New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-04-28
Ape.hcr CHAPTER Of Indian Wrongs.


scene Of some outrage on Justice and humanity
in which our couDtrymen have been the aggre'sors
aud the sborgines the victims. Cupidity on the
large and the sma all scale employing all weapons
from alcohol and the frauds Of traders and agents
10 ARM a. In force has let loose disease among them,
cheated them Of their possessions, and driven the
relics Of once wide spread nations from the homes
Of their fathers. Nor is tho work yet ended Who
can say that it will be ended until the only vestges
of their race shall be the tnmuli where their dead
lie buried and the names which mark the regions
and the waters along which they once had their
abodes
Another chapter In this history has just been
made known to US and we would fsin impress it 10
some purpose upon our readers. Many OF them are
perhaps aware that the Five Nations, once the &C.
cupsnts Of this great State now hold only some
/ few thousands Of acres In the Western Coun-
ties But even there they safe. These their last
oo,hodssre wanted by land spectators No means ths,
ingenuity suggest deprsvy put in execution has
been spared deprive them Of these places OF refuge
/ But LEI Us have the facts.
Representations have from time time been made to
the General Government that numbers wished 10 emil
crate In the latter part Of le45 Agent was appointed
10 take charge Of the party which II was alleged vas
ready with the express direction that the movement
must not be made with less than two hundred and hfty
persons. Tina. numoer could not be found. and the
| Agent was informed from Washington that the plan
must be given up. Blu, on representations he OBJ
| tanned funds for the emigration.
Meanwhile dissensions sprung up among the Indians
on the sabjec, of this movement better information
was sent to the Department of Indian Affairs respect
able Commission appointed to inquire into and set
Tie the matter and the Agent notified the fact
Instead Of waiting for the result Of this Inquiry he col
lected together al by any whatever be could
procure 10 Join hu-much fewer according 10 bis own
represent sions than the required number-aDd with
informing the Department or making the necessary
provisions for them in the new country whittier they
were going carried them to the West The real
Der OF New.York indians thus carried of has since
been sscsrtaned to have been ess than two hundred.
The emlgrsnts arrived at their destination near the
Southwest border of Missouri, than two hundred
miles West Of the Mississippi about the middle of last
| June There they abandoned without shelter
without care. without the of planting which had
been lavi.hly promised The climate, too was very
sieky one and at began is work upon these be-
trsyed and helpless cresures They endesvored TO ind
some coDgenis region but were told by the Indian
AGENTS that the scsnty raions supplied them would be
|
ment By pestlence, prvstion and suffering they had
10 November last been reduced TO about eighty Two
or three families have succeeded in returning Those
who remsin consis, principally Of women and children
If these unfortunate persons exposed to another
sickly season. they must all perish They desire to
come back TO the homes Of their kindred but their peo
pie have not the means The General Government has
been applied to, but in vain bill granting the
sary has been reported TO State Legislature
but any rate 1t cannot be acted in season to res
the sufferers. There Is help left but in the be-
nevoent TO whom the facts we have narrated will be
enough to excite all the impulses of charity. Only
thousand dollars is needed. Surely these people will
not be allowed to die mi,eraby, for the want of so small
Q sumg
d.. Wilson. himself an Indian. who comes to New.
York to bring these facts before citizens, may be
found at the Western Hotel. in Cortsndst.
WArxR.CuR ISTELLI6EScE-Dr Joel Shew,
Sc Bondst. has just issued THE WATER.CURE
MANUAL, fair l2 mo. of 2ss pages, designed to
afford plain and practical directions for the treat.
msnt OF diseases by Water In various ways, whether
with without the presence and advice of practon
An intelligent mother familiar with the contents of
this work, may safely aud successfully treat her
family in of slight and simple illness when the
symptoms dspgerou. or doubtful the guidance of
wherein pronp, and decisive action must be aiken be.
fore the assistance Of doctor be procured This
book oush, to find place in every family of which
member read Whether is or /, not the
universal medicine which il is claimed to be by the more
Jealous Hydropshists, meet WHO dspu es Its
great value in many diseases and Its cleansing sede-
tive curative influences generally 1t Is Natures
specific against Fevers though like every other healing
agency II may be so mlsapped as to sggravsie disease
instead OF ersdirs.bg It, 1t will any fresh cold
severe in the Of six to eighteen hours
leaving the patient often In better health than he enjoy
cd before he caught the cold Dr. Shew's book 10 very
lucid and terse embodyng large fund of information
with regard to the nature and of Disease the
general principles of medical action, and the specific
treatment Of many of the and all
men,s which sflict ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Rheumatism,
Consumption, SC. &c portrait OF Priessnitz an &C.
count of his life and achievement and great variety Of
valuable matter with regard to Diet Bathing &c render
this the best work yet issued side of the ocean
from the school Of Hydropsthy Csdy Burgess John.
st. SIRE the publishers.
DIR. Shew is preparing to open a complete
Hydropathic Institute at Oyster Bay, L. !. where
be hiss found great abundance of the purest spring
wste-purer than that of Graefenbers His &C.
commodstons for Bosrders there will be ample and the
location 10 very pleasant and accessible.
DIR. E. A. KIrrREDGE, an eminent practitioner.
formerly Of Physc and more recently Of Water.
Cure at Lynn. Mass has just opened. in conjunction
with Mr. { farfsr spacious Hydropshic Institute at
Waterford Msine in the midst of the grandest
scenery on the road from Portland TO the White Noun
tans where the springs be exceed for GOODNESS
snd purity Board and treatment Sc per week passage
from Boston So Knowing DR.. Ki,tredge We believe
this will soon be of the eminently successful
establishments in the country.
A new Hydropaihic Institute has been estab.
hshed on the Lehgh, near Bethlehem. Pa. In an
tdncc built expressly therefor. This IL very romantic
bedthin region, while the springs alter are said q
he pure and copious and the prime la rracttorer
Instructed by one Of Pressni,zs lent pupils
We have no personal knowledge OF IN
The war-voice of ssachusetts.
The following Resolutions have been adopted BY |
the Legislature of Massachusetts, aud signed BY the
Governor. In the Senate the vote on their final I
passage was, Yeas 81, Nay /. In the House the 1
vote ON passing them to be engrossed was Yeas /