The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-10
DID YOU EVER SEE AN INDIAN ?

do not mean to ask you if you ever
saw those Jersey specimens of aboriginal
ity who sell bead moccasins and get drunk
on the proceeds in New York, or those
Yankeefied curiosity vendors at Niagara,
or Tonawanda basket maker; but reg
ular built, fully dressed, highly decorated,
gorgeously painted and naturally per-
fumed "war brave" got up after the most
approved style. If not, then you have
not seen all that is worth seeing by long
shot; and as you are a long way from
where such curiosities abound, and may
never have an opportunity to finish your
education in this particular, I will give you
a receipt for getting up counterfeit that
will answer very well for model, say for
"Big Dog" the chief.
WHAT A WILD INDIAN is LIKE
Take North Carolina tar gatherer, re-
duce him to fighting weight by starvation,
bore his ears and insert couple of OK
bows, dip him in cauldrOn of Frank Mil
ler's leather preservative and water proof
oil backing, comb his hair back. braid it
with corn stalks and tie it with a tow
string, throw handful of lime in one eye
and one of brick dust in the other, cut off
cats tail and draw the bloody end sever
al times across his countenance, give him
a blanket and the rim of Greeley's old
white hat for necklace, and rifle and
pipe Of tobacco, and you have it. In the
tout ensemble you must not forget to pro-
cure bottle of whisky, being particular to
get the regular forty cent navy regulation,
eighty rod, kill around the corner article,
as without it no redskin can ever be an
Indian. 81. - j..
WHY THE GRAVES" VISITED ST. PAUL.
You may desire to know why these ma
tives have come uown here at this time,
and in order to explain it, it is necessary
to go back a little in the history of the In
dian war and recite some circumstances
not generally known outside of our own
locality. These Indians are of the several
tribes Of the great Chippewa nation, who
are, and long have been, the protested
friends of the whites. Of late, however,
they have been hostile to some extent, and
it began to be feared that they would soon
be found fully arrayed against us. Conse-
quently the commission before mentioned,
headed by Governor Ramsey, visited the
Indian country and held council with the
chiefs, at which it was agreed that the an
nuities should be paid as usual, and some
other slight concessions made, which the
chiefs declared satisfactory
THE CAIPPEwAs HAVE A LONG STANDING
HOSTILITY TO THE SIOUX,
which the latter fully reciprocate, and, as
the Sioux were known to be deadly hostile
to the whites, Hole-in-the-Day the lead
ing Chippewa chief, stipulated in the treaty
his willingness to keep and prove his faith
with the commission by furnishing a strong
war party of his tribe to act as scouts upon
the frontier. Governor Ramsey and the
commission fell in with the idea, and it
must be acknowledged that the red men
have thus far proved themselves true to
their agreement, by coming down and ten
dering their services. l doubt much, how
ever, the wisdom of the policy of accept
ing them, for reasons which | will give in
more appropriate place by another letter,
and l do not think that General Pope will
recognize them as branch of the service.
BARBARITIEs OF THE INDIANS.
/ saw yesterday man who came in
with the remnant of his family, who was
forced to witness the ravishment of his
wife and daughter, the latter only eleven
years of age, by twelve of these Sioux
fiends. A little son, four years old, he
saw scalped, and little girl of six toma-
hawked, because they were unable to
march. The little girl who was so fearful
ly outraged, died of her injuries before her
father escaped. Refugees are pouring into
the river towns hourly, leaving everything
behind them in their flight. Immense
stores of grain and stock are thus left to
the harvest of the Indians, and it is esti-
mated that fully one-sixth of the grain of
the State will 60 unreaped this season.
HOW THE INDIAN WAR SHOULD BE CARRIED
OUT THIS TIME.
have taken pains to converse with per-
sons who have come in here from all parts
of the State, and have compiled a tolerably
accurate history of the war and the senti-
ment of the people in regard to the man
ner of treating the Indian depredators. I
find that the feeling is universal to make
the war one of determination, and if the
government does not take the same view
Of the case the people will act by and of
themselves. General Pope does not look
upon the Indians as deserving of any mer-
cy, and / do not believe he will exercise
much of that virtue in dealing with them.
One hears about as little of the Indian
troubles here as he does in New York; for
the fact is, St. Paul has become so deci-
dedly metropolitan in style that people
seem almost ashamed to speak OF an Indi-
an massacre as a matter Of local fact.
Nevertheless, we have the best of evidence
daily in our midst that there is mighty
big speck of war looming up hereaway, in
the vast preparations going on to do some
thing, and opine that, though at present
there is lull, it is only the calm which
usually precedes the storm.