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Rh had received. Waneta continued to serve the English interests until the close of the war, when he was called to the English headquarters, which had been transferred to Drummond Island in Lake Huron, and given a captain's commission and

a fine uniform. There is a tradition among the Sissetons and Flatheads that he was taken to England and presented to the king, but this is probably not true. At any rate he came back to his home in Dakota, where he remained for many years entirely loyal to the British government. Most of the other Indians had very promptly turned over to the American side. When in 1819 the government began the military settlement at the head of navigation on the Mississippi, which resulted in the founding of Fort Snelling, Waneta, as a good British subject, went down to see what was going on and protest against the enterprise. He remained about the post for several weeks, and became acquainted with the officers and men and all of the cabins