New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-02
FROM KANSAS.
ABOUT THE RED MEN OF THE FOREST.
from Our Own Correspondent.

trOl our O"h I Repayment
HEADQUARTERS or TBg IsDus EXPEDITION. }
MAR HUaBOLDr, hAssis, June H. lSt2,
Through the long months Of the past "lhter
houiees- people have camped on the Upper Neosho.
Ex!led tor the sake of the Union, their warriors
have been mustered side By side with other soldiers
OF the Union, ard are now going back to drive out
tie Hit,es and Invites, and possess their Cauaan.
There is no use in viesug the Indian character
through the medium Of romance. In fact there 10
rot much romance 10 it, Thee Indians approximate
more closely 10 civilized life than any otber- Fosome
extent hey appcar to have faint leaning toward pro-
duc.ive industry. They baye acquired many OF the
"h..bi,s Of tie whi,ss- other habit incident
to some Of the latter that Of owning slaves Slavery
among tue Greeks anu Seminoles, and Cherokees
AID Mans il rcry peculiar in- tuition fntri-
aicis not TO mention constitutional, but | Appre-
henq That tie chief difference between the lndahs
ni the negroes Is that tie latter arr worth buying
1Dere are al rhades, from pure black 10 - lniiAl
Rel IAe business of tie tiibe seems to be mani.
N le ha1js OF tie negroes. The negroes aud nail
tiGJds sp.fk roth languages understand the ch'''-
.cte-. Of both white and red. There Ii depth Oi
s,,tln.nt TO- most OF their black or dark browArd
Ia es. Tie slaycs of maI,ers whose eupeil"is th'!
feel themselves undoubtedly to be. Nhht le-'o1
a. 40 lAe lLiuIe Oi the Ameficluiled negio. DOB |
talk about COMO or Guinea. The great - model
Kcrubiic" hss deep planted IA it, hosoG The secos OF
ihi- aoW ciAiiilalIOn. An Americahisin. AZ "i'-
t!nci aarl ar e,cgSwlco. 40 progressive h-.e 40
cvcywbrTe. Col Iuiza-on-wel, let plnchbeck
.t.terlen lalk about that az " 4 solution "i Tue
ptoDi.m, and bunt prejudice INTO and out 81 70
,lrr .nd comes and willie they are oLgig Il Ia Tie
.opel,s- bI.iu,ss, this new problem lii Goa'o pur-
pores via solve .iscli.
lLeio Do uat a email number OF slaves wlth thsse
lag.I iaGialt-,u-t about enough 10 take care u
item InOse Indians know Just about - much Oh
American slavery IA they do OF the Ola seF.aon OF
kusrIa.
lie two regiments are mustered in. The u il
not vet iuil but the lst has 900 men, and The
~ some % % or 100 They are equipped ~ ME
neu. more than half of them are mounted o. ih'IF
own norse, They marched here IN two days from
- Rov, ~ miles; the first regiment IN two bat
tsllons-a mounted and an infantry. Inc ID
mounted. Other troops connected with the eNpr-
difion accompanied them aud they kept very good
he. Nos, iAiak all, OF those who scoh at the
proposal ~ make them branch Of the service, or
mo -olli IL for any time or purpose are ~ those
who are opposed to IT, and whose Interests It does
hot suit At he balte Of Springfield the lsi and
"a hansar Regiments We're cut up worst b' the
Rebel Ind au Regiments from these same Ia loUs.
AiOst OF them viii hght think well.
The expedition does not move a. rapidly az could
he dcsirei Whether from rel tape. nard fate, or
Providence know not. But IT il not fast enough.
You cannot make soldiers IN q day. Tie Noyern-
meut promised the Indians should have their own
company officers. They have them, but tue heidi
oil cers IRE alone, and nave no company officers to
drill. or aid them aud the additional drawbnck Of
an amosi lnscrutable language. Tie arms supplied
are OF the poorest Description Several pieces split
or blew out The tubes IN inug, and one blew ont u
.crew in the breecb into tie JAW Of the next man III
llne; but these are tnfng incidents. II any " ute
reglm. ut was expected to be- drllcd aud completed
in "A few weeks, with such arrangements, you could
guess the result. But after all, they p'ck up a
knoy ledge of little of their duty astOlisbingiy.
make no "coutraband' speculaiiOus ~ 10 the
plan" or tue future. Ii anything Interesting oc-
cum, snail write about it. These Indian soldiers
have LETT their families behind them at Leroy. aud
they go TO fight for their home, aud the Union.
Their own Slavery question" IL III the balance,
but "man proposes aid God oisposes'