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his determination of saving or perisliing with liim. Awed by his 

 intrepidity, the Sioux finally agreed that he should ransom the 

 Chippewa, and he accordingly applied to this object all the pro- 

 perty he owned. lie then accompanied the Chippewa on his 

 journey until he considered him safe from any parties of the 

 Sioux who might be disposed to follow him. 



I subjoin an extract from the journal of Mr. Doty, an intelligent 

 young gentleman who was with the expedition. This extract 

 has already been published, but it may have escaped your obser- 

 vation, and the incident which it describes is so heroic in itself, 

 and so illustrative of the Indian character, that I cannot resist the 

 temptation of transmitting it to you. 



Extract from Mr. Doty's Journal. — "The Indians of the 

 upper country consider those of the Fond du Lac as very stupid 

 and dull, being but little given to war. They count the Sioux 

 their enemies, but have heretofore made few war excursions. 



"Having been frequently reprimanded by some of the more 

 vigilant Indians of the north, and charged with cowardice, and 

 an utter disregard for the event of the war, thirteen men of this 

 tribe, last season, determined to retrieve the character of their 

 nation by making an excursion against the Sioux. Accordingly, 

 without consulting the other Indians, they secretly departed, and 

 penetrated far into the Sioux country. Unexpectedly, at night, 

 they came upon a party of the Sioux, amounting to near one 

 hundred men, and immediately began to prepare for battle. They 

 encamped a short distance from the Sioux, and, during the night, 

 dug holes in the ground into which they might retreat and fight 

 to the last extremity. They appointed one of their number (the 

 youngest) to take a station at a distance and wdtness the struggle, 

 and instructed him, when they were all slain, to make his escape 

 to their own land, and state the circumstances under which they 

 had fallen. 



" Early in the morning, they attacked the Sioux in their camp, 

 ■who, immediately sallying out upon them, forced them back to 

 the last place of retreat they had resolved upon. They fought 

 desperately. More than twice their own number were killed 

 before they lost their lives. Eight of them were tomahaAvked in 

 the holes to which they had retreated; the other four fell on the 

 field ! The thirteenth returned home, according to the direc- 



