Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1858-06-17

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n Tbe Pra; a *, Chien Cssyssy III
Thursday last says
Senator Henry M. Rice was duly au.
tliorized as 4 Government gent To make |
sale VI the Fort Crawford Reservation,
forp whatever price u would bring HeI
came on early ia the spring Of 1857, had
HE land surveyed, and gave notice TINT
the nail would come off in the month
NAV following The notice Of said sale
was published III the Courier, some time
previous ito thst month Onor about the
time specified for selling the land, the
sale was opened when number
who had squdated and made improved
farms Oh the Reservation, came IN and
presented their claims. Now these
sqnatters had no title 70 the land, for i
was not subject 70 prevention any more
than IS the. Fort Crawford property ia
Paririe du Chen and Mr.. Rice could
haze followed his instructions and sold
iii the land, irrespective Of these as
j umed claims. Rather than the farm
. rs should lose their improvements, and
III ID benefits Of their years of labor go Ia
Is the hands ofcalculating spectators,
he sold only the land that was unclaim-
ed telling the settlers he would do all
IN h ID power to secure them their farms !;
pron 1ising 10 give them all possible no
tee - soon as he received further in
strucl lions from the Government, and
urgin, ! them to come prepared when
such !. ,otice should be given. The I'M
impro v ed, unoccupied, land sold at auc-
ton on an average, for four dollars PEI
acre.
Sc nat ,,r Rice, in making his report
ID tie WV Department, recommended
a b6 Ii alf 1,f the settlers that the residue
oftba reserve might be sold at the low.
al nos, ,ible D rice i. Z. 81 IS per acre
adding s,udicie. u charges 70 pay the ex
nenses sofs surye y, notices Of. sale, Sc,
Sc. In an swer, be received instructions
from the De, oartn 'ent on The 5M dag o
December i, ,thori. zing him to sell ,he
lnnds as per rel om,ne. adotsoa contained il
his report. .. 81
As soon as III, ese Instructions were
received, Mr.. Rice sent an express t
all the settlers, not, wing them 70 NEE
him al his place, BY the % n ct Decem
Der last at which da te he had beer
electedsU. S. Senator BY the people 9
Minnesota, and was on his way e wash
ington. He stopped here and ne salt
came off as noticed al which $. eie the
persons who settled on the Res efTe
bought their smprored farms d i,so q
three doliars less than the wild, uno 2
cupied land sold for.
The services Of assistants, surveying
and publishing, necessarily attending
the sale, incurred considerable expense,
to defray which a charge Of twenty-five
cents per acre, was deemed sufficient.
This o5 cents on an acre, the settlersV
willingly, paid, as it was for expenses
made III furtheringu he;r interests. Mr..
Rice, il reporting TO the Government,
accounted for the extra % cents, or ST.
so per acre. and charged the Govern
nent with the expenses. which made the
land nett S Is per acre.
The Pioneer says -: The editor Of the
Courier, a few days before the issue Of
his paper, visited the reservation, and
learned from the settlers that they never
intended to protest againt the sale, un-
It'll they were informed BY interested
spectators, that if they made the effort
the twenty-five cents per acre, paid BY
them to cover the expenses Of the sale,
would be returned. The settlers on the
reserve have signed another petition and
forwarded it to Washington, which COM
|pletely exonerates Mr.. Rice from, all
|censure. They ask in this last petition
that the sale may be confirmed.
The sale Of the Fort Crawford reserve
by Mr.. Rice, viii still further increase
the confidence of the people of Minneso-
e. II him, as the untiring friend Of the
settler. The Minnesotian had the au-
|dacity 70 publish ! forged and garhledi
extra, Interference to Harlan's accusa-
ton j; It has not yet had the manliness TO
print even half dozen lines, showing
the innocence Of Mr.. Rice and the base-
ness Of the charges. Of course, such
conduct is strictly il keeping with the
character Of the Secret Circular Prin-
ter. ss
Pr OCL ANA TON