Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-04-28
The Indians of California.


few days before the adjournment of Con
gress, Lieut. Beae, Superintendent Of Indian
Affairs in California. sent his yearly report TO the
Department of the Interior. The document has
iust come TO light Some of its Developments
are so extraordinary as to deserve "A better fate
than the common oblivion TO which state papers
60. They really throw doubt on the race, the
nature, the humanity Of that border population Of
California. which we have hitherto understood 10
be recruited from our own homes, and to some
extent civilized by the Influences of childhood
and plous teaching. To term the parties to such
cXcesses. as those described by Lieut.. Beale saw
ages and brutes, would be libel on the animal
kingdom. An inscrtablc Providence scaiters,
we know, an abundance Of bad men about the
world men capable oftho largest display oi tur-
pIiudc: and unrcstraincd by any considerations
of shame and compunction But since the Span
ish discovery and conquest of America, no COM
munlty has existed So unanimous in It's guilt and
SO hardened against a human Instincts. as these
white trespassers upon the Indian territory Of
California. Their harbarIty has no parallel ia or
ont of Christendom
Along the northern mountains of California
there are near hundred thousand Of the aho-
regimes, who have fallen back before the advance
OF the whites. Their old hunting grounds and
the mission lands, upon which, under Sp1u.sh
rule. they secured an ample livelihood, are turn
ed up with the spade and pick of the miner
The eXiles are confined TO the bleak and barren
Sierra. The usual policy of the Federal Cow
eminent has not been observed. No compcnsa.
tion has beon mad f,r tho lost territory H. ro-
serves have been sst onart FIR Indian occnnstion
,iers tbo, ,,,,,' ls,i f.,
pcrsecution tbe r,r,os, tbat Gorsrn,,en has b,s
authorised 10 he d,rs il tho nnrcb,se If ~ G.,y
Thousand carlo ,obe divided amonr the nor,sb.
inc wretches catilo which were formerly tbers
wiihont ouestion pnier the moro kindly r,io off
the Mexicans And ovon tins reluctant ns,ice
IS spoiled in the execution. The snb-aoepfs deal
with contractors. so AS TO enrich themselves hv
the lob and the contractors agreeing To deliver
number of bullocks. and distribute then, M STA
ted places among the intended bene6cinrios nj.
snallv dispose of Them ot birh nrices and onor,.
priata the money IN tberoselyos If fbev t,.ld
So far TO the cry of starvation Ms 10 permii ANY
of the food Ia reach its 5ast,n,tion il isonl, III
ter the crnelest ev,ort,on ,rbs e,i1cnce sum
piled bv the Snperintendent. unon tins poipt Is
mdispntable and reyoltinc lie states that M
least 2. 100 head of cattle nave been paid for bv
Government which had never been distributed
As designed
If the criIninalitv or those miners ,vero CON
fined 10 mere nepotivo acts I'm SPECULATION I'm
the primitive sense off rho yo~,, at the o,no,.o
of the Indians m. st,rv r,,,o,,berin,y tb.ir dos
ti,nfe condition would ba f,el8nchoIv ep,uoN
Bot Lient Bealc has hardly begnn IN upror his
BUDGET of horrors. He nyoeeels IN tell ma If
wanton mass1cres of tbe unolecjing natives.
murders SO heartles- md .lIin, as to .t,r,la
belief Glencoe and Wvon,r-, offered oo sprA
.ns,tacles as arc freo,o,,,l, l.,-5.d M, tf,,.,,,
els of Canforni, V,iooes of ,noosn,liYr AMI
tususnectin,r Indians mon women and ,l.l.fr.,
are ettackei m MONT ,nJ fhs ,,bole r,,ri,,,..,
l,tsnnringl,, butebero5 Tho ,,,,r,1orors rd.,,-o
l, trumph m the oaar,st to,,r d,snlovi,., s,.-s.
of scslps: md fbe na,ys,.ncrs ,,ro,ely .,lo,.t.-
inc the recent snccessf,l oy,e,l.5,on s,o,-.t tto
sayaces. He tolls M. of s,,eral indivil1als ~
siln1 within fneen miles of S,n Fru.,.eo
who make il n bnsiness 10 orranize eycrr-.ons
AGAINST the tribes in tbe nci,bborbood off Cia.r
Lake ottaclrin,, Tho ,,,ils,ros III. sr,~i. AMI In
I'M, an H.. wrs,cbss whom thsy c,r,,t ca1t,-,
and carry oT THO pr,sonors II, thesn n.tancss
are driven down in bs-ls IN ,be rancbes ~ ,ba
ki3nannors and t,r,od ont Into ~, f,.il ,o,,..l.
virbant clothipr or sbolter ar ,,;,or lad HAL, ,i,
bnctavo
Whom tho r,i,, sooso, s,,s b, ,bo,. ,ro ,,,.,,
cd loose Tho cr.o.s ,yho b,,, ar h,rs tfo.,, ,.,,
the steaiers rof,s,,' H., fool ,o,r yb ,o,. ,.,,,
n, lonper f,ol ,beo,soivas Iiont Re,lc r.,o,s
several indiv5p,l. .,,,vodi, c,,,,ocJ in ,f.. ir-
cr.dible wictodnrss and rboro Is 9o law s.-,'r.
enough TO roncb and ninisb tben Thrc,,,,io,,i
the igining ree,,,ns il .ne General rra,t,ce 10