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oners were delivered over to Gen. ATKINSON, and taken to
Fort Crawford, nhere they remained some time, when they
were pardoned by the President;" but before their trial RED
BIRD died in prison. Our detachment returned to Green Bay
and were disbanded.
Soon after, the man who had contracted to build the saw-mill
for Judge ARNDT and myself, as already mentioned, on the
west side of Green Bay, sent me word that the mill was
completed, and wished to have me come down and receive it.
I accordingly took three men and a woman in a boat; and upon
arriving there, I found the doors and windowsl barred and
bolted. I enquired the reason, and was informed by the con-
tractor, that the Indians had threatened the lives of himself
and party, and declared they would burn the house and mill;
and the whites had to keep guard all the time to prevent the
Indians from burning the propkrty. The contractor soon left
with his men, as I could not persuade them to remain any
longer. I took possession, and threw away the bars and bolts.
A few days after, as I was in the house done, with the door
open, and lying on my bed smoking, I cast my eyes down the
path, and discovered some thirty Indians approaching. They
came within a short distance and stopped; and after a brief con-
slultation, one of their number advanced to the house, and looked
in at t,he window. I told him that dogs peeped in at windows,
but that men always came in boldly at the door. He then vent
round, and came in at the door, and the rest soon followed him.
I invited them to sit down, which they did. I called the half-
breed woman, who came into the room, and acted as inter-
preter. The speaker got up and said, that they had come to
get something to eat and drink, a.nd they wished some goods

* The original pardon, signed by J. Q. ADAM~ President, and HENRY
as
CLAY as Secretary of State, is preserved in the Cabinet of the Wisconsin
Historical Society. The two Inclians pardoned were WA-NI-GA, or The Sun,
and CHICK-EON-BIC, The Little BeuF They were convicted of murder at
or
the September term of the Court; at Prairie du Chien, in 1828, Judge Dory
presiding, and condemned to be hung on the 26th of December following.
The pardon bore dote Nov. 3d, 1828, upon the receipt of which the Indians
were liberated. L.C.D.