The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-07-17
Our young friend of the La Crosse

Times got excited the other day about a
Presidential vote taken among the pas
sengers on down trip of the Nominee,
and let off the following unjust and in
decent missive against the character of
those who are seeking new homes in
Minnesota. Were not his charge so
sweeping and general, we might not have
noticed it at all-in truth we have let it
lay over until our convenience-and even
in view of this fact, we do so now for
the benefit of the libeler, the libeled
needing no defence at our hands. After
our young friend has tarried at Jerrico
until his beard has grown" he will have
learned that steamboat voting does not
elect Presidents any more than calling
hard names makes knaves of honest and
upright citizens. We don't believe he
cares about running comparison between
the criminal calendar of his own county
for the last three months, and that of any
county in Minnesota. Hear him:
A STRAw.-The following is the re-
suit of vote for President, taken on
board the steamer Nominee, on her last
trip down from St. Paul 10 Galena, among
the cabin passengers:
Scott 10; Pierce so: majority for
Scott 29.-Gdlena .Adu.
Or CouRsE.-The gamblers, robbers,
thieves and pick-pockets who have for
months past, been assembling in the
territory of Minnesota to attend the In
dian payments, and extract from the poor
natives their annuities, are Just now re-
turning.-La Crosse Times.
Quite different view of the character
of Minnesota does our neighbor Hutch
inson, of the Prairie du Chen Courier,
take. 1t would be, perhaps, as well for
the young La Crosse gent to initiate, at
least in this one particular, the example
of his contemporary below him, who, al
though fierce and impulsive warrior for
the interests and advantages of his town,
manages to keep truth ON his side when
speaking of his neighbors. Here is what
brother Hutchinson says of the trade and
future greatness of Minnesota:
awe know that it is impossible for
those who reside off this great thorough
fare, to have perfect idea of its immen-
sity. Not boat passes but what is lit
orally thronged with passengers and load
ed to the guards with freight. And now
that the Sioux treaty is ratified, and mil
lions of acres of the best lands of Min
nesota thrown open TO the enterprise of
emigrants, we may already conceive that
it will increase hundred fold. If Min
nesota, as it has been, with such mar
row belt of country capable of sustaining
a population, could furnish business for
some eight or ten boats, what will it he
when the beautiful and truly valuable
lands of the Sioux are laid open to the
hand of the husbandman, and the enter
prise of the trader"
We copy the following, from the Ma
tional Intelligencer, for the benefit of
those interested white men and cunning
hali-breeds," who, for the past two years,
have been busy in sowing the seeds of
discord among the Chippewas. The con-
duct of the Indian Bureau in the premises
is just such as we might have expected
SO long as Luke Lea is at the head of it
decisive and right. We understand, in
addition to the particulars of this affair
given below, that Col. Lea referred the
Indians TO Maj. Watrous, the agent, who
happened to be in the city at the time, as
The person to whom all their complaints
must be addressed. The Major, very
properly, allowed them money TO pay
their expenses home, provided they would
agree TO refund the same from their annui.
ties, which they did:
"IRREGULAR INDIAN V1sITs.-It has
been the practice for two or three years
past for interested white men and cunning
half-breeds, residing in or near the Indian
country, surrounding our Western from
tier, to fomcnt any little matters of dis
satisfaction that may exist in the minds Of
the Indians, in order to turn them to their
own advantage. One of the plans of these
men, pretty generally is to bring delega-
tions-more or less authenticated TO
Washington during the sittings Of Con-
gress, in the hope to extract from the lib
erality of the Government and the sym
pathy Of Congress, sums of money. Two
or three times such delegations have been
successful, and the consequence is that
repetitions Of the game are not to be
wondered at. An instance of this sort
has just occurred. Three Chippewas of
the Lapointe band, from the banks of
Lake Superior, have been brought on
against the wish of the superintendent
and agent, for the purpose of obtaining
release from the provisions of treaty
whereby they were bound to remove to