The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-02-17
The Sioux Payment Again.

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Sibley * Co, with another paper, AMI after the In
dams touched the per, which made their marks to
the treaty, Joseph r. Brown held up bis pen, which
they touched aso surprising tn paper before h'm To
I've OF the treaty documents, and their marks
were thcre,pon made BY Mr.. Brown his paper,
which Was assignment . ctrttin prsons fh0eta
named Of nnarly all 'ae na,yt tr 'ecared By The In
dams, at Their frst pcyaent uadcr Tbs treay.
! A late number OF tn, Miners Express makes The
above quotation from I'll, Mina,<ot, Democrat, aad
then rena ks
'ff the ale, ,tioa cohtsin ID in tn. alb eXtac
be true-f IL be fact that snc,i fraud was perpe
taied upon the Indians, AMI Nth thu privity of Gov
Ramsey, j, presents OF the darkest and most
damning chapters 10 be found IN the whole history Of
oilcri corruptl)H.
This is exactly the cad desired hy III, Federal ed
itor here. lie has aimed to induce belief that Mr.
Sibiry and Others have committed fraud Ipon IN ;
Indians. lie has is coupled In, of Gov
Ramsey with that Of NJ. Sih.ey in his charI,<, bat
he is particular 10 make NJ Sible, the chief culprt
and the Governor "a l,okcr OF in Venice" So it
has ever beel daring his political life in this Terri
tory We have never been able t, satisfy ourselves
why h. has been so tenacious Of coupia, thesa gen
tlenien together. unless indeed he has not vet de-
cled which party he will eventually join, and AZ
Gov. Ramsey is Whig and Mr.. SibIey Demo
ocra,, and both prom:1en men, he wishes t. "clcar
the track" in b,th parties. for the purpose of taking
position m either, a crcu instances may dictate.
We should not b. at all surprised to see, at an earl,
day, the death Of the Democrat announced aa.l the
"Chcollcle an! Register" rcc,isSiiaed. The poll
ties of tn paper n,.I Mt b: car,.l at ali. The
principles Of federalism ca b. advocated as wel in
the l. tn othr.
We pucss Nc feel s,nc surprise that the editor
Of the Express sh ,uld have been imposed upon be-
cansc he has passed through The mill md has seen
the most dcspirablc rcsotted to, f,r the
purpose cf defeating the reelection Of one Of
the hnaorcd of iowa, man too, whom Min
n'soia delights to honor There, even Tie sanc,ity
Of the family circi; inva led, and every ncaa,
used 10 destroy tn p,rsonal a., po',ica! Standing Of
Gca. JOINS. We viii limit thcre are so.ne vcr,
mean men in Iowa, but we can beat them in Mime
sofa, and : " them three in thc game.
To enable tn Express to form more correct opin-
ion of tn frau! pcrpetrstel upon the Indians, We
propose 10 give tn; details prcn,i>iny that II. IL.
Sibly, having b.eh ira r il the country purchased
ir the period Of sNtecn years previous to III, trcatv
At Traverse dcs SOAK. an having hal many ,rad;nr
posts t,rou, hom II, cnaay b. was hy lar ia, most
interested o ANY III iiyidud ia tn country. Still
during the deble The treaty il th2 Senate Of the
United States, wa, tn propricty of payin, 50 large
a san Of macy II tn | il,a II Questioned, and
h, called uppl to expail II, ,biect-he f.anhly
stated the object to which the money was to be APP
piled, stated tn, previous coalition Of the Indians
their reliance upon the traders an the cause Of the
Indebtedness of IL, In lals. II, further stated that
he hal ,rel AM onlarod h,rd.hips for many wears
Of his life, that all he h ii in ~, world rs "A recon
pense for toll and pvaion, was Involved in that pro-
vision Of the treaty, that the liabilities Of the Iniians
far exceed twic, III, an,int thy enabled to
devote 70 tn payn n; Of them. but III. treaties are
necessary to til, prosperity Of Minnesota and if taat
appropriation will Of Itself dea. thsr ratification,
strike ow." Is that the aagnayc, Mr.. Express, OF
a man who would deiaud tn. Indians he had sup
ported 70: ycars, an 1t Gov. R,m,ey look at him
do it!
As II, object Of 4 'b,Tt,,l's attack upon Mr. Sb
ley this tim, ljurc his fair fame, and destroy
his poitica! ilia,l,, al W ashn5tpa, we shall STATE
nothing bnt what is Of record at Washington, and
may be referred 10 by al! concerned.
The treaty contained stipulation proviiiu. the
means for the payment OF the debts due by the In
dians for supplies which they hnd been receiving
their cssi;ies d>a,,dd, in s,m; instances for the
period of twenty-five years. Taese d .bts had accu-
INFLATED with the express agreement between the In
dians an tn. traders, that they yhoud be paid when
ever their lands shouli BE- bon n, by the Govern
ment. This has been universal practice, aud ort
that has been very useful the II lans, for with
"A guarantee Of this kind they have been supplied
with goods when in want, and with provisions in
times Of scarcity.
/ To secure these debts to the traders, to make a
donation to the mixed hood, and provide for their
removal and support fJr year, the sum Of two
hundred and seventy -ivc th,asanl dollars was sp,
apart in the treaty of Traverse DIES Sioux, (Which
has been the great OBJ cct of attack by the Democrat)
resolution of III, S:aa,e Engbls the negotiation of
any treaty proviiiny f,r the payment of debts. or
for reservation of laai, he ice the necessity ol
wording the treaty not endanyer its r,,ifc;-
i'm. But the Indians well ualerstood that the money
was to bc employed follows: To paw their debts.
S2l0 900; to be distributed anon, the mixed bloods
$4,000; for the removal and support Of the Idians
$4,000. The Indians in council, before the sum
finally decided upon. requested. that the trader.
might rcceive $500 900, the mixed bloc Is $40 ODD
and $40, 01o retained for a removal an1 Subsistence
and. but the commissioners objected, and instead Of
ss400. 600 which was asked BY the Indians, S2.5,.
600 was the highest cure the commissioners would
consent 10. The manner in which this money wn.
to be appropriated wei understood BY the Ia ians.
and the chief, in council named tho mixed b!oods
who should participate il the $4,000 ana directc,
it to be divided equally among them. The amount
70 be paid TO each individual trader they could not
determine but they requested the traders to divide the
S21O,000 among thems lives. in proportion to The
accounts Of each. a committee Of three, was ap-
pointed by the traders, and the committee after cx-
aiming the accounts. mad distribution. which was
reported to, and adopted hy the traders and the