Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &C: Performed in the Year 1823, by Order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, Under the Command of Stephen H. Long, Major, U.S.T.E
Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &C: Performed in the Year 1823, by Order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, Under the Command of Stephen H. Long, Major, U.S.T.E
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1825 Excerpt: ...when the French occupied the country, one of the Sauk chiefs by the name of Menetomet, found himself surrounded with about sixty of his nation by a party of French and Indians, belonging to other tribes, amounting altogether to two thousand. Menetomet then addressed bis men, bidding them not to fear, for he had been ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1825 Excerpt: ...when the French occupied the country, one of the Sauk chiefs by the name of Menetomet, found himself surrounded with about sixty of his nation by a party of French and Indians, belonging to other tribes, amounting altogether to two thousand. Menetomet then addressed bis men, bidding them not to fear, for he had been favoured with a vision from the Great Spirit that informed him that if they all fought bravely, not one of them should perish. Encouraged by this assertion, they fought with such desperation as to break the ranks of their assailants, and escape without the loss of a single man. They were afterwards led by their chiefs towards the Butte de Mart on Fox river, and were on the point of being cut off by their enemies, when a peace was effected by the intervention of a French officer. Wennebea informed us that his grandfather was in this party; had it been cut off the nation would, as he thinks, have, been totally annihilated: for these composed the whole force of the Sauks. Their S'a-kc-w'e. M-nl-tA-met.' numbers have since considerably increased, as, according to his estimate, the nation now consists of upwards of a thousand warriors; in this number are included all the active able-bodied, and middle-aged part of the nation. This great accession to their numbers results, principally, from their system of adopting their prisoners of war. The real number of warriors of pure Sauk extraction, does not, in his opinion, exceed two hundred. The Fox nation, which appears to be very closely united with the Sauk, was at that time likewise much reduced: it is stated that, at one time, there were but three lodges of Fox Indians left: these reports are probably income respects exaggerated. The system of adoption seems to be carried to a great extent, and the dut...
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