, 1856-04-11

| hood, and OF Just Such cHuructer Us ~
embarrass and perplex our delegate in his
efforts to obtain such appropriations as
will be adequate for the payment of the
expenses incurred in the prosecution of the
war The following is the letter of our del
egate to which we have referred:
Ii Hall or THE HOUSE Of REPRESENTA- NTIvEs.
" U'ashington City Feb. 18th, 1856.
DEAR wnrY:-The California mail closes in a few
moments but in addition To what said In my letter
of the 18th / must add a word My attention has
this moment been called to a letter published in the n
T. Herald Of the 18th Feb, 1856, signed " T. %. I: U
and dated Vancouver, W. T., Jan. llth, 1856. There
are many truths in this letter, but also many isrtP
rssrntaiOns OF fact. How can man IN the midst ol
Indian hostilities write so? send you the letter, for
fear YOU may not see il elsewhere. (Ou will readily
see the Objectionable features OF It, For Instance
In Washington territory, the most worthless conn-
try in our limits &c.,-" OregOnans have gone IN.
asked into Washington territory &c-" The gold
miners who went there, (COlyile, last summer, did
not respect the Indians much" &c.
Now all that the writer OF this letter says about the
Old fogies in the army and the efficiency of the young
officers, &C.. concur in but must protest against
those feelings at territory and the insludton that
this war brought about by the bad tleatntnt OF
the Indians by the Whites. I. no sueh mng-you
here in my efforts To obtain the relief sought Tor
have been asked hundred times, if the blame was not
to be attributed to the whites, to which have always
replied no. Now Just US am impressing upon tue
Departments and Congress- that this Is an unPTOrOked
war by the Indians letter from headquarters comes,
insinuatng that the whites are to blame.
have not time to comment further. You VIII see
the Objectionable features Of the letter Much truth Is
mixed up with the balance.
In great haste,
| am your friend,
J. PATTON ANDERSON.
Whatever may be the experience of 9TH
ers, we have been q resident Of this Terrific
ry for the best part of four consecutive
years, and upon closely taxing our recol-
lection, cannot call to mind the first in
stance which has fallen under our observa-
ton of physical chastisement being inaict-
cd upon an Indian by white man ; nei-
ther do we know of a single instance, du.
ring that time, where an Indian has per-
formed labor, or any kind Of service, but
that lie has been rewarded according to
contract. Our Indian agents those in
charge Of the Indian department. have
ever been peculiarly rigiiant and serUP"lONs
in maintaining the rights Of the Indians
shielding their persons from harm or as
sault, and in seeing that justice has been
meted out to them and not only this, but
they have used every possible precaution
to prevent the traffic Of liquor amongst
them, ferret out, and bring to justice the
vendors Of it. 1t is needless to repeat, for
the hOWsdndh time, that the war was ER;
prorO6cd by the whites-that preparations
for it have been going on for years, in their
accumulation Of ammunition, &c.,-that
the formation Of treaties with them had
nothing to do in bringing it about, and we
venture the assertion with confidence, that
the rights Of the Indians in this Territory
and Oregon, have commanded from our
citizens more respect and consideration
that they, as general rule, have been
better treated than has been accorded to
any Indians on the frontiers since the march
of civilization crossed the Allegheny noun
tains.
The people Of this Territory are well ac-
quainted with the character Of its citizens
who visited the Colville gold region last
sumner. 1t is well known that they COM
prised our most respectable, industrious and
valuable citizens-just and upright and
the assumption that any Of them wronged
or misireatcd the natives, going or return
ing, as we are informed, is uHqHal5fedly
false. Quito a number Of our citizens who
went thither, never returned they were
murdered by the Indians in detail. Indian
agent BoIoN was murdered about the same
time, and hence the war.
Believing, as we firmly do, that change
of Executive, instead of being beneficial,
would prove disastrous subversive Of
the public interests at the present time ;
and as we have no reason to believe that
any change trhGterer is contemplated in
reference TO our Territorial authorities
certainly none for al least q year to come,
'ohercby a6OiitiONism or knOt0-nOthiHgism can
erpcct to Be benefited Mere6y-we could qui-
city regard with indifference the malicious
falsehoods and calumny with which the ex-
ecutive is constantly assailed-confdent
that he has done, and continues to do, oil
and everything that could be accomplished
by any other man, to prosecute the war to
q speedy close, but when Misrepresentation
go abroad and claim the attention Of heads
of departments and members of Congress,
calculated to prove prejudicial and ruinous
to our already suffering people, by arrest
ing appropriations for their relief, we can
not look tamely on without solemnly pro-
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