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said, in allusion to the medal and flag, tliat tliesc mai'ks of Lonor 

 were not necessary to secure liis attention to any requests made 

 by the American government. And after resuming Lis seat 

 awhile (during which he overheard some remarks not pleasing to 

 him, from an Indian on the opposite side of the ring), ho finally 

 got up and declined receiving them until they were eventually 

 pressed upon him by the young warriors. Everything appeared 

 to proceed with great harmony, and the presents were quickly 

 distributed by one of his men. It was not, however, until the 

 next day, when my canoes were already put in the water, that he 

 came with his entire party, to make his final reply, and to present 

 the peace-pipe. He had thrown the flag over one arm, and held 

 the war-club perpendicularly in the ot,her hand. He said that, 

 although he accepted the one, he did not drop the other ; he held, 

 fast to both. When he looked at the one, he should revert to the 

 counsels with which it had been given, and he should aim to act 

 upon those counsels ; but he also deemed it necessary to hold fast 

 the war-club ; it was, however, with a determination to use it in 

 defence, and not in attack. He had reflected upon the advice sent 

 to the Chippewas by the President, and particularly that part of 

 it which counselled them to sit still, upon their lands ; but while 

 they sat still, they also wished to be certain that their enemies 

 would sit still. And the pipe he was now about to ofler, he 

 offered with a request that it might be sent to the President, ask- 

 ing him to use his power to prevent the Sioux from crossing the 

 lines. The pipe was then lit, handed round, the ashes knocked, 

 out, and a formal presentation of it made. This ceremony being 

 ended, I shook hands with them, and immediately embarked. 



On the second day afterward, I reached the saw-mill, the sub- 

 ject of such frequent allusion, and landed there at 7 o'clock in the 

 morning. I found a Mr. Wallace in charge, who was employed, 

 with ten men, in building a new dam on a brook of the Eed. 

 Cedar, the freshet of last spring having carried away the former 

 one. I inquired of him where the line between the Sioux and 

 Chippewas crossed. He replied that the line crossed above the 

 mill, he did not precisely know the place ; adding, however, in 

 the course of conversation, that he believed the land in this vici- 

 nity originally belonged to the Chippewas. He said it was seven 



