Minnesota in three centuries, 1655-1908 . Dotys theory thatthe best interests of both whites and Indians of Wisconsin Ter-ritory would best be served by segregating the red people onlands remote from their brethren. After their treaty with theGovernment in 1837 the Winnebagoes had been kept in Wiscon-sin to the great expense of the Government, and to the great dis-satisfaction of the white settlers and the citizens, who did not likethe Indians for neighbors. The Government had long promisedthat the Winnebagoes should have a permanent home. GovernorDotys idea and plan was to acquire from the Si
Minnesota in three centuries, 1655-1908 . Dotys theory thatthe best interests of both whites and Indians of Wisconsin Ter-ritory would best be served by segregating the red people onlands remote from their brethren. After their treaty with theGovernment in 1837 the Winnebagoes had been kept in Wiscon-sin to the great expense of the Government, and to the great dis-satisfaction of the white settlers and the citizens, who did not likethe Indians for neighbors. The Government had long promisedthat the Winnebagoes should have a permanent home. GovernorDotys idea and plan was to acquire from the Sioux an extentof country large enough to furnish reservations for all other In-dian tribes and remnants of tribes east of the Mississippi. Inshort the new country acquired was to become a second IndianTerritory, which should be to the North what the Indian Terri-tory of the South was to that section. Governor Doty had or-iginally intended to provide a permanent home only for theWinnebagoes, but as time passed the scheme for a grand Terri-. JAMES D. DOTY. or, L EARLY HISTORY. 287 tory to contain several tribes and bands of Indians -was believed it to be a beneficent enterprise, at least for the In-dians, and his interest was entirely unselfish. He could havenothing to do with the execution of the provisions of the treaty,since the ceded country and the Indians from whom it was ob-tained were not within his superintendency, but entirely—ornearly so—within the Territory of Iowa. At the time he ofcourse had no thought that he was attempting to thwart a splen-did destiny which involved the creation of three powerful Statesof the American Union. Three forts were to be established and garrisoned within thenew Territory, to protect the Indians against possible invasionfrom the wild tribes of the far West. The Indians were to betransported to their new homes and be assisted in establishingthem and in planting their first crops, at the expense of theGovernment, and this exp
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