NARRATIVE, fc 115 



Sandy Like, wa< in si^rht : and soon found the event verified, 

 in the | .it'.' arrival of the mm. and the fading of the packages. 



Being thus enabled to proceed with the council, it was deter- 

 mined immediately to assemble the Indians, and state to them, 



in a more hill and formal manner than had been done at Sandv 

 1 . the objects of the visit On closing the address, the pre- 

 ■eati and proriskms designed for these bands, were issued to 

 them. Kw iw izainsish, or the Grosse Gucule, Soangikumig, or 

 the Strong Ground. White Fisher, and the son of Pugusainji- 

 gun, were the principal speakers in reply. The peculiarities in 

 the speech of each, may be adverted to. 



The Grosse Gueule, observed, that, as the line was a ques- 

 tion between the Chippewas and Sioux, a firm peace could 

 exist, until the line was surveyed and marked, so that 

 each party could sec where it ran. This was wanted in the 

 section of country, immediately west of them. The Sioux, 

 were in the habit of trespassing on it. And when their own 

 hunters went out, in the pursuit of game, they did not like to 

 •diort of the game, and tin y saw no marked line to stop 

 them. He said that it had been promised at the treatv at Prai- 

 rie du Chien, that the line should be run, and he wished me to 

 convey his words on the subject, to the President. He was in 

 favor of peace now as he had been, when he had met the Gov- 

 ernment in council at Pipisagi, and at Fond du Lac. 



Soangikumig.' said, through his brother, that he had taken a 

 part in defending the lines. He hoped that they might be made 

 plain, so that each party could see them. As it was, a perpetual 

 pretence was given, for crossing the path, (or lines.) It must 

 be expected that the peace would often be broken, when it 

 could be, so easily. 



Wabojeeg, or the White Fisher, stated that he had given his 

 influence to peace counsels. He had been present at the treaty 



•Thi I ix war p imprudently ventured in the 



vicinity, in the fell of t: I n victory, in which !.■ 



