The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-09-09

INDIAN POLICY OF THE ENGLISH.

criticisms deprived of their point by the demonstrated
success of institutions and that its predictions
often contradiced by existing ae it looks with queer
wonderment upon every American enterprise not very
acy certain that the American people cannot do every
thing that their transarine relations pronounce mposs
BILE what has chiefly stopped the oensnre OF reviewers
has been the demonstration that in many cases the evil
complained OF in the United States exists in as great
nifty in England.
We take up on this the treatment of the Indian
occupants of countries which England the United States
NAV have discovered American cruelty to the "red mani
has been the theme of much poetca sympathy and polem
cal condemnation. We have been accused OF robbng the
Indian of his brthrghi paying them in the destructive
currency of smallpox whlskey We have retored by
citing the policy of the India Company Its subagaed
millions It's slaughters, and its expressions
We have turned to article in late number OF the
Edinburgh Review in which the kair and the kaGr
policy of Britain thoroughly discussed, and
must say that there be any difference in the systems
which the two countries pursue towards the aborignes,d
is in our favor for pay almost much for their land
a, we sell to European immigrants for, whilst have
founded schools built mills cultivated farms and thrown
the Indians the protection OF our arms But we Will
make few extracts from the article referred to- that
readers may how far authorized to con-
denim our policy towards the aboriginal tribes.
The Review goes thoroughly into the history OF the
Kar race under British connexion and that the first
Of civilization prac,ised by the British soldiers was 10
steal the hch form the only wealth of the kar The
Reviewer says that in the last expedition the fifth kar
war just closed Sir George Cahcar brought away 10000
cattle from Ke and that in all these wars, the great
business of troops has been lift cattle by the thou
| sand"
In detailing the early events of the settlement of the
cape by the whites the Reviewer quotes from paria-
| menary documents to prove that
IF the white seized the black grazing ground
the latter unnaral, realated by Selling the herds
of the former and ctteseaing the side revenged
by commanders the other, became the normal position
frontier policy These commanders forays OF armed
and mounted Kar land only do not themselves
strike cattle-seaing expeditions because
struck with the wholesale destruction of the native grazc
and because the thets committed magnificent
scale. BY help of horse and musket the Beers brought
back thousands in place of hundreds For example May
nier Landroost of in 1892 tells that he
witnessed the distribution of 30 900 head the result Of
Of these ncursons No wonder, he adds that he
convinced that complaints of the Beers about the Ka6r
depreiaons always exaggerated, originating from
design to enrich themselves
In carrying the "British policy it found
sary extend the colonial frontier" and the
Kafrs. The Reviewer says
"To get the natives the Fish river no easy
taskt took fourteen years of effort, ending in the first
Kafr Of lsl1-l2 after which year began what
called the military sysemthat is Fish river guard
ed by military posts, and orders given that Kahrs
found the right bank of this river should be followed
up and shot, These orders were obeyed many KaArs
thus shot, but those who remained only became tho
more dangerous and revengeful.
! "The second and third lea-bites-only
few thousand cattle taken and comparatively manumber
I
cessy of removing these reacherous and irreclaimabe
savages safer dstance and the British bound
AIRY forthwith declared to extend to the right bank of
| the river kei, where it now Is
"This was in 1896 but in the next year this last CON
quest restored, under what is known the Geneg
policy.
THE third war which broke out in 1896 ended by re,
establishing the eastern boundary of the British the
| Kei"
We pass to the last Kafr war; which arose from the
perseverng attempts capture the great Kar chief San
dill The Reviewer says:
the day after this attack Christmas day. the fear
full aud bloody Of the soldier settlers in the irons
tier villages; the Gaikas man. many of the kafr
police Joined them refusing fight against their country
men, expecting them to succeed and Sandi and Ma
taught the to estimate their power by shut
ting him up in Fort Cox, out of which he cut his way
the last day of the with great gnllantr but at fear
full risk
ord Glenelg in his oft-quoted despatch Sir Bena-
min DU rban animadverted very strongly on Sir Harry
(then Colonel Smiths report OF his devastation Of Kafr
land during the of 1885, remarkng that such deola-
ton of cnemys country not in aid of military opera
tons for the security of the invading force has been
invariably followed by universal Reproduction Had Lord
Geneg been Colonial Secretary in 1852, he would have
found himself compelled doubtless was Lord Grey, to
que in his instructive Indignation when called upon to
approve Of similar devastation because military opera
tons did need their aid and, indeed could haraly have
succeeded without them, Sir II. Smith writes thus to
! Lord Grey in july 1851
1880 head of cattle AZ Horses and nearly 1000 goals
captured by the second divisions $50 head of cattle
by the first and 300 by the force under Captain Tyde
while large stores of destroyed, well
numerous recently-constructed huts'
Again. in January, 1852, he writes:
My next step will be, the the men are some
what refreshed to fill the Amatolos with troops and to
carry on systematically, devastation the horrid result Of
snrage which will reduce the people to submit to my
terms 80
And accordingly in arranging the movements for so
doing, find the following order;
The object ,his disposition u the troops is 10 spot
the Gaha cattle burn all his kraals the fences Of his
cornhe!ds, and destroy the cornheds themselves The
troops will be provided with sickles dragon and rife
swords and will move at daylight in the prosecution Of
this devastaon as locality and circumstances direct"
How completely such orders were executed will be
proved by the following extract from among many We
might quote of the officers reports Colonel Eyre during
orny against the fambookies. in 1851, writes follows:
"Ihis completes the narrative Of my proceedings up
this date Our laLors and eyerons have been great but
the result only moderate We have captured in all G,A5
head OF cattle exclusive of those lost and Killed few
horses and several thousand goats and burned and de-
sroyed most of the huts and kraas route
And this moderate punishment il may be as well to
remark inflicted, not the "contumacious Giakas
but upon their allies the Tambookiez, respecting whom
Sir George Cathcart in despatch in 1862 admits thai
their war with US may have been at its commencement
aggravated If not provoked by unjusable aggression
the part OF certain individuals Of the burgher population
the northeastern districts But enough of details Sir
H. Smith, in his DESPATCH Immediately after his recall thus
sums up the punishment which he had inflicted these
most formidable barbnrians the rcsult of that horrd
war which they so wantonly commenced
During the prosecution Of this war; 1000 warriors
cording to the kars statement have fallen including
SO chief all of them of distinction 5000 head
nlp Ala md T.