortable, aadseyery
year growing better and richer. We hear vi no
starving among them. They always have plenty
to eat and enough to cioihe them Your Great
Father wants 10 put an end, in like manner,
to the suffering and poverty which has existed
among you. Al yon wll agree 70 be governed by
his advice, no doubt the same happy arrangement
may be made Tor your benefit.
In connecuon'wah the rofas which VIII be SET
apart iof you. as before men ioned' Jour oreat
rather INTENDS to place iarmeTx among you when
you are settled there, 10 'eaci and heip you 70
caniVale 'ne son, 50 'nat YOU = III moi nave 70 de-
Peno upon Inc chase, whlcn : every year oceotn-
ing more and more unsafe and unreliable, Tor your
support ana subsistence. he expects hsewise'
,hat IN 'e" years, on VIII an nave o CO
houses 10 i've ms ina, your cnufe WIN De ,augh'
10 read ana w1he ~ tnose O Inc WINE people are
,hat you w" ~. on'y nave cosn M p'en'y, sa'sed
oy yourselves sut catt'e, bones' ana othef All
mars tnat gee WIN nave Dom provisions and
clolhing surenn 10 Keep you rom starving OF
Heezius' you agree 10 30 !" TINS nome, "'''ch
Is 10 DC pfosMeu ioT you, 10 many oi you the re-
nova, WI. DC expensive. iour useat ra'ner mas
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WIN provisions 'oI year aHeswafos, ana 70 set
We anu al.anss Soul sHans os'o'e you stA't.
our cieat Iahc. VIII mol only pay YOU iaif
prce Tor your 'a"o, oa. ne VIII ,ake care 20 nave
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