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Witb rccavd to Hie charge, transmivted toyr.ni' fixcellencythrongh Mr. Baker I h'lvc v,oi tbe sraallest doubi, bat they wc pnvponely cxbibitod ui order to ^\vo some colour and pretext for the tragedy nboafc to be enacted on Mi'^-bisr,ipin, to shut our eyes to that trai.sacbiou, aud to divert the Gov- ernmont from th. cnqairy. of how it a-reo. with the 9th Article of the treaty of Gheut. It appears 1o me that thl. ont.ry imprecisely n^ade upon the principle of t'ovoe ingeuio-m depredators, uho when m danger of de- tection arc among the first to l;av,'l ' Stop Tltii-f '. ' T rcpc-at to your i:xcellency my ilrm conviction, that the war of extermi- nation with which the nnfortimato Indians are threatened on the Mississippi, will be equally unjust, and unprovoked. Unjust, inasmuch as the Amen- cans have no right to seize upon their country aad build forts thereon, never having posessed it tUl after 1812. Unprovoked, as I do not be.ievo that a single act of ho.stility was committed by them, since the Peace was announced by Captain Bulger on the 22ud of May at the Prairio du Chien. That officer made every exertion to recall the war-party that attacked the 2 Amti icniis on the i-Jth of May, as mentioned in the letter of Col. Russell, but it -nas too late. TLcy could not be overtaken. This affair your Ex- cellency will observe is the latest act of hostilitj' which occurred, and I pledge my word to your Excellency, that tlic Indiana engaged in it knew nothing of the Peace, except from American reports which they imagined were purposely circulated to deceive them. I have the I'onor to be Your Fxcellency's most obedient sorvant, (Signed) Rt. M'Douall, Lieutenant-ColouQl. His Excellency Sir F. P. Robinson K. C. B. Extract frojn Proceedings of a Court of En(|iiiry, held by order of His Excellency, Major-Gcneral Sir F. P. Robinson K. C. B. Com- manding in Upper Canada, and administering tlie Govc-nment thereof. Fort Drum, ond, Cth and 10th October 1815. Presibent. Jjieutenant-Colonel M'Douall Glengary Light Infantry. Mkmiikks. Major Cochrane 37th Regiment. Captain Stephens 37tu Regiment. Captain Payne Royal Engineers. Captain Anderson Indian Department. " The Court then proceeded to investigate the charges preferred by the American Government viz. " That the Indians had been stimulated to a continuance of hostilities since the peace, by the British Agents." Lieutenunt-Colonel M'Douall again regretted the necessity which existed for his presiding at that court, being expressly directed to do so, by His Excellency Major-General Sir Frederic Robinson. It was his wish that that duty had devolved upon another, as it became necessary for him, in the absence of other material witnesses, to state to the Com't every par- 8 fifulur. Lr.viiig ii triicU'iK'} to c:^oiumto liie oovcin. nt I'lom ^<.uuji-t i charge. Iiidocd fis almost the whole of tho Briti.^h Agouts laaou-^sL tli.; Indians, Avno aiuler his orders, he feels himself pai f.onla; 1y lulicduprn i> meet it, to repel the accvisfitiou as totally false, aiwl iiiiwiip'pfHtoa, a;ul nol only ur.mayk the ralumny, Imt prove to the eoiiit , n:i I to the world, thiL", no sooner Avat' tho news of tho P( ace roceivod at Maokin^e. >hw tiio most active oxcrtions wore used to promulgate unci make known the snuie among all the Indian Nations. In fact, perhaps on no formor occaKit.n, wi... r.inre zeal and anxiety displayed than in tho performanee of thi=^ mont linporLaiit duty, rot only in nnnouncing the Pcaee, hnt enjoining an immediate ces- gationfrom hostilities and impressing, in the strongest mmnier npion thoij' minds, the striet ohservance thereof. One clrcuvistonce mustle ci-ri- rc•/• cle2>hre(l Tho first despatch sent hy ]\Iajor Forster, Military Secretary, c'atcd York, 11th of March, communicating the news of Te'cKe, and enclos- ing a copy of the treaty, did not reach me at JMichil-naekinac until the 11th of May : tl.e next confirmation of that event, was written by L^ei, te. nnnt-Colonel HarToy, Peputy xVdjutant General, and dated Kingston, tir^th March. The original of this despatch was nearly as long upon the road, as that of Major Forster, bat a duplicate tliereof, reached me by a trading vessel from T>troit on the 1st of May. This was tho first official a-.-coant I received of Peace; a vague rumour of such an event had before been circulated, but which only tended to increase our watchfulness and re- double our exertions for defence. The great delay which occurred in forwarding these despatclcs, was their being unfortunately entrusted to persons of little energy and perse- verance ; tho season of the year too, rendered the jmrneij infinitely d:£icuU and dangerous : the ice on many parts of that long communication, was ecarcely" passable- in others it was gone. These impediments tended greatly to protract the arrival of these important despatches : I knew them to be so great, as to have doubts of ever receiving them. On their arrival, however, all was energy, as much as possible, to counter- act the mischiefs of delay. The Peace was immediately made known to the Indians of the neighbourhood. The intelligent Chief Assegenack was sent to proclaim it to the tribes on the eastei'u side of Lake lyiiehigan. t anotlior to RfiK'n'". nn cxpicj^s wftf anxi lo l.iciihiiMit I.iav of tie Tinlian iKrailnuiit at (Irotn 1-ay. io givo all l^iil-lltity to tl,c news in that quarter, ami lo diioct Tiitcj].ictei' Lcsallici' to do tlioKumeat Milhvakio and among the otlu'v Iiidiini.. nn the western siilo. I proceeded myself for L'Arbe Croihe. and willi f,'reat ceremony made known the T'eacc to the Ottaway Nation -all of wLuin i^moked the pipe in token of their acceptance thereof. 'I'he iutolligrnrewas likewise forwarded to the o.Ticer commanding at the I'rairie du Chien, Mhero it arrived the 22nd of May : the day following, it wa^ communicate d in ( irand Council to fJl the Indians in the place, and every means adopted to in!i;rc.SR iLs Jitrict observance on their minds. A captain of thelnduui T?cpcn1uK'Ut was innncdiately sent down to the Mississippi to announce the Peace to the Sauks, but nnfortnnately too late to recal the war- party of that nation who were engaored with the Americans on the 21th of Mn-3 . T.iis v:v.H iho Inst act of l.cV.ility committed by any of the Indian TriU-s. A -i'.ity of Otlf.was were enj-;aged a short time previous (and what is rather strai-ge, not mentioned in Mr. Munroe's list) near Fort Harrison. Thek:: cankot r,E tue shadow of a oorr.r that botu weiie ignorant op PEACK Bi;i.N(. ( . NCLinKD-that botli believed the operations of the war to be in full activity; of eour<^e, the a--re.-.sion5 adduced of an earlier date than these eveiil8,'fall to Iho ground, and ike Tudi'.! Nations must ntavd fully onjnUtcJ of ^e rhrr.e ifpa^^ir, d.xj U lostmtks vfU'V flc Peace was made Inoini to ttum. (.hi c;a-efully examining the dates, this importiint fact ia clear to a d-rc-i.t, .^H-.iu ard i^: naturally accountod for, in their sincere and earnest wish lo obsiive lhe Peace themselves, and that its stipulations shouhl 1 e (sdlicrca 1.0 );y the Ainoiicnn Government s^cuiiug iothcm their rights, pi i^ ilcgrs, ar.d immnnitics as in 1811, and of course exempting the tribes on the Missi-sippi, from having their lands^. occupied by the tvocpa of the United States, or forts builr theicon. Anxious, however, as 1 was to inculcate on the minds of lhe Indians, the earnest wi.h of the Biili;h (Jovernmcnt that tlie peace should be scrupii- hnisly observed, and lest any doubt of misconccpiion on the snbiect tihouid rashlv induce any particular tribe to the renewal of hostilities, I determined, "early in July, to send Captain Anderwn, of the Indian Dc pa-tment to the Mississippi, wi'h ^oiae prcicnls to convey to the Indiana in person. tLe positive and rcnowcd injmctiors of tb>> King, thut they .hould faithfully abide by the late treaty. That omcer conversed with all the principal chiefs, and not only ascortanicd their rar.ljlr. snufhnmfs hat in having vvcry reason io IcUcvc, that tho;, sf,-icfh, crtrrl "V to thc.i; tins cffordod mo morn oTatification. aa Ilia Excellency Licutcn.int.Gcucv.Tl Sir Cordon j;rumm.md, jud'Ting from some statements in the papers of., con- tinuancc of hcifilities (all ho^vever previous to peace being kno^vutothem 24lh May), and -.vith a viev,- to a complete and total cessation thereof, d'.- rcctedme to send Lieutcnant-Coloncl M'Kay to tho Mississippi, for tho express purpose ; Captain A.ndcrson having before been sent upon a simi- lar duty, yet notwithstanding, arid as anoller proof of the sincerity and good faith of Government upon that subject, I de?patclied Lieu'.enant. Colonel M-Kay, to acquaint the ofHcer of the TI.iilLd States Troops, at Mackiniic, that ho was ready to proceed npon his mis:don. if he il-oughtit. BCCCEsr.Vv, but v,hichMa,ioi Morgan decllucd, conccivlu!:: Lhe previous stcp^ taken to bo <'nlly sulhcient. llie cou-t then prococdcJ to tlic oxaminatiun of tlie following vliuca^os. Captain T. (i. Andorion of the Indian Depaitracnt, being duly ;,,vorn, dcpoieth, that he was at the Tvairie du Chiens, on the 2!st of May last, when tho first ofTicial nows of poace wa-^ r-^eeived by Captain Bulger from Liertcnanl-Colonel MTonnll, Commanding at Michilimaelc. On the iollowin- dnv the wh..k- of il-.c Indians were assembled, consisting of Sioux, Winn^bagoes. r.enaids and Follavoiues. in the Council Room. Tho Pipe of Peace U.d been T-rcviously luepared. The greo.t A\am- pum Pelt. I.Y ^.-hich they had been suramoneclto Wa. , was divr,tcd r.r^ if 3 red colour, rrul midered hiu-^, as a Pymbol of pearc, acccrdu- tu their customs. The evidence was bnnsclf two Luar^ busied in t\iL^2 prepa- rations. The eeiei .-. ----iuony eonimeueed Avith dlsphiying ilio great wainp am bel7'>vhlch having changed irs cok)vr, avos now the Belc of Peace. Ci,p'ain Bulger, ilie Commanding Oliicer. then directed the evidence to make known to the Indi.ns, rhut Peace had b.^ :i m.^Je between Groat Pritnin ard the United State?, ia whi 'h they v-' p all included. Tuis tlifl evid»'nce did from a wriSi'^r .peech. in which they were solemnly enjoined to observe the same : they were lold thnt it cont.vlncd the words of tbeu- 6 Fatl.(vas fired from the Fort. Li-iilcnant Renville of the Indian Do" ]ii)rlinent, then went round wiih the Pipe of Peace, and to the best of hi^ recollection, the whole of the Indi;uis accepted the sf.mc, and smoked it, in token of their assent and acceptance thereof. Nearly two hours before the council assembled, about six or eight Rctv.ivds arrived lo inform the Commanding Officer, that a party of Sauks antl IJonnrd.':- had left the Pack lliver to go to war against the Americans. Immediately after the council the same Indians were detpatched that evening with a Pipe to overtake the war-party, inform them of the Peace, and the orders of ihc Commanding Officer to return. On the ensuing moi'ning, (-aptain Deasc of the Indian Department was t-ent ofr to the Sauk village with the same wampura-belt pipe and speccli. He wa,s oidcrcd to proceed with the iitmof-t expedition in the hope of re- calling ilio war-party or any other which might be meditating hobtilii;ies. He proclaimed the Peace as directed, but the war-party could not bcover- trkcn. The evidence since learned that they were engaged with the Americans cu the 2-lth of May ; being two days after the Peace was an- nounced at Prairie du Chien. The evidence believes the scene of action to have been four bundled miles down the Mississippi. Question from ilic Court. At the council, did the Indians in general seem pleased with the news of peace ? Ansu-cr. They did, and some of the principal Chiefs expressed them- selves to that effect. Question. On proclaiming tho Peace on the 22nd May were not im- mediate steps taken to evacuate the Prairie du chien and withdraw the garrison to Mackinac ? Ans^i^er. Yes. Question. Were not strict orders given immediately oa making known the peace, for the whole of the Indian Department and every officer and agent thereof to be withdrawn fi-om amongst the Indians and to accompany the garrison to Mackinack? Aii^v:er. Tl.orc were, and hnmtaiately acted npon. 'Hie wlu.lc- con. sitting of R. Dickson Esq., L. Nonore. Louis Burthe, Captain AmUito,,. ( 'aptaiuDcase, Lieutenant Lowe, Lieutenant Brisbois, Lieutenant RenvllK-, Interpreter Grignion, L. Grignion, Desonicr, Campbell, and Rock -tc- l.irned to Mackinac, and arrived on the 17th June, two Interpreters cn- ...pted, >ho did not conform ,vilh the order, having their families and pidperty at Prairie du Chien. Fort Adjutant James Keating being duly sworn, dcposoth. that he was r.ieuteuant Commanding the Mississippi Volunteer Artillery, statu.nc.l „t the Prairie du Chien. He fully and in every particular corroborates the iibove evidence of Captain Anderson. Interpreter Araable Dusang, being duly sworn, deposeth, that he was at the time alluded to. an Ensign in the Mississippi Volunteers, stai^ione.l Kt the Prairie du Chien. He fully and in every particular corroborates th.. evidence of Captain Anderson. Lieutenant Brisbois of the Indian Department, being duly sworn, depos- eth, that he was at the time alluded to stationed at the Prairie du Chion. and also fully and in every particular corroborates Captain Anderson's ev i- dence. Interpi'eter Louis Desonicr, being duly sworn, also fully corroborates Captain Anderson's evidence. Captain T. G. Anderson again called and examined. Question from the Court. Were you not since sent on duty to the Miss- issippi by Lieutenant-Colonel M'Douall, and at what time ? Ansu-er. I was sent with some presents, and left Michilimackinac on the 4th Jidy. ,..,.,-> n Question. Had you not orders from Lieutenant-Colonel MDouall, strongly to impress on the minds of the Indians the anxious wi.h of the King their^Father, that they should strictly observe the Peace which be. fore had been repeatedly communicated to them ? Answer. Yes. I addi-essed them by his orders in several differcni councils in these words. "My Childi-en, You have already been told more than once, thac your great Father the King, has made peace with the Americans, and tl,.a all l;iH Ke'il Cl.n.hcr. uvv iiiclii.le.l in i! . T iini inuposely soul again to repeat this to yon, ard t.. ac',>ir.int you that it in his nbHolnto commt...(l „„(1 desire, thnt you nil bury the Tumahuwkand not only 11 vo inhiumoTiy wilh th.eni but with one nnothor." The cvideiire adds that the pvhitlpal ( hief<^, of all the different nations (.1. that part of the Mississippi, were at different tin..- addressed in the above words. Qucgtlo I'roiv fin' Cornt. Do you know of a single net of hostility luiv- ing been committed by any of the Indian nations since the I'eaee was iniMie kn<..wn to them on the iiCnd May by Captai i Bulger, and by Captain J).;ue at the Sai:k village immediately afterwards ? .\v.8>'-n'. Kone, except that near l-'ort Howard on (ho 1 !th M.iy, by a, pnty of Fauks and Eonardn. It was tho same that ('iiptain DoaBi; and a party of Indians had been sent after, to tell tlie.n of the news of Peace, but failed to overtake them. I ain confident, had any happened since, that I mubt of heaid of it from some of the Chief:!. QncH'wn. In yonr conversati( r.s with tho principal Chiefs, di.l they not express their deleriiiination to abide Ijy the Teacc ? Ansirer. Thrv did, provided th.it the Americans ol)Sfrved It on their part, and did not attempt to build forts up-on their ImuU', or advance farihe,' than Fort Maddi.on, being the farthest Military Post upon the Mississippi which tho Americans had occupied previous to the beginning of the war in 1812. ^ - QvestUnu Aie v^:u of opinion that if these eneroaehmonts were not made the Indian nations'would with sincerity and good f.irh observe the Peaces Ansirer. 1 am. They saw it was their interest in that case to observe '*' Interpreter Amablc Dusang of the Indian Department being called, and duly sworn, deposcth, that he accompanied Captain Anderson ou duty, when sent in July last to the Mississippi, that he was present at the dil- f.-rent councils held by him with the Indians, and fully confirms the pacific sentiments and language with which ho addressed them. Interpreter Louis Desouier being duly sworn, deposeth, that he also accompanied Captain Anderson ou duty to the Mississippi, and was present at the different councils with the Indians, upon that occasion. He also » .„.t Hi,lo „t L.„l=c H.l,.e^ .^ , r y- ,rx,.fen Department .u Coa. '.i »• ir.ro.nu.t;oi. to L;o.,tc.iant L..^. "- "'^ 1" ' ' y;|,„..^i,, „„,', ;t, .„a,.,hin.«.u.n„:,....u.i.ton-toj..=..^^^^^ „„ ,H. ,n,,« i.h»Utu« *»;-: : ;;^ ;':,j't;o ,xnant.Co',o,,.lM'Iw, accompanioJ Llc„;:™a.U.C.,:o>,i.l J l)o...U, . M ^^^ ( .„,,orintcmlc..l. »E tl.o I.ur.m D:p.rtm,-.it ) t., A, .>. 0, ocu. |.„.L„ ,v„, i,rocl»;n,oa ,vitU cvc-y W-r- i«t» "--■"-".J-- f. *'' t„" ,,. pum was in.csex> ed ^'^ J^^^^"^^'^,„ =^:,,, ,Ucxu on slndbv important Bcrved umongst those ^\Lich bad been j, occasions, to commemorate that event. Evn^E.vti! Closed. .,„„ ,,» „.„ »ct, , «... tut - ^- : ,-3:::r ^-U: 10 C'ovu't c-oiisidcr the iestiinony of Lientcniuit-Colonel M" Dciinn .-is a material ]iart of the ovidence, ami iwof or-inion.that it shouhl he substuntiatcclupou oath. Liciitciiaiit-ColomI ]\r"i>(ii);ill was accordingly duly swoin to the tiiith of tho prcccLling statoniiMit^. and also that the oxtractn which form the a])[jeii'lix to tliesc ]it(ic(( dings are corrcrt trrnspripts from the oritriual dueuments. (Signed) Tit. M'Douall, Lieutenant Colonel and ri'csident. (Signed) Ceo. CI, Cochi'ane, aMajor 87th Rcgt. (Signed) Vv^ E. Payne, Cupt. Koyal f^ngineeri^. (Pigncd) l?ol)ert Stephens, Cap!;. JlTth Reg!;. (Signed) Thoi^. G. Andoi'son, C'a])t. Ind. Department. Extract ofa letter from Lieutenaiit-Colonel MT'onall fo Llontenaat- Coloiiel Harvey, Deputy Adjutant Gei.eral, dated Macl^inaj -itli August 1S15. " 1 have tjic lionor io ncl nmvledce the reccjit of your (duplicate) despatcli of the 28th March, which arrived at thi& garrison on the 1st instant 1 y a trading vespcl from Pelrott. The cinbarrag.sing situation in which this fir.st oflficial intelligence of the I'eace places me, is greatly enhanced by the unfortunate delay which has taken pkice in communicating that event. 'J"he original despatch was entrusted by the Tr.dlan |)epa,rtmcnt at York, to a character every way unfit to be the I;earcr of events of such import- ance." E.xtract ofa letter from Lieutenant-Cohmci M'L'ouallto Lieutenant - Colonel Foster, Military Secretaiy, date«i ^^Tai■•l^inac, loth May 1815. " Your despatch of the 11th March coriiaaiingfor us the highly important intelligence of Peace being concluded between Great llriiain and the United States of America, reached mc at this place on the lllii of this month. By it, for the first time, I was enabled io peruse t!ic tre.ity at full length ; it is to me a matter of great regret that I did not receive it sooner. 1 leave jou to judge whether tho Indian Department at York entrusted n suel. u .icr-teh U. proper hands, ^vhen I Inf .nu ,ou tbu .ho p.. on .ho toJk acwn .ny leLlers in Mar.],, left that ph.ce thirty days afn-r .,o;, . . - p,,-lnre, and" .rvivcd h.v,. ten clays before them. In uddihon U. cJ^. inrnmoduu^es, such a shamcCul and nnpreccdcntod doh^y BUg,.t hav. ^- ....ionod (and n,ny have Tur .vhat I yet ^cuo^.) the loss of ;aauy .ve^.^ ^ E-;tra.'t oF a letter iVoin Licutcnant-Culonel jI'Douall tu .la,>r- (-;encr;d ;:-ir Gcorgo Murray K. B., a^ited Mldinhnackinac i.tU Mav l^l.. ..; have the honor to ac'iaaiutyourEKCoUencythaLl vec-ived .he Uvea.e ou^ on the Int i.atant ioaconu.nu..^' n from the Bapni^y Adjutant Gc:i3rah Liou^o;riut-Colju:d lla.N o, • •rvtr^'cr of a Liter irom Licutcnant-Coloncl M-Douall to C; ,nel Sutler c(,iui.anding at DelrcH, dated Mackinac Otl. Moy 1815. On (he l.t mstant I had the honor of recoivmg ynar loafer of .he hah ,S,.,i : bv the same conveya.-e I reeei..-ed the 6rst oHlcial conn— .on f.;unuyC;ovcrnnienlof.hetevmmatiouofhosUht.es.auuofthu.e..m ou :, L Uos.in,s of Peace by the treaty concluded at ^^-t. re^ro^ .-. .ho unusual delay .hich La. oceuned in forwarding e on.^^a. d ^i^ h f..om York, and which o.ay arrived this day. as 1 co.dd sooner Ir.^-. - .uenccd my preparation, for the evacuation of Lh. Island, agreea.dctu .n. stipulations of th.f trcn'r." Extract of a letter Itou. Lieutenant- Colonel M'Douall to Capt^nn Bulger, commanding Fort l^VKoy, dated Miekilimadanac, 1st 3ray 1815. ^> The offiehd despatch fron. Lieutenant- GcuoralDrumrnond to whn.. .Ihtdcd in ,ny U< has not yet arrived, but this day an American .es el 'rietroi^ has brought ..e a duplicate of the -- confirrrun, the previous report of a Peace and a mutual rcstorrd.on of all -'•^;^- f P ; ^ aken on either side : you will therefore adopt rastar.t ^-^^-^^^'^^^ for the evacuation of the Prairie du Chien, brurg.ng w,th j oa thcsto.c . The gun. captured in the fort ^nnst bo sent down the M.ss^ss,pp. to St. Louis if practlc.iblc, if otherwise to be brought to Mackinao. •The whole of the Western Indian Department ^vill accompany yon to join me at this place. 1-2 " TL.'il )ii!=cal C'ov.-cn, ^v'a-.y-n you mn\- rcpolloct in charge of provision^ at Xotta'-vaysaga, lias been five weeks on tli" road from "S'ork with t!ia (losji'itcbes, and has not yet arrived. " The utmost I'uins must be taken that this Peace slw.ild l)c generally ]ii'oinnlgated, and every nation cautioned li^w Ihoy infringe it. but abov(; ill!, h t tjiem iiol imbibe the fatal error, tbiitho supply v.-hich is sent th. in is an iucuicenieut to lurLlier hostilities." Extract of a loiter froni'Lioutcnant-Colonel M'Douall to Lieutenaiit- Colonel Harvey, Deputy Adjutant General, f'ateJ Mieliilininckinac, TrJi MiylSlT). " I vit^iicd the Ottawiiy nivfiMn ii "uw d.iVK a!:ro and proclaimod the Peace amongst iLcm Aviih the usual ceremonies, and in a manner that was pe- culiarlj' imprcs;dvp ; in fact I have spared 1:0 pains to render it pahitiible to the Indians oi; this neighbourhood, in general, in which I have been greatly assisted liy my friend Lieutouant-Coloncl M'Kay, v,-ho is so deser- vedly popular ani-nigst them." E.xtract of a It.ttcr from Lieiiteiiant-Coloiicl M'Douall to His Excel- lency Maior-Gcncnil Sir F.oilcil. k ilobinson, K. 0. B., dated Drmn- monds Island, 22nd September i.'lo. " I had before the honor of iufunning your Excellency of the arriv.d of Captain Andei'son of the Indian Department from tlic duty on wlii-.h I haddespatchcd him from Michilimackinac in July, of impressing still Uiore strongly on the minds of the Indi-an niitlons on the Mississippi, the con- clusion of the Peace. I strictly enjoined Captain Anderson not to enter on the subject of politics, but to confine himself to the delivery of the ])resents, and .«trongly to recommend the stiict observance of the Peace, the cultivation, of their lands and attention to their hunt, the burying in oblivion of all jealousies and disscntions, and that the Indian nations should in future live as one family study ing oidy the general good. These instructions have been implicitly attended to." l^xtract of a speech by the Head Sauk Chief (La Molt) spoken in 13 presence of Captain Auacrson of the Inai.u Department at tl. Prairie ilu ChienAuonst SnllSlS. l..r'^T io ^cc llrxn. nrd to tv^ub iLom avoII. but .ince you nro i.ot, I. l..vo riiJ i: ;:: i...is. ./., sb.n not co.. .„ .i.. ^f-^^:^- x::^ strictly listen to your ^ oico : bnt .'c are rxot women. A . e - ^^^ ' ^ on.rrdli.S ^vith Q.e™, but i? M.oy bo.in to mo-s. v.s m tao b a c i . u xVvm not, rnd ^N'ill cb r.nd oiuselvc;^ like men. "The Sauk CU.i La Moite and the El.ck ILnvk, be. iu;,.'.tcd tu:v h . J.ai/e« • ouis. Jthut perlcd being, .. tbcy .ud, nearly ebrsed, ... a. .- - u.rst od vbct the Am. icans.lcoUed npon tbem .. tbe:r enem.. e. . ■ in-ft ,„,o,Hn ^r-l- in ,.„U, .d,.c,l then, to p,.o..nt ••,^;^--»;,tT : .- «.>• k.t to ,moko v.Uh Iho AinovicMiE of informing U.e™ ■-' i '■«■ ""&!tlrt era .,,«^1. ->t t" "-J=«^"' M.cs^Into...utli= Mis»,s,,n.i by tl.e Great Me,>o„m,i Chief n„»,«», ... J"')' 1-' - ..„, B..ot,.-o„, ^ ^^__^ ^^^^^ ^,^^^^ ^^ ^^.^___,,._,,^^ ,„ ,^^ ,,„t ,ny ,:c.rt 1. o,oa„, »nd that my .i.h is to livo ^^^ f^'^^^^^^l .,11 .1,0 VovW Ov.r F-ilhcv has given yon his adv.ce. Letiailui'-. r:;:; one hie, eat ontoEthe same ih.h, '^^^;i:^.--'' ,,i,,e. r., condnetiiig oni-«eKes in this ,vay,,TO shall all live happj . 14 Extract of a spoecli by tlic Crcat S^.u.c Chief (Walui^liav,) ..n t1ic 10 ill July IS 15. •' My I'ailier, I am Ir.r.ipj' tliat yon s-liow us the f u . ;';iii! of poiiro, in M-liich ov.Y iuiccttois walked with so miuh case." Extract of a speech by the first War C!ilef of the Sauk na.:')!". (Black JIawlx) August y>v>\ 1815 at the Prairie Ja Chien. "We shiiU th.,Mef»ro llstou to yoiir- wci ^Irf, ;wul rouiain (lui'-i-, a-^ my great chief told you jiu t now, and next cnL. . a'.g season I v, ill go and sec my rrcat I'iiilior at iricliibmackinac, and j.-i'haps farthci ." Extract of ;■ speech from Bord.v. h a principal War Chief ufl'uj usnard nation, Angiust 3rd 1815, at Prairie tlu Chien. "Ilinvc b-'cri li?trning-wiih p:!:.i;'nco to ViUilyonliavesald to tL'.' Sauivt^, iiud their auKWciK, which conip.olicuds fvilly ih.y wish of my band, aud avy leave me but fi;w words to say. I ii^k for cl.n-'.y. hi caiie my body i^ ao longer bloody (monning that if he f:-nin went r.o v,..!', and wa:Vnpd him?elf as is their cr.Ftom) do not blr.mo tlicre my l.Tofhrcr., I will hi ho o.dy ])cr.son to ' i • ;;colih'l." Captain AnJerooii seeing his Jeter. .inalioa to rev en pie the deaH. .uiiis son on tlie Americans, feigned auger, got vrp and rej)i oaeiio 1 h.n .a thcoC words. " ^Vhat! You n groat Yfarrlor and talk in this wi'.y ! II;:d yoia- bravo 'on loitered behind trees and died wilh fc:.r, would you not h-ivo beou more n.shamed. He died like u ))ravc nam, ia uci'oiico of his wire and children. If there was no risk in going lo war, biavcry would be out, of the question, and the Indiiin^' would not wear fcalhcrs in theii' cnns (which donotoj tho number each has killed in baLI'.e)." "Your conduct has made mo arihamcd, bwt [ nttrib ite it to yo ir not being actiuaiuted with ihc cu;-tO!r,.=3 of tho Euglidi." Captain Anderson then gave hiui a gun and a handsome prosont,— saying 15 -Pub off your mouruins Nvl.h tliig, aud ll.itou to tho ,vor,l.. oC yoar Father "whicli you have just rovr heard." He aus^vcred. "My Father, I am a fool for acting as I havo .kuc, yoii have giTca me sense,— I will follow your advice." ^•8^;^:^^