New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-23

clam. The agent snd oas OF he waite soldier
fathers then talked 20 hir sbout slese troubles. re
Rad White blood IN DIS veins sud listened yth
pleasure The soldisr-.a.her gave hin q nAs
cf TIE Uaitei States sod military dress,
and tod him the wCris OF the Great Father a. Nain-
instob Who wished rim and his people 70 dig up the
tomah6yk ard use il agsius, the Sscs, side Oy SIDE
with the white soldiers. He went fro that COUNCIL -
rvs vilsge, called bis young men around him, and
started on The Tail CT the enemy. When he osi COZ
near 70 where Gov. Dodge was, he encaDpef, am
sent word 70 The Governor, who soon cane with osty
soldiers. sad placed them snorg the Indians. VIA
these they overlook their ere mes ard tolsht taem,
but lost Twelve Ia the battle. The NlnneDssoes
followed Goy. Dodge on tie s until TIE battle OF Bod
AZ wien they were in the thoksst Of the hgat After
ward Gov. Dodge sent word thst ne had wrapped t1e
SAGE and Foxes AMI wished the Ninnebagoes 20 whip
all who should attempt 20 cross the river; Ealch they
did killing msny Of them. The NInnebsgoes were
al Summer on the var trail Their crops were elected,
ard they suffered much. The Sacs wasted the crops SO
they retrestei oye. the feds sld this made tue IN
rebsgCes fight the hsrder for then Crest + Ather.
They delivered 20 Gen. Atkinson aud Gov. Dodge
more prisoners than these officers could take care Of
and the prisoners therefore sent 70 ROCK lssnd
The WiBnebaSoes were then told by Gov. Dodge
that their Great Father wanted the big warriors
taker-such men as B.s& Hawk snd the Prophet
srd tbey coon heard that Black Hawk snd his men
Eere on Keesick River rear For, Nlnoebago. Toe
Prophe. vas tskeu by the whites but Black HsWk
VS. taken By the Winnebagoes. Nee-no-hum' pee
ksh was the man who did il. The war was thea over;
but when the W:RnebsgOss went to their home they
found their crops hsi al been Destroyed and go they
went back 70 the Fort and received Hour ana 0-ner
tbir gs 10 live upon. .
Wnen the Winnebsgoe. were going down with
their prisoners they met Gov. Clark, Superintendent
VI Indian Affairs, at st. Louis, who accompanied
them to Rock Island saying that hewss much pleased
AZ what they had done, aud that they would be re-
ysrded by their Great Esther. They also saw Gen.
Scott at Rock lslsrd. He drew his sword and put 1t
back into s soab5srd saying he had 20 use Tor u;
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Crest Fsther had heard Of what had been tone- had
beard Of me-" said the old chief; aud Gen. Scott
thanked the Ninnebag0es IN Gov. DJdges name
for the help they had given in the war he said our
Great Father always gave money snd land to his own
soldiers and he would ell him Of the services OF TIE
Wiuuebsgoes, and be would then treat them IN the
came way; srj the WnnebagOes have Away believed
this. Their Great Father after whipping the oacs
ard Foyee. made peace with them but there vas no
pesce rnsde bet Feen the NnaebsgOes and the S4c3
ard FoIes. The Sscs hated the WnneosSoes FOR help
ing their Great Father ard when peace was made with
the whites they struck 81 the WlrneOSSoos, hfsJsthe
family &C the speaker When be was away from home
they stole upon his lodge snd killed his vile aud chill
3ren Fer ten years the Sues au1 Foxes struck ~ the
Wnnebsgoes with their war parties aud at Red Ceiars
tiey killed men, women AMI children, and destroyed
all they could This all came because the Wiunebs-
goes had listened 10 the words OF their Great Fa'her
But the old chief thought the commissioner must have
something about these things in the papers OF DIS office
lie could not the officer with whom ne and nis
party LETT Prairie On Cnien. He had between thirty
ana forty warriors with hiui then. His brother, gho
ia still living len Pierre Ia Crosse with more thai sixty
warriors.
The Prophet ssid there were many Winnebsgoes in
that war ard that some Of them have LETT children
III, no are row poor TIE old mSn had told the truth.
The Prophet then very young, bat wss with the
cid chief in that war Other tribes which he named
hsd done little or nothing yet they bad been paid.
The Wnnebsgoes did not ask TO be paid for all their
sses and suflerings bat thought tie promises made
70 them should be performed.
The Commissioner explained thst the names OF the
ether Indians in the service OF the United States sd
been set 10 the War Department, and that thi, was
the reason why they had been rewarded but the old
chief replied that al Gov. DOdges papers had been
burned up at Fort Winnebsgo. The Nionebagoes
had served three months, sHd had received nothing
except some captured horses Gen. Scott hal turned
over to them.
Little Hill arose end declared the words spoken to
be all true His uncle had, in the battle OF che Bad
ex killed one Of the Ssos and turned his scalp over
his eyes Others now here could tel the names OF The
warriors who fought with Gov Dodge Lille Hill
had rot reached the field untl the battle was over
but Gov Dodge was pie ssed with the bravery OF the
Wunebsgoes, and thanked them. None OF their
uaInes are forgotten. The man who took Black
Hawk was relation OF Little Hill. aud ever since has
been called Black Hawk. Little Hills brother was
killed in that war. The Winnebagoes had lost hun
d1ed scap s in il.
TIE Commissioner finally promised TO cause search
10 b. made for documentary evidence in their favor,
ard the delegation retired.
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