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Oft reaching the trading poal l< Kewena Bay (14th), I m< t 



r. /hicki, the chief of La l\>in-. reral men going oul to 



me at the saolt. Thet »o,at this place, the speaker 



no on Ins way, with a considerable retinue, to Penetan- 



guishinc, the British post on Lake Huron. 1 here learned the 



yJ :obodo, the chief of Lac du Plambeao, ami that his 



the M I . man of interior merit, had siiccccdcd 



to the chieftainship, ami was forming a war-party to descend the 



( 31 the Sioux. 



1 readied the Ontonegon on the 10th, and found at this plaee 

 \l tshcoswun, or the M - Tail, an elder hrother of the 

 White Crow ! I du Flambeau, and .Mozojeed, the chief 



of Lie Courtoriellc, encamped with their followers, being all 

 on their way :o visit me at the sault Xo further informa- 

 tion was obtained of the state of affairs at Lac du Flambeau, 



pfl that a trader had clandestinely visited that post from the 

 If ississippi with whiskey. Being nearesl the theatre of the Sane 

 disturbances, I fell much anxiety to he particularly informed of 

 the state of feeling m this numerous, warlike, and hitherto disaf- 



d band. This I was, however, 1< ft to infer from the studied 

 silence, #r affected ignoi M i un. 



.Mo/ ison to be satisfied that the Chippewas 



of his quarter were quite friendly, and that no disposition was 

 felt to sanction, far less to aid, the confederated Sauca and Foxes 

 in their schemes. He regretted, he said, the murders which had 

 taken place m his vicinity, during the winter, which, he affirmed, 

 arose wholly from private jealousies and bickerings. He said, 

 he lamented the lolly of the young men of his village who had 

 committed the murders. He could not prevent it. He could not 

 see through the distant forests, alluding to the difficulty of fore- 

 seeing and governing the acts of people at a distance. He could 

 not absolutely govern those in his own village; but these murders 

 mined at Long Lake, and not at Ottowa Lake, where he 



!!•■ said that the m urderer of Brunei had been apprehended, 



the joint advice of himself and those who had grown old in 

 leaning the eldei chh fa . But he had escaped 



ou the Mauvais porMi-e. From that point the chief called Misco 



