Iowa  was  then  attached,  for  Government  purposes,  to  Wisconsin,  and  its  Gov-
ernor, the  late  Henry  Dodge,  was  the  Commissioner  to  negotiate  the  treaty,  and
the  late  Gov.  Grimes,  then  a  new  settler,  was  the  Secretary.  This  treaty  is
referred  to  for  the  sake  of  an  incident  which  shows  that,  whether  common  or
not  to  the  '  Lo '  family  in  general,  the  Sacs  and  Foxes,  at  least,  possessed  an
honorable  side  to  their  character.
"  The  country  around  was  already  quite  thickly  settled,  and  the  Indians
could  easily  have  procured  an  unlimited  supply  of  whisky.  But  Gov.  Dodge,
in  his  opening  speech,  had  impressed  upon  them  the  necessity  of  strict  sobriety
during  the  negotiations^  and  had  expressed  a  hope  that  his  advice  would  be
heeded.  Keokuk  and  the  other  chiefs,  in  reply,  had  said  that  their  father's  talk
about  fire-water  was  good,  and  had  given  their  word  that  none  should  be
allowed  among  them  during  the  proceedings.  Immediately  the  council  closed,
they  a,ppointed  a  sufiicient  guard  of  the  most  reliable  braves  to  prevent  the  intro-
duction or  use  of  liquor,  at  whatever  cost.  In  fact,  the  very  bluest  blood  of  the
tribe  was  selected  for  the  duty,  and  each  one  was  instructed  to  carry  a  desig-
nated badge  of  his  authority.
