Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-07-30
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4 A war Of determination ls being Waged upon
be Indiana In Minnesota. They have ceAned
10 pay d bounty on Indian scalps: But they do
pay Indian hunters, "scouts," two dollars o day
and $25 bounty for every male Sioux killed.
Those who hunt Indians on their own hook are
paid $75 for each Indian killed. his presumed
0 great many enterprIsing menwiil follow the
business Of Indian killing Ga regular calling.
The internal atrocities Of these me ciloes eava'
ges hRve brought destruction upon them. They
and the settlers cannot live together In Mime
sofa. Their determination is foregone conclu'
sion They have acted the part Of ravenous
wild beaets, and are being hunted as such. They
must lake their fnal leave of the State, and as
beasts Of prey hide away from civilization, or
be shot. They will be hunted and driven from
their hiding places. The people are 10 earnest
their doom is spoken. The following dispatcn
to the Chicago Tribune indicates the state OF
Indian affairs, and the feeling Of the people IN
Minnesota; a ~
sr. PAUL, July 81, 1863.
Three days later news from the Indian exped,.lon
has been received. They have received supplies nvI
Fort Abercrombe and were again on the mArch, sAP''
ing to reach Devils lake In twelve days. ,fht
They have another report that Little Grow. and ni
warriors are at this lake, and intenu 70 "AA'
there. tgeg. ,.,. ,.ha,ha,
sbley has sent Indian scouts in to acersn .Ssy
the reports are true. It very doubtful whetneI ny
will And any Indians there. Their commss ss ''''
have been 70 packed, andare DOW In good orae.. T.,
The order revoking the scalp, bounty menmoneo =,
previous dispatch undetermined on, was issueu %u u
itpays scouts two dollars day aud twenty hye aoisI r.
bounty Tor every male Sioux killed, tesumoDy
the &C alps being required. Those VINO 40 no'
to enter the service and receive per dem S are
seven Ave dollars for each Indian killed. 1hey no
having live ly hunt In Lessueur county eN ns n
east OF st. Peter. Fifteen In dians were seen
before yesterday, and the settlers have 'uineu ous "
force 10 hill them.
The Introductory matter in the foregoing ar
tlcle BY the Cleveland Leader, accompanying
the dispatch to the Chicago Tribune, is a. neat'
less as il is Infamous, and proves the man Who
penned il to be ss wicked az sin and 10 hs'elu'
as Satan himself. The idea Of hunting the ln
dams In MINI, scta like beat, OF prey ~
thinks not only commendable, but "sheir eA
termination s foregone conclusion"
The conduct of the Federal and State autl or
tiles toward the indians In Minnesota is tn'
blsckest psge In the history Of this, IT not an!
other, country, in the present century ~
difficult to perceive hoa such atrocities can Dc
and yet they are true. Two dollars day ant
twenty, FIVE dollars bounty for revery male siou'
killed-and TO those who hunt on their Owl
hook seventy hve dollsrs for each ludian killed
Thus stimulated, mauy euterprieiog men vii
follow the business Of killing lndians as reg
ular calling! Shame, shame, shame! Ane
while this wholesale murder is going on' th'
pulpit, the press, philanthropistS, statesmen'a'i
all are client! The inevitable negro' ana 'n'
war with all it's patronage, plunder and patri
otism iutermingled, seem to attract all at'en
tiop: aud the wiokedness TO which We REFER
thus geo, not only unrebuked, but in The main
unDctioed. 90
The Com nimissioner Of Indian Affairs muse DC
an infamous man, to stand by with hlS hsnd'
folded and tolerate such conduct. He deserved
dip, no. In DEVILS lake, in Minnesota, but IL
thai. lake that burns with FIRE and birthstone
and If all the parties 10 this inhuman and afro
cious business do not go thence on their txi
from this world, then indeed is there DO need Q
| n devil or n hell