New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-02-26
BY what folly Of ours can :nd must tAi. Be sseexas1
fori We have peace and health, We have Rleaty 4
everything. but nobody ls content FAR WEsr.
CEN HiRyEYS DRAGONS and TIE
SQUAWS.

an Assault upon an Indian encappment on tie
North. Western frontier by a party OF dragosns
under Gsp. Harvey. II was then alleged inst To
.ncsmpmebt was approached by stealt9' oeeeSed
by ,,ratsgem, and that a large part Of me stlsd
al wounded were women and children. L. WA
Ala asserted that the band which Was attacked and
.l,;n were guiIte.s of any wrong or outrage what
.vs, unon the whites. As it Was transaction re-
a.ctinc disgrace upon thu country, and especially
.pon the Administration, we gise below the exph-
,,,on Of Secretary DAVIS from which i can bs
seen how much or rather how little, can DO said IN
attenuation of that act Of peridy aud cruelty.
The suhi.c. came up in debate on the Army bill
on the 9th of February. Mr.. Houston Oh texas
introduced the charge, and it was afierwsTd re.
heated by Senator Hsmlin Of Maine. Mr.. Houston
s,st gave bis view, of the Indian character. Ne
said:
mIuas associated with The Indians. for they ware
in the amy of Jackson in the Greek Nston After
that, in 1917, when It'll subatern IN tue AImy,l
was appointed Sd Indian sgeut by the coyerhment-
Tho frat sub-agpnt that appointed ana Tor
,velyeme nth WAS sgain Associated VITA them % mo
transaction Of business, ard renewed the old associa-
iona Of boyhood After the duties OF my sgenoy were
over occasionally these asoca'css seae eo m .sa
Js,k clouds fell upon my pa hyay, spen; N exile
ouT wears with the Indians with various tribes. Tel
not under.'n1 TDe . ,Sas with al s s .dvsn
,sge. of education and all be bright asocsticns Of
The world, and in all the gass OF fashion, yoa
are TO learn the lOdans chalscter sn' aspSsl-
,;on and the history of his wrongs No, STs
,bav are in tradition they are not IN hs-cry,
and have learned them. know them. 4 NOV
his disposition; know it well, and better t.An my
officer who ia or the frontier OF me nn.Cea go ~
I have not the experience which have ene1, ms
MIGHT he considered boosting; but feel ina Guy
state the truth know that their character -
have stated for have not failed TO concia'e men
wherever | have tried, snd how ny evenhenasd
;nstice Hold the scales of justice suspended win 9
steady hand between yourself and the indisn, ara
Won will have no danger from him; IL WI not De
;sry TO suspend the sword above Ms mead IKE sss
mar, of the money expended TO suppot the Army or
even less you could feed the Indians on our o9rdsfs
and clobe them in comfortable garments; eni tnen
Won would need no Army except to tax care OF your
Sortresses and keep your arms order; for am surs
YOU can rely on regular Army uhies you nais
Il like the European armiee OF hundreds oi tnousanus
| Of men. sh.u.
| ON some occasions, will read from the public docu.
mens before brief extract in regard to me Bralc
war Little Thunder ard the Indians under his e9m-
uand were set upon while they were peaecfauy NOV.
np h their failies and with the supplies necessary
for their support. desire to read from the report OF
| Gen. Harpey-an officer for whom have always en-
tertaned the highest respect Gen. Harvey, IL ap.
pears was ordered TO retaae the Sioux for having
| murdered some troops-Gunnison conmand, thinh'
| He had parley with them, and be attacked them,
after finding out that they were tnere WIN ,uoM
rors their women and chill 1ren and their supplies Tor
| An Indictment season. | will read his own accounts;
But before reaching L ,he lodge. w We ,'s a md ass
Wsrs p,sy E the dison from whence
OOP' They s sf eh sSf and a. my ia %SeS
The cause the dsston which the Government. felt toward
the s s nnS sS sSd ss .a sud wSs
quietly through country that they bad mastered our troop
retrbution had that did wish to harm him personally
either deliver up the young men, whom he sinovsdsa e
Oud control they must suffer the con.eaenes Of hes
be- Of course however wn. he might have deliver
The butcher, Of our people Little o. ner.s ts s az
laey after bis disappearance from my view, 'rser.d
nits isapder mad gone to confer with his pec
| le before he returned, the massacre commenced.
Was this the way to maintain peacei II the troops
| } illed the Indians that occasion, how many de-
enseless human beings must become sufferers TO that
eaation which is the Lature Of their savage state
But this new addition to the Army must accomplish
something, the four regiments had done nothing up 10
that tm, and they must achieve something to justify
| the raising OF them. Let me read further:
The results Of this affair rs killed wounded about
1as s9d Children u %us . as p'Ts asn
provision, and camp equPsse must have comprised nearly al
Thsy were sent to st.rve or depredate on the from.
| tier. In that ncement region where game was want
ing, what were they TO dol Deprived Of all their
means of subsistence, how were they to live They
10 steal to MURDER or to rob- for they must live
| On famisb. He says further:
" Teams have been constantly engaged IN bringing into camp
everything value troops aud much has been do
| sroyed on the ground =
| THAT was a scene-an Indian chief willing 20 give
up the offender if be bad power, but protesting that
he could not be accountable for the acts of outlaws;
and We know that it IL so. Suppose some persons
from Baltimore County should inflict wrong on cti-
Zens Of the District Of Columbia and 10 kill ona
or two of them would be jast in the people here
TO demand Of the superior officer Of that community
restitution or surrender Of the murderers And il be
should say was not in his power to surrender then,
but that he wanted peace, and would do all he eouh
to preserve it, and they should 20 on and punish hs
| people for what had been done, turn loose on the
women and children wherever they might be conge..
gated and massacre them, what kind Of justice would
there be in that Would there not be as much JUS
tce in that as 10 say that because Indian chief
| could not surrender the lawless fellows of his band
| you would murder women and children and warriors
| unfortunately Circumstances Of this kind lead TO
| nterminable war. j have no doubt, however, this
gallant officer ODE yed the orders and met the views of
| the Government. Here is what Col. p. 81. George
| Cooke says:
There much slaughter in the por.uit which extended
from five eight miles and il which Hss company tsk
escaped could have Rsnded the reserve. ''''' 'A''
the enemy indicted BY my command was % ne
wounded ioriythree prisoner. women and chldrenl'
He does not say whether they were men. women,
or chldren that were killed. but be says 70 many were
killed; and that in another place by Tay Of en-.
cuse ne says that the women armed and dressed
IKE men, and fought with arrows and wounded his sol
ders. 1 presume such women were killed, but be
doss not ssy So Now, Sir never with the lades-
60 NOT thlhk that gallant; and think il still less
galant TO war on children for Of them may be-
come ladies' after proper care That one instance OF
me species Of warfare carried on with the Indians"
10 these remarks of Mr. Houston Mr. Davis
replied as follows: