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

has given himself up for the rest ne gave himself
up after being taken BY the sherf q tho county In
Iowa whittier be had fed.-REP.l One o. our prin.
now the son of Of chiefs Is In prison. One Of
cur young men, whose heart was covered with whis-
key, struck with weapon an old white man, and he
i y jail TOR that. When heard, Father that the
held rs % our word and want to speak on that. \
While our young men are confined in the dark house,
tired OF sitting there, the Chippewa who was once
there, is now walking about In the open air. Our
vounp men welt 10 see their brother. He is fav0re
with ,hem, and did bothing but avepge the deasn OF
one Of our people. WHO was killed Two years ago.
He vas brave, generous ana a,no.ous, , nnu WON
be nd got his people 10 trouble he surrsnaered MN
self for the rest OF the party. The Chippewas. l
think must love tier son much OF they woud give
hin, up. We will forgive him, + Amer, you VIII ies
our young msn return. e Ho! b! loud and longJ
salute you ge, temen, have no more 70 say. Inea
shaking hands with the commissioners ne SAT COVE
Little Hill is the atlest OF all the chiefs he Is
small Ipdiar-- about the size of Isaac HILL OF New
Hampshire, IN his lifetime, and like Isaac mighsy
smart, though mot seemingly so to look o.,
The mex. orats r was that celebrated old humbng,
the Prophet, who began thus:-Father, have
something to say to you for the chiefs and young men
in regard to our matters and some things have
iost long time ago when l was young mao, we
mad three blscksmiths, and we wished TO have gun"
smith i, besoes We have but twO blacksmiths now,
ana tpey are not very good Ones and 1t Is seldom We
con GET nyth'ng done; / wanted spear this morn.
ing, but could not get il made Zone OF the black
smiths was present when this Was said, and assured
me tnat ne MADE rs rate spear for the "old CURSE
cary that morning. General Fletcher, the agent,
assures me that two better blacksmiths sannOt be
found In the United States, nor has he more faithful
or industrious men than those two in his empl0y I
mention this To show you how these roc skias can
walk ,Ound the truth-RsP.l We are as we'll Off
without one; ne do not know where the money for
TO the old fashion Of doing things. Our blacksmith
here (at Watab is good ONE [naving inst discover
ed b ID among the white men.l He makes spears
AID hoes; but the one az Long Prairie, Qorty miles
distant) is not; an not speaking Of the one here.
Some Of the physicians the Great Father has sent VI
are good men, aud have done good to tribe, but
some are bad. We supposed that, In coming here,
their ,bsct was 10 take care Of our sick, aud slme
have done so. One OF them spent bis tlhs ia riding
about, drinking, gaabng, running among cur
young women and the Chippewa women. We
got tired of him and drove him away. The next
one our Great Father sent WAS worse than
he was. He did nothing for US at all except
to steep with oar women add girls. He is father
TO some Of MS, br thern-as to some of us, father
lnaW " some OF US, and is, in one way or
another relative OF the whse tribe. He spent his
Gays IN idlmp about, and his mig u.s. you know how.
Our Mill a Long Prairie was OF no use to Us. We
wan; 10 Mill On Grow river. Our late agent built
that mill foI bis own use, and not for as. He took
every hing from Us, Ind left US very poor We had
grt tmtl and SO ylill which taat agent used for
bus own purposes. We hear be has new houses down
below. He spent great deal of our money; and
osr goods we do not know what he did with them.
He went among cur girls and spent money with
item. 1t was serious joke thar Wee noshek made
when he alluded to my blanket. II Is threadbare,
and all have trick of The old rogue to make
the mouey come REF Some few of my people
got portion OF their goods. The women got NO
skirts bat some OF them got blankets The children OF
the other go two blaokets each the men got no
brtecb cloths nor blankets either. Two and half
nests II Kettles were lost besides other things. lam
merely telling you what my baud labout one hun
ored lost II psrt They lost mure than half Of their
goods. Mr.. Culver told me they might be at the
agency b,xed NJ. Perhaps they are. Another
thing the Great Father urged them to have was
Schools. Schools were made and the agent put me
and Little Fill at the head OF the school band. Ever
since we we're chiefs Of the school bands We
The Go,EHNoR getting tired Of story solong and
so foreign to the subject Interrupted him by say
ing:--l want to 90 one thing at q time. / want to
get through With this treaty shalt stay here until
Investigate all those affairs Your Great Father has
ten you all about it. will reply to Wee no-shiek
abou5 the railroad. II is the best tling for you in
tire Treaty, and you ought to know it. I do not
know tia, a railroad will ever be bui there but if
II it goes through the Grow river country it will
be through tie upper corner. That railroad
would make each acre OF your land worth double,
and you wold be sice as rich if the road is built:
and every body will tel you SO. If your young men
shouls sell the land after yol old ones dead they
would get taice as much FOR 1t as it IL worth now.
Ia ten years time il the road is built, you will shake
my hand ard say told tue truth. 1t will touch
only the upper corner, but it is doubtful if it ever
will be made Let Wee co shiek however enember
NY words; il will double the value Of his land. He
viii, doubtless kill all The deer ia that region be-
lore the railroad "i be finished. In regard to the
reserve Tor the socsbrdges must be left for your
Great Father 30 decide. We yield to your request to
cene down to the Mississippi. You wished us to do
it and did IT, trusting to the Great Father to sane
tion it For this you are indebted to your agent,
Gen Fletcher. He is your friend and Consented
to it on his request Your Great Father must decide
the matter about the land for the Stockbridges; they
must have tiff he says SO. We have seen Bapste and
Conoha takaw, and they consent to the idea bring
ing the line down to the Mississippi. So suppose all
tend that any bird animal shall light on this pa
per, and if you flying about Of era Wing I'M.
der it tell me Of it and will seni the soldiers after
him. When you. cue TO talk about the affairs of
your late agent you must tell the truth and if any
little birds have been around we will find them out,
and if any cards have been given you we must see
tn m. suspect the cards came out Of the same hole
the birds did We will 60 hunting for your blankets
your flour, and your pork. Now about the treaty.
We carnot omit the clause concerning the railroad
an certain il is for your good. All the talk you
matters, your agent viii attend to. Your Great
F.ther has sent out ne~ agent to attend to the
beaver ut Long Prairie 1t is not the business Of this
aeeot to attend to 1t but that Of another-a stout
catch The beaver VII punish him. do not know
that your Great Father would be disposed TO pay you
anything. We want, when we make this treaty,
ali the chiefs to be perfectly satisfied We want you
10 lie pleaed If your Great Father wanted to run a
railroad through this country he would do it. All
your white trends will tell you Your Great
Father serves MS white children 10 the way,
and Il he wants railroad to carry his soldiers from
east 10 west lie wilt hsve 1t, II it runs Through In
dan or sbite mems land. Al treaties made here
after all have such clause in them You have
said there is OF this country from here to Long
Prairie than there is Cros river Ut is too late for
you 10 make that complaint now. You have been
two years trying to OBTAIN this change, and You
knew more about both these countries than we do.
| have repeated many times that We came here to
please you, and we are not certain that your Great
Father il be pleasei with efforts to please you.
While stay in thus territory. which will perhaps be
all my life, ] want to hear no compl,ats. Your
agent ard have interest at all in any way in
making this treaty, and Your Great Father has not
asked you to make it. You are the only tribe your
Great Father has ever allowed to take a step back
wards, and in that he has done for you what he has