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Starr, to accompany him back to Washington. William Hicks remained in the Indian territory. A treaty was now prepared. Boudinott and Ridge withheld signatures; but Starr gave his. The president submitted this treaty to the Senate. The Senate sifted the affair, saw the intrigue and refused to ratify the treaty. And now came the retribution upon William Hicks. The United State Government found that they had been mistaken in William Hicks; that the circumstances of his having been a short term Principal Chief did not give him the power they thought it would, with the people; and consequently they saw no good in upholding him any longer. They refused to confirm the promise of the agents that he should be paid for the missionary establishment as his own property. In the meantime, the nation audibly expressed its discontent against both John Ridge and his father. A council was called to hear the