Chapter VII
Morse’s A Report to the Secretary of War of the United States on Indian Affairs, pp. 78, 79. 276
Minnesota Historical Collections, Vol. XII, pp. 321, 322. 277
Indian Office Files, 1834, No. 203. 278
Taliaferro to Clark, August 5, 1830.—William Clark Papers, Correspondence, 1830–1832, p. 2. 279
This description of Indian life is based on Pond’s The Dakotas or Sioux in Minnesota as they were in 1834 in the Minnesota Historical Collections, Vol. XII, pp. 319–501. 280
The quotations are taken from Beltrami’s description of an Indian council which he attended at Fort Snelling in 1823.—Beltrami’s A Pilgrimage in Europe and America, Vol. II, pp. 217–219. 281
These are taken from a list which is typical of the character of the presents, among the papers of Thomas Forsyth.—Draper Manuscripts, 2T2. 282
Annals of Congress, 1st session, 17th Congress, Vol. I, pp. 319, 320. 283
Taliaferro’s Diary, February 19, 1831. The speech of the chief closes thus: “We know you have nothing on hand for your children, but we hope you will give us some Pork & Bread & a little Tobacco—as our pipes are out & have been for some time our old men will be pleased.” The village of the Red Head was St. Louis, the Red Head being General William Clark, the superintendent of Indian affairs. 284
“The Crane and the Hole in the Day—and other Chippeways at the Agency this day—Several Sissiton Sioux also at the Agency. Issued 24 Rats Bread 20 pounds of Pork—15 lbs. of tobacco.”—Taliaferro’s Diary, January 23, 1831. See also the diary under the dates of December 24, 1830, January 13, 17, 1831. 285
Cass to Taliaferro, July 28, 1825.—Taliaferro Letters, Vol. I, No. 57. 286
Taliaferro’s Diary, July 19, 1834. 287
United States Statutes at Large, Vol. IV, p. 738. 288
Taliaferro’s Diary, March 4, 1831. 289
Taliaferro to Harris, February 21, 1838.—Indian Office Files, 1838, No. 631. 290
For the suffering during the winter of 1842–1843 and the steps taken to relieve it see the letter from Dr. Williamson in the Missionary Herald, Vol. 39, p. 355, September, 1843; and Bruce to Chambers, April 3, 1843, in Indian Office Files, 1843, No. 222. 291
Taliaferro to Dodge, June 30, 1838.—Indian Office Files, 1838, No. 690. 292
Taliaferro to Clark, March 3, 1831.—William Clark Papers, Correspondence, 1830–1832, p. 129. 293
Taliaferro to Clark, September 14, 1834.—Indian Office Files, 1834, No. 206. 294
Taliaferro’s Diary, July 7, 1834. 295
Taliaferro’s Diary, December 25, 1830. 296
Taliaferro’s Diary, June 28, 30, 1834. On January 17, 1831, he gave a blanket in which to bury a woman. 297
Indian Office Files, 1832, Nos. 287, 294, 295, 296. 298
Auto-biography of Maj. Lawrence Taliaferro in the Minnesota Historical Collections, Vol. VI, p. 236. 299
Snelling to Taliaferro, November 13, 1820.—Taliaferro Letters, Vol. I, No. 21. 300
Found among the Sibley Papers, 1830–1840. 301
Taliaferro to Cass, March 3, 1832.—Indian Office Files, 1832, No. 289. 302
Taliaferro to Clark, July 15, 1831.—William Clark Papers, Correspondence, 1830–1832, p. 235. 303
Post Returns, April, May, 1834, July, 1835, in the archives of the War Department, Washington, D. C. 304
“These warriors of Mr. Rainville’s were constantly with me, for they knew that I was an English warrior, as they called me, and they are very partial to the English.”—Marryat’s A Diary in America, Vol. II, p. 91. Captain Marryat, the English novelist, visited the upper Mississippi region in 1837. “Many and strong are the recollections of the Sioux and other tribes, of their alliance with the British in the last and revolutionary wars, of which I have met many curious instances”.—Catlin’s Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians, Vol. II, p. 657, footnote. 305
Niles’ Register, Vol. XXVI, p. 363, July 31, 1824; Vol. LIII, p. 33, September 16, 1837. 306
Marryat’a A Diary in America, Vol. III, pp. 221, 222. 307
Minnesota Historical Collections, Vol. XII, p. 320. 308
Niles’ Register, Vol. LIII, p. 82, October 7, 1837. 309
Snelling to Taliaferro, October 19, 1824.—Taliaferro Letters, Vol. I, No. 50. 310
Taliaferro’s Diary, March 18, 1831. 311
Taliaferro’s Diary, March 11, 1831. 312
Taliaferro to Clark, April 3, 1831.—William Clark Papers, Correspondence, 1830–1832, p. 161. 313
Renville to Sibley, August 21, 1840.—Sibley Papers, 1830–1840. 314
Quoted in Neill’s The History of Minnesota, pp. 338, 339. The two men murdered on the Missouri River in 1820 were Isadore Poupon, a French half-breed, and Joseph F. Andrews, a Canadian. 315
Quaife’s Chicago and the Old Northwest, 1673–1835, p. 283. 316
Snelling to Taliaferro, March 19, 1822.—Taliaferro Letters, Vol. I, No. 32. The quotation is taken from this letter. See also Calhoun to Snelling, September 18, 1822.—Taliaferro Letters, Vol. I, No. 40. 317
Letter of George Johnson, November 2, 1825.—Indian Office Files, 1825–1826, No. 4. 318
Taliaferro to Harris, September 10, 1838.—Indian Office Files, 1838, No. 663. 319