Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-07-10
Return of the Sioux Chiefs from WASH
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Return of the Sioux Chiefs from WASH
tnStOn City.
On the afternoon of the 9Th inst, in the
Key City steamer, the Sioux chiefs and head
braves of the Medaywaukontwaun, Wauk-
paykootay, Waukpaytwaun, and Sissetwaun
bands of Dakotas, arrived in st. Paul from
Washington City, having been absent from
Minnesota over four months. They left the
Federal City on the Odd of June, and jour
neyed home leisurely by way of New York
and Niagara. The latter place excited their
particular admiration-it was pronounced
hahatonkah, or very big falls indeed. JUG
GLER R. Brown, their agent stopped in New
York City, where he IS supposed to be cook
ing up the $4,000 in presents which the
Indians and their bands are to receive in
part consideration for the portion of their
Reserve on the Minnesota river just sold by
them. He'll cook them so the Indians will
be done brown to a turn-nO doubt OF that
The Sioux Reser ation originally extended
from about the Little Rock creek, Just below
Fort Ridgeiy, up the Minnesota river for $50
miles and for ten miles in width on each side
Of that stream. In the treaty just agreed to,
they cede all the left bank or Fort Ridgely
side, clear up to the head waters of the Min
nesota. This will give a chance for some
fine presumption locations as soon as the
United States Senate shall have ratified the
treaty, which it will probably do at its next
session. Part of the terms of the treaty are
said to consist in guaranty to each member
or head of a family in the tribe of an exclu-
sive fee simple deed to 100 acres of land liz
the portion of the Reserve unsold, inalienable
forever, without the consent of Congress, to
anybody except bona .fde member of the
tribe. A good provision-perhaps The
names of the chiefs belonging to this Treaty
Delegation are as follows:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. old Wabashaw
with his grave, intelligent, though pock-mark-
ed face, neat in his dress, but careless of dis
play, headed the delegation. His village was
formerly on the site of the present city Of
Wabashaw, in the county of the same name,
which is more properly Wah-pah-hah shah
or Him of the Red Standard. He displayed
however, on the arrival of the boat at the
levee, instead of the standard, bran new
scarlet umbrella which he used, like sensi-
BILE man, to protect his head from the scorchng
sun. LITTLE Crow, whose proper Indian name
is Tab-o-tay doo-tah, or Him of the Scarlet
People, was next in rank, but made himself
first in prominence both by the style and
Sa-kah-pay or Little Six, whose character
is well known to old settlers as the greatest
speaker and greatest beggar of the tribe"
next displayed his sharp-set and little aged
countenance. In place of old .Maukpe-yah-
're-chastah, or Cloud Man, whom the whites
formerly knew as chief of the Lake Calhoun
| band, Vah-soo-e yah-e-ah-tah or Passing Hail,
is chief and represented the band in the del
cgation. Instead of Good Road, deceased his
son Nah ,kdh-to, or Blue Earth, is the repre-
sentative of the former Credit River or Oak
Grove band. Next we saw Mah-zah-o-zha.
zhan, or Light in the Iron, or Electric Iron,
son Of Waukootay, or the chief of the old
Red Wing band. Wah-mah dee-doo-tah, or
Big Eagle, Black Dogs son, appeared as chief
of the band which formerly had their teepees
| at Black Dogs village, four miles above Men
dOta.
WAUKPAYKooTAYs.-H shah shah, or Red
Legs, was the only chief of this band.
These divisions had in the delegation eight
| chiefs and ten braves; the most distinguished
| amongst the latter, being Red Owl of Waba-
shaw,s, and Medicine Bottle of Little Crow
band.
Observation-Disclosures, or
Walking Iron, chief of the old Little Rapids
band" The Walnut" being dead; and Dope
yah-etay-yah, or Big Curley, chief of the Lac
qui Parle band.
SE-sE-TwAUNs.-Oft these there were, Mah-
zah shah, or Red Iron, chief of the band
formerly located at Traverse de Sioux; O-zhoc-
pee or the Planter, who is chief of a band at
Big Stone Lake, in place of Young Wah-ah-
nah-toh, superceded; and Wah-me-1ee doo-pe-
doo-tah or the Eagles Red Feather, also chief
of band at Big Stone Lake.
This division of the delegation included five
chiefs and four braves.
The entire delegation from all the bands
consisted of twcnty-sevcn chiefs and braves
together.
The Indians were conducted home in charge
of A. JOSEPH CAMPBELL, U. S. Interpreter
A. ROBERTSON, Assistant Conductor of the
Upper River delegation of Se-se-twaun and
Waukpaytwauns; N. r. Brown Assistant
Conductor of the Lower River delegation; and
THOMAS ROBERTSON, Assistant Interpreter.
We understand the delegation all enjoyed
good health during their entire trip; that
they behaved themselves well, uniformly; and
that they return deeply impressed with the
power of the whites, and the necessity for
their own resort to the practices and la5ors
of civilization to save their own race from ex-
termination. This latter feeling will last, per-
haps, six weeks after their return to their &C
customed habits amongst their own people
The WAY OUR MINNESOTA Mails ARECAR-
RIED-The Dubuque Express and Herald
mentions circumstance that shows how the
mails are attended to on the route to Mime
sofa. That city was visited on Monday by
the celebrated DIR. Leib, the U. S. Mail Agent
for Illinois. In coming on, as he was unknown
to the mail agent on the train, he determined