The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-06-05

be broken add schools established smosg them
immsiistsly sitss II nGi6atioa Of the treaty.
and such assistasee provided y you'd enable
then to obtain ron IL soil 5 certain support,
10 lieu Of the precsfious subsf',eoce which they
obtained from the chase
Frequent Instances u wvcrc suffering from
starvation had rendered the Indians fearful OF
the failure oil game IN their country, md REQ
dered them anxious for more certain means
Ol subsistence, and tho proslcct u obtaining
those mean, was the great iDdncc,ne1lt which
led TO their silxing their signature, 10 the
treaty. Ia that Instrument, ample provision
was made for the immediate establishment o.
scbooI.. breaking Of land, furnishing scl, build
ing mills. &C. &c. blu, up TO the present mo
mcnt, schools have not born e.,sblishc,l, mill
has not been built. nor has land bsen broke Cor
the Indian. shove tbc yellow MEDICINE river
location.
We wcrs at the Lac qui PsIlc. Big S,opc
lake. Lac Traverse, and the Cossau des Prairie
villages. few weeks since. AZ thos villages
more thsn one.haif the participants in the
Traverse DIES Siopv treaty Of 1851 reside. nod
ws speak from artual oi,srsvatiou when we Ssy
that with the exception of sbout ten acres q,
Big Stone lake. not particle Of land has yet
been plowed ios any of thoss indians. and 50
dastitute are they Of thu means Tor blowing
their small patches Of corn. tina, In many In
stances. oba hoe has TO answer for several fsmI
lea.
Thae indians ore anxious ~ cultivate ex
teusivciy they are anxious tn provide sgairs'
failure Of the buffalo oa tho plains. which
mc-s f6c';taS'y fss'i,7 iii sfsTssri5n aaf saaSch
unless they have other resources AZ command
They serc nomissI on tho treaty ground. and
they have been promised annually ever since
the treaty that laod should he broken for
thoia jmnsdaisiy. aud when We were there,
| they wero expecting tho arrival Of leans daily
to break land for them to pillow this sprnv, bu,
they wait in vain. ~ no teams have yet gone
up, and now can,o' gr' mp in time To pillow 70.
this years crop.
Whon we reflect that ,bcse Indian. made
ample provisions Tor bresking land IL ,h'
amount appropriated for the arst payment --
that thry pro, idei an agricultural fund u
$1,000 annually. $1,000 Of which should ha,,
becn expended annual, ut thoe villages thu,
four years have elapsed since the ratification d
the treaty. aud this agricultural fund beea an.
nuaily appropriated by Congress for the pur,
poso contemplated ny the tnaty--aud they
have derived no benefit whatever from iha,
fund up To this time Il u too spparen, TIM,
they have good and sufficient causo TO he dis
satisfied with the treatment they arr receiving
a, III" hand. ii government,
Those who arr the mos, direc, sufferers from
this want OF hath on the par, Of government
are the chief. who signed the treaty. They
went hob,@ aud reconnted 10 their several hands
tho heuefis to result from the sale II the land
and the Indians were satisled Int the failure
10 realize many ii those benefits has caused
u'nru uirss assn, ,i,'.. s,'ss -iu' "~ r.i,,.l -.
responsibility rests with the chief. 7hey
should not have lptenc, 10 the drceiin' words
Of thu government officials,
Not only ia thc influence Of good ,nen among
the Indians very much diminished. but, in onc
instance AT least the lie Of the chief h.. been
endangered
In speaking OF these government dol,nqucn-
ccs, we 10 not wish to bc understood ~ nj tach.