OCR Text |
Show iO il.l'.PL,.DIX 10 P.\ TIT!. ten \l"~Oll~ \\ere killed on this ground. f yes! en! )' :\\\'the mau~O· Jcum in which ali their bodies arc dcpo<~ited . and which is yet d tily m r1,rd with the blood of those who swc.u· to r~ ,·cnge them) lmt a runner headed them, and yesterday they all arri red-about 2j0 per ·cJnc:, ; in company with tho!c who" ere in the ponds gathering rice. Alll iclst the yelling of the m ourners and the salutes of the waniors, ~!.tIt was a scene worthy the p n of a Robertson. T o day I held a co neil on the btcch, and made them a speech, Ill\\ ltich {tOUChed 011 a Vi.lliety Of SUUj Ch, !Jut the principal pointS ''ere the obtaining the lands as spccificcd in the v. ithin articles,~ mak· Illf~ pt.>ace "ith the Chipcw.ty ·, and g-ranti ng- such chide; as might accompany me <!own (to v1sit you) a afc conduct throu)jh their coun· try. The'5e ends were accomplished. You "ill pcrcci,·c that we have obt< incd about I 0 0;000 acres fur u on g . \ ou ,, ill plc.tsu to observe general that the 2cl anit:le rel.Hirc tu consideration is bhnk. The reasons fot· it were as follow-th,tt l had to fee pri1·atcly lllo of the chiefs, and besides that, to m.tl...e them presents at the council, of articles which \\'OUid in this l 1Uild'}' be \ alucd at ~00 dollars, and the others about 50 dol!ar ... - p.trt of tl.ese thin ~s were pri1ate pt·opct·tr, purrh a~cd here; ~uch ::s a few sc.u let shrottcl'i, 5:c. ' t hc'>l' 1 was t:ot Cut n i·.' ~ccl hr the l'nit<. d St tlc..s; aud although the <'hit[.., in till' CUllllCil pr ><;Ct\t~d lllC \\ ith tlJe l,md, yet, it is pos~ible ) our cxrtlll'ncy may ·I ink pmpn to itt sct·t the amount of those ar· ti,·k'i a:; the ronsidcr.tt ions to he specified in aniclc 2d. They have bo11ncl me up to many assut'.lllCl's that the post: sh.1ll be esttbl~shed i ,\l<o, t h.tt i r the ('hi pc\\'ays arc obstinatL', and con tinue to h.dl _t h~ lndi.ms "ho he..t· our fl,t~~s ( the Chipc1 , y::; on the upper :\lississtp~H Ill· 1ri11 r the Engli-..h .1g-) nnd t.ttr tt".h'cr , we would take thcmtn h and, ancl te.lch tiH'm tn Ia: ,!O\\ n the h.Hrhl't, a5 \\'e had onre alrca· ch don·. Thi .... I "l'-' the r. thet· induced to sty as there \\ ere some p~·t·-..ono; present. " bn. <!lthou!;lt u·.tdinr~ mHkr ) our licences, 1 kn~w to IH: Bnti!'.h !'.UI 1 ·rt.... \ chi-.f h~· tiH n.tmc of the Elan Lcvrc, th e• It ll'ld mt• to l~h) · t'OlllHI on thos.! ~ ounp; warriors on the l>cach; tlt.ll lhll ' . '/lr:;· , but tho~' 0 I. S·I X \ 1·1 1: \ ~C'i. Ill 0 1. ~,,; ,,. •t··"· ·•n our com· t•t .t t d. l fp" '>• thk , I '''•I I L't1l1. c,\',>rtl> twt · t1o \\n tl t ·, r se,·cn, l '..', IJccch.c s, ,lt\d ~~\l'\\ them \' t1 t\i1 my l'l't \11'11 . I I1 <\\. C ~ 110 t ..t u.•O ll bt of mnk111g l .tkl' , ' '· 111 p·r ett} g-ood season • hut they ·l l lJrO rm m_c l1l c sourc.e. o l tht· t'.l \ l't' .1 s · n t tk · l.a .mg· .>.:l llC, :.t bo ut •v: o 1e ..t g u .,., s· lurthcr-.t ltt-; l mu-.t .d ) ~ ·• :11 d hupe the gcnL t'.\ l appt~oves o [ my. t Jt :· tcnnllWln-j, Jll. .\ t tlh' ' " t\\ n l.t · • , then~ at·e t•stabhshmcnto.; ol theN. APPFNDJX TO PAHT f. < ompany. These arc both in our country, and time. nd circumstances on y ·. 11 determine i11 what man11er I shall conduct myself toWdtd them. t A l\11-. 1\l'Gil lis, ( who~c fathl'r was a rcful';f'e, and Jtad his estate confiscated by the Amcticans,) h.ts drtr·gc of those fartorics. H e, they say, is a S\\'Orn nemy of tl1c C nitcd Sratcsthis was told m c by a nwn, who I expect ",t•.; a ft icnd of the N. \\T. company; but had qui te a rotltrary effect than \~ hatltc intt:IHkd it to ha\'C: as I aq1 clctermillcd, !-ihuul cl h<" att<·mpt :tny t l1in;~ malicious towai'Cis me, (open force he dnre not) to spare 110 patns to P'"'i~h him. In f::tct, tiJC di g-nity and honc>l' or 0\l l' !;O\'t'ltl11)('JJt J'('([llli'C~, that they should he taught to r;at hct· tiJL·ir ~l·in~ in tptiL.t, unci ev<·n then not in a clandestine mmu•t.:r-acldccl to which, tl1cy are the ,·cry instigators of the war bctwcc:n the Chipe\\ .1ys and ~ioux, i11 ordu· that they may monopolize the tt ade of the Upper ~lis.,issippi . The chiefs who were at Saint Lolli-; this •,pring·, gave up their English rncd:ds to 1\lr. Chouteau. Ilc pro,llist cl them to cJbl,ltl\ American medals in retum, lind send them up hy '><nne C>fliccr. They applied to me for them, and said th<'y \\ c·t e tlH.ir commissions; their only disting uish ing- mark from the other n ,\1'1 iors. l promised to write }OU on the occasion, alld that }OU ~~otdd: cmecl) the eril. The chiefs we t·e very loth to si!;n the articll's rclati' c to thC' land, asset·ting that thci1· word of honor for the gift \\':J.S suflicicnt, and that it was an impeachment of theit· probity, to require thl!m to hind themselves further, &c. &c. This is a small sample of thtir way of thinking. I must mention somethin~~ to your excellency relative to the man recommc ncl ecl to me by .\It·. Chouteau as inter prctcr; at the time he solicited the ('Jnploy, he was cng.tged to .i\lr. Dickson, and on my an·ival at the Prairie wac; gone up the St. Pete,..,, I understand he is to be rccommcndetl for the a 1 •Jwintmet t oi the inteq)l'ctct' to the United St.Hcs in th i.., quart ·t·: ou the rontmry, I ucg leave to recommend for that appointment, a l\lr. Jr ')C'ph Heinvillc, who has served as in tcrprctet· for the ~ioux. l:lst spring· at the Illinois, and who has gratuitously and williugly, ( by the penni.~ sion of l\1 t'. Prnzer, to whom he is engup:ed,) served as my intcrpretct · in :Ill 11ly conferences with the Sioux. lie is a mall l'(;SpCelctl uy the Tncliaus, and I bdic\'e an honest one. I lik ewise bq; leave to t·ccorumcnd to your attcmion 1\It-. Frazer, OtiC of the two f:)l ll tlt:JJIC!l 11 ho dined with } ou, unci was destined fot· the Upper i\lissis::.tppi. He \1 ·litt•d eight or t 'tl day::. al the Prairie for me, detained llis illt<:r- ~ lncon·rct-hc hcing .\ s~otthntan , a gentlemen, and a man of honor; but tl•i~ \\ ts the informJtion I rccl'ivcd at rhc St. Peter•. |