Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-12-17

their moneys have been taken BY plundsrers,
their possesaion trespassed upon. and many Of
sheni wounded or slain. not on one, but many
occasions.
These Indiana, or certain bands or patti OF
bands Of thom, have committed great outrages
and mos, hslnous crimes. They have killed
helpless and unonending men, women and chill
dsen, aud deserve-at ieast their leaders do
the punishment due to their crimes; but that
should be inflicted 10 the proper way, and by
the tribunals Of the Law. And while the leaders
should be thus punished, the causes which moved
them TO do the crue! deeds should, II possible,
be ascertained, and In future, IL they can, be
avoided If this thing be ever probed to the
bottom, II will be found that the Sioux were
instigated to 1t by series Of wrongs and In
iuries, which, In view Of their ignorance and
savage customs and laws, would go far to chow
that the responsibility, In certain sense,
would fall heavily on others.
We have thought since this terrible tragedy
occurred. and the military trial and conviction
Of the Indiana made public, that had the scene
occurred in Florida, and instead Of Indiana
three hundred negroes had been arrested and
tried by military court for numbering the
families Of their masters, and found guilty
and sentenced to be hung, what a terrible
pressure, the SUMMERS, WADEs, LovEJoYs,
etc +, in Congress, would have made on Mr.. LIN
COLIN to cause him to stay proceedings; may, to
let the negroes 20 free; and what birning In
dignation would have been heaped by these
meu on the military authorities for their uaur-
patton. But, alas the Indian finds no "negro
worshlper" to interfere for him They are
as ready as others to make war on the red
man, aid to despoil him of bis lands, and screen
those who plupder him of his annuities No
one of them on the foor Of Congress has been
found to dissent from the indefensible and out
rageous letter written by WILKINSON, ALDncHi
and WINDOM to the President, and no one OF
them, We venture the prediction, will take oc-
casion to move an investigation into the causes
which instigated these Iudians to commit such
terrible barbarities as they did commit last
summer. But instead thereof all the fanatics in
Congress will be found arrayed against the
Sioux. and ready to promote and encourage the
combinations now on foot to make war upon the
rights and interests Of the Chippewa, Winneba-
60 and Sioux Indians Of Minnesota, and also
ell the Indians in Kansas, upon whom demon
stration was made in the Senate on Monday, by
that base man jim LANE
II is to be regretted that there is no man in
Congress who will take up this matter and un
cover the s.upendous and wicked frauds com
mitted on the Indian tribes generally, which,
for the last six years, have, as We believe, ex-
ceeded in enormity any former period in the
history of the Government, prolific as IL is in
frauds upon them.
The reader will find elsewhere an article
from the pen Of Bishop WHIrPLE, of Minnesota,
on the suhjest Of the Sioux, wherein he boldly
uncovers some Of the villainy In relation to the
annuities Of those Indians. But infamous al
these are, they are not drop in tbe bucket, II
what would be the exhibition If the whole O.
the transactions with these and other IndianI
were exhibited to the public gaze. Who, thai
Is In Congress, will take hold Of this matter?-
The man would immortalize himself who, will
boldness and determination, should come for
va, and probe the villainy In our Indian al
fairs to the bottom Who is sufficient for thes'
thirgs?