The New Hampshire Gazette

From the Boston Morning Post.

THE INDIANS.

Agreeably to Governor Everett's arrangements,
the deputation of Sacs and Foxes were yesterday
received by him in the name of the State of Massachusetts,
in the Hall of Representatives. There
were full 600 gentlemen in the hall, including the
principal officers in the State and City Governments,
Major and Brigadier Generals, and the officers of
the Regiment of Light Infantry, and the Judges and
Clerks of the Suffolk Courts. The galleries contained
about 500 ladies, who waited hour after hour,
to witness the novel spectacle. At two o'clock, the
long expected guests arrived, arrayed in their most
stirring and stately costume, and their faces and
skins grotesquely discolored by red, yellow, green,
black or blue paint, as best pleased the fancy of
each individual. The sight was certainly a very
unusual one for Boston, as was proved by the intense
attention every spectator bestowed upon them, as
they took up their position on the settees in front of
the Speaker's Chair, which was occupied by the
Governor. Everything being ready, the Governor
rose to state to the assembly the object of the ceremony
about to be performed, and the character of
the guests. They are, said he, a most respectable
deputation from the Sac and Fox tribes, which are
in amity with our Government. The object of their
mission to Washington is to form a treaty explanatory
of the great treaty made in 1836, defining the
boundaries between their territory and that of the
United States. Their lands are situated between
the Mississippi and the Missouri. The united tribes
comprise about six thousand, of which number four-
teen hundred are warriors, or braves They are
the descendants of the Algonquins or Lenape, and
speak the same language as that spoken by the Indians
of Massachusetts.

The Governor cautioned the audience against
laughing in case any seemingly ludicrous incident
happened in the course of the interview, as, being
of a singularly grave deportment, the Indians might
misconstrue an exhibition of mirth into a mark of
disrespect. The interpreter was then requested to
arise, and through him, the Governor bade them a
hearty welcome to the Hall of Council of their
White Brethren. We have, said he, before heard
of the Sacs and Foxes, by our travellers ; and
we have been told the names of their great men and
chieftains, and now we are glad to see them with
our eye. We are called the people of Massachusetts--it
is the name of the Red Man who once
lived here.

In former times, the Red Man's wigwam stood
on these very fields, and his council fire was kindled
on this spot. When our forefathers came over to
this great country, they were but a small band. The
Red Man stood on the rock on the sea-side, and
looked at them. He might have pushed them off.
and drowned them ; but he took them by the hand
and said welcome. Our forefathers were hungry,
and the Red Man gave them corn and venison. Our
forefathers were cold. and the Red Man spread his
blanket over them and made them warm. We are
now grown great and powerful, yet we remember
the kindness of the Red Man to our forefathers.
Brothers, our faces are white, and yours are red.
but our hearts are alike. The Great Spirit made his
children of different complexion, but he loves them
all. You dwell between the Mississippi and the
Missouri--they are mighty streams. One stretches
out to the East, and the other away to the West
even to the Rocky mountains ; but still they make
one river, and they run together into the sea.--
Brothers, we dwell in the East, and you live far
West. but we are one family. It has many branches,
but one head. Brothers, as you passed through
the hall below, you stopped to look at the image of
our great Father Washington. It is a cold stone,
and cannot speak to you, but our great Father was
the friend of, and loved the Red Man, and he commanded
us to love you. He is dead, but his voice
made a deep print in our hearts, like the footsteps of
the great buffalo in the clay of your prairies.

Alluding to young Ke-o-kuk, about 14 years of
age, who was present, the Governor said to his father
--May the Great Spirit preserve the life of your
son. May he grow up by your side like the tender
sapling by the side of the mighty oak. May you
long flourish together ; and when the mighty oak is
fallen in the forest may the young tree take its place
and spread out its branches over his people. Brothers,
I have made you a short talk, and once more I
bid you welcome to our council hall.

The Governor having concluded his address, a
principal chief, said to be Ke-o-kuk, commenced the
reply, through the Interpreter, thus :--
I am very much gratified to have the pleasure of
shaking hands with the Governor, and the others,
whose hands I have shaken. The Great Spirit has
made us of different colors, but that is the only difference
that I can find between us. I am very happy
to be able to say, before I die, that I have seen
the children of the white men that my fathers met
here. The Great Spirit is pleased at this sight, and
I hope he will keep friendship between us ; and I
hope that he will see that our hearts are friendly
as we say they are. My remarks are short, and this
is all I have to say. I take you all by the hand.

He was followed by a Chief of the Foxes:--
I am happy to meet you in the land of my
forefathers. I have heard my grandfather tell of
his forefathers taking your forefathers by the
hand. I am very happy that you came to this
island, and am very glad that you can get a living
here. I always call the White Man brother,
and am always glad to take him by the hand --
I am gratified to come here and talk of our forefathers.
I will tell of it when I go home, and
it will not be forgotten by my children.

The principal Chief of the Foxes followed:--
I have been listening to the remarks about our
forefathers. I wanted to see the place where my
forefathers took the White Man by the hand.--
I shall never forget that I have been here, and
my children shall not forget it. I hope the
Great Spirit will take pity on you. If I had
been here, when your forefathers first landed we
should have lived together like brothers.

The Chief of a Sac Village :--
I want to say that I am gratified by the great
kindness and attentions we have received here.--
We cannot forget them, and though at present,
we cannot repay them, I hope the Great Spirit
will reward you for it. I am descended from
those who originally lived here. I have heard my
grandfather, and my father say, that they came
from the sea coast, where the White Man was
first taken by the hand. I have heard all the
good things you have been saying. You must
have got them out of your Great Book. As far
as I can understand, from the language used
about you, I think America has gained a high
station among the White nations, and is much
respected. I too belong to a race that is respected
by all others, and I am a great man, and renowned
of the race, who respect me, and you are the
tallest of the White Men, and I am very happy
that two great men should meet and shake hands
together.

Despite his Excellency's admonition not to
laugh, the audience gave free wing to their
mirth, at the humorous remark with which the
warrior terminated his "talk." When he sat
down, one of the superior chiefs called up four
of the number, and caused them to be introduced
as peace chiefs, or heads of villages. He
then presented a number of war chiefs and
braves. A warrior, whose head was adorned
with the skull of a buffalo, then rose and said ;--
I have heard this conversation, and am much
pleased. I am glad you have alluded to the boy;
for he is to succeed his father as our great chief.
I am a brave, and have nothing to do with the
villages, but to fight in defence of the women
and children. I am happy to shake hands with
you, and I shake hands with all my heart. I am
happy to be in this Hall--it puts me in mind of
what passed between our ancestors. We do not
forget; for, though we have no paper to put
what is said down, we do not forget a good talk,
or good advice. I now give you the only arms
of defence I have. I want to leave it with you
that it may put you in mind that the Red Men
has been in your Council.

Thus saying, he disencumbered himself of his
baton, and all the belts and ornaments attached
to it, and laid them before the Governor, with
the observation that he should like a medal or
some other token to remember the white man by.

The aged warrior, but venerable Black
Hawk was now presented, and was received by
the audience with loud cheers. He was far the
most graceful though necessarily the least energetic
in his delivery. His speech was not long,
and the interpreter could not be distinctly heard
in the reporters' galleries. This much we have
secured:--
To the Governor--I am red, and you are
white, but your heart is white, too. If the
Great Spirit has been listening to this conversation,
it must have pleased him very much. I
know that our forefathers lived together, and I am
your friend, but I am getting old. So I will
shake hands with you, and in shaking your hand
I shake hands with all present.

Black Hawk then gave the Governor a pipe,
as a memorial. A warrior then proposed that
young Ke-o-kuk, the heir presumptive to the
throne, should shake hands with the Governor.--
He did so, and was then introduced by the Attorney
General to the Governor's little son, who
happened to be present. The young chieftain
went through the ceremony, without exhibiting
emotion of any kind.

One of the youngest of the braves, having received
some nods of assent from his seniors, took
the floor, and said : --
I am pleased with this talk. I am partly a
white man--my father is some white ; but I followed
the life of the tribe, and listened to the
Chief. I am a young brave. My father is old
and weak, and I have been placed in his seat.--
I will tell him of this place--he will be pleased.
I do not know what to say much, for I am
young. but I follow the councils of my Chief.--
I want you to remember that I have been at
this talk, and I give you my war-club that I always
carry.

Here the speaking on the part of the Indians closed,
and Governor Everett briefly remarked
Mr Interpreter, be pleased to say to the Chiefs
that we have listened to them with much pleasure,
and thank them for the gifts they have laid on the
council table. With regard to the medals they have
spoken of, tell them that we are only one of
the council fires, and have no right to present them
with medals. That must be done by the great
Father at Washington. But we can offer them
some of our arms in exchange for their gifts: and
also some articles of clothing for their women and children
present, and though the gifts be humble, we
hope they will be received as tokens of friendship
and good will.

The Governor and suite, with the escort, then
withdrew with the Deputation, to the piazza in front
of the State House, where he presented such large
pistols, swords, and belts, and some clothing as he
had intimated. This ceremony was witnessed by
thousands upon thousands, who occupied every position,
in every direction, that afforded a view of
the front of the state House. The curiosity of the
immense multitude seemed utterly without bounds.

The Deputation, and the Governor's suite passed to
the Senate chamber, and partook of a collation,
which though prepared at the shortest notice, by
Kenfield, was a most elegant affair, and was so pronounced
by some of the most accomplished epicures
present.

The party, then, under escort of the Cadets,
proceeded to the Common, where a salute was
fired by the Artillery. The Deputation then performed
several of their most famous dances, and so
great was the press to witness them, that it was
almost impossible for the Lancers and Light infantry
to keep the crowd back. This display being
over the barouches drove into the lines, and the
Indians entered them, and drove off, and thus terminated
the exciting and unusual parade.

The Lancers, Boston Artillery, Independent Cadets,
New England Guards, and Boston Light Infantry
were on the field in obedience to orders. The
Cadets performed the escort duty to the Governor,
and the remainder of the troops were under the
command of Col. A. G. Smith. The Rangers
Paulaski Guards, and Soul of Soldiers also appeared
as volunteers. The weather was clear and dry
throughout the day.

We have thus far omitted to mention, that the
Deputation was visited at Faneuil Hall, in the forenoon,
by a great concourse of ladies, under the direction
of the Marshals.

They depart for the South at noon to day. The
Sioux left yesterday, The conduct and appearance
of all of them has been such as to command the respect
of all intelligent people.