East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-04-04

upon which Just and honorable
treaty should he, and at length was
concluded lThere was bnt one moro
general council held, which was mainly
formal, for the purpose of having
affixed to the engrossed copy OF the
treaty, the signatures of General Casa
and the witnesses, and the totems Of
the chiefs and head men of the Chip
pewas aud Ottawas.
p A removal Of the Chippewas west
qffll III IA iItiirgapb Was one Of the, pur-
poses sought TO be gained by our
Government at the treaty, in addition
TO the eession of the valuable body
of i.lqndIlying upon the Saginawiand
its afiuents.J n In the instructions from
the War Department to the Commis-
sioner, this purpose isfset out among
Others but it was discovered by the
General, soon after his arrival at tho
council, that il was impossible to carry
out that part of his Instructions which
related to the removal Of the Indians.
without hazarding the consummatiJh
of treaty upon any terms .syallg
This country had been SO long oc-
cupied by their people, and was so well
adapted to their hunter state, in the
remarkable abundance Of fish in It's
rivers. lukcs and bays, and inf the
game vet left to them and not very
materially diminished in the forest,
that they were not inclined to listen
to any proposition of removal. tum
The exterior lines of the territory
ceded at this treaty, were as follows:
T" Beginning at a point on the present
Indian boundary line which runs due
north from the mouth of the Great
Au Giaize, six miles south of the place
where the Base Line, $50 called, i'll.
tefsects tho same" lin the northeast.
erly part of what is now Jackson
County;) thence west sixty miles,
t. point in Kalamazoo C0unty;l
"thence in direct line to the hoad
of Thunder Bay River; thence down
the same, following the course thereof,
to the mouth; thence northeast TO tho
boundary lie between the United
States and the British Province of
Upper Canada thence with the sans
to the line established by the Treaty
of Detroit, of 1907 !. thence with the
said line to the place of beginning"
An amusing incident occurred ut the
close of the treaty, Although hardly
rising TO the dignity of history, it g
so illustrative of the state of things
upon the treaty ground, that it may
be worth preservation even if ailtt,e
below the gravity Of historical record,
The execution Of the treaty was
consummated about the middle cf the
afternoon of the last day. The silver,
which was to be paid TO the Indians
upon its complexion, was counted out
upon the table in front Of the Com
missioner, for distribution. The Sags
inaw chiefs and head men being largely
indebted to Mr.. ] ouis Campau, for
goods before furnished, had put them.
selves under promise to him that he
should receive at least fifteen hundred
dollars of the amount, in satisfaction
of his just claims.
The Commissioner informed tho
Indians that all of the money was
theirs, and if it was their will that
Mr.. Campau's debt should be first
paid to him, to so signify and it should
be done. Three other traders were
present with goods for sale, and wcre
by no means pleased to see so large
proportion of the money thus appro-
priated Smith was one of the threa
traders. He urged the turbulent and
besotted Kish- -kaw-koand his brother
to object. They addressed the Com.
missioner: "We are your children
we want our money in our hauds.pIof
In accordance with. this wish, tho
Commissioner directed the money TO
be paid to them, and Mr.. 'Cumpauf
received mono of his pay from that
fund. To use Mr.. Campau's languages,
- jumped from the platform and
struck Smith two heavy blows in the
face he was smart as steel, and I
was not slow; but Louis. Beauf,it,
Conner, and Barney Camrau got be-
tween u aud stopped the fight. So i
lost my money and they cheated ne
out of good fight besides" (" Butt
continued Nv Canlpau, ~ had my
satisfaction that night. Five barrels
of whiskey were openel'hy the United
States Quarter Masterfor the 1ndiuns.
1 ordered ten of mine to be opened,
and two men to stand with dippers at
the opened barrels. The Indians drank
to fearful excess At ten O'clock tho
General sent Robert FORSYTH to mu.
to say: "The Indians raro getting
dangerous General Cass says, stop
the liquor" i sent word hack to him,
General, you commenced it, ,
a guard was detailed to surround
my door. Soon after some. Indians
from the Bay were coming to my
store, and the guard tried to keep
them out with the baycnet. In the
scuflle, one of the Indians was stabbed
in the thigh. The war-whoop was
given, aud in fifteen minutes. tho
building containing my store and tho
Generals headquarters, were sur
rounded by excited Indians with TOM
ahawks in thc;r hands. They came
from all points. Cass came to the
door of his lodgings, looking very
grotesque, with a red bandanna hand
kerchief tied about his head, ex-
claiming Louis! Louis! stop the
liquor; we shall oil be killed. ! say
stop the liquor, Louis" said to him.
General, you commenced il you let
Smith plnnder me and rob me, but I
viii stand between you and all harm"
He called out TO me again, "Louis!
Louis! send those InChans 70 their
wigwams.' ] said, /" Yes, Gcneral,
but you commenced it."
Mr.. Camlau said in closing, II lost
my money, lost my fight; lost my