The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-01-03
VOL. XV-NO 2
Peace Declared with the Nuvnios st heir
~uffcrtngs.

Ii has been announced that the Navajo Indians
! in New Mexico, have sued fer peace A cores
pondent who travelled withthe U. f. troops, writes
to the Washington Union, az follows.
| For several weeks repeated and persistent ap~
reas have been made ty the nation, wherever they
! SAW the troops ma,chiag through the country for
peace, In the last scont crosses were 10 tho
| sand across the TOAD, Which Indicated that the
indians were asking uE, as Christians, to spare
them. In one place small cross was erected
90 It was white piece Of mnslia, with q small vel.
| los spot stained with iaa powder from the corn
tassei. The ehite musla was the American en-
hiem Of peace; the cross, the Mexican; and the
yellow stais. the Naval Around this cross, thus
| erected Ia the vilds ard wastes of barren and
doieint,ook'ng eonntry we're the bare footprints
OF title children aud women, who, doubtless. had
placed it thtreas a s;hat appeal TO our Christian
feelings Ard education have pity upon their for
lorn and almost helpless coudition--remindingu US
ct tie sacred ties of ou childhood's home. and
Juvenattas remembraaces Of "Auid Lang Syne"
which moved TO compassion and tears the fi,ntest
heart Little tracks almost iufintile size were
seeu IN the snow, whee families Il d, like fri GIFTED
fawns. frem our Advancing troops, and hid them
selves ia the rocks and caves Of the immense
mountains and cauorS Of the country.
It Has surrouudei by such incidents and cir
cemstances that cb ei approached with II white
| flag, pleading for pace. Colonel Miles with a
consideration which showed that the carnage of
war and the hardcuti life Of the soldier hal not
smothered the impulses of humanity. listened TO
his appeal, aud informed him that ii he would be
a; certain point, III other chiefs, at a certain
time, prisoner fror tho garrison would be sent
out 20 meet them All bring them in. that they
cCRid talk with thei agent, who expected 10
return TO the post yout the time fixed On hear
ing these facts, tbt agent instantly dispatched
another prisoner on into the country to Inform
the chiefs OF bis pr sence aud his Willingness to
meet aud counsel tiem In accordance with this
arrangement, ten ( the chiefs and some of the
principal men of tta nation came into the garri-
son yesterday, the 9th, and after full and tree
talk with the az mt and the military e0mmau-
der, asked, through she agent, q cessation of hos
tiities, which wa granted for thirty days, upon
certain terms, at te close OF which commissioners
are to meet them ID conclude peace.
have not time at this writing to give you the
particulars of the .rmistice, but they such as
TO show the utter humiliation of the Indians and
their sutjectiou Heretofore they have believed
that We sere afrs 1 of them, that they were the
greatest people earth, aud manifested ia every
respect their selt-.nportance. They now acknow.
lodge their weaktrss; express the most Garnet de-
stea for peace, afd say they want 20 be friends
fpTercr The iuttyview between the chiefs and the
agent was quite affecting. When told that the
agent had prevail ia the troops TO stop war for
a while, they embraced him. ami hung their heads
in profound silence, as if performing some re ous
rite. 0ne old chrf-Armij jo-rose up, and taking
his little boy, ABOUT eight years oldnamed Henry
Dodge after ther former ageut--by the hand, said
he wanted peace for such as him-the children
for ihey were suffering much from cold and hun.
ger, aud had NO they could call hou,e as they
were continually being chased from their lodges
aud fires.
Auo;her chief .glrsiltos Lrrqos (who was SUD.
posed TO have lsen kIiled,l the head chief of the
nation, pointed 10 his vie and said be wanted
peace Tor the women. They were crying their
homes were broken up, their friends aud relatives
being killed, ami they could not 'le down a. night
| and turn over quiet" The old chief said be
wanted 'sIrsight out peacs"-one that would
| last forever; aud would agree to do anything in
| his power to bring it about. 1t was truly an af.
fecting council aud exhibited more than can de-
scribe imagine the deep distress ofthe.e people.
! tha mmruse suffering they have endured during
| tue brief but energetic and successful war made
| against them Is the small column Of 800 men,
! which Col. Miles has marched through every part
of tue Naval c0untry, scaling their most nacces-
sible mountains aud pentratlug their most fearful
aud terrific CANOES, where white had never
trod. aud where tae Indian falsely dreamed hs
| could elude the pursuit Of our army.