Washington telegraph., 1847-01-20
WHITE INDIANS.

WHITE INDIANS. -
Scene in the Rocky Mountains. In Ofe.
gan. GiIiorna. &e., by NV Enganiaf,
h4s Ut brcn published. 1hIs book is com.
pussl Ul tho ndles OF traveller during an
ekeafsian ul llfee years, NHh desrfII.
tioa el tie couuifie. through which hepas
eel including lhaif Geography Geology,
Resources, a..
Ahla lh1 writer was al UHah. a tap.
FiH# parry lian & Ia Arrived II that pa=H
wla sase the following description ai a
smtiI lna' ui HaRs isHIaas. called tie
AlaaHhns3
tn aiuuehs# ara ulf.HuaI uiUf 400
re s actually - sting in "A valley au.na
lHH =Tfa dc .Hz AImbus eHaia. upon aae
ott4e a...l.ns aflae Gi.4. Ia liz rlgems
NaiB vrsie@ Fsa OF ils Province 5l
sanaa.
L. uruiefa1a4l eli slI aaalfsl ia a.
M ea4l.ri j. Gmunasd = oils mula.
laias al ocll every POM. anI d, Wei
waiHfFi aul YES fertile, ldH#zh # limited
ua.aHt. Ilef dwellings - .pae.aas
aFa# aanIs u=4H# estlyaeI IN tlr hIH
sa.es. tnl afs Hzlanu'5 e. IL lar sod
rasas.
r. ,llss b asisisazz. and a.ss
al. aHI,as. 44i#sHHrl. Len ,taurss
agsI..boaa la.se.ii q HsHs4u,. 'loaab
III a snup.stisa, praaH## spueN# "a
uIrf lnil lHn nIn.y ItuI moe EwIe
,ll.
Among hem lrr mn, a' sbr 80, ml
cumHHs uI ruU1sI l.e. Iuss -pu ml
weave, lUi mIHtiyigr butler and oucrst.
Hita mann oi tlr iIsuirs kuaUn io mo.c
ca guano npIuHs,
Their polluted ra.Hnmy, though mHrh
aHrT AfWrurAa uHrL l.plt.y ,pIb
.tlp .u u.rnuHtr. 'ihr 90 mHn rArf.
r.sc doe ,ln'u. 100 lir enactment anI exc
u'ill al .HNs. iieir laws ave usually ut
lhr mlsi simple hrm, and lrud lu pomuir
lhr general wr.'Ilr ol the community
IurN are mir H} ID concurrent mipuY ul
iur .Tu.u.s .l uHurl-.a.A mi.c mINiI.
mI, rrur a .pHragi age, being allowed a
y3ier .ul vo'r.
Qwsllan. ui rghl AMI wrong arc hrarl
anl 'Iu-'rl bY committee selected ,rm
tb" mrl o "uuIt, AMI pa,- ,uu'onec
upon ,uo r..maH.
10 mlrurtlry u5r represented tsh1ar.l
aal yrHHU. in religion ,hay -alar bm
little buui obrrlH'Hm..
They ar srst, m,u Of Praar, and na.
trfIH Ib WuD ub, glrii. us a. ,THuTu Ihint.
oppose resistance iH iur hostile nsur.un.
ul surrounding nations. uatacnpptaau,e
of 400 r.HHI, 'lr3 immediately rsltrat, with
iueiI aI.r. hHsss. sbrtpnnI p.hrr u'n.
u.rs, To tunlIlaiu rlrn., irsI ui a.l times
Ilr .d.ir n. HI--wlrr, hy hJruglllus
l4r rn .a.rt, lines are 40 once ssclrI.
Nttal. % m-url lo oms.
Ia regard 10 lhcl origin lhry have lost
a.. anINirdgc uI even Tradition. "a lhiug
not .ar.y io .pfH happened bad lr} b.ru
lhcpugruJ l Europeans ltmf bate period
that b., since lhf limo ID, CuuullsT
neither dI IHar rrhlnrrls. mlnU Urfs cu..
ium. aJ., WNmmaH ssor uI M lrm
GIupr.
Colda colony pr panty Of European. ia
tive short pnr.l oI mmr centuries uui .t
bali luse Il tlrrH thrir origin religion.
Ha5as, aHs civilization aul a4srmnau
WIN. lIr q mpuu', wuul entertain an
,dca sn rsianged irpm mprubahIIy q
And get thc 1luurb.s ciuuUl h' real
Indians; ;lhoymIg hnol European descent
lauug, r.cum.uucc-, other Dion clmp.sy
ion. IUiu np evidence Of identity with
c,thcrmcr Where, lhrn, shall we puct
liem Where Is heir origin
We arr forced oadml lhn weight OF cir.
cum-an'll Testimony us tu thelr having
settled upon ihif continent prior to It's dis
cuuD hy Columbus. Here wr arr iedia
inquire, ARE they moi lhr rsmo.c descendants
oil sm' colony ol nurirn R1nasl
Thai -lcb co'uaic. d-d hte vNis, ia or
mrr ages there 1. good reason iof be,0ey
ng. Ahr great iapsr or Tim, anI other
uyeatyr cluscs combined, may have
transformed the ,iuurhrs from lhr hnbi'-,
customs, chafar'cD religion arts cWi'll
tian aud language oi the Hpmlns, To to-
condition IN which they are al present
found.
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