Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-10-18
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We referred on Monday last to the steps
that have been taken, ssith the official sanction
of Gen. jefferson Davis, for mastering the saw
age, with his TomahaWk and scalping- knife, in
to military alliance with the Confederate arms.
We thea cited the measures which had been
already consummated by treaty arrangements
under this head, and announced, on the au thori-
ty Of several leading Southern Journals, that
a regiment of Greek Indians had already been
formed for the invasion of Missouri An Ar
kansas paper, the Helena Shield, in recording
the pFogress Of thirteen hundred warriors on
their way to Gen. McCullonch's camp, mildly
recites that 'these Indians were armed with
rife, butcher-knives and tomahawk, and had
their faces painted one half red and the other
black"
A recent number of the Richmond Dispatch,
published at the seat of the Confederate gov
ernmentl furnishes the following additional
particulars relating to the negotiations con-
Quoted by Mr.. Albert A. Pike, commissioned
TO treat with the Indians on the South
western border, in order, if possible, to en-
list their services in the present war. That pa
per says:
about sixty of the Reserve Camanches,
! [Pondah Ross,l Wichitas, Kichair, &C., have
had talk with the Commissioners. He ex-
poets to effect treaty With the wild Canaan
ches. who are coming into Wichita Agency to
meet them for that purpose, as well as the
! Kioways,l and to settle them all upon reserves.
As soon as the Seminole treaty is signed, Com
missioner Pike, with the Superintendent, Rec
tor, Agent Leeper, William glastonbury, the
! Secretary of the Commissioner, and the others
! of the party, accompanied by delegation CT
| the Creeks and Seminoles, and strong escort
of Indian troops, will go to the Wichita Agen-
cy tomeet the Reserve Indians and wild tribes.
There is little doubt that at least FIVE thousand
| Camanches will will be present.
! "The standard of the Commissioner is a sig
hihcant one In its blue field are the eleven
white stars in a circle, and inside the circle the
Commissioner has placed four small red stars
forming the four extremities of a passion cross,
for the four nations, the Choctaws, Chickasaws,
Creeks and Seminoles, in token that these
Christian tribes Of red men are encircled by
our protection, and are With US and of US
When, il ever, we deem it fit to treat With the
Cherokees, fifth red star will form the cen
/ ter of the cross. The Commissioner will not
again seek TO treat with Mr.. Ross, nor with
he Cherolzees while he remains in power but
the government will not desert or leave unpro-
tected the friends OF the South among the
Cherokecs."
We have no comment to offer on these pro
ccedings. We leave them to be appropriately
characterized by the civilized world. And if
turning from the revolving spectacle, Ne fix Our
gaze upon the kind of war which the seces-
siuuists wage in Missouri, land we may add, in
a greater or less degree wherever they have
the power, We shall be Brought to adopt the
conclusion that the presence Of Indian saYages
cannot greatly intensity the horrors Of the in
ternecine strife into which they willingly plunge
every State or communisy thai they cannot en-
tirely control or possess.