The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-28

Of an Indian Council, held on the 2sth Of
August in Wisconsin:
THE MSoMoNEE INp1ANs IN CorNcu.
The Shawana lWis) journal of the
18th ulti contains report of a council of
the Menomonee Indians. held at Kishona,
in which some remarkable statements
were made. One of the chiefs (Mch-chi-
ke-nilo) said that Do1dH The rLief of the
WUne'ogoes hat ioH him That n H0i0 PEA,
IN he struck his summer NJ the rlate settlers,
That he (DqHdO hal communication 5riH me
seccsS'0Uiss Qf The South, anil Ha, all the
tribes gfNe Northwest ,re,e Ia rise this sum
me, amt make common cause irih the rebels.
lie saId FURTHER U,atJ the Meaomouees rouH
jim than they ,coud bcpJotectei By the South,
Int JHey dill nat, the otisy b.JeS ,rotH make
lg0T IN them ami erieym,a1ie Them. Sag11
ether claef5 t0ilored NTH similar revelations
Of hs conspiracy culcoeiea ogaiasi me whites
gt he msiigoiiop Of tie rebels. There was
a general and gratifying expression of
loyalty among the Menomonees at the
meeting, and determination on the part
of the chiefs TO remain faithful TO their
treaty obligations and peaceable towards
the whites
Take another piece Of evidence from a
Nebraska paper;
Tm SOUTHERN ISDIANS--Santa Fe
mails 30 the 9TH inst, brings news that
there are serious apprehensions of
! approaching difficulties with the Indian
| tribes of that country. The people Of
| New Mexico, and Colorado, are making
/ preparations to meet the attack f made.
! Arms and ammunition should be furnish
ed every loyal man in all these western
territories and complete arrangements
made for home defense, as iue are adrige7
ofHc tacl TINT rebel eatissa1es are among all
the Indian tribes On tie froai'er Hsiigating
oJs attack mt the ulite settlers. anil commence
their dpredaiioas al It tine wlca loSi cIpec-
ted Every man should be in readiness
20 assist in staying the murderous band
that yields the scalping- knife and toma-
hawk,-Nejraaba Cy Press, Sept II.
We need not more than alludc TO the
fact that there was considerable force
orIndian sayages in the Rebel Army at
Knoxville, as siateijyHe KHocaHe Register
! n Rebel paper, or the fact still more notori-
Gus that ALBERT PIKE, the renegade Mas
sachusctts teacher raised some time since
several regiments of Cherokee Indians
And in addition to all this, come the
statements of eastern papers that
in the rebel army which invaded
Maryland there were Nyee Houald
negroes u miform, and a,lgsd ioiH gins
ANIL hur'e-Lui,eg. We have spoken by the
record, and not in fierce defamation we
have given facts, and not idle fancy. Is
this civilized and human warfare Does
it become Beauregard and Davis TO read
the United States lectures on the proper
mode Of conducting a war in the nine
teenth century? A still darker shade
might be added to this picture Of rebel
inhumanity were we to rchearse, the as
sassnation Of prisoners; Of our wound
ed on the battle field the murder of our
officers in ambulances; and the inn
prisonment of worthy citizens rthc Of
fence Of loyalty 10 the Federal Govern,
ment, in the filthy and sickly dungeons
Of the South. These are crimes which
no Presidential message, no Congression.
al harangue, no Understanding military
proclamation, can wipe out by culogies OF
their own chivalry, or fierce invectiyc,
against The Federal Government