From tbe Liinois Galeaian, of Jug. 9. DISCON FRY OF THE TRUE SOUR CIsS OF THE MISSISSIPPI.

 ST PETERS. May g, 1892.
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From tbe Ifttfois Gd1en7Gn, of Jug 22. DISCON issstY OF THE TRUE SOUR CES OF THE MISSISSIPPI.

 Sr. PETERS, May g, 1899. Dr. Addison PhlHeo:

 Dear Sis-i arrivedat misplace yes terday, from an expedition through the Chippewa country, on the sources of the Mississippi, accompanied by de- tachment of troops under command of It. Allen, Of the 9th infantry. A commanding influence has been exercised. in former years, over some parts of this extensive region, by fhe Northwest Company, and, since itsiall, by the Hudson's Bay Company, who op- pose ourtraders strenuousiy on the lines and supply their Cierkswith high wines, to attract the Indian population to their posts. Political and commercial power go together, and the former is made sub servient to the latter. Medals and flags are, aminformed, distributed by them to Indians living within the boundaries of the United States. Old prejudices are kept alive. and new ones are excit ed. The strife for fnrs merees every thing else, and, if it is not marked by Ithe sanguinary acts, which oharacser- ized the last years of the rivalry for the fur trade carried on among themselves. it is not less ardently, recklessly, and successfully pursued, with respect to American traders.

 | Many of the Chippewas on Lake Stu perior, and in the region of Lac du Flambeau, srill visit the British Posts in Upper Canada, to procure the pre- sents which are annually distributed there. We meta large party in canoes. who were destined for the British posts at Penctangushinc; and these men would pass Fort Brady on their outward and inward route.

 To counteract the political influence thus exerted. has been among the ob- iects of the expedition, and to keep them af peace with the government, and with each other. The latter has been a task of difficulty, as the statc of hostile Ssef-