The Shasta courier., 1862-04-26
Letter from the Superintendent of Indian
Affairs.
SAY Francisco. April 81. l,


San FRANcIsco, April 81, 1862.
EDITOR SHASTA CouRIER-Sir Permit
me to call the attention Of those who read
your paper, and the community in general,
to the fact that orders have been given by
Brig Gen. Wright, to Col. Lippett, now at
Humboldt with several companies of troops
for that purpose, to collect and remove to the
Indian Reservations all the troublesome and
offending Indians in Northern California |;
and in view of concentrating that desirable
object, now that the travel is becoming more
tolerable, shall set out in a few days on
tour to visit the Reservations and various
tribes in Northern California. and shall CO.
operate with Col. Lppett in his efforts to re-
move, as far as possible, the cause which has
long given rise to so much trouble iii the
the northern counties of this State and in
doing this do most earnestly and respectfully
solicit your influence in urging the communi.
ty at large to render all possible assistance
in the promotion of this desirable objeci.
: 1t Is to be regretted that there is class of
men who are prcfessedly anxious for the re
moval of the Indians to the Reservations, yet
they throw nearly as great Instructions in
the way of removal as the kidnappers and
squaw men. mean those who try to induce
the Indians to believe that they ''will be
badly treated on the Reservations" repre-
senting the institution worse than the State
Prison. Now thiscla of men wish to retain
more or less of the Indians at their houses or
farms, or in the ncighborhood, in order to
share the benefit of their labor, which can
generally be had for for few pieces of cast
off clothing. But this is wrong, for such la
boring indians are most influential with
their tribes, and strongly attached to each
other, and unwilling to be separated, and
above all others should be taken to the Res.
ervations to labor for the old and infirm.-
Moreover, it is unfair that some men should
be permitted to retain Indians for domestic
servants, and others not allowed the same
privilege. Hence it is my intention to
treat all alike, and remove ALL to the Reser-
aations. But this, like all general rules, will
have its exceptions. Children who hay,
been kindly provided for with good homes
and whose parents are dead, and they wean
ed from their tribes or kindred and have n
anxiety to leave, will be permitted to remain
1t is therefore very desirable that all goe
citizens will see that no such distractions al
placed in the way of removal. If all the par
TALLY civilized Indians were entirely removed
it would cut off the communication that now
affords the greatest facility for the mischief
and trouble had with the more uncivilzed
ones. And next to these, the men who live
with squaws should be removed, either to
labor among the Indians on the Reservations,
or entirely without the bounds of respecta-
bic community, for they, too, indirectly
contribute to much of the trouble complained
Of And where these men are not lawfully
married to such sqaws, it is my fixed purpose
to romove their unlawful crib to the Re-
servations, and shall expect the cooperation
Of all good citizens.
If the wild Indians were not furnished with
guns and ammunition by the squaw men and
moro civilized Indians, there would not be
half the Indian troubles to record in the
journals of the day that is now seen.
am, very respectfully,
GEO. NJ. HANSON,
Surr. Ind. Affs. N. Dist. Cal.