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induce h\< people to live in peace, and to listen to tlic voice of 

 counsel. lie rejoiced to Bee the American ling displayed at 

 this remote point, and should the master of life preserve him 

 till another year, il v. i visit the Agency at 



Michilimackinac. 



The Opei . or the 1 Twin Birds, followed him. 



He said his father had received his medal from the American 

 Chief, (the present Secretary of War, Hon. Lewis Cass,) who 

 had visited, this lake, thirteen summers b His fatb 



was now at Wed Lake, but in going there, he had carried with 

 him his friend-hip for the American Government, and he had 

 directed him to express* it to me, and to unite in the promotion 

 of any good measure proposed. He assented to the sentiments 

 uttered by Oza Windib. He approved of the advice. He 

 would act by it. He thanked me. as being the bearer of it, and 

 he looked to me to direct the Chippewas in their affairs, and to 

 make them prosper. 



A deputy from the band at Red Lake, then delivered a peace 

 pipe, with its garnished stem, decked with feathers, from Wai 

 Wain Jei'Liun.a War Chief of that lake. He had sent it, it was 

 : a red. as a token of his friendship — his remembrance of the 

 power that permitted traders to come into their country to sup- 

 ply them with goods, and his hope and expectation, that his 

 remote position, and limited authority, minht not operate, to 

 render his present unwelcome. It had been prepared by his 

 own hand. Although he had wielded the war club, it was in 

 If defence, and to prevent others from saving he is a coward. 

 The peace pipe he offered, he smoked, however, with his heart. 

 The distribution of presents to the promiscuous assembly of 

 men, women, and children* the payment of those who had fur- 

 nished canoes and the rewarding of the gi osed the 

 business of the council. I invested Oza Windib with a flag and 

 the President's medal, delivered a flag into the hands of Neezh 

 0] >r his father, and sent a m with an acknow- 

 mt and presents, to Wai Wain Jeegun. These tiling 



