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meut had made to establish a lasting peace between the Chippe- 

 was and Sioux ; for which purpose the President had sent one of 

 his principal men (alluding to Gov. Cass), in 1820, who had visited 

 their most extreme northwestern villages, and induced themselves 

 and the Sioux to smoke the pipe of peace together at St. Peter's. 

 In accordance with these views, and acting on the information 

 then acquired, the President had established an agency for their 

 tribe at Sault Ste. Marie, in 1822. That, in 1825, he had assem- 

 bled at Prairie du Chien all the tribes who were at variance on 

 the Upper Mississippi, and persuaded them to make peace, and, 

 as one of the best means of insuring its permanency, had fixed 

 the boundaries of their lands. Seeing that the Chippewas and 

 Sioux still continued an harassing and useless contest, he had sent 

 me to remind them of this peace and these boundaries, which, I 

 added, you, Perikee, yourself agreed to, and signed, in my pre- 

 sence. I come to bring you back to the terms of this treaty. Are 

 not these proofs of his care and attention ? Are not these clear 

 indications of his views respecting the Chippewas ? The chief 

 was evidently affected by this recital. The truth appeared to 

 strike him forcibly ; and he said, in a short reply, that he was 

 now advised ; that he would hereafter feel himself to be advised, 

 &c. He made some remarks on the establishment of a mission 

 school, &c., which, being irrelevant, are omitted. He presented 

 a pipe, with an ornamented stem, as a token of his friendship, and 

 his desire of peace. 



I requested him to furnish messengers to take belts of wampum 

 and tobacco, with three separate messages, viz: to Yellow Eiver, 

 to Ottowa Lake, and to Lac du Flambeau, or Torch Lake ; and 

 also, as the water was low, to aid me in the ascent of the Mau- 

 vaise Piver, and to supply guides for each of the military canoes, 

 as the soldiers would here leave their barge, and were unac- 

 quainted with the difficulties of the ascent. He accordingly sent 

 his oldest son (Che-che-gwy-ung) and another person, with the 

 messages, by a direct trail, leading into the St. Croix country. 

 He also furnished several young Chippewas to aid us on the Mau- 

 vaise, and to carry baggage on the long portage into the first 

 intermediate lake west of that stream. 



After the distribution of presents, I left Chegoimegon on the 

 18th of July. The first party of Indians met at the Namakagon, 



