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

n which be smell whiskey, "a small quantity Of
which, soss,e one had brought ibs medicinal pur-
pose,) aud nook p the cup 10 drink il. One Of
our camp fbrbadeshim. He then took our folks
aside, oas'by oae, and begged and i,nplored that
they would give him good s,sig Of whiskey--
Iha, he actually needed il ;-that although tenn
peranee man, his.h health now reqnireda drain.----
Or course old Six thaif dozen we cali hin,)
took nothing by his motion bat the same eve
ming, afterward, he delivered a powerful temper
anee address to his baud denouncing whiskey as
fiercely as Father Mathew could.
5 Quite disturbance upoa the battle-ground oc-
CURED yesterday! The game between the differ
eni bands had wax so hot, and the contest so
exciting, the day before, that Little Crows band
would pot participate 10 the play yesterday, fear
ing that there wnuId be fuss. A fight for The
bah occurred, which ended in a resort to FIRE \
arms, the Two bands separating for tight, which
threatened 10 become general. MIR. VIM II.
Forbes had the intrepidity TO lake the frs, gun
that was brought out. away from one of the cum
baiants, and TO quell the excitemsnt Ii sts
About noon, up came another black, threaten
ing thunder cloud, which however iiise the bull
lying OF bravado, ended merely in,bloNing, so
that all onr fastening Of tent cords and hurryipg
everything into camp for shelter, was useless la
Dor. -
One Of our company, an enthusiastic young
gentleman, made graiuitous modei-artist exhi-,
biiion Of himself. last Tuesday morning, about
sunrise, to the in6pite delight, doubtless, Of the
entire Sioux nation and probably actuated by
benevolent desire to bleach the u6origine out Of
the Darkotas, on the peais-sfiek priaefple; a
plan mentioned some " here IN the Bible as rec
ipe for changing the color Of caitle.eis 'q'e III
II. THURSDAY, June 10. :
This morning, Messrs. II. Ill. Sbley and J r.
Brown, started off in q canoe for Mendoza and
ST. Paul, and Mr.. Martin Mcleod, left for Lac qui
Parle 10 meet and hurry down the Indians from
the buffalo plains. We fnd a, breakfast, 20 or
80, constituting our first table; and soon as the
first Of table leave it, halfa dozen Sonx Ito wit:
the Chief Six) and sometimes Win him, Ola Eagle
Head, crowd in unmved and take the places Of
those who leave the liable early. This morning,
Six drew himself up wih Ciceronian dignity, and
said to the interpreter, in presence of many sur
rounding Indians. "Telf Gov Ramsey, the Com
missieners, that Six will be unable 10 do them the
honor Of ,breakfasiing with them to-day, lhayi0g
received and accepted an invitation to breakfast
out at the lodge of one Of his friends.1 The in-
terpreler delivered the message atthe breakfast
table exciting The infiai,e merriment Of every
body.
That delightful prairie next above Lille Rap
ids, on the south side Of The river. is named Lea
Affairs-a gentlemen who certainly appears WELL
deserving of this and Of much higher compliments;
and he will earn them too, if, with the assistance
of Gov. Ramsey. rhis treaty is eaectcd--the most
important Indian treaty negotiated within half
century, The Commissioners are both men who
recognize no such word rs fail to be legitimate
Englsh,er we are mistaken in the character Of
the men. sts- a.e,,f,3 Ia. la...,,,,f ~ $
Mr., Alexis Bailly, assistant Comnssary, is cer-
tainly one Of the. most useful and active camp
men, that ever, was. By his perseverance,
bower roof is built over the several tents, making
US confederation Of independent encapments.
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IRAvEksE pEs SIOUX, July III, 1851.
This was al, eyepiful day in camp. More
news arrived Of the approach Of large numbers
Of the remote bands. II is no snuil matter 10
assemble the entire people Of vast extent Of
country like this, which Is nab ited by scatter
ed bands, des,itu,c Of food, and wiihouf roads TO
tray Ell country larger than The whole State nf
Pennsylvania or Virginia or New York. a Mean
time, our able Commissioners are losing no OPP
par,unity Of conciiatiug the bands that are pre-
sent and informing themselves Of their condition
aud expectations, f-.ih .ar ,s,f
About Roon. ths marriage of David Farribau|t
with Nancy Winona Mcclure, took, place in the
Of the Commissioners. in The presence
Of all the party of The camp and Of several
friends Of Tie parties Ia be married. The BRIDE
groom is large, handsome man, about 80 years
old and the bride, fresh young girl Of Ia,
large Of her age, educated in seciusion II, the
Mission hunse, and jnost wholly unacouainted
with the society of the whites She came into
the marquee, trembling like a Young fawp, blush.
ing like the opening bud of a iewy piony1 in the
glare of sunshine .aet'nr i ie.ys,
The marriage ceremony. inife Episcopal form,