The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-30

1Ae SOuECoS u INC SOulx Out0fe0ks
z A careful consideration Of the evidence
which has accumulated thus far, in connection
with the Indian massacres, forces upon us the
conviction that white men are at the bottomofit.
The evidence taken before the coroner's in
quest, held at Acton, in Meeker county, shows,
upon the testimony Of one Of the women who
escaped, that shortly after the Indians left, Q
white man came along, following in the track
Of the Indians. The woman called him in and
showed him the five dead bodies-men and
women-lying upon the floor. He laughed
and said, 'they have got the nose. blssd!'''
He followed on after the Indians. 49,. 10
Again-we are informed that Nelson Rob
srts. well known to many Of our readers, has
stated that for weeks past white lmen-Missou.
rlans-hsye been among the Indians. With.
out doubt they have emmissariS sent among
them, to stir them up to wrath :,
Moreover, it seems to US that the whole char
acter Of the present outbreak indicates the
presence Of some directing intslligence of ..
higher order than that Of the Indian. ,,,,
the fact that remote tribes like the Yapk.
atonians and the Cut Heads are moving in con-
cert indicate this saotsdas95, fol- :. ~
r. The fact that s,large force, said to number
1900, have attacked fortified artillery post,
like Fort Ridgely, indicate this. Such, an at
tack is without any precedent il Indian his.
tory that now occurs to us. 5@slA'
The fact that the Indians are butchering
missionaries who have spent their lives among
them, and who in ordinary disturbances would
possess great influence over them, shows that
from some cause they have been excited TO
terrible degree Of bitterness and ferocity.-
They are, it seems, even slaughtering the half
breeds Of their own tribe. - ,...
In addition to these evidences, We have any
number Of rumors, all pointing in the same
direction. 4'' @
We are forced to the conclusion that this
outbreak is part Of a deliberately concerted
plsn-that its to purpose is to embarrsss and
distract the general government BY alarming
it for the safety Of the northwestern frontier,
and requiring the retention here Of . large
number Of troops who might otherwise be diff
ferently engaged. .,-r .e.i, /,
A Senator Of this State-a gentleman Of an
questioned and unquestionable verscity-
travelling on one Of the Minnesots River
steamboats,, two months ago overheard per-
son, formerly an Indian official under Blu.
chsnan's administrator, near relative Of .
chief functionsry in the Indian department Of
this State, in conversation with Mr.. Spencer,
and Indian trader on the Sioux Reservation,
and others, apparently traders, make use in
substance Of the following language:
eff knew the Indian language, and under
stood the Indian character as well as you fell
lows, would make the reservation 30 hot that
t wouldn't hold Gilbraith.''
Here, evidently is one Of the germs Of sys-
tematic attempt on the part Of the ousted Office
holders under Buchanan to foster the discon-
tents among the Indians that have at last burst
forth in the terrible massacre-the ruin, the
desolation, which have overwhelmed our from
tier settlements We have collateral evidence
in support of this view of the case; and sltho'
injustice to human nature, We may acquit the
author Of this infamous suggestion of any in
tention to bring about the horrible atrocities
which have marked its adoption, he and his
wicked colaberators must still be responsible
in fearful degree for the black catalogue Of
murder and crime, which has 80 shocked and
startled the country.