, 1862-11-17
THE MINNESOTA INDIANS.
MISSIONARY MEETING AT
ST. JAMES CHURCH.
ADDRESS OF BISHOP WnIPPLE.
Missions on the Border-The Indian
War-Cause and Effect.

to inEure crowded house.
OPENING EXERCISES.
In the absence OF the Bishop Of The Diocese
the Rev. H. n. Bishop, D. D., presided. Tie
exercises were commenced by singing the
10Th Psalm:
"With one consent let all the earth"
Appropriate prayers were then said BY Rev.
Dr. Bishop. The Rev. DR.. Clarkson, rector
OF St. James, said it was hardly necessary
to Introduce to the congregation Of st. james,
OF, indeed, to any congregation in the City,
The faithful and 1aborious Bishop Of Minnesota. |
As the Bishop vas passing through the city, |
on his way to his fa1 distant home, he had |
consented to remain over the Sabbath and |
make an address on the great work which God9
had entrusted to his charge DR.. ClarkEon
then announced that after singing the 104th
Hymn the Bishop would proceed with his
remrrkE,
BISHOP wH1pPLE's ADDRESS.
At the conclusion Of the. hymn, Bishop
Whipple, having assembled tc the llplt, spoke
substantially as follows:
II were stranger here TO- day, the hearty
welcome OF your clergyman would make me
feel at home. But, as Look around ME, my
eyes fall on many familiar faces, and Teuiem-
her the hours which we have spent to !sether
il common labor sor our Lord Jesus Christ So,
my brethren, it is with these home ties clus-
1eriEg around my heart that 1 can speak to
yon as man would SPEAK to hls
bis hearers In relation to the mission work,
For when they lad protested Christ, that
question had been settled. No man can reach
cut his arms toward Jesus without at Ihe same
time finding bis heart warm toward those
Divine love makes us all akin, aud ne unite
| il one common purpose to serve our Father.
! Ue had experienced one great difficulty in
| sptaking to congregations at the East They
| did rot seem to appreciate the vast re5ponsi-
b;litl! is connected with the West. He spoke
more freely here, where many Of his hearefs
| could look back to TIE day this great city was
| hamlet, though it has no II become the leaVi-
cse grain market in the world, Tne prophesy
had been literally fulfilled, " Westward the
star Of empire takes its way"
But with this prosperity las the work Of
God been attended to properly? Has lis
church 10 question get to settle? Is it de-
1erEined that the borders Of our great West
are to be under the power OF God or Satan?
The heritage which we lave is no whit behind
that, which Gad gave to any people. Every
tnirg F1oclaiins tuat it must become the houle
Of millions. Seven years ago, wnen he frat
visit d Minnesota. he and his fellow passcn-
Of laughter til ir first view Of a border vii
lage. Last year that same village had shipped
over one snd half million bushels Of wlle,t.
He relstet other instances to show the re-
n,arkahle growth Of Western villages. He
wanted them, he tald, to understand what was
taking place in the border, so that the church
J of God, could do lis part Of the work by send
t i4jg Inen to receive the population and m0uli
Them to Christ. lie wanted lire men, not
. those, who having failed in getting parish at
!, the East, thought themselves called OF God to
undertake Western labors. In his diocese
5 was band OF men as faithful as God ever gave
tic horrors Of civil war i
; their homes and mad not i1inched
cause ot Christ, The Bishop then alluded It
n the different c!essrs Of mcn on tue b,rizr
whom it vas necessary to reach, illustraEln:
ty 1:cideufs which bad come under bis OFT
+. eve, the various statements made. II tel
. him SURE, ard that was to see an open Held
:. to know that the hamlet would ere long be
II yillase, 10 feel that now was the time to do
y successful work, 10 hear the sheep calling fc
shepherd, and then ne compelled to say, \
u1au, no means to occupy II.
+o lA1ons AMONG TIE RED MEN.
- The Bishop stated there was another kin
- | Of missionary work in which the chure
~ ought TO be interested. It Was to the heathe
is | rcd mcn, whose history aud robbery an
+; w1org called for the Vengeance of Cod Nht
ht was elected Bishop OF Minnesota, he tout
1S.0C0'o 10000 beathen in the State. L VI
heathl nism ut honle--no romance about it
Il, dark, degraded, heathenism SIS it al rays
y, without tie Gospel. Friends advised him u
cr to NEEDLE with Indian uissious--it mig
-. fail. lie WAS astcnishe5! He bad man5'
III battle with his heart, aud settled one thi
ut before God, ttat he would 1;ever turn his 5a
,n On Ecathen at his door. He said he Gound
Chippewa mission. As he had described II
mission before iu this church, he would on
say that E,nnahgalbowh, the Indian deac
M but true Christian. He said he hid b.
49, 1.,:tiy sweet services with the little band
las Chsistians-hnd Travelled mrny hundred mi
',s in tbs forest with this deacon to preach to
rs Is o.le. lie believed it was owing to Emn,
- | g:tdbowh that there was no: Chippewa y
- Il, 1esolate the North as the Siouzs had I
re- West. lie warned the Bishop months aga
the eyaspGration Of the Indians at the fear
rubbing they had suffered. When he saw
7i1l storm at hand, he warned the whites, 81
his mes sages to the forts and secured the frie'
- ~ sb5Y, ol the friendly ln1iaEs, SO that when
Ut. CHIEF who would lad on iu the outbreak 7
4 ready, be was ro''eFles6.
'he Tie Bishop described his first visit to
GU con- n,plaiuts that thousands Of their money
been expended fOr schools and not one Ct
taught to read. Tile Bishop said he had
are | man or Intans, but Wou!6 give them, Il L
-u | siona1y when God upencd the way. a yol
man IN his school of the prophets ut Faribl
the them He knew the man as IN carr
,ro- Christian. God had cent the man. II
w. means came, the mission would be PLAN
W. The means came by the daily mail. This I
ing sion lad cost ior 1fe mission and schools,
her GLIDING its outfit, 800 year. ltwas pian
and it was blessed. Friends aud stranE
alike bore testimony TO its usefulness.
gave lumber Of very touching Instance
anu The influence Of the mission, One Of he:
ion, en- orator, Red Iron, who, *hen dying, as
+;,r that cross should be placed oycr his grav
'ls show be believed the religion Of tae !.
on man WAS true. lie gave an account OF
:, at fidelity OF some Christians under great te
lex. tation. Also described the daath Of a G!
tian Indian child, which brought tears
many eyes. He said yoa mag ask what
btcome of this mission? It has been ten
ra1iiy blasted We have had fearful In
mas ssacre. More fearful than any in the /
over 800 killed and 20 600 driven from
homes. Ue said it was not the fault Of
Citizens. They had becE the innocent vic
NV Of bad system which had slways bro
~ forth harvest OF blood.
reat- In Canada there had not been m Indian
aical since the Revolution; We had one eveT5
ra.. Iou might begin at the Atlantic and Il
westward in Canada and everywhere you
liam civilized and Christian 1udiars, on our ST
es of the line Only degradation and sorroE.
the Rupert's lard there were six hundred II
80 | commnnlcaEts; in Minnesota, ouig deg
''nu zion and death.
foss, The governments intentions we're kind
price | great heart Of the people desired Justice.
five Esd wrcsched system, conceived in a
der worse than crime. These Indians
i Ecathen comulupity whom the PfoVid
Of Gcd made our wards. We regarded
,arce , as an Independent nation. They We're
Sat ;tna1, Sa.+ror.d .to;, ra1a4,a,s ~ a..
upon pstrjarchal government, and then ne left
,na.'' without any Law, They were the only b
n +ba i'll America whom we gave no 1a# to p1
- the gui:;y or protect the innocent
l laere Was no Law in the Indisn country. II
lboye murders, violence to women we're com
bill is and the only law was premium on c
,;.b,r where we deducted the value OF theft
| the annuity Of 1he nation. such q 81 Ste
- aau | the hands Gf unecrupnlous men aud So
Upon ! TO every corrupt s.,f!necca nt bad willie
"A ~ Was no better th*n powder mi yazl
liz ~ Sc"e's house, tor it fosteTed eyery evil, s.
g the 1,assio.. until it ripeneG IN blood The trt
use were nadc vstsou: thought such Is GU :
be given 10 them He showed how th
treaty with the Sio,'Ss specified thu
,.a,, Of the Indians should bs ss:rested in U,
Ter cent stocks and the interest "a
arday ! iittY years as an annuity-lLat Is
:. Nc could borrow money Of them ut q
great ~. st .n H., ~ n and y Tt t
olaEea Tic 1rdlaps had always complai1ej Z
claims allowed. Il was an unjust 6,
, fev whereby traders added up every bad d,
generations, and these incividual debts
uo" allowed as claim to absorb the patrimo
enerl the tribe. Fonr years ago the Sioux
on il nearly 0,GO acres OF land under tile
thor that they reeded it TOR aid in c'Tiliz
1tuoA The treaty said they ~ere to go home ai
OF he eide in open council what should be don.
regi- the money. That council was held two
sraos alter. Three chiefs were not present
small gathering of not twenty mer
4uAos neatly Sle0000 coming to the Lower !