Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-22
Il CHIPPEWA DELEG
They Come Eight Hundred Miles in
Canoes to Visit st. Paul.

They Come Eight Hundred Miles in
Canoes to Visit st. Paul.
The noble red man of Minnesota has few
pleasures and mono which he more enjoys than
visiting. The residents upon the Chippewa
reservations are limited by an order of the
Bureau at Washington that they shall not 20
beyond their reservation boundaries without
permission of the Agent, and by instructions
20 the Agent, practically amounting to an
,rder to keep his Indians at home. But at
times the quiet of reservation life becomes too
oppressive for them to subHait to it with their
usual patience, and 4 party will steal away to
have talk and feast some other band of
Chippewas. or vade notions for ponies with the
friendly Sioux of eastern Dakota, or better
yet, when their simple minds
can conceive some sufficient excuse,
to visit their friends in st. Paul and have
Dig table with the Governor of the State.
we're they not invariably rebuked by those
they respect most for coming without permits
sion and without sufficient OCCASION
Quite a distinguished delegation, represent
ing the Leech Lake, Lake Winibigt shish, and
Oak Point bands, came to st. Paul YESTERDAY.
They are chiefs, headmen and braves, fifteen
in all. with few squaws to keep their camp,
and their acknowledged mission is to learn the
news. They have somehow heard that at
Washington there has been some talk of co.,
solidating all the Chippewas on the White
Earth and Red Lake reservations. selling
the Leech Lake and other reservations and
applying the proceeds to assist the removed Ii
dians in opening farms. Their young men, the
old chiefs say, are anxious to live as white men
do, and have sent them to st. Paul to learn
what is being done for them at Washington.
They visited their old acquaintance, Hon.
Henry M. Rice, at his residence last evening,
and thus explained the object of their visit to
him. Learning that they came away without
permission from Major King, their agent Mr..
Rice after briefly telling them that Congress
had adjourned without authorizing any change
to be made in their affairs, expressed his regret
that they should have violated the rules estab-
lished for their good. and plainly assured them
that notwithstanding lis good will towards them
and his desire to assist them when he could, he
did not wish to see them except when theiragent
gave them permission to come. Their Great
Father, he told them, wished them to stay at
home; and did not allow him to talk to them
Great Father, sent him to them. Then the
visitors exposed their present dificulty-they
had got to St. Paul. but they were poor, and
how could they get back to their homes
During the day yesterday they called at the
Governors Office in the capitol. Gov. Pills
bury was not in, but his private secretary no.
tilted them that it would be no use to come
again, as the Governor could do nothing for
them.
They are camped on the river bank in the
upper part of the city, having come down in
bark canoes a distance of some 500 miles.
Rowing against the current up stream for 800
miles is no small contract. Mr.. Rice supplied
their immediate wants for food, and if they
are wise they will start back very quick.