The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1866-12-13

his interpreter thatha. uas ready y. hear
what they had to say. Young Flat
Mouth tbs linsal h'eis. 70 the head ohiat-
ship, CHS father, !. sery.iaauential chief
having died few years since arose.
First stepping forward with. the .ir. and
dignity Of 4 statesman and orator, and
led of with the first; speech. Lot me
here attempt description Of this gay
young chief Of the Pillager bands Of
Chippewa Indians. His age I take to,|
be about twenty one in height, about
five ieet ten inches; straight rs IN ar
r,w; features and form vel! developed II
good !. looking face, expressive Of no
small degree Of intelliseuce; his whole
bearing naughty and dignided ; in dress
aud costume he certainly ey,nees most
fine taste, and except the inevitable
blanket aud poccasins, the bead trap
pings and two long braids Of hair hanei
somely arranged hanging over bis shout
ders and almost reaching to his waist,
his appearance would have been suited:
to any fashionable circle. He wore
6ne black cloth coat, cut iu the latest
style, closely buttoned, with leggins tv
match banded below, the knee with beau
'tiifully beaded braid about four inches
broad, with beaded tassels pendant !; an
attractive broad beaded belt anl, sash
clean paper collar, with fancy neck tie
the han|dsomest beaded mocsasius I ever,
sew u! and thrown, gracefully over y his
left shoulder q new scarlet blanket: In
bis: risht band q, be 2. held : tomahavk
:! deliberately ornamented with bead work
!, and !, i ribbons: ~, This: j. the badge demo,
ting he position iq1,, II bis left hand he
held = scroll containing q copy; Of their
treaty with the United States Govern:
ment. IL speaking he has a merit rare
~ HsE.EE -JLE.t -
even amongst Indians, that: Of brevity.
Ills words are few but to the point. In
manner be is graceful, and 10 uttersnce
fluent and forcible. In his last speech,
raising his right hand toward heaven,
he closed with this exclamation ::Ths |
Great Father of Light hears what I
say"
After the head chiefs, the other
chiefs and head men arose and came
forward one after anothergoing through
with the customary hand shaking, re-.
puat1ng III substance and indors,ng what
their head chief had said, until each
had had bis say and resumed his seat
and pipe. Their decorum> is perfect.
Their orators are all selected beforehand
and the subjects to be brought forward
Systematically adjusted and arranged,
so that everything is done and said
with the utmost precision and without
the least confusion. az There is no indi-
cation as to who will Be the next speak
er,' until the one occl pyiog the ground
has finished his speech and leissa.rel,y,' re-
turned to bis place and resumed his
seat whe 10 another, without any show
Of prompting, arises slowly, and with
great dignity and evident importance /
steps forward to say his say. During
these ceremonies, there is no noise Or
boisterous demonstrations on . the part
Of the Indians simply "ho! ho" of
hearty appreciation, or the deep grunt
Of approval: They listen with most
respectful attention to what their Faith
er, as they cal the Agent; has to say in
reply. Old chief Schi-bash.kong, at
Mile Lac, said in addressing The Agent
Major G ark z'We call you our father
from courtesy, but We know you are not
our father, else we would be nearer
zone color" 1;:,tE~,,z .l..:a&..; '..,a;
+ The subject Of the first harangue was
demand.that' their annuities should
be paid in gold: They said they did
6otlike sp.per;i they could not count it,
it was very sesak. when it was OK
sphinedto them that the treaty didInot
stipulate for the spaymentsof gold, they
then demanded that as p.per money
was veryo"we.k, ':;caeh should receive
twelve dollars as'ashare. ) and when it
was. shown to, them thatithe amount ,ot
money to ehe paid them according to
the t.estJ1would:note allow: So much to
each share, and being assured that.they
should receive allehe money sehtthem,
they then asked th.t snzunlimitcd:num- !
Der Of traders should bsahowed to- trade
with ihedt that they might got more
credit The agent told them thst he
had not theauthority to license TRADERS,
but that any person. ~ishing:to trade
with them and presenting all the nee
essary papers, should have'their appli:
cations ferwdrded:c toi tho Department,
where license to5trade' with Indians
originates. The Agehtj :however, after.
wards at their particular request; grant
teaa specialspermit to Robert Fairbanks
as on addrtional7trader: These three
propositions: were taken up and dispos-
ed Of separately in this council; which,
occupied:nearly'all the aftcrBoon.:'
! The rolls Of the different bands hav.
ing been completed in {: the' interim
and the goods divided into, patterns
suitable tors paying out to families, the
payment commenced OIL hursd.yeven:
ing. After paying two bands, the work
was adjourned until next day. The
steamboat hayingreturued 10 the mean