The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-16

changed. We liked the Crow river country better
than any other and asked our Great Father for it.
We do not with 10 be excluded from its mouth We
wrote to our Great Father that there was . country
south OF Minnesota river that would like TO have,
but be answered that could not have IL. Our
proposition to-day ia. that we have the Grow river
cou try; and we wish the Great Father to give Us the
lana between Sank and Crow rivers. We VIZ II no
reserve between Ms and the Mississippi nor any
white settlers.
Afer utt ring this modest wish with III the gravity
OF an unadutsr ted child OF the forest he retired.
The next man TO speak twas Gov. GoRMAs, who
sad:Your Cir at Father at Washington, IN listening
10 your communications, has been filed With desire
to crafty and make you happy When hrst wrote,
at the request Of the chiefs NJ St. Paul stated that
You wanted home on Crow river. i did not say
that you wanted to go high mp or down to the
mouth Of the river Your Great Father did not
Delay single day in answering my letter; but
reply received directed that the lihe should not
come Learer to the Mississippi than twenty-five
miles. He gave Us q reason for not coming nearer
that the StockbridSes were to have seventy two
.ec,oDs, district SIX miles broad by twelve long,
on the Mississippi or Minnesota rivers: They would
be good and peaceable neighbOrs, and you will find
them But we did not come here to tell you what
we wasted you to do. We are willing to crafty you
in airy reasonable request which not contrary TO the
instructions of your Great Father. Weare instructed
to say that we cannot give you more than dive hun
dred thousand acres Of LAID. You will bear in
mind that as you go nearer to the Mississippi, and
Our large cities the land will be much more valuable
to you You understand very well the value of land
you have msde treaties enough to know it. By
this time next year there will be several steamboats,
running by the mouth Of Crow river. If you take
up home near white settlements we shall be COM
PEELED to give you double the price for your lands
that we now do. II you make your home ON the
head OF Crow river, the land would soon become
valuable, on account OF settlements increasing 10
fast. One acre of land within mile Of st. Paul
would be worth five hundred Of that you now occupy
tell You this to show you that the more you go
down that way the more valuable will be your land
when you want to sell IL. You baye 100000 acres
acres down there it would be worth double as much
as this land. SO far as this talk has gone, desire
you 10 have another talk among yourselves, and con-
sider ali the particulars OF the treaty We want to
pr The right of way from the Mississippi to the
Pacific It's the expectation OF the Great Father
that the next Congress will order o railroad to the
Rocky Mountains across the head waters Ut Grow
river, ard if you go below your present ground the
railroad will give great value to that land. There.
fore We cannot give you 80 much there rs here. l
have no doubt that the Oldest here will live long
enough in tie ordinary course Of nature TO that
country settled and finished | say this to convince
you that we cannot give You so much land the e as
here Some day your Great Father may wish to
buy oil you what lands you have; and tbere is
another thing, it is this: 1t has been aud is nov the
policy OF the Great Father To limit annuitiss to fifty
years. aid after the fifty years have expired to stop
the annuites or TO pay the principal at the end Of
hfy years ard continue the annutles, as he peases
SSollu Tue " lItIendpOtS exist as tDey now no
doubt tie Great Father would consent TO continue
the aDnuies forever. You need have no fear
that your Great Father does not intend 50 take care
OF you in al after time. While you remain at peace
with tie United States and with all around you you
need have no fear that yonr Great Father will not
continue the annulties as long any of you live.
haht you, when you go from here, not to forget
and now repeat 1t to you, that this council was
called at your request. l expected, from the long
notice have given you, to find you all prepared and
Of one mind. IL does not benefit your Great Father
to exchange lands-he does it to please you. waut
to show you another reason why we cannot give you
80 much iaod there as here; and tits this: II will not
cost you so much to get up your goods, provisions
and monty es il does now. Just 80 much more as it
costs you now 70 get them, so much more money
will you get. | want to make a CORE tion. The
policy was once accepted, but is how changed. The
government pays the transportation. / make the
correction because do not want you be deceived.
There Is another advantage-all your goods come
up the Mississippi and the further you go down that
way the sooner win You get them. You may have
had soe division on the subject Of your a1uuities
being Continued tor fifty years. In my Judgment it
does not weigh feather whether they are continued
or not This treaty is of such O character that no
ore heed be de xived, no one can no one will be
deceived There Is no money To be asked OF you, ard
your Great Father does LOT pec To gain anything
/! ehaa gng IDS. Ii IT will please you we sill do
II; but We cannot do more than are instructed to
by your Great Father want you TO bear III mind in
your separate conLclls tomorrow thai we want the
night OF wayt rough aly lands you may occupy, for
IL IN,
deIstaId that il viii be one mile Oh each slde-the
smlle ilfht OF way. | iced not explain 10 y0n
wat railroad Is ia view OF the fact that the cities
b.leW are Increasing 20 fast that one acre of land
GOWN there Is worth great many here, want to
iGl ress on your minds that we cannot give you SO
NJ b there Is here. This Is according to the instruc.
tors 81 yor Great Father. Ihave another remark to
make. We DO mol Intend, by saying we would limit
ton to this exchange Of lands but it you have any
objections state them at the proper time that if
any objections exist that will not be in the way of
giving you that country for this. Your Great Father
would prefer TO limit them to fifty years, but do
not ask it Of you as q condition. If there is now
any wrong mpression--f any of the chiefs do not
comprehend my meaning, viii explain tonight
WEENo sHiEK remarked-Father, we would like
TO have you exp'an why our Great Father wishes to
limit tie annuities.)
GovEfNoR--You woud-the whole Of you-get
more at the end Of that time. (Mr. Lowry then ex-
plaI ed The whole matter to them, bat still they could
not understand ie)
Governor GoKMAs again took the stand, aud
said-lhe advantage to your Great Father
is this For the next fifty years yol re-
ceive ninety eight thousand dolsr per annum.
Of you are destroy ed-your Great Father would not
like to pay that sane amount every year as long as
that small number lasted. That's one reason. The
prophet remarked at Sank Rapids that the Sacs and
Foxes were waraed that if they continued heirwars
they would be blown away like the ashes OF q pipe.
Suppose that shoul happen TO the WiDnebagoes, or
the Gree. s,.it should send the cholera
amongst them ana Kill them all Of bat tso or three
chiefs aud their families? Don't you see that,
if the present snnuities were paid to those
very iew persons, they would receive great deal
MOI. than they have need Of and as much as fifteen
bundled Of you receive now Z Do yon tpink that If
ooy one lndap we're lett, your great Father oughtto
giva him much every yeas as sou all receive nowl
You do not know what Is ~ happen under the orders
of The Great SPIRIT il ifty years. Such athing might
be- some tribes have been reduced from thousands to
hui dreds ia very short time by war aod disease
You must adopt some Of the customs Of the white
men, or your numbers i'll be growing ess and less,
and less every year. Crnese remark caused won
6eru] deal OF vacant stares amongst the RED repub
cans, rs though each was trying 10 see which Of the
Others would die frat. The Governor seeing this,
dropped toe subject and .urned their attention from
things spiritual 70 things temporal, by saying):-l
want you to meet me ia the morning, soon after
breakfast, when vill give you good fat beef TO
Kill cloud cries Of no no y from all the red 'uns;
even the gambling party forget their cards, aud join
ain full cTy.il