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tfcargc D'Affaires, were accommodated with scats on the
right and left of the chair.
His ExccllencyUheu arose and delivered an oral .Ad
dress tolho two hxiics, upon the affairs of the Republic,"
which, frpin tlio .Jrcqupnt burst of applause, seemed to'
correspond, and harmonize with the Views and feelings of
ill vwipitnt TTlirtmr rtnTln'ltilftfl lif. Knlimad (VifVt l.lrt itflll-
(111 lllCOUULt UIIU lllHUUUj 111 lOtlltiU IIU1I1HUU ...,
conducted and accompanied as on his'entrancc.
!"Thc',busirioss'onJwhich iho two houses' had unitcJ, in
"joint session, beingeuded, the senile returned to its cham-
'bor. . !., . ', f '
v Ontaotionof .Mr.Sr.ncrrelJ, the senate djourned un-
fUlbMonday-moraingat.lOo'clocIr. - -"
Mondav, April 16th.
ThcSonatemct, pursuant" to,adjouTument;-the Presi-
dent in &$ chair:' nrav crs bv the Clnplain.
ThB-Chair"prosonlod the petitiqnof Edward Hall, of
'Nevv Orleans, fatoagent of tho government, prayuig thatX
tjLongross'wiij matte provisions lur iuc prupur louuuuu ojh.
of the land-for, wliich scrip was'soldb'y said vgent, vv Inch
Burton, Everitt and Barnclt. '
-If20n"raotiGnof"Mr.-RusY61j"thc following "resolution was
-jMhihiriod f, - - ' ' '' 3 ' ' " L I
, 3'iZcoIrci,'-Tliat'tho sergea-atirniisbo' required, to-ar-v
rest tho persons'of Thos W. Vardra'nd Francis R. Lub-
I6ock,.aud Ibring thenri:forlhw ith boforo the bnr of this
house for trial, for an act of contempt committed on Salur-
. uday-.UasK " - "0--' T"'1 -
The resolution -war 'adopted, and the warrant
The resolution 'submitted by Mr; Barnctt, on
Friday Was taken up, for consideration.
Mr. BuY.(on.moved'the following substitute which
fwas adopted :,." ,s.
J"Rtesojved','Xijii the, committee, on foreign rela-
tions, on Indian, military and' naval afiairs, be au
thorized- to calhonl thc different heads of depart-
r.any information contained m the archives,
.ments for.an vinformali'on'i
. i . i ..- .i :
a record calculated to enlighten them on the subject
-cdrhnutted-tf them. ,"; bf jL . .' ." , , " ,
teThe'-T)oqr keeper of the senate being sick) on mo
Uon of MrC Everitt, Mr.qHadno w'asj' appointed
ie"dTdp5r'kceper pro lem. ",.'"' --. - 't
3Ufc BVM'rsubnattea the "following resolution,
TvSicn" b1eihg'reaf was lai'd .on the tabic by the
jinles pf the hqusel t , i '
Rcspv'edtjtyjhe senate and housv-of representatives
6f.,lhe reoublic of -Texas, in congress assemble , That
Xrpm ann.after the first dayof May next, the opera
tions oMhe land' ofhees in Red Kivor and iannin
aaauhties". Be.iand'thev'are Thereby, suspended, uniil
the difficulty noWexistingbetwccn'lliis government
aiiu-"uie unueu oiaics uc suuiuu, nucu uic um
-ettlera shalllmvethe same privileges thcy.now have
of a priority of location, for selecting" their lands for.
.vuu udianuu ui iiiu, year, liiin uiuy ina.y ui,uiui
-volution be dennved .of. -. v. . , ;
irt('Fmncu R.Xub'bock was broughtito the bar
-.Whc .senate, by the Sereeant-at-arms. under the
warrant, oCfthe JRresidentf unon a charcc of- con-
femptLof. the senate for firing a pistol at Thbma's
iW;Wardj in the1 gallery of theCapitoI, in view of
uia aciiave, ,mu in tne-crowu, at tne instant ott tne
adjotirnmcnt'TH the two' houses of congress, onSat--arday
last. Jt The .President1 stated, to the" accused
-thb'fcliarge on1 wfiich he was" arreste'd. and asked
what Ac had to siij.inJglefence.i .Mr. Lubbock ad-fli-e&ed
theVsenate in' explanation of tbfii.ciceum'-
-stanccs. , j, r - - , " 7i
,Qii,mqtiqn0of- Mr." Russell, it .was ordered, that
SjAV5JHu5yo' ue,jiuuprauty'aiscnargca irom nis
.Jtrre?(i',',fl T, y .' . Jl .. m va" . '.
The Sefgcant-at-arms reported thai Thomas 'Wi
vWardr had.locked.himself up in his house, and re-
Jiisedrto beairested or"seen.- ' ' ' -
I On motion of Mr. Lester, the senate adjourned
.-till 3 o'lock 'rrtV'.- ' 'A1 "l"
-Mti.ikoi ' po ' a l5jr" 23 o'clock," p.m.,
The House met at thcadjourned hourrT-thePres
TKnmo. TV XXrn-A .. U..,.nl.f n k U.'nf Oio
iBenatp'fcjfljejS.ergeant-at-arms, upon a,charge-bf
-"PfiP'J vf mating an assault on ,r rancis iv. juud-
cK,'pin,thei galjery. of- the Capitol, on Saturday
rasjjtthej.tinieiofjadjournment' of the two houses
'Ojathe'chargerand asked what he had to sav in his
'defence. Mr. Ward -addressed 'the senate in cx-
-planation ofJthe'circumstanccs httendingthe occur-
rence, in which he denied having "locked himself j
mpfMOl-reJuseoj.Oj bearrested. A , j
A 'debate 'ehsucd; onra motion oTMr. Wilson to
dhchafge'Mr.lWard, when, on'motion of Mr. Rus-
eelknmended ra motion oTMS13verifl? it was
..ofoThat Thomas W. Ward be reprimand-
'ejd.byithe JCresidcnt, for, the contempt manifested by
iuiui w wu iiuusl", 1U maitinij pciauucu ujmiuii up-
OQcasJcitizen,' ir'the gallery of the Capitol, and in
rvietorcafi.'fhe eaafci ' is i ' '
"itPhe -pfesideflt accordingly reprimanded the ac-
ctised,"hnd Ife-was discharged.
'Thesenate then adjourned untiI,to;morrow rrjor-
iHS .ncj -. . 'V
-ADJQURNEQ SESSION 2d CONGRESS.
"TO?0r iT5. 'BOCCBDJNOS OF THE JIOCJE OF-.KcrtttlE-CTiTITCg.''
'(l.OjiJJ. j 1 ' "
' ' Mondav. A nril IRtVi
"TKohoUsro mctpUi'suant to adjournment, and was ojien-
4rajxr'Tfroni' tno Rev. Mr. JCcwel.
JMr. Ruslc inlroduceda" petition from sundrv citizens
ofMonteomerv. countv. nravinir congress to devise mpjmR
0 P?.n'S'.t? navigation of tho Rio San Jacinto, which,
Pl'00' was referred to a special coinmittee, consist-
jug vi lucssrs. ivusk, pumpkin, and mil.
Mr. Branch presented an account of Stephen Smith,
which was -cferroJ' to the Committee on Claims and Ac-
conHts? ;' ,' , ' '
5SK introduced a petition from Thomas B. Allen,
which on motion was referred to tho Committee on claims
and account). ' . ' '
7M?' Rusk'inlroduce-da potitfon from John Murphy and
?.e!?r? fe$!on P1:,tloa'wreferred to the committed on
Pabhc DanaX
!?P?iS'i)?Ps,lAn,tc'1 a petition from sun'dry persons,
Vn2S. ?! ? to'grant relief $0 Charles S. Bu'rbank,
whjcnjwas rdad, and on motion referrcd,toithc committee
oriGlaims.andacc'ounts. ,, - '.'
Tat. JonosTpf 'Brazoria presented an account of Dr.
S."JBook'erJ 'Which 'was referred to "the committee on
vmuiu aitu XLluuills,
pointed to select a suitable site fur the permanent loeal'oR
of the sent of government, m.ulc a report accompanird j
For the TcL&rapL
-A-PUBLIC MRRTINO.
with sundry documents. Mr. Sutherland stated that the Gat.vhstov. Smiflar. AnrilRth. 1838.
committee had proceeded to examine several sites for Jhcj At a large and respectable mc-jting of the citi-
iocationonho scat of government, but found themselves zfcM 0f Galveston and subsequent to a meeting
unable to procure the necessary lamls at the p.accs m convcncd for bU worshipn- lhc f0llowing pro-
question. The Committee ,had, however, ihoiighli her ccedin look 'Iacc: J' ' al
duty to mdko their report on this day, con ormably to b I
Ihcir instructions and lhc anticipauons oi (he house. j ,, ri" 7 ,, 7 i','- "',.,'' -1
""Jlr.Brennanmo.edtorefcrthosamotoasolectcom- was called to the Chair, and C. IF. Winkle Esq.,
mittee. which motion was withdrawn. appointed Secretary.
Mr.'SulIinrland moved to transmit tho rcnort to the 'Ihe objects of the meelinjr were stated by A. J.
senate, which was adopted. xntCJ, Jisq., alter which he oltercu the lollowing"
Mr. Billingslc)-presented a memorial from the coipo- resolutions which were unanimously adopted,
ration of Bastrop, which was read and referred to a com- j Resolved, That a subscription be circulated in this
mittee of three: whereupon Messrs. Billingsley, Burle- place for the purpose of obtaiuinz funds for the crcc-
son, and Sutherland were appointed said committee. tion of a Church, for public worship in this oity.
U Mr. Jones, ot Austin, lrom the committee appointed 0 . Hesoked, That a committee of three be appoint
inKo into connaerauontno report ot rancjsJtiiDiocK, cd to rc t of th(J dircctors of the Galveston Cis
agent, yc. rep,
trict attorney
n ftf fVtia rivvtrmA r m inff
steam boat Columbia, for refusing to carrv freii-fat for tho !nS said Church thereon, and that a conveyance of
Tntrnmont. nrrrnnllnir Ir. rAlHrart nn.I rnr-nn,mnnl! tlm tllC S:l,nC "C mad - to Said t.0mmilt.eC tO be held HI
V....w., . V....V., .. .w
artoa amu m..hing it uieutity ot tne .- , Aor:nf;nn ,. fh . nttrt ,;. (h?. WP!inf ftf ,
, for the first judicial district, to prosecute ,, . . , , . ., . .. r ., ' e - .
- i.iiiivrin nil 111 iiik. f-iii. nil- 1 tiii mirniiin 111 iirj'i-
Km mnSfn. ,! .. nnr, tho -"" 'v " "" - I 5 - ' 'w:' --.wi.
passage thereof. trust, or a bond given them tncrclor, to Ijcconvcy-
Alr.Lmn ottered a joint resolution acalmg scars or uu 10 uiciiratorgamzcaanaincorpo-.ucarrotest.ini
otiiccs'ot such olhcors ot government as refuse promis
sory notes in pr.mcnt for ices, which was roa3 a hrst
lime '
Mr. Branch moved to reject tho resolution last.
Mr. Ruf k introduced Mr. John Bovd, member elect
ftom Sabine county. The ccrtificnlcof hii election hav-
ing been read, ho was qualified hvthe "speaker, and look
his scat as a member ot the house.
Mr. Jonos, of Brazoria, introduced the following reso
lution, which was adopted:' T
licsolvcd, that the certificates of election for members
eleclod since the adjourned session, be "referred to tho
committee on Privileges and Elections.
-A message, was received lrom the .President-by Ins
private- secretary, 'accompanied by a report lrom tho
Secretary of State, in relation to public printing.
Un motion. ot Mr. Kusk the message and the re
port, was for the present laid on the table.
Message from the senate by Mr Gray, inform
ing theMiouse''that the senate had passed an act
ucciiiring curiam cmiurcii, uiuiuni immca mgiu-friate."'
'.'Mr. Jones of Austin, bavins obtained leave of!
.- .. ' s . - - --. 1
the house, introduced a resolution providing fo? the
icmovai.ui seats 01 justice 01 -counties, which was
read, a first time.
r0n mqtion.of Mr. Rusk, the Vill from'tho. snn.ite
declaring certain childn therein named, lcgiti-
mate,-was taKen up, road a first'time and referred
to the comcjttcc on tnc iudiciarv.
' a BXv.-Ku3k" presented the petition of Jape Coles-
ton,ana cnnaren, ana moved that it be referred to
a spccial'lcommittee'i with instructions, to report a
general lavy embracing all cases, of a like charac-
ter. Adopted. Messrs. Rusk, Wyatt and Baker,
wercrappointed said committee. " '
Mr. Rusk, with the leave of the house, introduc-
eda.bill toiimp6se a tax and regulate the issuing, of
printed, engraved of lithographic change ' bills,
which was.read'a first'time. '
The Speaker presented a communication, from
the1 auditor relative' to claims of William .and .Amos
Coop'er, which was relered to a special' cpmmittce,
eo'nsis'titlgjaPressrs Jnnr-tnf Austinyjirniieh-and
Church established in this city, who shall pay to
such of the original subscribers, their heirs or assigns,
who shall subscribe with the condition of reimburse
meat on sale as aforesaid, the amount of their rcspcc-J
tive subscriptions in tliccurrcnt funds of this Jicpub-
lic, and that the condition of said conv cyancc or bond
be, that the Church to be erected on said lot, be
completed within one carfiom the date hereof, or
that the sum of three thousand dollars at lonst be
expended in the erection thcicof nithin said pe-
riod. Resolved, That said Committee) contist of Messrs.
Gail Borden jr., Levi Jones and A. Turner Esqrs.,
and th.it it be their further duty to solicit subscrip-
tions for the erection of said Church and that the
same be payable to them, on or before the 1st day
01 July ncxt,icn;uiag this date, and that said com-
mitfYin I'nftn -ir .. - i. r -II t.-..:i.r1
and lint tho poor Indians wcro dying by fifties and hun-
dreds a day. The patient when attacked, complained of
cxccssivc'pains in the head and loins, and in a lew'hou.s
would fall down dead. The body turned Jjlack sJinost
immediately, and swelled to nearly ihree times its or-
dinary hize. Several hospitals have been erected by our
people, and our medicines were exhausted, .'but all'in
vain.
For nriny weeks my men and carts have teen employ-
ed in collecting (he dead bodies and burjing thorn in holes,
but since the carlh has. become fr6zen, we. have been
compelled to a consign them to a watery jjrave. Many wid-
ows and orphans are left in a stats of the' most appallinn-
distress. They arc wholly dependent on the fort for sub-
sistence, and every feeling of humanity compels mo to-
support them, though with my limited means it is a heavv
burden. 1 should hav o been morc'or'lcss than man, if I
could have beheld the misery and wretchedness around
mo, w ith jnddference. AnJ sir, I am noPashamcd to ac-
knowledge, that if fhave shed tcars.of bitter anguish o er
th j dying and the dead. , ,r T
The disease, as before stated, has not -as yet -.spread
among the Sioux, and as many of thcmlhav'e beontvacci-
nated, it is hoped that (he disease vvill not prove so disas-
trous, even it should reach this numerous and powerful
nation.
From thegrcat mass of information w ith which we have 1
been furnished by our friends, ,wo give tho following
summary, and feel confident that full credence may. bo
given ir.
The Mundans on"c a great nation, but gradually reduc-
ed In-various causes to about: 1G00 souls, living in per-
manent villngc-!, some 1C00 miles above St. Louis, havo
ail died but 81. .
The Miuatarccs or GrosTonlrcs, living near the Man-
dans, mipfcoring about one .thousand, were by our. last
nccouuls about one half dead, and the disease still -rag-
Tho Arickarees amounting io 3000, who but lately-
abandoned a w-anderinff life, and iomed' the Mandans-
were about half dead,, and the disease, still among them..
It is probable th'ey ha'vo bden "reduced in proportion--!)
tne iviandans. , . . ,
The Asinaboins, a powerful tribe, about nine thous-
and strong, living entirely by the chn. e and ranginir
UantT
mittee keep an account of all monies subscrihed as i.rihnr 11,0 iM;crt,.v; ;n .-, u: kli, ,u -niuT.
lree donations, and those which are subscribed for Mountain--, down towards the Hudson's. Bay Company,
reimbursement on salc and that when said commit- on n )rth Red R'ver, are litorarely annihilated. Their
tee shall have collected the sum of three thousand, principal trn'do-was-at Fort Union, lnouth'.of. the Yellow.
.in 1. 1 xi i 11 j tt..:n..4. Qinnrt "1 -"
uuiiuis, 01 suuu lesssuui as itiuy Biiaii ueiii.i auiutn;iiL, ".. .
they shall authorize "and employ some responsible ' The Crows living in the'same region numbering 300O
person" to contract fot--the"preparation, shipment are nearly all destroved. 1 he great nation called Black-
and delivery of said Church at this place and now
cred to the erection of the same so far as said funds
shall extend.
Resolved, That the doors of said Church shall-be
opened for the performance of public worship to
any denomination of Protestant Christians tit any
time previous to the-salc thereof, who shall have a
preacher in regular standing employed in this place
and in case no such person be employed here, then
the doorVof'the same shall be operKto any preach-
er of any Protestant Christian Church, who may be
temporarily here, so" long as he shall continue' to
preach regularly in this city, until such- sale of said
Church as aforesaid, and not cxcecding'ajpcriod of
six month's, it being ULderslood that when two or
more transient preachers of differcnt.dcnominations
are here at any time previous to said sale, the time
shall be agreeably divided between- them.
Hetiolveti, -TfmT. the care and"control of said
feetj-who'wander and live by tho chase, ranging through
all the region to the Itccky Mountains; divided into bands
PicganSj.Gros'Vontres," "Blood Indians fond'Blackfcoi,.
amounting in all to 50,000 or00,000, have deeply 'suf-
fered. One thousand lodges or families 'have been de-
stroyed, and thcdisoasc- was rapidly spreading among the
different bands. The .average number in. a lodge is front
G to 8 persons.
This fearful and alarming disease will doubtless be com-
municated, to all'the: tribcs'on'lthe Columbian , river, and
in all probability to alL tho tribes south of the Missouri,
to the Mexican settlements. . Those unfortunate' beings
have been fist disappearing, before our advances, and
Providence has a't length thrcarened to sweep .them fjroro-
tho'carlh, leaving" nothingjjut their graves, as mementos
of their former existence. Our countsy' abounds with
evidences of having been once oceupied'.By another jacc,.
and may they i not as these have fallen victims to some
such scourge. ,The waysof heav en are just yetmyster-
ious, andnations.mast bow before its wullKas the reed bo-
fbxo.the stnrm. '
follow nig fetlerfroni airentleman now fn the In
. . .i . a. ...
-The"
dian country,, gives,., as we'hayo every reason to believe
ChurcLiind its properly shall be in charge of a ma-
On motion of Mr. Jones of Brazoria, the bill jority of said committee under these resolutions,
makmg'it the duty of the district attorney to brine' and that if no, sale is madeiof the property within a,truc, but startling account of the ravages committed bv
suit against the master and owners .'of.'the steam tvvo'ycars from't the '1st of July next, that then the the small pox. We know the writer well, and-whatove'r-
poat uoiumt)us,wasitakcnup, and read a first time: same shall be ollercd for sate at public auction, and b aysr iuuj uo renca on. aii whi reau nis -narrauve -
Mr. Jones 'stated, that the boat in aucslionl would the proceeds of the sale, be divided pro rata among
seem to.haveforfeltcd the 'condition'on which it 'the subscribcrr claiming reimbursement, and in
had hitherto engaged an exemption from tonage c;isc of any sale all sums remaining unclaimed for
duties, .by'refusing'to take freight for the govern;- six, months after said sale from subscribers claiming
ment: In'that case,-it was liable for the .whole a-1 reimbursement, or their legal representatives shall
mount of-sach duties, which would be found to be 'reverted to the purchaser or purchasers thereof.
between .5 fe 6,000. The task of collecting thnsn I Resolve:!,' Th.it 'these resolutions he made part of
duties, i.t'were, perhaps, best to assign to the col-1 the conditions of the subscription to be circulated
lector, rather than the district attorney. and that flic same be furnished to the Dircctors of
air. J ones men moved to amend the bill so ''as
to read Columbia, instead of Columbus. Adopted.
MivRuskmoyed that the standing committees be
reappointed; which motion was adopted. '
The bill concerning the steam boat Columbia,
was again under consideration.- JOn motion of MV
Jones of Brazoria it was referred to the committee
on the judiciary. '
vn motion 01 Air. Kusktoc house adjourned till
3 o'clock.
6 o'clock.
The house met pursuant. to adjournment.
, Mr. Rusk introduced the following resolution,
whichijWas adopted.
Resolved, That a committee of three be appoin-
icu iujuiu ucii icommuiec as may oe appointed on
the Galveston City Association for record, and that
a copy of the proceedings of this meeting with the
resolutions be furnished to the Texas Telegraph for
publication.
Dr. Jones offered the following resolution, which
was also unanimously adopted:
Resolve I, That the Rev. Messrs E. A. Hunting-
ton and Rowls and Mr. Yates be appoihtcd a com-
mittee to solicit subsriptions from our friends in the
United States.
-s
From the St. Louis Com. Bulletin, March 3.
SMALL PjOX AMONG THE INDIANS.
' From all of our information on this subject, it appears
that thjj-droadful disease has found its way to the most
remote bauds of the Blackfoet, and has been fatal to a
miit lmnnf Mf mlnnt Thoi.omrlo rP flirt TJI .Al.(V.n
the part- of the senate to enquire into and report have fallen a sacrifice to the scourge, vet thev arcsu'dto
b'aino themso'v c and attribute il to no fault of tho vv hiles.
"A vile encomium doublv'ridicules.
If. IutfierJand, from Iheltfard of coramiseibners ac' Shicaaoihing blackens like the ink of fools."
upon the printing heretofore done under rnntr.-i-t
witn the secretary of state, and also to contract Uicy novv'-ay thoy always thought the traders (heir
fori the" printing of the laws and journals of the- r'dsj .aI,J 'ud thoy listened to their advice, their plains
presc'nt session of congress. Whereupon "Messrs wou,a not imc heen strewn witn the dead bodies of their
ijjiker, Boyd and Jones of Austin, were appointed chicfs and br:lV0S; Th? 'P,l'? Stcm'' a chief of great in-
said committee. ' fhience, when dying, called his peopje around him, and
Mr. Jones of Austin, from the committee to whom , l cq"csl was' ' , , !",oy. "T lm ';lclr tr(lcr?'
, J l- --t . i- f ,1 ,., . "uuuu uivvuva giivcriieu uy inuir aavice. "l may, says
was referred the communication of the auditor, m c ,u .a... . i..' 1 1 : .-''
, . , ' viio ui iiiu iiauLii?, v: uiuu ii. r nut uisiiiir measures 10
arrest the progress of Iho disease, but wilh utrcoit lo
arms on the arrival of the boat with supplies, tho Indians
could not hive been driven from tho fort. An express
arrived two days in advance of the boar, briivinir the
melancholy inlelhgenco that the small pov was tin board,
and I represented to the Indians that they would, if they
went near it, be infected by it, but I might as well have
talked to the winds. The survivors however, aro now
sorry for tho obstinacy, andarc ashnmhle as the poor
dogs who seek in vain their dead masters. Oiirlrade in
this section is utterly ruined for years to come, nor
can all the peltries pay the expenses of the fbrt. The
few surviving Indians I have -seen beg of me not to
leave them in their calamity, and if we will hive pity on
them, they promise never again to act contrary to our
wishes."
From Foit Union, the accounts from tho company's
agents, arc distressing. A letter dated iho 30th of No-
bember, 1837, says : 'All our prospects on the upper
Missouri arc completely prostrated, the trade is ruined, if
not forever, at least for years to come. On mv arrival
hereon the lOlh of October, I found the small pox, or
whatever disease it is, (and it appears to me to be a hun-
dred fold moic horrible than tho ordinary kind) had pene-
trated to the most -lis'int part of tho Ainaboin country,
atfve to claims of "William and Amos Cooper, rc-
portedabilI for theirbencfit.
Mr. Douglass introduced the following resolution,
which was adopted.
-Be it 'resolved, by the senate and house of repre-
sentatives-of-the republic of "Texas, irrconcrrcss as
sembled, That a -jommittee of eight be appointed
iu uraw up ana report a bill to protect the fron-
tier! Whereunon. the Sneaker annointnd Mossra.
Douglass, Lumpkin, Wyatt, Rowlett.'Walkcr, Hill,
Sutherland and Burleson'to form said committee.
The bill regulating elections was taken un on its
second 'reading. Mr. Jones of Austin-offered a
subslitufe, which was adopted, and ordered to be
engrossed.
A.bill referring lo letters of administration was
taken 'up, read a 'second time, and ordered to bo
engrossed. , -
On motion the house adjourned till to-morrow 10
o'clock.
with interest, and can'but sympathise over tho unfortun
ate of those who have sojsevcrely sufisred.
. ,' Fobt Uxiox, Nov 27, 1837.r
Dear Sir: KnowirrgUhat you feel deeply'mterested
in every thing relativ c to Indian affairs on the Upper Mis-
souri, I feel that it is my duty to make known to you
the mighty changes whicha.fcnT shorrminths have
brought about. i" - ,i,rt
You will probably recollect that the small pox waaon,
board of the boat at the time sho came up Jast summer,
and that wi- had all flattered ourselves that the Indians
would cscapo tho contagion. It appears that fate had dc4
creed it olherwisc. In spite of alt the precautions, that
vvcrcused, the disease broke out at tho Mandans about
t!o 15th July, and from thence, as if borne on thTTwind,
spread through-uit the whole country in an incredible
short spice of lime. There is not "a tribe above tho;
Siouv, eqeept the Crows,' but arc litcrallyinnihilalcdl
The disease appearSjto oav e Leon iho most v indent that
evor was heard of let a few facts sufirce to show itj
character. '"
You know the population of tho twp Mandan Tillages
probalily'of ISOO.sculs. At tho time I passed these,
Oct. 1, there were thirty-one only remaining. TheGros
Ventres and Itccc (Arickarees) were about on a hunting
excursion, took the disease near a,month later conse-1
qucntly not more than one half of the two tribes had per
ished a' tho time I saw them but the sm-ill pox was still
raging in the camps, and great number- were dyin"- eve-
ry da-.
Somo few. probably one in fiftv , recovered frcmscvprrv
attacks; but finding their rela't ions all dead, and sccintr
jt... j...ir..i ........ ...t -t. .i i? . , . -O-
uiu uiu.iuiui i.iv.ige-, wiiicii iuc uisuac nau wrougnt.ia.
their once handsome features, life bee imc a burdenStbv
them, and the greater part put an ciitHo their own Uvea
some by throwing themselves fronjho high rocky pre-
cipice, which, you recollect stands near the v illage, others
by-shooting, stabbing, yc. The whole of the surround
ing prarie has,bccn covcrled into one great grave-yard--and
hundreds of carcases, which have never received tho-
rites of pcpulchre, lay'scattcrcd around invarinus singes"
of , dissolution, emitting lectid exhalations, which poison-
ed the atmosphere, and made it quite sickening, even at
the distance of several miles.
Tho fate of the .AssinaLoins, Crccs, Blackfoot, and
others are if possible, still more deplorable. I have not
heard of a single instance in which tho Assinaboins re-
covered. Thoy arc now flying in ev cry directiun,"vainlv
hoping to outrun or chide' this ruthless destrojer. All
feelings of sympathy or kindred affections seem lost
nmnniT thpm; vvnmnn nnrl niAmn mo,r l1n -.. ,
f ---- ...-.. -j .-.uni wander-
ing through lhc prairies in search offood, or how Im" round
the graves of their husbands or fathers. -
My last intelligence from the Blackfecl fs no Ies dis
trcssing. It appears that upwards of one thousand lode-
cs had already perished, and the disease ragin" with una "
bated fury. Poor follows I could not help fccfin-rdccnlv
affected when J heard of their melancholy fate' I know
they are not friends of yours and -vou viHprobably feel
but little sympathy for them; but I know them noli, and
admire. themj above all other Indians; they came nearer
my bca-i ideal of what an Indian ihould be, than any
?.
, t-.
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