1862 Delegations
President in 1862: Abraham Lincoln
Commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1862: William P. Doyle
April 16, 1862: Sun [Baltimore]: [Potawatomi]
A delegation of Pottowattomie Indians had an interview to-day with their white father, Mr. Dole, Commissioner of Indian Affairs.--They opened quite a budget of grievances in a general way touching part transactions of the government with the tribe. They are regarded as good diplomatists.
June 12, 1862: Evening Star: [Sauk & Fox, Ottawa]
Indian Conference--The delegation of Indians which reached this city on Monday [June 9]
Evening under the conduct of Indian Agent C. C. Hatchinson, consisting of the following individuals, Keo-kuk, head chief of the Sacs and foxes, son of the famous chief of that name; Shaw-paw-Kaw-kah, orator; Che-kus-kuk and Al-e-mo-nee-quah, (broken arm,) chief of the Sacs and Foxes, with Antoine Gokey and Wm Goodell as interpreters; Pem-ach-wung, chief of the Ottowas; John t. Jones, Wm. Hurr and James Wind, councilmen of the Ottowas, called upon ahd had an interview with Commissioner dole yesterday morning, in the Patent Office Building. The tribe of Sacs and Foxes number about 1,100 individuals, and the tribe of Ottowas only 210.
Shaw-paw-Kah-kah was the orator, of the Sacs and Foxes. He said that a treaty under a former Administration did not please the tribe. Many had been neglected. They wanted Government to take back their land and give a dollar and a quarter an acre for it. They wanted mechanics and utensils, and desired that their debts should be paid. The last treaty made provision for half-breeds; they did not wish any more half-breeds to come in under its provisions. Another matter, when white men were in office they were paid for services rendered; they wanted the same rule to apply to their chiefs, who heretofore served for nothing.
James Wind spoke for the Ottowas. They had been seven years trying to get a treaty, and now they wanted to make another effort. They expressed confidence in their agent; he was busy in attending to their interests; they did not see him gambling or drinking, or going where he has no business; therefore they thought well of him.
Mr. Dole made an appropriate reply to each of the addresses; agreed to do what was for their best interests and what he could for them; and promised to hear them again this morning.
June 12, 1862: Sun [Baltimore]: [Sauk & Fox, Ottawa]
A considerable delegation of the Sac and Fox Indians, representing a tribe of 1,100 individuals, headed by Keokuck, son of the late famous old chief of that name, with three other chiefs, Shaw-paw-kaw-kah, Chekuskuh and Ale-mo-nee-quah, (or Broken Arm,) and of the Ottawas, a tribe of 210 individuals, represented by their chief Pem-ach-wung and three councilmen, John T. Jones, Wm. Hurr and James Ward [Wind?], (the latter the orator, who arrived here on Monday [June 9] night, this morning visited Commissioner Dole to confer on the subject of a new treaty for the former tribe with the United States, and the formation of a treaty with the latter tribe, who have not heretofore had a treaty with the government.
They were accompanied by the United States Indian agent of the tribes, whom the Indian orators represented as a man who minded his own business, whom they never saw drinking or gambling, or going into places where he had no business to go. The interpreters on the part of the Sacs and Foxes were Antoine Gokey and Wm. Goodell, and for the Ottowas, John T. Hones was the interpreter. The latter tribe represent that they have failed heretofore in their efforts to make treaties with their Great Father, but having learned of a change in "administration", they hoped it would be so much more favorable to them as to enable them to accomplish their object. The interview with Commissioner Dole lasted for sometime.
[June 24, 1862: Treaty signed in Washington, D. C. with Ottawa of Blanchard's Fork and Roche
de Boeuf]