Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-02-03

fred long distance away toward the
path our friends took.
The news soon spread to the whole
ttlement, and the people began to
gather waiting for someone to arrive.
In about three hours our friends an.
peared upon hill and began to fire
their guns. Men, women. yes, even
children. ran toward them, to shake
hands with them. singing the song of
peace for what they have accom-
plished. Here was large gathering
OF men, women and children. The
friends came and shook hands with
me heartily, and with much joy and
peace.
Thus, Hon. N. Richardson. you
can zee and understand what the
Christian Indian had accomplished, a
permanent peace. and forever. Since
this took place 1t is now over thirty
four years. and in not one instance
has this peace been broken. but it
has grown strong and stronger, and it
is settled fact that as long as We
both shall live there shall be no more
war between the two largest Indian
nations. the Sioux and the Chippe-
was. Many times in the past years
the Chippewas and the Sioux have
made peace between themselves. but
the first chance the Sioux had to take
. scalp he would take it regardless Of
the peave treaty made beween them.
Yes. yes. the good government has
also tried to make peace between
them. 1 had the honor three different
times to interpret for the government
and my own people. But no perman-
ent peace was ever accomplished. 1t
only lasted four months or . year.
The war broke out anew and they be-
gan scalping.
The greateet gathering that ever
was held WA ct TT. Smelling. think
it was in the year 1888 or 1889! The
general government summoned oil the
interior Chippewas to appear at Fort
Smelling to make . grand and a great
peace treaty between the most hostile
and warlike tribes, the Sioux and the
Chippewas. This great council lasted
nearly month. and at the end of the
grand council peace was establtshed
permanently. Both hostile tribes took
great interest in seeing what had
been done and accomplished by the
aid Of the government. To see them
and to see their different customs was
the greatest sight l ever saw. and
when the conclueion of the treaty took
place both tribes were allowed to
mske q peace dance. This was great
sight. Both men and women took part
In the dance heartily. And when
they were about to part and tc sep
arate, shaking hands was the order of
the day. Now, my dear Hon. N.
Richardson. do you ask me how long
this human peace lastedG After their
peaceful parting took place, one Of
the Pillager Indians started to got to
the Sioux village, and before reach
ing the village he saw a Sioux boy
coming walking toward HIM, and
stopped down behind a log and
watched him come near and it was
such good chance to kill him and
take q scalp that he shot him down
and scalped him. This brought about
such high evaporation among the
Sioux that they formed two general
war parties to follow tho Chippewas.
One party CT the Chippewas took their
route on the Mississippi river and
one party took the route by way of
Saltwater. Both parties of the Chip
pewas knew nothing that had taken
place. The poor Chippewas who went
up the Mississippi river were over
taken by the Sioux between Snake and
Princeton, and were shot down like
dogs because the Chippewas were
unprepared to fight, they felt no dan
ger. Yesterday the great peace treaty
took place. The Chippewas lost over
seventy killed. both men and women
and children. The Sioux warriors
overlook another party of Chippewas
near where the city of Saltwater now
stands. The Sioux killed over ninety
of them. Nearly two hundred Chippe-
was were killed, the cost of one
Sioux. So you see what human
strength is and what it can do to-
ward making peace. But through my
influence and my peace party of q
handful of men what a powerful peace
was made by the strength of men
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