HISTORY OF GREEN COUNTY. 
 
On this declaration, the one-eyed chief, called 
the Decori, and Cheater too k some of their 
men with them and went in pursuit of these 
Sac chiefs, in order, if possible, to take them 
prisoners and bring them and deliver them up 
to the Indian agent at Prairie du Chien. On 
the 27th of August, these two Winnebago chiefs 
returned, bringing with them the Black Hawk 
and the Prophet, the principal movers and in- 
stigators of the war. The iiterview with them 
at Prairie du Chien, I have been told, was a 
very interesting scene. I will give the reader 
the substance of their talk with Indian Agent 
Street and Col. Zachary Taylor, which will go 
to show how vigilant and with what perse- 
verance these Winnebago chiefs acted to take 
these prisoners. They were upwards of twenty 
days gone, after they left Prairie du Chien, be- 
fore they returned with them. 
When they arrived, Black Hawk desired to 
speak to In~dian Agent Street. The amount of 
what lie said was, that he was not the originator 
of the war; that he was going where he would 
meet Keokuk, and then he would tell the truth: 
that he would then tell all about this war whicl) 
had caused so much trouble; that there were 
chiefs and braves of the Nation who were the 
cause of the continuance of the war; that he 
did not want to hold any council with him; 
that when he got where Keokuk was he would 
tell the whole of the origin of the difficulties 
and of those who committed it; that he wanted 
to surrender long ago, but others refused; that 
he wanted to surrender to the steamboat War- 
rior, and tried to do so until the second fire; 
that he then ran and went up the river aid 
never returned to the battle ground; and his 
determination then was to escape if he could; 
that he did not intend to surrender after that, 
but that when the Winnebagoes came upon 
him, he gave up; and that he would tell all 
about the disturbance when he got to Rock 
Island. 
The one-eyed Decori and the Cheater both 
in like manner addressed Mr. Street, whom 
 
they term  their father; which almost all the 
Indians do their agents. The one-eyed Decori 
rose first and addressed him in the following 
manner: 
"My father, I now stand before you. When - 
we parted I told you we would return soon; but 
I could not come any sooner. We had to go a 
great distance [to the dales, dells, on the Wis- 
consin river above the portage]; you see we 
have done what you'sent us to do. These are 
the two you told us to get (pointing to Black 
Hawk and the Prophet). We always do what 
you tell us to do, because we know it is for our 
good. My father, you told us to get these men, 
and it would be the cause of much good to the 
Winnebagoes. We have brought them, but it 
has been very hard for us to do it. That one- 
Macatamish Kakacky-was a great way off. You 
told us to bring them alive; we have done so. 
If you had told us to bring their heads alone, 
we would have done so; and it would have 
been less difficult for us to do, than what we 
have done. My father, we deliver these men 
into your hands; we would not deliver them 
even to our brother, the chief of the warriors, 
but to you, because we kiiow you and believe 
you are our friend. We want you to keep them 
safe. If they are to be hurt, we do not wish to 
see it; wait until we are gone before it is done. 
My father, many little birds have been flying 
about our ears of late, and we thought they 
whispered to us that there was evil intended for 
us, but now we hope the evil birds will let our- 
ears alone. 
"My father, we know you are our friend, be- 
cause you take our part; this is the reason v e 
do what you tell us to do. My father, you say 
you love your red children; we think we love 
you as much or more than you love us. My 
father, we have been promised a great deal if 
we would take these men, that it would do much 
good for our people; we now-hope to see what 
will be done for us. My father, we have come 
in haste, and a re tired and hungry; we now put 
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