New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-03

| have mssionsnes stationed smopg them, and have
| made sone progress in learning 10 read and write
| their own language.
| Thep. next We baye the Lisitoawsns, Village Of
the Marsh band, numbering about twenty five hun
dreJ, who dwell chiefly in the north west and
| de pend mainly on the buffalo for subsistence.
Lastly, We have the bands commonly known un-
| der the name Of YanktODs, namely, the lhankton-
vanna and the Ihsnktonwans or Village E0d bands.
| Tb. latter band dwels principally beyond the Nus
sour River, and is supposed to number soonI wv"
thousand four hundred persons. The latter band is
estimated 1t about four thousand and j. suhiivded
into four bands, the lIuDkpstidans (nenn.os not
known, the Cut-Heads, tie Pihe-Shoocefs, the
Diyiders ar Breakers Of Law, and dwell along the
jacques or James River. Inkpadats's band be.
longs think to this tribe; at any rate, his band
have shown very plainly they ought 20 be cIassed
under the last subdivision.
BESIDES the Sioux Indians, we have about seven
THOUSAND Chppewas in the Territory, living ca their
reservation, between Otter Tail aud Red Lakes, ."
the north of this Just now, they are Disturbing The
settlers in that region, and some families have Iet
their homes and come to this city. LAST wcek
murder was committed by two Of them and half.
breed. of feeble minded German for which they
were arrested by the Sheriff Of Morrison County.
Before be bad gone far with his prisoners the en-
ragged settlers took them away from him and lynched
them. The transaction produced such an excite
ment in that section of the country, cavalry COM
papy was dispatched, on Monday of this week, from
This CITY. 10 preserve order and protect the whites
from any further moleststions or depredatcns BY the
Indians.
Hole-in the. Day. the Chief Of the Chppewas, was
in this city bot long since. He is said Ia be very
intelligent man. aud skes great interest IN Wbst ~
going on in the wide world. Daring the Crmean
war he kept himself thoroughly informed OF the pro
gr,ss of events by having the newspapers read t.
bx int H,, had nof
way of sitting on the floor at the hotel and of squat
ting IN the door steps. That, however, lie Indian
fashion. The Indians in the Territory are chiefly
troubl, some in the sparse settlements, where they
commit all kinds Of thcfl and pllage, unless they
are restrained by the presence of military.
1t is to be hoped the General Government will
soon send enough soldiers 10 the forts the re-
teiyatons of the Sioux and the Chippewas, 20 Forts
Ridgely and Ripley to protect the settlers. VIM.
Pritchctt, the Government agent, who is now here
to Try and settle all difficulties with the Indiana
will propose on his return to Washington that's
large supply of provisions be placed with the Indian
agents 10 be distributed during the coming Winter,
and BY 50 doing is in hopes TO prevent repetition
of the brutal massacres of last March.
The two Conventions have about agreed, at last,
upon the Constitution To submit to the people. The
question of negro suffrage is to be left to the action
Of the Legislature
| was out o day or two since in Dakota, one OF
the fin. st agricultural Counties in the United
StStes, and found the farmers very busy harvesting
their crops. The golden stacks Of wbest, IN tho
straw on every hand, with the thrifty corn fields,
and the tar-reachng undulating prairies with ther
waving yelvet-O looking ycrdure, made 1t seem hike q
land Of plenty. The grssshoppers have not visited
the portion of country passed through, and the
crops are very large. The trees literally bore wild
pigeons The air seemed full Of them aud tho noisy
blsckbird. FARMS.