The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-04-22

There 10 . letter in the las, number Of the
.6r,.on Herald. from Mr.. Frank II

tons he writer has any thing haI n
yorabls opinion Of Indian character tie
speaks OF Them As mean dasiartly, sud
psffilo1s race, and atinbuies the atrocities
committed by them to the indulgen' man>
ner IN which they have been treated. The
following 10 an extract lfo,a the letter IN
question
"Tha Seminolos Of FloriA.. snd the
Greek OF Georgia were for lo"g timc
treated with the same tender consideration
with which our Indians are now blessed
How did they repay such kiadncs,f bet
AL thu tales Of Indian cruelty and cunning,
abieh made our early boybood wonder;
let the burning Of iarni. aud the slrking OF
houses. the ruthless and unpfoyuked mas
ssere Of helpless womrn aud sackhng
babes, The sealpIng katie, the take ant the
tomahawa, and their countless victims, an.
sRef The great majority OF our Indian
population ave our ayoved an1 bitter foes
Ihty w,ll ever b.. 50 while they live
Tribes too, which have hitherto been at
deadly eumtty now smoke the calumet
that they nlsY combine Tor our destruction
Tie " lcht40 Ow smokes the pipe aud
eats the salt ot The Waco and { omanchp
who tiys vrs,s nga we're his deadhest foes
The Tenteaa. and the l.ipan hsv. buried
the var elub Of thelf hate. and tug up The
bloody Ratchet Of Vengeance agaio', the
whiles Away up towards the North the
huscalafos, the ApIch'-, timeroues, and
,,,,,boo. onc, a, omen w,, ,,i,b e,rb
other. have united in one common cause
agaias, the white man. ssh farther to.
wards the pole. and the murder Of Guuni,
son and his party disclo,es tn, fact that the
same feeling exists there. Even those who
have been our friend. have become luke
warm. and 40 man can foretell the end of
all lAi. What. then. - to be done \oih
ing hslf way will answer the pnrpo.a
~ hstsyer action IA taken IA the premises
uu.t ba prompt and decisive. Then must
BE- mi dorm and Ken, dorm thcy must be
efirrmigafed or pconcd roe, and branch
In, leHy to talk about iusfirr--,hp l1-
tee of their complaint. aud their NIGHTS 10
redress. This may serve as a gas escape.
ma,,t ia Congress but when rheir bloody
kpiye. are aimed at the hearts of oar
eount,ymen. our friends our relative. -
when the, drunk the blood nf innorent
wompn and helpless haha. when outrage
i. adipd 10 insult tnd injury. and plandef
aud ,eferk hpk. 4 with n.sts-i4afion. 1t l.
~ time 10 vuter into ahstfaat metaphysical
rsa.anc and dissertations iu regard to their
while his knife wreaks in innocent blood
10 cry out lo the poor lndau Such
a policy may auswe well IN tho abstract,
but j, wont d. Tor these every day reslnies
OF frontier HE"
we kno,, n.,.,nal,, hut li,tIe about la.
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W. nav "'"'u "'" 'f""' ""th muse VINO
have spent gres, portion OF their lives
amoaa them. we are inclined to think lhnl
IA. Indians has. L,cp badly treated
nav nat. ,n,. No.. ,,., e., a.,
la. ,a..L.,. IT, c..,.,,I.''., ~
cause '"'f Na'' 'e" ''""o WI" A'""'''s7
aud humanity; Bat the reverse. The gov.
crumeut of the United States has been
,o,.,o,s IN ,beu Ian, thai, kind ,,t.n,io,s
t.. h.. l.o,a,.l .,r...
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less ne" ana specni"'o's' VINO hans upon
our lsontiefs to cheat the poor Indians out
oil their rights. senator Ilouston in his
l,,o .na..h -, u,o N.h,,.k, ,J, vi,h
1T 49,, ,.-,,..l -.
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" But the honorable Senator nom Iowa.