The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-11-10
THE
MOUNTAINEER.
GREAT snrurt eirN
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1889.

SATURDAY N0 HtsaiD1 2 y ny i'og
THE INDIAN sUPERINTEND.
b. So .-sss n ,ENCY. re' IA. .s
Fsor the best Information We can
ea,her IN regard to the affairs Of DR..
Foru,y our lats Indian Superintendent,
~ accounts q che doctor appear 70 stand
81 md honest His inaccuracies were
.pparcn,Iy more to be attributed to the
errors n the head than of the heart
Although. anatomically speaking, the
heart and brains are responsible to each
Other for their several misdemeanors; yet.
morally speaking. we can scarcely hold .
toierable good heart responsible FOR The
erroneous actions 81 nntutored brains,
With the doctor personally I'VE have
no fault 10 ind He il but one Of the
living monuments Of The uniortunntc non.
sense that controls the actious Of the ma.
ton Time after time has Utah applied
~ petition for the appointment Of q sn.
perintendsnt and agents intbs Indian de-.
partmeut who were suitable 10 the tasks
assigned them; and every time their pc
titions were repudiated.
Would II not be considered most ab
surd 70 select an occupant for the iu
dicidi bench who knew not law. and va.
Ounce u all legal mattefsl Is il mot
equally absurd 70 select from an apothe'
caEy's shop, dissecting room. Or the
once Of 4 hotaryApnbIic, man 10 super
intend the Affairs of I race Of men, Or
whose customs and manners be is entirely
ienoransl Il
Wsnsed not conane the Argument 70
the Indian department alone What has
been for years gone By, and what are
now. the f4cis Ia regard 70 federal mp
pcintmentsf In thfeewords the matter
il told Pastianstip sersas oppositaoa.
No matter bow upsnitsd 10 The. duties
aud responsibilities Of The oiice 10 which
he i appointed, HE hass but aIlared the
fsncies aud Affections sf The appointing
POwet. the sppoihtec gets his salary
whether he Is capable Of performing his
duties or not; or il capable, whether Or.
net he fails or succeeds ia their dis.
eharseI 9Th l5t
What knows the Haunting lawyer on
New York broadway. or the eigsr-puff.
ing freqaenter Of Phiadeiphia lager
house, or the dime.piuchidg pediler ofI
Yankcedom, Of frontier life Or frontier
customs!
He alone, who knows Indian customs,
knows how to deal with Indians He
alone. whs knows what frontier life it,
knons how 10 deal With Isantiss settlers.
Just hs be alone. who knows the statutes
and authorities, can guide himself in the
administration Of the law. sea
We have been apprehensiye in former
yearsthht the system. 50 prevalent, even
now, in many parts Of Europe, might pre-
vail in our nation. From six sons In our.
influential family, il there were 50 many,
the FIRST selection would be for the army,
the second for the navy, The third for the
college Of surgeons, the fourth and fifth
for the pulpit Of stage IS fortune nigh.
direct, and the sixth, If good for none OF
the other positions, would be made poll
tician and be put 10 Office. Whether or
not this has been the case with Utah,
past events may tell. wv
Are there not in Utah men whose
ploughs FIRST delsed in her wilderness, and
awoke her soil from the sleepof q thou.
sand yearsl W. s- "a !.
Are there not In Utah men who hare
: travelled among the aborigines, who know
their manners aud customs, who know
their pursuits. their savage tastes and
proclisilies, and whose influence Is supe-
rior to all strangersf III
Y such there DC, why torment the poor
savage with the humbugs Of corruption,
and impress upon their minds the ineon-
trovertibIe fact that their conquerors act
= thepart Of fools or knavess
TREATY WITH THE INDIANS.