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Show APPENDIX TO PART I. 6th. The T roqnois Chipeways, arc dispersed alon~ the banks of all the Great La\ cs, from Ontario to the Lake of the \Voocls. 7th. The 1\lu ... conon~es rc~idc on the waters of Lowct· ~cd n·v cr, neat· to 1 .a 1< c• \Vinit>ie ' and arc the farthest bancl of C.h tpe- '1'1 Cl ·1pc,,r·n·s '''ere the rrrc'Ctt and almost natural cnem1cs of \VU}'S. lC 1 '"".r • •:1 • , • • ••• the Sioux, with whon1 they had been wagmg- a war ol cxtet rmnat ton for ncar two renl\lrics. On my arriv•ll amon~ them, I succcc<lecl in inducing both sides to Hgt·cc to a pcac<', and no blood was. shed f . SeJ)t' I H05 to t\t)l'i\ 1806, when I left the country. Tills oht on1 ~ . · , . n .· · 1 rn- ·cctlnu frcltuently been (in vam ~ attempted hy the tilts\ govc J 1 nt ' who often brouP;htthe chiefs of the two nati·O ns t O:o-,- cthcr '.a t nM ich'i limac\,inac ; ma· de them presC'nts, & c.. 1) ll t the Sioux ' st1• ll lnut•1Hy '\nd ovcrbean.n p-, spHrnC( l t 1\ C pt. o fc rrcd calumet ,. ancltc· tu'r·n)e d to 'r enew the scen..e, s of sl.ntghtcr :\Il l 111..\ 1 ·l )al.·l1 y · Itmaythen be clcnwnded, how could a subaltern W•i l1l 20 men, 'a n. d no presen. ts worthy of notice, efl. tctthat, wh1. c 11 t 1t c govct• n o rs· o! anaclu, w1t 11 all the immense finances ol. th e I Ill1 .t an d CJM. I. t m c t' lt had attempt.e d~ in vain· although th ey frequently antI ur~cnt 1Y I ·ecommcndcd 1t. . I l't'{)ly ' that, the 13riu. sh g·uvel'\\mcnt, 1. t1. s ll,l lC, t 'C([UCS· tC'd ' I'CCOlll· nl('tH.lcd' and made present s ; but al 1 t 1ti ·S at c· \ crI s· t•a ncc '· am\ wh. en the chief' s rctmnecl to thcit· bands, thct·t ' t 1t J· r~ t o [ 1) \ood SOOI.\ ohltte· rated from thc.t r rccollcc.\.l on the I cctttt.c . s. o r h u ma• nity ' whtch th.e y had heard in the counc.d s o 1. 1~"\ I't c l1 1. 1.1 1\l,.I C 1u · n..t c. But' whe. n I ,1p· pcarrcl amonP;st them, the Um. tcd S~ tates I1 acl J·, \ tcly. ''1 Cqmrcd t.h:e jurisdiction OYer them nne I t I1 e names o r tl 1e Amcnca' ns (as watll· .o re;) lwei fr equent ly been sounded 1.1 1 t I1 ll.1 ' cars,. a n d when I s.p oke to them on tl.c ~ubjcct, I commandt·d them, m. t 11 c t~.t tmc of their ~· ;re.a l father, to make peace; and ofl.c 1·cc~ thc111 t 11 e b enc [1' t of the n1cdta· tion and g-uarantee ol. the U m.t ec I S' tatcs: anc l s' \)ol"·e of the peace, not us a b('nclit to us, hut a step tuI ~ en t o m.e tl.·, c themselv.e s Ull( 1 childl'en happy. This lan gua~c held up to b ot 11 n.,\ t'1 0 ns ' wtth th.e. assistance of the tmdcrs; a happy com. c1.c 1 c nce of circu. m stance~' and (may I not add?) the assi~tancc o r the a 1n ll· f; 11 t y, ·' tllcctccl that which had long been attempted .11 1 vcn.n . nu t 1 am perfe.c tly co: nh· .. :1ncecl that lllllcss troops arc sent up between t Iw se t wo n '' \tlOllS., "1\ a• n a);cn' t w' hose bn~.m css 1. t would be to wt.~ tc. h the l:i S ill gr clt~coll· tent.s. · an' d check the brood.m g spl. l'.l t or revenge: t1Ic .1 l the weapo.n s of de'a th will a~ain be raised, an<l the echoes o f savagr e barbanty will resound through the '' ilc!crness. . . The Chipcway, s arc uncommonly attac Il et1 to spl.l'.l t t lOllS hquors. '. but may not this be mdng to th 1. r traders, who f ~lH l'1l m'.t Ch tothbelclls intercc;t to encourage th<:il' thirst at'tct· an at·ucle, wh1ch ena APPENDIX TO PART I. them to obtain their pcltl'ics at so low a rate, as scarcely to be denominated a considcmtion, and ha,·e reduced the people near the establishments, to a dl'grcc of dc~radation unparallclccl? The Alwmguin language is one of the most copious ancl sonorous bnguag- s of all the savage dialects in North i\ me rica; and is spoken and understood by the various nations ', except the Sioux) from the C u) f of St. Lawrence to Lake 'Vi11ipie. This nation i~ much mot·c mild and docile than the Siotlx; ancl (if we may jnclgc from unprt'jud iccd ob~crvct·s) more cool and deliberate in action; bnt the lattc1· possc~s a much highct· sense of the honor of tli rir nation : the others j1lan for ,yr((-jlrcsu"uation. The Sioux attack with impctuo~ity, the other def'c.nds with evet'y necessary precaution. But I hP- c:;llp("J•inl' numbot' of lhC' Siollx, would have enabled them to have annihilated the Chipcways long since, had it not been fot· the nature of their· country, which cnti,·cly precludes the po~sibility of an attack on horseback. Also, give~ thc 111 a decided advantage over an enemy, who, being half armed with arrows, the least twig of a bush would turn the shaft of death out of its di1·cc tion. \Vhcrcas, the wl1izzing bullet holds its com~c, llOI' spends its force shon or the destined victim. Thus, we generally have found, that, when eng-aged in a Prai ric the ~ioux came offvictor·ious; but if in the woods, even, if not oblig·ccl to retreat, the carcascs ot' their ::slaug·htcred brctllrcu shew how dearly they purchase the victory. The Sioux nrc bounded on the N. E. and N. by these two Powerful natio tl Cl · • · ns, 1c upeways and Krllstene.tux, whose manners, strength, <111d boundaries, arc ably descl'ibed by ...,ir· Ale xandcr Mac- Renzic Tl A · · · ( · 1c SSIIIIHboms Ol' Stone Sioux) who border the Cltipe-ways on the ~ \V. and \ \ . ar·c a l'Cvoltcd b~lnu of the Sioux and have maintained a wnt· with the parent nation lot· about a ccn:my • and have now rcnclerccl themselves thcit' most violent cnemi, s: T!1 ey extend f1·om the Red rj, c 1· west, nearly to the Rocky Mount: u~s, and at·e conq>utcd at 1500 warrio1·s. They reside on the plam:, and follow the buffalo, consequently they have VC J'Y little occaston for traders or European productions. z. M. PIKE, 1st. Lieut. 1st United States Reg·t. Infry. , ' |
