The republic., 1851-08-13
The sioux Treaty.

10 enable them to remove without embarrassment
to their new home Then they are to receive
nuities in addition for fifty years. They are to
ceive in all 5 l ,665,000, to be paid as follows;
After removal to reservation. ......... $275,000
Expended in breaking land erecting mills,
and establishing manual labor school. $4,000
The balance of 1850 900 is to be invested at five
per cent. for fifty years. giving an annual income
of $4,000, payable as follows:
In cash annually. ................ $4,000
Civilization fund. d...,..,........., I2,OOO
Goods and provisions. .......... 10000
Educauon ...................,. o,UVo
After fifty years all payments to cease, and the
principal 81 ,360,000) will revert to the United
States.
An Indian agency will be established at Lac que
parle.
The treaty now in progress with the lower bands
at Mendoza will determine what further payments
will be made TO complete this purchase of the most
magnificent Indian empire on the continent.
The commissioners came down from Traverse
des Sioux in a Durham boat, every man working
at the They made the down, of more
than one thousand miles, in twenty four hours,
leaving the Traverse on Wednesday and reaching
Mendoza on Thursday.
The Pioneer is in ecstacies with the treaty. We
extract paragraph two
The news of the treaty exhilarates our town, and
il looks fresh, and lively, and bloomingi 1t ID
| the greatest event by far in the history OF the
| Territory since it organized 1t is the pill
| lar of fire that lights US into broad Canaan
OF Iertlie landB We benold now clearly, In no
mote perspective, like an exhibition of dissoving
views, the red savages, with their tepees, their
horses, and their famished dogs, fading, vanish
| ing, dissolving away; and in their places thou
sand farms, with their fences and white cottages
and waving wheat fields, and vast jungles of rust
| ling maize and villages, and cities crowned with
spires, and railroads, with trains of rumbing
| afar off and now. nearer and nearer, the train
comes laundering across the bridge into ST. Paul,
| fifteen hours from st. Louis, on the way to Lake
| Superior. Is this dream? What but a dream,
then, is the history of the Northwest for the last
| twenty years?
| The treaty is made 1t ID good treaty. 1t has
been skilfuly negotiated The amount to be paid
to the Indians is not larger than they ought to re-
| ceiye, and certainly not as large as 1t would be
beneficial to Territory to have disbursed, for
| the increase of our business and the home con-
| sumption of such products shall have to sell
| to the Indians. There men in the world who
| have more than single idea, and that an added
| one, in their heads. Such man Is Commissioner
| Lea--a gentleman who has conducted the treaty
with a-full and perfect knowledge Of the various
interests involved in the treaty the interests of this
Territory, the interests OF the Indians and his duty
| to the Government.
| AS the style of intercourse with the Indians is
somewhat remarkable, we give the following
| speeches:
July, 49, 1851.
| The Council met at twelve O'Clock, and after the
| usual preminaries, smoking, &C., was opened by
Col Lea addressing it as follows:
CHIEFS, HEADMEN, AND DWARRIoRs-BaoTHERs:
We met you in council yesterday, and after plea
SAINT interview adjourned at your request We are
| happy to meet you here again this morning, and
| hope that you all in good health. You have,
| no doubt, considered the subjects we brought to
your notice yesterday, and we shall now be pleased
| to hear what you have to say in regard to them.
| Here ensued long pause-no one appeared ready
| to speak on the part of the Indians. At length a
chief of the band of Traverse See-see- twans,
| f,bo n A.
face of STAR called by the whites ''The Orphan
| spoke follows:
| Fathers: listened to your talk Yesterday, and
| l heard it all; but i do not see any of my young
men here-my thoughts turned towards my
| young men who behind, and should be glad
| If you thought the same way. On looking around
| yesterday, you said you were glad to meet and
shake hands with US; but sorry you not
willing to wait to shake hands with those who are
| behind. That s all have to say.
| To which Governor Ramsay replied:
Say to the chiefs, that are very sorry, indeed,
| after waiting long for them this morning to
to hear other reply than the expression of wish
| for further delay. A mans life in this world is
| very short, and each day should show some works.
| We have now been here three long weeks doing
| nothing. When reached this place, three
weeks ago, we expected to find you already here.
We were disappointed; but the respect we had for
| you induced US to grant you all this time until
now. We knew, moreover, that the business we
| came upon OF the most vital consequence to
| you and your people for generations to come.
| We, therefore. waited tor you patiently, though
| other and important matters called US else
where. But there must be end to delay
sometime. We here with provisions suf-
| tcient as we supposed, to carry us all through
| this council But we see it fading away very
| fast and you know there farms in this
| country where be obtained when our
present supply is exhausted, as it will be in very
| few days. Nor is this ALL Your father, who is here
from Washington, has pressing business which callf
| m back tn hal hefp he he has
to meet with your friends the Meday wa kan toans
and Wah pay kon tays, in council below He has
no time to spare; and think, after he has given
you than three long weeks it is unfair to ask
him to stay any longer. We feel very sorry, with
the chief, that his young men not here; but il
they did not come for six months, would he want
us to wait for them still? Young men and old men
of other bands are here, and have been for some
! time; suppose they anxious, as are, to get
through and return to their families. You who
are here, are men and Chiefs and you should just
take hold of this business like men, and arrange IT
at once. 1t is not a new thing, nor new idea-ii
| has been thought over and talked over, no doubt,
| frequently, and you may well settle it without
further delay, waiting for any more to arrive
The question is simple IL s, whether you
will sell your lands, and get in return what viii
make you comfortable for many years, and your
children after you; whether you will continue to
starve in the midst of wide country, destitute al
most of game, and, therefore, valueess to you. i
you think you should make this exchange, say so
and the formalites and details to what you
should receive, and how, can, doubt, easily
agree upon. Your Great Father at Washington
and we his representatives, you may rest assured
sincerely desire to deal literally and fairly by hii
red children.
Colonel Lea then spoke as follows:
| Say to "The Orphan Mr. Interpreter that
| am sorry as he is that his young men no
here should have been very glad to ano
shake hands with them, as am to and take
kindly by the hand all my red children whenever
and wherever chance to meet them. But would
neglect my duty to my red children in other par,i
the country should continue to wait here until
his young men came. | must not do The
| Great Father who cent me thought could ge
through my business here, and return to Wash
ington in a given time; and must not disappoin
him BY staying away for longer period If hao
no other Indians to deal with, it would give mt
pleasure to remain here several weeks longer
But the Great Father has other important business
for me at Washington; and it is therefore impossi
bic for me to remain more than q few days longer
"Tbo Orphan, Ito the commissoners) under
stood some person was out to meet my young mer
who are on the road, and TO send them back; anc
that is the renson feel go bad about il.