Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1858-04-08
TIAEE Mcclure

= os A ssiC i0Cs tHdS tncs na0 lofs
many years been 4 resident among The
rDjibwa Indians, the manners, customs
and language, Of which Tribe, were Is
form :l6e subject Of the evening III lecture cls
MI Hall spoke extsmaoss, and ,h bjs,, eve
ming did not afford sufficient time Tor
HIM to take up the thrss branches 81 The
SUBJECT according IL previous announce-
ment. The idiom and structure of the
language was not treated DC i. an, AL
some future time. Wy hope he Lectulr-
' e. can he induced to follow up and COM
plete the Lecture. The Grammar and
structure Of this language, would alone
afford rich treat for a single evening.
The historical part Of the lecture da-
ted hack only some IS years from the
present period, to the time that our gov
ernment began to make treaties with
this tribe Of Indians, not for the purchase
Of their lands. but for the purpose Of
drawing them away from British infln-
ence. Little however TRANSFERRED 10 nc.
feet. materially. their political condition,
until 1897, when treaty was made with
them for the purchase Of an immense ex-
tent Of country, embraced IN the then
Territory Of Wisconsin,, and including
the country Of Chippewa and ST. Croix
Rivers, and extending from the. former,
to Grow Wing River /; at which treaty,
all the lands owned by this tribe on the
east Of the Mississippi as far north as
Grow Wing was coded 70 the United
States, and thereby were opened those
vast pine regions to, the enterprise Of
our lumbermen, which was the principal
object Of the purchase expedited BY the
complaints Of the Indians, that the Ke-
che-mo-co- mun-ug, or Americans were
trespassing upon their lands BY cutting
the pine timber. The ratification OF this
treaty, BY Government, and the occupa-
ton Of the pine regions by the whites,
had an important bearing upon their POI
litical and social condition. Their rela-
ton to the Government was changed BY
il, and their habits also changed by !
contact with the whites, but not for the
better. Whiskey; that lbane Of. every
Indian Tribe which has access to ii, has
rendered many Of the Ojibwa Indians
much more abject, than il is possible for
Indians to be. il their widest state.
In I843, another purchase Of land was
made ofthese Indians, including all the
country belonging to them on the south
shore Of Lake Superior. A Geological
survey had been made Of this country
which proved it 10 be rich in copper i
and the title to il was acquired for the
purpose Of opening this source 81 wealth
to the miner and the capitalist, Of the
country, that its resources might be at
once developed. This also caused
the Introduction Of whiskey into that re-
gion, and is. effect upon, the poor In
dim there, has been the same+that il has
elsewhere. Mr.. Hall adycised to an
unsuccessful attempt, on the part of tie
Government, - ,removeto the west side
Of the MississFpi River all that portion
Of this Tribe residing III Il tie Lake sape-
rior country, q well =. ali those s su'h
Of that Great efforts were made TO .ei-,
feet their removal. but tha sequel lprov.i
ed their attachment too strong for The
particular locality Of their.birth, Is MAKE,
i any easy Al matter, and the policy was,
pa Is. by the Government. ,43 III,
These Arsaties and ltheaoccupation Of
ths eosAtryaby tbs wiitss. occppied
much of TIE lecture a. they caused =
great sss change il he condition. II, these,
Indians Nr. Hall gase Il short history,
Of INSTRUMENTATION il their courN w
his personal experience among them.
his first visitfand settlefnent III the coun-
Try, asi early ~ I 1881 He did not rive
q very dattering account Of their man
nefs, the cleanliness Of their habits, ,snf
attribute 20 them q very high order u. '
intellect. Of tic great elbu renee M N
tfibutsd tothen he had never seen mar,v
speeimsns. He cosamsncei his lecture Il
the Ojibwa language, very much 10 the
amusemsnf " tho 'asdience. re- SPa
I The lecture wias delivered without
preparation and without any al a effort L. Il
display. but was wsellj received. {, and all'
lsf, We believe, 'ppearffsciiy safisf;ed NH,
the evening y Ga ; intnsept. 'pt 9''''''