New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-20
ma barbarons practices OF tle Indian 60.

The barbarous practices OF the Indians must h,
broken up, and they taught the art OF peace ana
civilization, or they mast 5e eTtermmaied.
The tendency OF the present policy is extermio.
ation-experience shows 1t to be so-necessitv
makes il So. Who can be in good neighborb"o,
with people who live By murder robbery all
outrage II they arr net cia2i-e1, of aecesrt1,
hey must Be ettcJmiaatea.
To ciyilize is the humane policy
The grand obstacle to Indian civilization is ths;-
idea that labor is derogatory to the dignity of .
warrior There is no remedy but to thrash H.
idea out of them Short of this have we bersto'
fore stopped-we should Go so no more. HsT5
knocks will be necessary. l think hear tbe
words, How cruel Is 1t more cruel than ~
Observation-Disclosures or all the powsrfnT
tribes who once pcopled this country from ths
Atlantic to the Mississippi, how many are civil.
are they "'e'@
The Government of the United States cannot
be said to have civilized any Indans-it has nsr
tialy done so only, and with the partial ciyilizs
ton, partial determination has gone hand in hand
How reduced in number are the once powerfni
Delawares and Shawnees, who, with perhaps the
exception OF the Cherokees and Choctaws, ara
more advanced than any others.
The Pueblo Indians, Of New. Mexico, furnish AZ.
example of the advanced state of civilization to
which Indians may be brought. These Indians,
as their name indicates Ire IN towns which are
dotted about among the Mexican settlements;
they cultivate the soil and cultivate it well they
raise grain, fruits, vegetables, &c, make wina
and brandy Of m excellent quality; are COM
siderably advanced in the mechanical arts avail
themselves of every opportunity OF educating
their children IRE temperate and Industrious
w.abiding and hospitabe and last, though not
least, 6n0r the ralue Of money Until this is learnt,
civilization is yet afar Oft
The Nayaioes can be reduced in single yigor-
Gus campaign, and in two years be living in WE'LL
built villages OF their own construction under the
guns OF military posts. Fortunately for their pro-
gress, they co nat live II game couHry. Tney
cannot support themselves by hunting, aud musts
therefore, rely on the more Industrious and hui
MANNING pursuits Of filling the soil and tending
their locks.
The Navajoes, easily reduced, will be nu,
cleus for the Eutawsi aud portion of the Apa-
ches &c. who live west of the settled portions of
ew.Mexico; and the Camanches must be con-
quered and confined in limits and narrow ones;
hunting grounds are only stumbling blocks to civ
ilization and they ought not have them villages,
with the cultivated ground surrounding them, are
better than separate farms, at all events, until
their good habits are confirmed. During the first
years, while they are preparing for cultivation
the Camanches not having hocks and herds as
the Navajoes have, must be rationed by the Gov.
eminent
The Camanchcs being reduced, mo easy matter,
as they can bring ten thousand warriors into the
field will be nucleus for the settlement of other
Indians.
Whether these views, adopted after much re-
Election, and after witnessing the happiness and
prosperity of the Pueblo Indians, are sound orun-
sound, there is no doubt of the fact that we are
on the eve of general indian tcar IN ich9ch Velo-
Me4ico and Utah wN be The most exposed positions
AS the Indians are driven back from the Texas
frontier they will be forced qpGa Ns" Me- MszicG ;
as they are driven back from CsIliofnaa' tney VIII
The withdrawal, for the protection Of NewMex.
leo Of portions of the first and second regiments
of dragons from the Texas, Arkansas Missouri.
and Iowa frontiers, has doubtless been the cause
of the outbreak among the Camancbes; and the
other Indians on this line Of frontier nil bear "a
great deal Of tratching.
Ne Aare no,o int three regiments Of mounted
troops. We sh0uldhare ten, for all Of chOm there
Is plentY Of wofk
WIN Congress again adjourn without providing
for raising new regiments