Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-07-19

the means by which their earnest endeayors to
| hold the spectators in check are rendered
| abOrtive:
| To the Editor Of the Star:
| BY publication in your paper of the 9Th inst
| IL appears that the Government has determined
| in compliance with the petition of certain citi
| Zens OF Douglas county, Kansas Territory 10
| throw into market "t the surplus of the Shawnc,
reservation remaining after the Indian selections
| had been nade;' and going on to say that whit
| settlers have gone OH these lands upon the assur
ance that they would not be wanted for ind-
| vldual Indian selections. Now, II these petit
| TONERS and settlers really what they profrss
| TO be; II they really mean TO take such honest
| advantages as the redemption laws allow and
none other, have nothing to urge against the
propTiety and fairness Of this decision Of ths
| Government. But IL they are persons who have
intIuded on these lands and sraked Oft claims in
| defiance Of law, and do not mean TO hermit onv
but themselves to bid for the lands, then they
| are specuiatlng trespassers and should be driven
| on, and the lands should be held by the Govern
| ment until such time as the general good and
not the interest Of a few individuals, demand
| their sale and settlement. ......
| Ii Is against the repetition of scene which
| was enacted about two years ago. at the sale of
| the lands which the Government held in trust
| for the Delaware Indians. that would protest
That scene, as recollect, was described Inv a
| correspondent Of the st Louis Republican sub
stantially follows
The s9uatter court had been sitting several
| days to effect an organization to counteract the
| speculatoTs. Some fractions that were open TO
| competition were knocked of at Sd 10 Der acre
The men composing the township on
sae stood round the door from which the see.
lions were sold, and Il Is needless to add that no
| outsider was foolhardy enough to bid on the
| claims, and they sold rapidly at 81 so to 81 IS
| per acre The fever among The spec ulators. oc-
casioned ny being prevented from bidding, gave
large prices to the squaters who felt disposed to
sell their claims. One man, a mile and a half
from town, sold SIS acres for Sll Go" - So
This statement Of the correspondent Of the
81. Louis Republican has never been Questioned,
And II exhibits the disgracefui fact thar the Uni
ted States Government, while acting as trustee
Tor tribe OF poor ignorant Indians permitted
them TO be swndled out Of the value Of their
lands by combination of speGulato eaiIjnp
themselves squatters. The Indian land were not
open to presumption, and these holders of ci i,ns
Were trespassers The whole proceeding. There
fore, was violation OF their rights aud discred.
liable to the Government, which, as trustee was
bonnd to see that justice was done them -
n paragraph appeared in the ST SHORTLY ate .
wards, elm IL was said that these Delaware
Indians were a ijch tribe, each individual of
them being worth more than four Thousand daI |
lars. The moral Of which Is that whenever an /
Ii dian Is found to have than four ti,onsand
dollars, perfectly rightthat the high. minded
h,nofable, chivalrie, money despising Chi, tian
white man should cheat him out Of the overpIns.