6th.  An Indian woman, wife of Sirdeland, a resident Canadian, in very low circumstances, and living in the Indian mode, requested a kettle to be mended.  My rule, in cases of this sort, excludes Indian females who are under the protection of Canadian husbands from a participation in the presents distributed at the office.  But it is proper to make exceptions, in some instances, where repairs of ironwork are solicited.  Directed a ticket on the blacksmith.

13th.  Issued to Waykwauking and family twelve rations.

16th.  Shingwaukoance, The Little Pine (17th July, 1822, first visit), accompanied by twenty persons, visited the office.  This is one of the signers of the Treaty of St. Mary of 1820, where his mark is prefixed to his French name, Augustin Bart.  He told me he had come to visit me, attended with all his young men, and requested I would listen to what he had to say.  He made a speech at great length, in which he recapitulated his good offices and exertions towards the Americans, from the time of Gov.  Cass’s arrival in 1820.  He stated that a plot had then been formed to cut off the Gov.’s party, and that he and Mr. G. Johnston had been instrumental in thwarting the design.  He was glad to see the fire I had lighted up here in 1822 was kept burning, that the Indians might come and warm themselves by it.  He had now determined to come and live permanently on the American side of the river, and put himself under my protection.

He repeated his friendship, and gave a “parole” of blue wampum to confirm his words.  One of his party then lighted a pipe and handed it to me to smoke in the usual manner.  Caused tobacco and sixty rations of food to be distributed among his band.

20th.  Oshawano solicited food, declaring that his boys had not been able to take any fish from the rapids for several days.  This is an old man, and a chief resident at St. Mary’s.  I told him that it was not my practice, which he knew, to issue provision to the families of fishermen during the fishing season, and that I expected his children to supply him; that, besides, he was one of the persons who had visited the B. Post at D. Isd. during the last summer, and that he knew I made no presents of any kind to Indians who received presents there; that if he went to his B. father in the summer, when it was pleasant weather, he must also go in the fall and winter, when the weather was bad; that if they gave him presents of goods, they must also give him food.  He looked very grave, and, after a short silence, said that he had got little or nothing at D.I.  He said his home was here, and he was very poor, &c.  Knowing, from personal observation, that he was suffering for food, I ordered twenty-six-rations.

21st.  Cheegud came to say that he was about to go to his wintering grounds, and wished some provisions to commence the journey.  This young chief has been welcomed at the agency, and is friendly to the American government.  He attended the treaties of P.D.C. and F. du Lac; at the latter he received a medal.  He has always appreciated attentions, and by his sober, consistent, and respectful course of life, merits the notice of the office.  I gave him some necessary ironwork, a knife, tobacco, ammunition, provisions (18).