Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-04-01
VERMONT TELEGRAPH.
BRANDON. SATURDAY, MARCH %, 1910.
Is 10 THE POOR INDIAN -,

gross
4 is another part Of the horrible crusade that
Il now making use Of BLooD-HoUEDs for the extir
patton Of another portion Of these noble sons of the
kaest Christian! Christian Z! Listen to the
bsSeechngs Of these sGvGges-so cslled-that your
klOw christians, by name, to poison, and in
fnrias their savage brethren with liquid FIRE. Lis
uu, and be, ashamed for your race Be in praver
10 God that such a nation as this NAV be bro,,
10 speedy repentance.
Thank the writer for this communication. Hone
10 hear from him again.
Iowa TERRITORY, Feb. 90. 1910.
Mr.. Murray more than twenty
years have been a wanderer but have
never ceased TO remember with affection
The green hills, and rugged mountains of
my native State; and have often turned
an eye OF hope to the Businesses of YER
mont, consoling myself with the wish
that, should the fate of the cities of the
plain overwhelm the south AMI the west
| might once more escape to IT,. scenes of
my childhood, and breathe the air of free
dom, amidst the homes Of freemen. For
years l have felt that freedom of speech
and o! the press were, though among the
boosted constituents of my birth-right.
things which did not possess in perfec-
uon. can not speak and write and
PRINT as a son of the Green Mountain
State should do, because the heavy hand
q tue dominant party in politics is over
me, ana aiter reiterated crushings and re-
eGtc'tr9t'o"s cannot but feel in my in
most heart that burnt child will dread
he 6'e. Your paper have long con-
sdered as unshackied and manly at least
as any other, and when the indignation
psnt up wl;hln me has struggled for vent.
have often thought your columns might
afford channel through which to un.
burthen my full soul. Can you and will
you speak one word for the crushed, on
pressed, insu'ted and fast wasting remnant
Of our Indian neighbours Or will the,
arong grasp ofhGmGn porer, (he pow
er which We ourselves as the freemen OF
The United States in virtue of our elective
nnchIze create, and for whose exercise
zoe are GccOUnta6Le) throttle you and sup
press your voice of remonstrauce and
Warning, as it has heretofore that of YOUR
Unworthy correspondents AT all events.
Chave unused long and despondngy, and
ieel authorized to nnbur.hen myself If but
10 your private ear, though [ would be |
glad that the citizens of my native State
might also hear my voice of warning and |
aamonltion. have sojourned long, and
Travelled widely among our slaUe-hoLding
aud lndIGn-hnnting States, and Terrific
rles Oft the South and West; and the black
cloud OF vengeance which twenty years
ago appeared to my eye but as a mans
hand now overspreads the whole heavens
and is, cannot but fear, fraught with i'm
pending ruin TO our beloved land. But
may not enlarge, because | need all the
space my sheet or yours can afford, for
facts. If these will not speak to the
hearts Of our fellow citizens and awaken
aredeeming, sell-acquilting energy within
them. defamation certainly will not
Permit me, therefore, to give you, in
Ihe brefest possible form, some account of
one tribe of emigrated Indians, now resi-
dent in the western portion of Iowa
The sketch will necessarily include Incl
Genital notices of other tribes, and mostly
q those indigenous to the soil they now
occupy, among whom the former have
been introduced by the fostering hand Of
heir Great Father, the Executive of the
unred States. The Potowattomies. Of
Illinois and Michigan. including few
Viawas and Chippewas, as is well known
% your intelligent readers, by several
treaties held at ST. Josephs, Chicago,
milwaukee. and other places near the
south end OF Lake Michigan, coded to
Tue United States their lands in that coun.
Wy accepting. in lieu, tract of $780,
OJO on the east bank of the Missouri riv.
81 and north of the State Of Missouri, to-
gether with large cash ann0ities and very
Hoeral allowances as is customary in such
eases for agricultural Improvements,
schools, &c. SC. !. Oh, that could make
you understand, how these treaty stipula-
.Ons have been carried into effect /! But
'0e task would be hopeless. None but
ss eye witness can know or understand to
wnat extent the benevolent designs Of the
people OF the United States in their large
quo liberal benefactions are frustrated. and
worse than defeated, by the manner of
nelr application. IAppeal unhesitatinp-
y.O every christian missionary and every
Sninterested man, on or beyond the Indian
Gontler, In supper, Of The position. that
ne millions annually expended bv the
Mates for the alleged object Of carrv;no
INTO effect Indian treaties, would for al
purposes Of practical benefit to,the tribes
e lncomparably better applied were they
.unk to the depths of the sea. But to re-
M'n 10 the Potowattomies, whose remoy-
20 the tract they now occupy, as YOU
re probably we'll aware, cost The Gov.
ss.nment more than 1000, 600 of dollars
soon after their arrival in Their 80.