The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-02-22
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The Cruelty oflhe Tndians.

HpeaAhS OF the thfillln1 narrative %
drs. Wilson. who recently mrde her esca
from .hs C-manchr Indians, tie 81. Lous
Republican says:
"lfer account OF her suGerings and ~
freshmen seems 70 be almost iacredible- IL
is difficult 70 bsliere thai a.. this day and ia.
this enlightened age. there are any tribes !.
assccisied wEh the whites who eouii be
guilty of such barbarilies. We learn how
ever, from Major Stsen.s Of the United e
States ir.uy. who was stationed in New,
Mexico, and has had much intercourse Ki,k
these and o.her lsdians. that the narrative
is not at all likely to BIZ oyer-wrought. He
has given us a narrative Of females who's
ae has released from the Indians, .het ev-
IN exceeds Mrs. Wilson's account Of suffer.
ing. In one instance he released Eve Mex
lcsn girls The Indians had attacked
Mexican ranehs, murdered the parents an&
men and taken away the women and ChiI
dren. The boys they tram he more say
ase and brutal than themselves; the fe.
males they use for all kinds Of drugery an,i
she most Iicentious purposes. E-1
"The major Informs US that, among the
Eve taken from the Indians, there was a
iltle girl Of about nine o: ten years; tha;
she had been compelled 10 drive cattle, stc-, .
len from her fathers rancho, distance OF
more than Ihree hundred miles. She wsa
oareloo4ed, and the th0rns of the cactus
were planted in her feet seemingly as thick j,
as tile hair en- mans hsad The soles &:
her feet had burst from the irritation, AMI
some Of her toes were protruding from the
flesh. and the bones were exposed. Her
whole body was bruised and mangled fror, :
@hippings, end the piercings of the spears
which the old squsws carry. The otht" +"
four -girls, older than this one, we're in near.
ly the same condition. With much dificults =
h secured possession Of them. and I,rop's
treatm Mt aud supplying them with neeessa y
ry clotatng, &e., which hsa to be done a. ;
the private expense Of the officers Of tllI
post {the United States government having
no fnnd for charitable purposes, ] they wess
sCnt .othpir relatives in Mexico. s Ia
"Mslpr Steeu succeeded. az his individa.
81 eZnease azd that Of another officer, in res
cui X from the Indians Mexican wornai.
ageA .abcut twenty eight years, who has
been we'll and tenderly raised, and as well
eI1cGed Ss tiie country where she resides
permitted, and Of her son, small child. -
Her narration Of the su!Ferings and indign17 /.
ties TO witch she ssubjected can scarceG
be described. On, another occasion, the me-
ior; and another eaieer hired Mexican to-
steal a Mexican woman whom the Indiay.>
had ia captivity, and when she was deliver 3
cd TO item she was in most deplorabsl
condition destitute Of clothing, and phys
Ilcally reiuced to the nlerest skeleton.
''lhe persons thus rescued from captivitr
wexe returnedto their relatives in Mexico;
and up to this time the cost, labor and ex
penso Of capturing them from the Indians.
Of medical treatment, and supporting ana
sesdinS ,teEl home. has been paid out O.
the private purses Of the officers. Is this
JUS. or right on the part Of the United
States government? #ss & #
"Major Steen informs US that among tha
bands Of the Camsnche Indians from which
frs Wilson escaped. there are fully two
! hundred white persons held IN captivity
chiefly Mexlcans. The Indians justify their
CONDUCT Ivy alleging thst the Mexicans steal
their children and make slaves of them.
''Be this as it may, it must be admitted.
thatit is the duty the government prompt-
| ly and etticieRay to furnish the means Of
putting an end 10 this cruelty. and of pun
ishing the Indians. Ia the early history oi
our country. the Indian paid some respect
10 the virtue Of the female; in the progress
| of his connection With civilization, he has
tlost even this attribute. He is now as beast.
| ~ as he is savage, and the government
should provide the means to punish them
whenever they violate the laws OF humani-
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