The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-10-13
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- y.-.s.rs,.-r - September 1865.

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i 10 the Editor Of tie Pioneer:
Our yesterdays letter gave you au account
Of the grand council between;the Z Eve bards of
Fon du Lac Indials and Gen. L. Re Webb, the
Government Agent. The achiefs and their
head men or counsellors generally ADOPT he
Agents advice to avoid the whisky dealers !;
but q number Of young men secured snpply
Of the forty rod mixture. aid made mig III hide.
ous with their wild koeps' I'wailings and sells.
These Indian payments have bean fayorite &C.
for: black-hearleds upprincipled sseums
hsfsagabond white men t9.dispose of the most
5vilainous brands, of forty rod whisky, regard
less of consequences, and with no other emo.
ton than thirst for profit, even though it come
from robbery, 'diseord ana murders. Two
years seo liquor was sold here to the Indians
by The same men who ,are selling j. here to-
day. d Two years easo the syagabond dealers
were warned to desist but they laughed At the
Agent and defied all interference In their
grassping game of bluff, and villainous .kardi.
liSa hey proved Victorious and saw nearly
aaf 81 the Indians wildly, ~madly, fpxiously
adrunke thaday after the payment, and three of
them bfutally murdered in q drunken quarrel
The same fearful scene is anticipated to.rnor-
row, and the few white fafnfifes III a6e Vicinity
are in constant terror ID Tegard 10 the conse-
quences! God hulp sthem, it, some 0pe1is not
found with ho4or.f TRUTH Justice and nerve
enough TO enforce the law OF Nature and HUI
manity-self preservation.
The first business transacted td-lsy' was the
settlement 81 claim against The qn,ishslby a
white man WHO had sd OK killed al t.,asen by
them.o The nhanhad besI; pm, 10 :: d, ,idesabe
exnense blythe hosso6 ahs t.xs ,,d, u.di there
tore brought ina e; bill oi ya33Yes Cru, Webb
compromised the matter BY having the Indians
agree TO pay So at the Iexr annual payment,
A contract to this eff"ct @asa Aligned bv the
. Chiefs and their councillor. Gqa.-T9
The next business tile assortment of the
goods, which REQUIRED riii' Il tie Judgment and
ssise of justice. :Dfh,fc s,z5L5 Indians all
told, but many Of them were children. Some
families consist ot 9 man, three women; two
girls and four boys, making tea in all while,
other families consist Of widow with no chill
tren.- u f'-.P -r'CaHir .GtcG: = eoas =
.sAfter haSing-every iser,nih ,E,Ine t.ssstully-
entased, itwas ,tcid d u, lHake 7 lsf bundles
each bundle % y: uplc brred aud tagged with
ths name of tn, Rrrson acting as heaa OF the
!, family. Thus iamber I Oman; woman and,
cbiIdO had tfeSf III and tI'asksd Afsr- them a
tianket; d <tronac. (si&D lrlisJtf hhre tyoad'.
90 and thfte yards a,t ca'icoe N amber ],
(ina. and awio,latat) an ;i,issandistf"ud Mum:
eers.; IAN 'orpl9a shi5 piAei s:ara,aDt calico.
Number /, /. niin) : TT n-t1i Ndmssf 3, "a,
woman .; and two thiiifen)a blanket! a shawl,
and three yard; 81 calico, Number 81 "a man.
Two women ard 6ar clhfdren) a&blunki, T. shawl
fish net, fancy belt and nine yards of Calico.
Number I, a. woman apd one chila) 8 shawl
and three yard, Of Calico. s'-'-1ht
/, And so We're distributed s2O66. Il worth Of
goods in 1876 BUNDLES. As each bundle was
passed out dpoe. the person 70 whom it was
addressed stepped forward and received in ad.
dillon thereto r.. 20 In golAsor each and every
person enrolled oh bis or her family nss, The
Agent had q jas for this purpose, and as s2.a5
- &: SEE 80.