The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-23

iI'rom the saltwater, Minnesota Union, July I
On Monday last, . goooiy number Of Sioux In
clans honoroo the ctizsns Of tns place wi III sit
They had Dtcn over in WISCONSIN on hunting ex-
peditca, and judging from "a game they hal along,
they were emnertiy successful. 0ce OF the 10
set Of bow.iegged, kn1ckkaeed beg,imed aad
greasy wsriior-in answer 70 toe question 80 Fl Nv
many deer did you Xiii Z !" held up both hands, and
moicned with them quite deliberately, ten timss--
indicating &c we Interpreted II, one hundred. Add
they killed other game bosdes deer. 0le Indian,
ay0ung squash Of fellow, nad q badgers skin. he
called 1t "qudar patc" or "S2ua,c's pGr, " We
don't know which exactly. This same greasy rasc al
wore an old cauco shirt fuu Of holes faded and be
smcs red with dirt, sweat and grease, aud paie of
ds CT skin iePginss and mocc aims The union be-
tween t,e faid eggipge and this we'll, the gar nent
that epcircitd his wsist was NOS as close as 1t
might have Teen consequently, as he stopped over
fer anything considerable more OF his dusky form
might be seen than could be perceived when he
stood erect.
We noticed one old warrior particularly. He was
seated upon tuft Of grass, near small DIRE, smok
ing apire, the handle OF whi.1 vas aoou. as long
~ bimself. Near the fire, impslsd on stuck stuck
in the ground ~efe several coca of verisoo. Tney
were being e'surely roasted. rne old fellow had
one eye eu'. II looked Is If some Chippewa brave
had once punched It out with the end Of his war
club In various other p4ri ,aars he appeared fleece
and var begrimed. His fsco was vsin,ed, and
marked and benneared ana bcshlned till he sec ned
hldeous; while portions Of hls hall stood a, like
quilts upon the frofuf porcupine, making his MD
ecusness look douoiy hideous and rcv oltins. We
got scared, and were several times on the pint OF
leaving; but our friend Mower, VINO a., mpa ,cd
u up 70 t1er encampment, held us bIcg-.1Qs
showing what ono stout viii :an do with o1e insln.
ed TO be covering and smoeous.
Tnese Indians had several indian ponies oloog.
and they were about a. oddIy aud grotesqusly &C.
coutred a. their masters bu. tney seemed perle ty
content6d With their lot, and their owners were
quite proud OF them. The ono La o Counterpart o
abe other; hercc ono could not very Ssn get along
wittout The Other.
One thing we particularly noticed WAS th,. no
one, that We saw. had bow and arrows. Esch had
his rife or shot guD; ana IL Ia sad that many o.
them ore excellent sn,ts-
We once had great .,ect for tho Iudis1 rare.
We hsvo many line sighed Ike far al 70 over
me story CT their wrongs acd regretted that we
Dao not Tie power TO affJrd the n ample redress
hlrous feeling.
Another aght or two like that We witnessed on
Monday viii cure us CT our sick y Indian sen.imea-
talism. The dirty. begrimed, lazy, gummoqs
hifyish, vindictfvc rascals We don't wonder Oh a,
The harry pioreer pushes them further AT further
Into the wcstefn and unc1sivatod vilds. m
ought - be puzzled there that TO- II thcv sron,s 90
tie dosn end cultivate the lands they m ana
become good cirzerg. No paton, or tribe. Ia this
day and age, should be permitted % ce 40 fall 4
land ~ tins 20, year after yssr, and are after 70
nncuitivate3, and otherwise making II bsuencfal "a
The human family. We do not know II vsttcl ,.n.
cio<s With u In this view OF the cAsc, nor do ~
o. =; tbst cur opinion, vattel 90 10 Vatsai; and
ve DO not b srne car pioneers, aad especially u
govern nept for their policy eisise 10 u ssc ~iid
Ind'sss IL Is sious the orly course tsaI can be
punued.