THE DAILY UNION
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father had land TO offer other than that so Offer
proposed. He said that the chiefs and brave
around him thought the President could not hav
propositions made TO their nation about this Mis-
souri country. They thought their brothers, sen
by the President TO talk with them, must have tori
up the papers, and never sent them to him. Bat he
hoped that his brothers present would tell their
Great Father what they said, and that they would
not be again asked to exchange their present coun-
try for lands on the Missouri river. He also spoke
with much warmth and feeling, about the change
made in ther'tite to the lands they now occupy, by
the treaty Of 1887, which the commissioners said
gave them only Temporary home" He said that
they obtained the "neutral land" long before the
treaty Of l637-and when the United States wanted
their large and valuable country, they were told
that they were then getting permanent and last
home.


After some more talk between the parties, the
commissioners asked the delegation to designate
some country, at the disposal Of the United States
which they would agree to remove to. To this the
delegation replied; that they knew no country west
ofthe Mississippi that they preferred to the they
now occupied The commissioners then notified
the delegation thai they would meet them again AT
the place on Saturday next, at 10 o'clock, a. M
The council Is held in the house occupied in part
by the Engineer Department on the corner north
west of the war office.


The room in which the council was held, is not a
large one; it was crowded on Thursday with ladies
and gentlemen, and great many who were anx-
ous to witness the novel and intere sting proceed
ngs, could not obtain admittanee The council TO be
held tomorrow morning will, no doubt, be very at
ractive the Indians may be asked to select coun-
try not heretofore offered to them.


In consequence Of the United States interpreter
not speaking the English language perfectly, as we
have understood, Mr.. Lowry has been selected as
interpreter during this council He is scholar
speaks the English and Winnebago languages flu.
emily and has the reputation Of being an excellent
interpreter.


Since soourn in this city, we have seen many
Of the Indian tribes Haunting down the avenue. The
Cherokees were, for long time, here. They have
length departed after the completion Of the treaty.
to their trans Mississippi homes. The Cumanches
and their neighbors, from Texas, followed several
weeks since. They came poor, ragged, and un.
slightly, both chiefs and-galIantry cannot forbid
our adding-squaos also. They, too, have returned
to their distant homes The Winnebagoes have
foowed-decidedly the most striking of the tribes
we have seen in Washington. On Tuesday last, we
saw the cayalcade emerge from the house where
they had put on their new dresses-a few Of them
in green but the most of them in the splendid
let costume; we were struck il with some grand
procession on the boards Of the theatre, They at
traced instead of disgused the sense, and never
for moment felt so proud Of the red men OF the
mrest,