Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-02-17

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10 will not b able ..ever 10 assemble ths
Indians" Nor would this effect Of tI,s
indusoce Of the gentlomen traders B.
either new or Wonderful, for il is vel
known that when Gov. Do,y was sent =,
treat with those lad;ans in October .,
November 1871, BE- could not ..tren a,
semNe them" and yet it is not known
that he had in sny way offended agains,
the dignity OF these men Of inliuen ce.-
Nor was It 1t all necessary Tor him, o.
any, other Commissioner the Government
Could send for the same purposs, 10 do SO,
to ensure failure to mako trsaty hv
which those Indians might b moved
srsm the tract OF country they occup. -
Their p 'stion IS favorable 10 their disin.
sesesfed and very Influential friends. to
Dc changed until they cau be- propiia,ed
by share Of the spoils-which II seems
Governor Chambers was not authorized
to oher them; the Senate 81 lie United
States having at its last session, express.
" prohibited the assamptio0 on tle par,
Of The Government Of any demands
against the Indians 10 future treaties -
And yet it Is said tbut for this will not
vsouch, though ! believe it 10 b arue) that
those very incorruptible zones IN o,hcm
ne ladeans Place confidence" aud who,
It their writer in the Express is 10 be
believed. the Governor tried to tampe
with, had the impudence after all hope o:
etfecting treaty had failed, to propose
terms to tie Governor upon which a
treaty could yet be made, the FIRST Of
which was the payment Of some twenty
odc thousand dollar. clai ned as due to
themselves from the Indians. Thus, in
their immaculate honesty and great re-
gard for the Indians, trying to induce the
Governor to violate his instructions, and
do the ludians the great kindness TO PERM,
their Aonest friends 70 absorb large
proportion of the p;,iance afforded them
Cor tho REIMBURSEMENT Q! the neutral
ground-wi,n ;.:is concession violation
Of his Instructions I'D fraud upon the
Indians. Governor CHAMBERS could no
doubt have effected treaty in . Few
hours. under the auspices and patronage
Of the 'only ones in ,chom tie Indians
place confidence
No better evidence can be required
than Is already before the public, that
without these 4 siHiercsted pkiisnthropists
get share Of the money tIlbe paid to
the Indians fos their relinquishment Of
the land they occupy, no treaty can be
made with them for it. Until these Asn
est traders can be propitiated, one Of the
most desirable portions Of the Territory
must remain in the exclusive occupancy
Of small: band Of drunken aud profligate
savages. whose rapes and murders on
lhs frontier inhabitants have never been
known to excite the commiseratioh Of
these "oxIy ones in Uhom the Indians
place con denee," or call fer the exertion
Of their immaculate influences 10 restrain
Indian outrage. But the moment the Of.
ficers Of the Government attempt to ef>
tecl purchase Of the land they claim,
or to compel them to reside within their
proper limits, and refrain iron, infesting
or annoying the white inhabitants Of the
adjacent country, the cry Of persecution
L raised by their kind aud sympathizing
friends, the traders, and as means Of
exciting commiseration for iAe poor lndi.
ans, the Governor Is assaulted with ribald
abuse. But il | am not greatly mistaken,
:hose influential friends OF the indians
will find j. difficult undertaking to rom
der the Governor odious, or their conf.
DENTAL friends, the In1ians, objects of
great commiseratlon. The people know
that Governor Chambers has been untir.
ing 10 his exertions to keep the Indians in
their proper places, and TO- obtain for the
Territory the vast bodies Of land slaimed
by them to no useful purpose, and tending
only 10 restrict the advance Of civilized
population. And it is equally we'll known
that these confidential friends Of the In
dams, avail themselves Of the confidence
rePosed in them by their dupes aud vic
tins, TO strip them Of tho large sums Of
money paid to them annually by Gov
eminent, almost at the moment they re-
ceiye them-that they are then left des-
ti'ute, and being too dissipated and indo.
lett to 60 to the best hunting grounds,
they wander into the settlements Of the
whites, without money and without food,
depending upon what they can beg or
steal 10 keep them from starving. In the
meantime the money which would amply
have supplied their wants, il properly ap.
piled, is carried out Of the Territory by
their precious and humane friends, the
traders-scarcely dollar Of it goes into
circulation among the people, and instead
Of benefiting our citizens by enabling
them 10 supply the Indians with provis-
ions, their humanity is taxed or their
hogs and cattle stolen 10 feed these starry.
ing friends Of the only ones in shom they
place confidence" 1t is impossible Tor
any honest man who is in The slightest
degree acquainted with the system Of le.
galizsd plumber practised by the majority
Of the licenced traders, upon the Indians,
to feel otherwise than indignan, at their
insolent boast that they are ssiAe only ones
in sch0m The lndiGas place medexce."