, 1865-11-30

one hundred horses, to prevent them from
iaiiiiinE ::::..c the iss2ds Of The Indians.
~ hago been informed by q General officer
Of the United Ssates urmy, who has had
large experience in Indian affairs, who says It
costs nearly 5000, GOO year to support a
regiment In the Indian country-s3,o 900 900 10
kill one Indian!
~ met au officer at Sioux City who had
Just returned from the Plnins, having been
with Col. Cole the whole summer lie III
formed me that Cole and Connor's commands
together had not killed 90 Indians, and had
taken three EQuaws pr1soners-at the same
time had lost more than that number Of men
themselves, besides more than I, 800 horses
and mules that Wcrc taken by Indians, or
Esl.ed to prevent them from falling into the
hands Of the enemy. ] am informed that
between G,0oo and ! 1000 men hnve been en-
ploYrd on the Plains the past season to tight
the 1ndinns, say SIX regiments. at 0oo
cscb, Sc, ,ooo, 900 to kill perhaps IS Indians
half million each-rather expensive.
HOW INDIANS FIGnT B1oopAoUsDs.
"The people Of Minnesota sent South aud
rot large number Of b:oolhounds to hunt
the Indians Result-thc indians shot tho
dogs anl then cooked nnd ate theB-a great
lu1uryl
"T1e Minnesota Legislature {shame on
tbcm) passed m act paying bounty for the
Indian sca1ps. II an not mistaken IN
Offices, who was connected with an expedition
In Minnesota against the Indians, informed
me- that be knew Of siX scalps being taken
from one Indian, With tuft Of hair and
piece Of skin about the size Of u dollar-that
they brought II, rs the result Of TINT campaign,
] one hundred and twenty ecalps, which, aton
ino;a.... ktNed to every six scalps, would show
tie Killing of twc1.ss Indians all toldp'
HOW SAVAGE INDIANS ass:
The writer then proceeds to narrate lnel-
| dents connected with the trip mp the river to
Fort sully; how they went fully armed and
| equipped, apprchenslyc yet prepared ior ~
1ndian attack; that they met the Indians IN
| armed; they met Indians on the route, Al Of
them armed, on their way to hunt buffalo,
| and says:
"on the way. from suuy to siour city they
passed more than 800 Indians, and felt IN no
oui would 'a hase tslt II n % Fsnnsylsania % @ L
Washington, D. c. No diarespecttul word OF
question did VIC receive in the whole route Of
500 miles,
PROFITS OF TUE EXPEDITION.
An expedition that It Is estimated cost the
country ae0, ,000, 900, what It has cost the pco-
pie offhc Western Territories, In the dcstruc-
lion Of life and property and tho running of
Of stock canuot be estimated Neither can
1t be determined Why the General should
march 10 the Powder river until he had rem
dered the Plattc route perfectly safe to travel
and settlcnent) from Indian depredations.
TnE INDIANS NOT POOLS.
The General commanding Is known to be
energy, aud yet he has not made the ~ ,r,,t,e
route safe ia traya1. Daily w near of Indian
deprco-,vas ou...,vas upon !. and to-day loud oom-
paints corac ee..vm The people Of the Western
Territories Of the insecurity Of that great
thoronghfa1r across the plains-and Justly,
too. They 1ne11 70 the Government TO pro.
! tect :tI1en, and demand The cxteIuiuation OF
mipalIon NIL has been attempted nd failed, as
such a policy viii always fall. The Indians
| have troyed thc1neelves neither idiots nor
cowarde. They will not stand quietly By
and see their families murdered and
mutilated without resentment and reyenge.
,n., -'4 human, and as sara, sass, WI. die satlef
thar field cowaru., ~" gymnasium " oPRtes-
sion and outrage. 10 sho" ., pG%et. r. ~. thn ~. ~
slayeuent or assassination Of their families.
At Sand Creek last year, not expecting IN At
| tack. no appreheuslons Of danger, taken al
every disadvantage, some Of our eoldlefs:
6y CblSinetau, with 100 or 500 men we'll
armed. having some artillery, who had bJ
the blackest perfldy surprised them. Sixty
! i've old men ind young, seized their weapons
and resisted Chlyington, held him In CHECK
| for hours, covered the retreat OF three hun
| dred Of their women and children, and then
twenty got Of alsve, suffering loss OF one
| hundred and eeyenty-fivc men, women and
children. Their resistance also prevented
Chiylnstou from following thcnn, and be
campcd over night on Sand Greek, md after
wards returned to Denver.
ExAsirLE or TIE SAvAJoEs.
The NayaJoes for over ono hundred yeart
| have made war upon the Spanlards and Mex.
Jeans, and have resisted our Government
when VIC took up tho tight for the Me1fcans
| The SaraJoes fought to prevent the enslsve
uent Of their women and children but q.
soop Ms orr Government adopted measures t
held as slaves By the Mexlcans, the Nnvs]oe
: | came In 10 thc number Of II, 100, laid dow1
their arms and surrendered, and are now on
r teserrntion in New Mexico, owning some o.
? the finest farms IN that country, and Col
, Dodd, their agent, reports TINT in year ol
two they viii more thin support themseAre
md pay their tax ii 1t is required Of them
: However, the country Is satisfied the Indian
will fight.
/ now INDIAN CAMPAIGNS nAvE BEEN
MANAGED.
t The officers WHO have attempted to conduc
, campaign for the last year against the Ind
= nns, have gone at In q very singular manncl
D Ip the summer Of 1864 the Indians made q
4 attack upon The road, near thc head waters {
r | the Blue river, ruthcr broken country
). about $50 miles little north Of west Of Fol-
. Leavenworth, kansas. People were murdered
soeF ase5s' ND nd. otef ypen e t5s Sa inaa
r II was teleg7apbed =, to the city
e Learcnwortb, near the fort Of tha
i name. A column wns organize
!, at the Fort to operate against these Indian:
= Instead Of marching them ont over the roa
Il nittcd, they were put on board Of steamt
h for Omaha, Two hundred mics north, takhig
"a week or ten days to reach that point the
u over 200 miles west to Fort keaney, We:
II Of tho Blue from Kearney the column We
b marched west sixty:dvc miles; then sout
n down The river few miles TO Fort Larnei
:. which 1t entered In single file, to impress tt
!. . Indians, who would Occasionally appear Q
T. The distant bluff, with the idea that the 60
'e umn was vcsy strong, thinking to fool II
te Indians by the movement From larne
;r hack to LeaYenworth-no Indians killed {
Again, Chi7ingtou had force north Of
c. Sioux camp about 50 miles, and instead
It marching directly south that distance and o
st miles west, then 100 miles south, then II
~ miles east, then 20 miles northwest, and q
=. " tncks camp Of Cheyennes, placed hall we
cr between Fort Lyon and tho Sioux camp
III keep our forces at Lyon advised Of the NOV
1nrnts Of the Sioux, and mnssacred them, AZ
then marched the same way he had con
f.. Again, 10000 troops are sent out to protc
the Platte route ond punish the Indian
oi That force is concentrated at Fort Laraml
ar 200 miles west Of the Missouri river, nj
re marched port1 to Powder river, leaving Il
I Tr1f 4hnr enc nf tn
=, nit dcprcdhtions for IN entire season.
"a These movements are rather difficult to
DC understood In this section, and It Is hop
Ee that they will he explained. Had Gen. Sht
It, man in his march from Atlanta to Goldsbo
[te gone by way ot Canadu and New England, I
~ ue Stead of by ths. most direct route to aceo,
III plIsh his purpose, II would no doubt ha
en- tccn very difficult for Us to have understo'
Id the movement.
in If man IS fnsulted in the street, II inste.
nit Of knocking his assailant down LIE goes aW
=, and hunts up his yonngest and most dista
H relative and knocks him down, it might Ct
re- rise to some rather uncomplimentaTy
er marks, touching the cournge and good tue
d. ment Of the mnn.
ar Why these IndIans who for the last y
=. ~ have been committing depredations upon I
H. lives md property of our people should
rr unpunished, while those who have been q
ms posed to remain at peace with us should
cv hunted down md killed, cannot easily be
~ derstood.
By This Indian question is of great importaI
i and will engage the serious attention Of I
ng Congress. a Just policy toward the Indi:
will doubtless be adopted. They will
made subject to law, protected from out5s
d. and punished for crime, as o1her cnmln n !,
80 Government are protected. We will not M
war upon them, but arrest them II guilty
crirnc. and in their execution yind1cate
st majesty Of the Law. We, as nation DO
rs declare and make war upon htSh"a3m
a1~ neither should we upon In1iaus-
as --. :.
Inc The Experiment OF Civiitztns the
ng yojoes-It Success and tic Iscason
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