, 1876-07-09
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: JULY e~sxrEEN PAGES

tense in their hostility to the French. extended
/ tneir conqucsts over the Canadian tribes aud
4lso over IT these along the Ohio River and ppc1
lakes; aii these being the allies IF tin Frenrh
] hut wt!en thty- struck the war-path oi tLe
/ defeat. ' |'''-''t'AEn'e ~
After the English had obtained formal ms
feSs'an s 81 thn country, it was many years bc-
TO zone in cuntact with these lords of thn n.
terror, Lewis nnd Clark vent: a1nunp thatn i,
l6t, and found their lodges scattere,j oin,,| +ha
Parks OF thc Upper Mississippi, Missouri. St.
reter, and Cheyenne Riyers. English AMI
haa n,o'1eatl tfeH'ers hau Hrcady visited them, and
T., ,coE EYER Ii BEEN TREATED WITH c1v1LrrY.
n IN ious tile Sioux Nation granted to the United
states y miles square at tie raoutl, Of the St.
Sfo'1 Mtiyer, and double the area at the Falls Of
thereon fol wh3ah T1 ps5ssson 81 5 to erest forts
sSaRt, Fiko. This was done to give the United
States All Assurance of safety when they srnt
traders among them for the laudable purpose OF
ss!taol1shlng commercial and friendly relations
Fort Smelling was erected Just below St. An
thony's Falls III 1890, which was one of the
strongest forts eyer built in tho Inliau country.
~ !t was secure retreat in case Of au outbreak,
ana g soon became u nucleus for the settlement
latter years the aacs and Faxes, Illinois, Chip-
newas, lowas, and other tribes, hnd often fit
Tue weight of their vengeance III times Of war:
anu III times OF paare deputies from then, Ind
made frequent visits to tho various countries
nofacrlng On tue lakes for tile purpose Of trad
ing, and 1T was on one OF these occasions that
MONSIEUR la FRAAHo1sa
became acquainted with and married n come,v
girl OF that tribe. This talented iady Of Nnture
sqsdana s9on msstcred ths French r. language and made
learning, 1nsonluch that she taught school
among tho sprightly ha1f-breeds Of that day in
Detroit and Chicago, the latter buing then a
transient stopping place for French traders, It
IL probable that this La Fran,hoisc was the
father Of tho one for wlum tho Reservation of
t1at name was made OIL the Desplaucs River, 10
ittlles from Chigslgo. It SO, the blood Of these
9raYe lorus Ut Nntnre is uow among US in the
aescona1uts Of tlals marriage.
IL lazo, so great had become their supremacy
among the nations adjacent to them, that tic
uniton States deemed it expcliant to cpnfar
with thei1l, in the form OF treaty, for the e.
special purpose OF establishing limits to their
huntlngg-ggrouuds,
LEWIS AND CLARK
acting III behalf OF the United States. The
sa!nc year formal treaty Of peace was made
Wtth item ut Council Bluffs, Ninian Edwards
states.
since this period their relations with US have
o2en close alall constant. T}le cglscs Ut agrees
sion on both sides have multiplied, and have
been marked with vengeance t,n their part The
name Sioux has been suggostiYe of tho fash OF
tad scatplng- knife, aud yet We have held con-
stant ai'd 1nt1natc relations with them BY means
Of Agents, traders, and missionaries, with whom
tAey hava generally been frisndly. Agricultural
implements, seeds, cattle, and anluites have
been dispensed to them, and various expc1ients