The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-07-22


language which can command. (Cries Of
I'VE did our duty" and cheers see tina, am
literally at home when among my constitu-
ents. Cries Of "Welcome home" you
have done your duty good &c) This
welcome has amply repaid me for every ei
fort that l have made in the public service
during nearly twenty-five years that | have
held Office at your hands Cheers, voice,
you will hold it longer y" 1t not only COM
pensates me for the past but it furnishes an
indlcement and incentive for future et.
fort which no man, no matter how patriotic,
can feel who has not witnessed the magnih
cent reception you have extended to me to
night on my return.
At the conclusion OF the remarks OF Sen
ator DouGLAs, there was a spontaneous out
burst of enthusiastic admiration. Cheers
upon cheers followed, and the dense masses
who had stood so long in solid ranks, refused
to separate, but continued for some time in
vocferous applause.
Then followed another discharge OF ele-
giant fireworks one piece situated at the
northwest corner OF Dearborn and Lake
streets was soon in blaze, and as the fire
run from point to point on its surface, there
was gradually revealed in letters OF dazzling
and sparkling light, the glorious motto
"PopuLAR SOVEREIGNTY This handsome
and appropriate display renewed the enthu.
siasm OF the multitude, and for more than
an hour, thousands of our people surrounded
the hotel, cheering Douglas, Popular Sover.
eighty, and the Kansas Nebraska act.
The Tow" sites Of superior city and
waveriy.-Imp0rtant Decision by the
secretary Of the Interior.
DEPARTMENT OF The INTERIOR,
June 70, lsjs.
SIR: herewith return the papers which
were submitted to this department by your
letter of the 18th of February last, pertain
ing to the case involving the conflicting pre-.
emption claims of the alleged proprietors OF
Superior city, claiming the right to enter
fractional section Ii and a portion of frac-
tional section "a, township 40, north Of
range II west, in the Fond du Lac Wiscon-
sin land district, under the act Of 23d May,
l844, which is contested by Charles Bris.
sett, Antoine Warren, Basil Dennis, and
Vincent Roy, within whose entries, under
the act of lS4l, the said land is included.
The said parties-Brissett, Warren, Den
description known as mixed bloods of the
Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior. BY
article fourth of the treaty with the Chip
pewa Indians, dated the I'd day of August,
ls47, it is stipulated L" that the half or mix.
ed bloods of the Chippewas residing with
them shall b. considered Chippewa Indians,
and shall as such be allowed to participate
in all the annuites which shall hereafter be
paid to the Chippewas of Mississippi aud
Lake Superior due them by this treaty, and
by treaties heretofore made and ratified.
BY the 18th clause OF the I'd article OF the
treaties with the Chippewas Of Lake Su-
pcror, dated Both OF September, 1884, il is
stipulated that leach head OF family or
single person over twenty-one years of age
at the present time, Of the mixed boods, be-
longing to the Chippcwas OF Lake Superior,
shall be entitled to eighty acres Of land to
be- selected by them under the direction Of
the President, and which shall be secured to
them by patent in the usual FORM
That these claimants, under the act Of
l84l, are OF the class comprehended within
the terms Of said last quoted clause is OBJ
vous and unquestionable.
In addition to the testimony Of witnesses
with regard to the fact that the names OF
said claimants were on the pay rolls OF the
indians, and that they received annuities at
the time different payments and distributions
were made, 1t appears by the certificate of
the Second Auditor OF the Treasury filed in
this case that their names were on the half
breed list following the annuity roll Of the
Chippewa tribe OF Indians Of Lake Supe-
nor and the payments to them are attended
by witnesses who certify under date OF 18th
Of September, 1853. that the signatures or
marks of the several Indians and mixed
boods were affixed to the receipt roll in
presence OF said witnesses.
The name of each Of said presumption
claimants appears on the list Of persons en-
titled TO claim land under the eth clause Of
the second article OF the treaty Of 1854, re-
ceiyed in the General Land Office from the
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs.
Being thus entitled by reason Of their In
dian character TO certain rights and privie-
gcs conferred by treaty, and having 10 some
extent derived the benefits and advantages
secured to them thereby, am not disposed
to regard the claim which they now assert TO
the right of pre- emp,ion as citizens OF the
United States with any special favor and
consideration But these parties have en-.
tirely failed TO show that they have settled
upon and improved the land claimed by
them in good faith for their own use and
benefit The facts disclosed by the evidence
90 file indicate beyond reasonable doub, that
they were the employees Of Others under
whose direction and Tor whose benefit they
were acting.
In view oi the facts hereinbefore stated.
the presumption entries Of the aid parties,
Charles Brissett, Antoine Warren, Basil
Dennis and Vincent, Roy. Jr., are invalid,
and hereby direct that the -ame be can.
celled
The act Of 23i Of May 1914, entitled
An act for the relief Of citizens q towns
upon the lands Of tie United states under