Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-02-08

After the adjournment Of the House,
on Friday. he following petition was read
10 tina body. and we arc happy to state
with succ So equal to its merits as lit
crary document. and the merits Of the
case itself :-ige.
To the Great Sachem of the p le Fa.
COS and - his pale faced Coun.
cillors. and t. tho honorable Chiefs Of
all the palo faced tribes both member.
of thu Hons, as well as OF the Senate.
in the Legislative Wigwam at Angus
Ia. by the will of all the tribes assem-
bled, Mitchell Saukabasin. of the An
Gent and Honorable Pcnobscot Tribe
of Indians. resident ON the Banks Of
the Penobscot River, principally con-
ceutratcd a, Oldtown Island. sends
GREETING
! FArHEKs-May the Great Spin, smile
upon yonr counscls. and may vour coun-
ell fires burn never so brightly, illnmina-
ting all the hunting grounds and fields of
maize in this Commonwealth. Whilst
you Som p arc devising ways and means
for spinning out the session, and thus
"pocke,ing the Esplees thereof may
the sluaws and papooses left in your
wigwams be kept from all harm. May
venison and all kinds Of game abound
to them as it does to you Deep SHOWS
now cover the ground. so deep tina, in
old times. when 1.-THE country was new
and iniuns thick. Mitchell Saukabasin
would have been many weary hours in
comprising the distance from Bangor to
Augusta, bat now. by virtue OF fire and
$, an, h cone in a few hours. but. and
which bria.s h,m to point. Mitchell
Saukab SIN has to pay his fare in ,hc
cars AMI his board lu>, as any man who
is not Native American
Your petitioner is too old to dig and
~ IT,, t!t - 4iStdf'lfh OtsutftN irpN-
scs,ad q. consi Ierablc MONEY. he put it
into the Church then building by his
tribe, and although all thu old Sa,Aems.
Lewis Atteia, John Neptune. and Peol
A,tcon. AMI Soph Alexis promised to
refund from the State appropriation for
poor injun.' he hasn', 'en any returns
yet, and probably. as he is verging upon
three score and ten. the period of life al
lo,,cd to man. both white and copper
eolorcd) he never will see any symptoms
of remuneration.
Mitchell SAukabasin pridcs himself up
on his character for integrity and homes
ty: he has hunted and fished through the
forests and on tn. rivers and brooks Of
II $ ST tie. and now tina, his sigh, is fail
ins, AMI the in6r,ni,ics Of a.e creeping
upon him h, feels tina, his white friend,
iwoull esteem it favor to repay the
copper colured Nu,ivc in par, for the
II ny wrongs perpetra,ed upon his race
once IN, march OF al h. surveyed, now
none So poor As to 10 them reverence.
Whra N;cieil S.uAa aasin va, rich
n''s-HIa=fg., I'D beads and ..Saius
CT beasts. ard "oil Of fishes pal
face never was driven from his wigwaln
hre. but always shared his venison and
has trou..
Always the white mems friend, this
appeal is to decide whether the white
man is his friend or not.
be small sum OF one dollar, Federal
currency, from each Of YOU, from the
grand Sahru, Down Ia the Mr.senyer,
would pu, Mitchell Saukabasin on HE
fee, again, and dtdu-e joy and badness
through his family. CONSISTING II a squaw
and pap.la~~s.
iouI petitioner. although Native
American. Is not a = know nhhi.e," IN
The common scceptaInn al that term;
he thinks that all men SHOULD lie Tree
t,i rqiai." aud tina, .Vr,s n an }. \. r,.od
t 'i''o tier. AMI cti.n "a nch better.
S'"sli iasor' viii be thankful, teeeis.
Ri ""d lueer oucs ~ pf.vuruon.
iih' Gt.a' SInr, will and Dies suite
~ u ,nr h..i-,,i~n
S''-n "a, bldt..wu IN The County ,d
fe"ot-eo'. -" Ih,, fne,n,h day Of Jalu.
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M!I' T.. l. SAlkABASIN
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