Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-12-26
Gbs Anti 5lauerp Bllolc.
THE WAY UNCLE SAM GETS FAKES
FROM INDIANS,
BY AMOS GILBERT. .
LConcluded.

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All the writer's and speakers :hat have consul
tad, sxcept Rev. Timothy Flint IA suitable cogno'
man, and government officials, bear corroboraung
testimony. have no words to express my disHp'
proval of the dupcity, the asariee' the co"a'Do0'
sr.eltv: total disregard of iuborn rights ana prac
tieal denial of moral principle on the p"'' VI ''0
United States in relation to their treatment VI lAe
natives. Wm. Penn pursued dihefeh' e'u'Se'
Mark the results. lie conceded the huhn"9
the manhood of the Indian, and thus ehi'sn'eieu
theu without i'm pairing hlR seli-respect'
From @. L. Davenport l learn that the lhoiahs
vsro yery devotional Four times IN the year 'ne
whole tribe was engaged in mploring blessings,
or returning thanks. One before planting corn corn
another before hunting expepiton; third. "hen
thew gathered their crops aud fourth at the Close
Of winter.
Those who from hearing the government story
have come to the conclusion that the indian ha'"re
is altogether bad, and insusceptGc OF mehor""o''
cannot be expected to have an open eur ior Tue
other side; and yet have convcrse1 win no one
here. who lived among them and know them from
daily intercourse and business transactions Wh'ch
does not sho W them in different light They Lea'
of tho tribes and relate anecdotes Of kindness anc
selEsacriGce that their despisers and rHuuceF'
have not the hear to initiate. The writer iron
whom some Of the facts in this sketch are derived
relates some that without a parallel III autheh
tic annals, out in character with what Is s"'u uY
living witnesses.
That the Sauks were not deficient in gratitude
may be inferred from the fact that they presented
Antoine lie Claire Two square miles 1.-TWO sections
of land \ ON the western shore Of the Mssissippi
one of which is the site of the town lie Claire'
nnI the other that Of the city of Davenport lhese
were free gifts, for the fairness he showed as 'heli
Interpreter with government agents.
That there were selfsacri6ting ones among them
is certain, for when one of them was accused o'
something which, if proven before judicial tri'
bunal would cost his life; when the proper pihcei
went to arrest him, he found him PROSTATE with
disease. lie was about to act the trustworthy
official, by taking the body. The relatives and
friends of the accused, expostuated without enec'
until a brother offered to take his pace and suffer
the penalty, whatever it mi ght be. The substitute
was accepted.
Another similar instance was this. Five Sauks
were concerned in taking the lie Of a white man
A demand was made the tribe to forward the
homicides for tripl. One was the nephew OF heo
kuk. lie was taken and delivered the other -four
made their escape. The demand for the seizure
and delivery was peremptory accompanied by
threat that failure to comply would crimnate the
whole nation aud probably lead to their extrpa
zion. To stave off such calamitv, four OF theil
Young men volunteered to take the places of the
offenders, and abide the consequences. The oHei
was accepted,
How the proxies fared in either of the foregoing
cases, is not known, but for the credit Of our au
man natures philanthropy must hope that theil
noble selfsacrifce rendered their judges. 1t i'
believed that even Jeffres, Kane, a Leavitt ol
Taney could not award penalty under circum
stasees where breach of civil or moral law wa;
not imputed, or suspected.
/ have been at the site of the Sauk village
whore Black Hawk was born, lived and hoped
10 die. ! have stood on the promontory that Jests
into Rock rVer known as Black Hawks throne
or tower. have stood by the oak he climed tc
take a far look out to see if the enemy Was ap
proachiug but did not realize such emotions OF
solemnity and sublimity; or even sympathy as
anticipated. The fault was in myself, not in the
sceue. My reasoning powers were in the ascend
ant and held the emotional subordinate lnde
pendantly of the history of the spot is SO almost
incomparably beautiful that will not attempt
.descriotion. Another has venturcd and viii
cony not however because at is. complete; only
better than can doit
"Nothing Of the kind can be more attractive