Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-08-05

construction was right and necessary. 70,
1t wasidle 10 expect the Territory to b;
I settled If it was to remain tsnr2ass with
out towns. H espresso himself salts
fed, and the subject lyas then dropped
lie wished 40 explanation nor found any
fault as to the contract Of halt-5reed Kan
lands, hat, as | have alfaad3 stated, be
expressed himself, in strong language
entirely satisfied as TO the faicnGss anc
honorable character Of the TRANSACTION.
/. however, pressed chat ana another
matter upoa his attention. The contracts
Of these lands had been before him with
the accompanying papers in the month 0.
January previous, and upon Mr.. Many
pennys making 4 most violent and higa-
tempered report against tAenl upon the
grounds of infairness, as well as u tech
meal want Of conformity 10 the rg' S 0.
the Department. he had returned them 10
me- SIMPLY declining to confirm them.
now called his attention to them again,
and as he had expressed himself fully
satisfied Of their honesty and fairness, /
requested him to examine the additional
papers and depositioas which he had pro-
cured 10 supply technical defects and a
legal argument | had made 10 demon
s,rate, from the decisions OF the Supreme
Court, the acts OF Congress. and the opin-
ions OF the Attorney Generals, that the
whole case and all we had to say upon it
was before him, and requested hrn to
examine them and decide it, He asked
me TO hand the papers TO Coz N oCiel-
iaad, Secretary OF the Interior, and / did
50.
The second matter to which | called
hls attention was the town site o. pawnee
| had informed him that my proclamation,
named that place for the meeting Of the
l. glsiature, and gave him as q reason
fot 50 doing that Il was remo.e from the
influence OF Missouri. He approved OF
it very cordially; and 2 day or lwo there
after | complained TO him Of what | coz
sldered the unfair action OF the War D.
paTtment. | stated 70 MN that as so0a
as II was ascertained Or suspected that
would cali the Legislature together at that
place, 1t was at oace assail5d through the
press and otherwise to break it down :;
that tree-State population had already
commenced settling IN and around it; that
It vas obvious It's natural adTamag s
would a.tt.5sc; emigrants; and its distance
from Missodri would constitute a great
otJectlo2 10 the proj ec.ors and friends o.
the foreign Invasion of our Territory,
while the same reasons would IL few
years, make il a railying point foc North
ern men. nd dcaET upoa !; Z large settle
ment; that i was forcsacn by the Mis-
sourians, anI hence their hostility 10 il
and their dctcmn.noti0l to break il lp; !;
that ] had been informed by reputable
aad credible citizen Of Missouri that Gen
htchisol had written 10 Gen. (jcii.. J D4.
Wis Oh the subject, and that d.lhculties had
been started In regard 10 the military re-
serve OF Fort Riley, and as to dispute
between tie commanding officer there
and a couple OF intrudsrs, which had 50
resulted as that the War d apartment had
declared II, W'ro1p,uiiy | believed, within
the military reservation: that after {
Number OF houses had been erected, be
side a large hall for the nesting o. the
Legislature, and it was known tarCugG-
out the States that my Proclamation had
convened tho Legislature there. eX
piained that C5loaGI Montgomery had
been ordered to su.rey aad pgoeia.la 4
named woall not he needed o. inclui d
hy hial, aad had, III lis faply 10 tlalr Iet-
ters, SO informed thefn, aal t.sat n had
10 objection TO their taking poss ssioa o.
Il; that they had accordingly proceeded
70 locate and lay oat upon tll.5 ground the
military reservation At that piace, a1d
mol being frefard 10 90 50 oarly enou5.l
10 keep oil settlers, had made pco:Is-
.oaaI rCs ryatIon WIiaout survey Of ten
rallies Ey eighteen, u.tI he could finally
comply ~ = the order bY sclectiag wat
laud he would Eaaj, ana slgy yang and
pro1iaiming it. That in the lnaaallrue
some OF the officers OF the post, TIE ST.
tiers, aud other gsntl men, had conceived
the idea OF IOWA in tlat yiclaltg, ld
some of them addressed Col. Moatgoul-
erv a letter, stating their wish 70 iay ou
a town, d signo ing two places when "a ,
supposed lo would not Iuciui5 Wasn ~
came to survey his reservation. and asa
ing his permission 10 use oae o. t4e pOl4.5
for the purpose contemplated; that the
Colonel, although not yet prepared exact
~ 10 defiLe the reserve he would make,
was satisfied that one OF the places thev
town OF Pavnee; that all this happened
in the summer before | had arrived in
the Territory, or had any knowledge OF
the town or the men who had laid il on;
;hat ii November. 1851, in car tour thro'
the Territory, We had Stopped al the fort,
and were very hospitality treated By the
officers, and were tnen tor the first time
made acquainted with the fact tnat such a
town existed The otiicer5 and settlers
OF the post showed Us tAeir town sire, IN
formed rs that il was outside of the re-
serve, and, as q matter Of courtesy 10 the
FIVE Territorial officers, including myself.
whom / have mentioned as Constituting
our party. presented TO each Of Us share,
being one twenty-dfth part, at the same
price as the original stockholders had
theirs, namely, a proportion OF expenses,
which we OF course accepted; that the
officers of the post were probably led into
this project by the fact that the same thing
had been done BY q number Of citizens
OF a citizens and officers at Fort Learen-
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