New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-09

the miirary academy Of We: Point inr.tnaon
WI ere eobs. mt, hsuteur, lnhemsnity aud uncs'+-
teDtd love Of power are learned 0y the young n-n a.
eff c:usl.y OK s.Ive plantation Saysrs diys BE-
fore he affair be bes by wh'e " ines-e5 70 ssT
ths, he waited a m1ss with he indisns Ia al
protabili Fleming another al1rDnu7 Of Wesi Point
was cos nizHt II tais purpose sno approved II. A
Grs,io, aher A G toeu bad Jsied, = a'tan eidcesse
them 70 The efe Ct ihs he did no. believe to: hey
"vould have 10 fire gun, bu' he hoped % I'D tbey
",-ouId haze n Egh that they were 10 ooey only hs
" orders o. ti Jse Of the sef2ezn', ADDING, when
give you tho orier, you may FIRE as much as yo1
I'd please He employed "a drunken, swea--
ling Interpreter, IN opposition to the al Wee and So
iciistion OF NJ. Bocde lux thst he wodld leave the
creature in his iBOrjeaux's house AID get sJocf
MAJ ard he permitted The vTc:ch 20 rs'sl mis- WHISKY
bottle which lie he'd ought along With him, aud 70
continue bis tipping ami, he vas mad WITH s'!mu.a-
ton Ten, when i, was too late inot, however, 10:
tie leu'eDants purpose he TOOK tbs boSIe away Slu
set tie poor MAI lac upon tie India AmO4S ouer
more than savage taun's he told them; ths Hsa
"tnant, witn thirty men and cannon, y a. come 70
"eai Their hearts raw" LCutenaD Col. DOH hao, M
reeuiar coumarcer Of the fort, but absent irom g.
post al the time 10 question, claIes tnat
no Ii. Gfstt.n i.f the fen un
q de.Is TO have ,bt with the indians.
A1d ,oy We put II 20 eve'y t0res' men: Were tie
indians cupa 5e these ranssctiots Even the indsn
sle1t John w. Whitfield parsonage devoted - toe
bowels that be whether they BE- at dsongon o. o. tue
Mlsoun border, tie delegate of tee "border ruflas
for Kansas in Corgrtfs end the hcr in Official
reprr. % TIE Goyerrme the humane and Christian
advice 10 give all the tribes from Texas 70 Oregon
geptecl drubDing," says:
Pleas that M. 3, and r ire offender h.d not been post
prIed until my arrival II t bad been could have set me
grs ss 1 S51bg ne " Sld haze rad any te Of G,c,
by ever rel be ssptem th.i ths7 on ,ed -
RRe e hts l nns SoDid be r,duiIsd.s
The agent mie h: have aided that not this could
be required until demand made by hin, sf,er beng
"furrisbed with all TIE facs and documents upoI
the tribe for satin facu0c.
A<aiu the agent says:
q
after one gun had AID in llsG wound ~ a. ch'f
begged youDg Do fire f Perhso' the 'oleisy
would 10 away
Again he says:
The hesd chief etb.r' went inc tbevlsi to Try 'ad
persuade The oH,nier to 'ursndfr"
Ano yet again:
ne Siolr ., he Jond # e Platte haze heretofore been
gaJdd "a the most peaeeabh and Jf'"dy '"daa on "e Pd
M Bordeaux, whose statement is dated Fort Lara
"nie Aug %" ten days afer the event, ana Is con-
frmed by seven other Witnesses of the outrage, and u
it, mott jus, and SPEEDY rehibu'ion, says:
di. and then the chiefs hGanxu.d 70 the youas
men not u charge sJon soldiers hat being had wounded
on they possibly would be s sded bat the lieutenant
'rea a men 70 p so a A of the fort and
killing all The SOLDIER bD' ny Logging Of & chen then Fesdd
Col. Hoffman says:
II doc, net appear that affair anticipated by the ia
di,us"
an officer in comms and of all the sources of nO,mi-
on and hcse special duty it is to exh aust them ALL
delivers The mOet direct aud decisive condemnation OF
our part in these ions which has thus far oeon
uttered. In fact, jus in proportion TO any hones:
rsaDs knowledge of the case must his verdict be
prompt ard stern against the Government, its officers
and agents. He says:
The Sioux belong bands in rmiv 7h TIE Uaited Stl
bands which have snnuiies due them dsc resy pauons
ard the Mormons should under tie provisions Of the later
and he would under the law have pail out Of tae
srnuis IT. the properly istsn buy no otsef VI me TIHy
inoisn e the oasnse charged upon him"
Mr.. McCleand, SECRETARY of the Interior, to whose
depar men belongs the whole subject of indian Affairs
and indian Relations, and who, of course, IN making
up his report at the last session OF Congress, had all
TIE facts before him. declared officially tue 4tl OF
December, respec ing thete very lnlaus D. Kansas
and Nebraska, where all the Sioux b-losg, that
The indians dsOu. Of strictly per mins their
spective eDgsgem'ns"
And what have we on the other SIDE We have this:
During the past year the sioux indians have eommed
depieesons upon the property Of emir passing Fort
LssUe their route to Oregon and Utah On ne 18Th OF
mar der OF that with thirty arrest an of nde This
rtre Detachment was ssacred BY the insan with the
etpon OF one who escaped severely wounded aud ub
aueny ded TIE csuu stances Of this ah we've at hrst Ia
vowed In much obscuIity authentic dstaIs hsse since
proved that e massacre tSas result Of deliberately formed
idA prompted by oTedse OF the weashe'. OF the carson
1T For L.Tsme by the temptation TO plumber the lsTte
gsotity Of public and private accumulated srd
the po, The indians IN this sfair be-
tween ffteo hundred and two thousand
These are the daring and unsupported asser ions Of
our "frebsand. srrows-and. death secretary OF War,
Mr.. Jefferson Davis who sustains the border rufians,
countenaIces the Cuban h!ibutors, wlelds President
Pierce, rides Dobbio, commands the army aud navy
and, a Ia pidntati0n whips Marcy and Cushiog daily
up TO their dDtY work.
No I6go could concoct a more cruel and malicious
lie than he has tod in the above pa sage OF his annual
report communicated 10 Congress on the 4th OF Dec
1854. For beside the testimony we have fro eight
unmpeached witnesses, sl present at the affair, and
from every civil functonary, and fro the only regu-
l8r commander OF the oraS to the entire absence ci
any previous wrong, preparation or premedtsuon on
the part of the indanssee the transparent deceit Of
Daviss staten ent aid his malicious suppression Of
the most material points in the case
He says the fort was reds. and that the plot and
ma sscre were prompted by knowledge OF that fact,
and by temp tston 10 rob the large stores aHumu-
lated al and the post ye they did not attack the
fort nor attempt 10 touch the stores contained though
there were " from fifteen hundred to two thcusani"
indians present frantic wit, grief for their great loss,
burning with revenge, flushed with victory and b4ed
with iS spols. On the other hand there were only
ten left in the fert There is not the shghtes.
doubt that the indians would have had the fort and all
its stores and ali its lives in BALI an hour, the chiefs
hao not stihed their resentment aud restrained their
people at the entreaty of Mr.. Bordeaux.
Davis says " During the past year the Sioux have
" committed many Expectations on the property OF
" emgrants," &c. Whitfield says:
hi. the ,ay have heard Of their disturbing
any during a., srd the Mormon had
trouble but he took fright and len HI: cow
As 10 the stores accumulated near tie post,
what were they They were chiefly the goods due
from the United States to the indians Themselves who
were waiting TO receive them from Whitfield, the
agent as soon as be shosd arrive. Here then, was a
stupt ndous plot TO commit horrible massacre for the
purpose of robbiDg certain stores rkick their
0rH ard certain other within their reach, but
which they never attempted TO touch The lie was
as shallow as il is now deep-dyed in blood. Except
that it has taken the form and dimensions OF an army
and ten miles Of slaughter should be inclined 70
say to the secretary "You had better try again You
can invent something less discreditabIe TO your un-
derssnoing and more decent for the public gaze"
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