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Show APPENDIX TO 1~ ART 1. nnoTnERs-Mt·. Choteau was sent by youe fathct· to the Osag-e n ation, with one of his young chiefs. lie sailed some days before me, and had not time to procure the medals whic h I am told he pro· mised to scncl up, but they will be procured. llnoTH t·;ns-I wish you ~o h ave some of yom head chiefs to be r er?.cly to go down with me in the spring. From the head of the St. Pierre also, such other c hie fs as yon may thiuk proper, to the numbGt' of folll' Ol' five. \\'hen I puss hc t·c 011 my way I will send you word a t what time you \\ill meet me at the Prairie des Chicns. BnoTHERs-I expect that you will !;ive orders to all your youn!-; waniors to respect my flag and jn·otection which I may ex· t ·nd to the Chipcway chief who m ay come down with me in the spring: for was a clog to run to my lodge for safety, his enemy must walk ove1· me to hurt him. BROTHERs-Here is a flag, which I wish to send to Gens de Feuillcs, to shew them they arc not for~ot by th eir father. I wish the comrade of theit· chief to take it on himself to deliver it with my words. BitOTIIEns-I am told that hitherto the traders have made a practice of srlling rum to you. All of you in your right senses must know that it is injurious; and occasions quarrels, murders, &c. amongst yourselves. Fo1· this reason you1· father has thought proper to prohibit the trad er~ from selling you any rum. Therefore, I hope, my broth f'1'8 the chit:f.o.;, when th ey know of a tmder to s~ll an Iucli un rum, will prevent that Indian from paying his credJt. This will break up the pernicious p1·acticc and obE~;c your father. l3ut I hope you will not encourag-e your young men to treat ~w· \rade rs i ll from this circumstance, Ol' from a hope of the indulr{cncc forme rly expct·ienced ; but make your compl ai nts to persons in this country, \vho \\ill be authori sed to do you justice. HnOTIIF.Jts-I now j)l'('scnt you with some of your father's to· bacco, and soutc other triOin g· thing-s, as a m emorandum of my good will, and before m y departure I will give you some Jiquol' to dear your throats. \ Vu EH I~ As, at a confc1·cnce he ld between the United States 0~ Amcric.1 and the Sionx nation of Indians : lieutenant Z. M. Pike, ol t he m·my of the United States, and the chiefs and the warriors ~f said t1ibc, haYe agreed to the fo llowiug- articl es, which, when rall· ficcl and a pproved of by the propet' autho1·ity, shall be bm· c 1·11 1S' on buth pa r! ics . .Art. l . That the Sioux natio1~ g1·an t unto the United States, for he pn1 P'Jsc of C'>tdJlbhmt·ltl of military posts, nine !llilcs 5'111arc APPENDIX TO PART I. 9 at the mouth of the t. Croix,'* also from below the conOncnce of the Mississippi and St. P eters up the Mis:>issippi to include the falls of St. Anthony, extending nine miles on each side of the river, that the Sioux nation grants to the U nitcd Stutes the full sovereignty and power over said district for ever. Att 2. That, in consicle1·:uion of the ahove gr ants, the Pnitcd States shall pay ( filled up by the senate with 2000 dollars. ) Att.3 . The United States; promise, on their part, to permit the Sioux to pass and repass, hunt, or m ake other usc of the said districts as they ltavc formerly done without cmy other exception than those specified in article first. In testimony whereof we, the undersigned, have hereunto set out· h ands and seals, at the mouth of the river St. Peters, on the 23d day of S eptember, 1805. Z. M. PIKE, 1st Iieut. (L. S.) and a~c nt at the above confcrcnc~. his LE PETIT ConBEAu, ~ (L . S.) mark his ~ (L. S .) mark [ No. 4. ~ St. P eter s, 23d Sej1t. 1805; 9 miles below t/ufalla cif St • ./Jntiiony. DEAR GENERAL, I AR lUVED here two days ~ ince, but shall not be able to depart before the day after tomonow ; tht·cc of my men have been up. t~ view the falls, but their reports are so contradic tory, that no 0Ptn10n can be formed from them. All the young warriors (of the two. villages of Sioux near this place) and many c hiefs had marched agatnst the Chipcways, to revenge a stroke made on their people, lhc ve1'Y day after their re tm·n from their visit to the Illinois ( \\'hen ., ~ My demand was one league below : their reply was " from below. "-·t lmagme (without iniquity) they may be made to agree. <) "' |