The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
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HISTORY OF KANSAS,
First Discovery by the French tc
the Close of 1857.
By the z ditors
CHAPTE II.
FROM ITS
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CHAPTER II.
MISSOURI costpRoHIsE-NDIAS TRIBES
The next important measure invo!v-
,ng the interests of Kansas, was the
adoption of the Missouri Compromise.
While Missouri was a Territory, a
small number of her emigrants from
the slave States, took with them their
slaves, with the expectation of cutting
out of the Louisiana purchase a new
slave State. This the North stoutly
resisted. After securing it once to
freedom, as they supposed, by bring
inc it under the Ordinance of 1887,
which prohibited slavery in all terri
tory northwest of the Ohio river,
they were firm for long time in re-
fusing to again reinstate it.
The controversy grew SO warm, and
both sides became SO excited, that
MANY timid men feared a rupture in
the Government and a dissolution of
the Union. At this point Henry Clay
came forward with his celebrated
Compromise, the purport of which
was, that if the free States would al
low Missouri to come in as one of the
United States, with pro-slavery con-
stitution, the slave States would, then
and there, enter into a solemn COM
pact, which should remain forever,
that all the territory lying north of
thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes,
and west of a north and south line
running through the mouth of the
Kansas river, should be from that
time forth sacred to freedom. The
representatives from the free States
reluctantly assented to this arrange
ment. Trusting to the honor of the
South that this contract would be sa
credly fulfilled, the country settled into
quiet repose.
I'm the meantime a small faction, OF
whom John G.. Calhoun was the ac-
knOwledged leader, attempted to pre-
vent this territory from being of any
use to the free States. TO accomplish
this end, he originated the scheme of
removing the Indian tribes that were
east of the Mississippi river, and col
onizing them in this territory. BY
his influence tn: general government
tOsk up the matter, and in a few
years had removed and located in this
western territory, nineteen different
tribes Of Indians. These are the
Shawnees, Delawares, Pottawatomies,
Wyandotts, Ottawas, Sac and Fox,
Chippewas, Miamis, Muncees, Weas,
kickapoos, Piankeshaws, Kaskaskias,
Winnebagoes, Greeks, Cherokees
Choctaws, Stoekbridge and Senecas
twelve of which now reside in Kan
sas Territory. A short sketch o
each of these tribes, with a motto,
of fthe missionary efforts made amongs
them by the various religious de
nominations, may not be uninterest
ing.
The SHAwNEEs were formerly 9
large, powerful and warlike tribe o.
Indians, extending from Pennsylva
MIA as far south as the Carolinas; and
there is some evidence that they had
colonies as far west as the Wabash
river in Indiana. 1t is represented
that they travelled the continent In diff
erent directioas-sometimes escortine
travellers, sometimes seeking out new
hunting grounds, and sometimes il
war parties, attempting to stay tht
tide of emigration which was over
Whelming their country and blottine
from existence their name and nation
ID 1852 they made their first treaty
with William Penn-the only treaty
with the Indians, it is said, which
was never broken.
1t is known that q part of this
tribe lived on the Wabash river In
Indiana, from the fact of their accom-
panying La Sale, the French voya-
seur, in his first passage down thai
nver, while journeying to discover
the mouth of the Mississippi.
In the wars between the French and
hnsiish in 1855, the Shawnees, with
ether tribes, Joined the French and
LOOK an active part against the Eng
iish colonies. They were in the fight
al Braddock's defeat, and for many
years after were the terror of all from
Tier settlements. The first treaty
made with them separately. by the
united States, was on the 31st of JAN
aafy' lIS6. sat the mouth of the
ureat Miami, on the northwest bank
Oh the Ohio river" In the fifth arti-
eie Of this treaty. it Is stipulated that
'he United States do grant peace to
tue Shawnee nation and do receive
'aeia into their friendship and pro-
tsetica.''
notwithstanding this, as soon as
zoe Revolutionary war broke out, the