, 1865-12-13

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| that IT should be considered neutral ground
| md that al lndlans In go&Rx npon 1t shonlt
| while there bury the hA,chat and be at peace
with each other, and No war should eycs b,
made, upon it. No msster how hostile thu
l Tribes should be toward each other elsewhere
| there they should be friends Strange as l.
may appear, the records Of the Intarior De
| fully carried out the provisions Of that treaty
What our Government hss Been able to do Ii
| matter OF red stone for pipes. can be dom
| in the more Important couce1us Of The Indi
ans.
TIE DECAY or THE RACE.
If the Indians continue to decrease in nun
bcr as they havo since 1855, this Indian Ques
tion, in lew ycars, will tcttlc itself IN th.
death OF the last Indian On the American con
tincnt. In 1851, II wn estimated that ths
number of Indians east of the Mississippi
river was s, 100. They are now Represented
by mol over 8, 600. The Mlnmis once pow
erful tribe, numbered Ut that time 100 uoN
there are bnt 500 Of them len, The Whine
bagns, 4,5O0 now, In round numbers, 2,0o0
At that time the Sh1 and Fixes resided Il
Whatts now Iowa, vest Of the Mississippi
river, 5000 70: 1000 strong. Now they
number. Tho Pottawatomies.1 5000. noW Ii
Kansas, md number . 900, loss Of !, 90, il
single tribe In thirty years. Tho Shavnecs
and DclaWares In k0nsas, now number about
ECO each, once very powerful tribes In the
Southwest territory there are now 10000
Before the war they numbered nearly CO, 0Jo-
loss Of e, 900 in less than five years. These
Indians have adopted the manners and babItt
otithe whites to a considerable extent. aud
but tev ofthem live In what is known as the
hunter state. :
In 1850, at Fort Laramie, Nebraska Terri.
tory, DpC0 "Indians OF the Palms." CbeY.
anhes, Plains, Sioux, Arrapahoes, MauJana
and C1nqbones, were represented in council
tolmake treaty With the United States, In
s16PS, on the Upper Arkansas, on The plaius, q
treaty was also made With the Comanches,
kowas and Apaches, numbering Il, Goo IT
Is Estimated at the Interior Department that
fo5 the last few years these Indians hare de-
creased ten per cent. The Ute Indians OF the
Rdcky, Mountains are divided into several
bands and II Is estimated that 4 few years apo
they numbered $1,000. Tho Nayajocs, now
on reservation In New, Moxico, 15.0UO, The
Black Feet, with whom Gen. Stevens a few
yeh1s ago made a treaty, number 800.
The Pawnees, once one Of the most wa1likc
and powerful tribes, at war almost CONSTANTLY
with all other Indians on the plains aud in the
mount aims, ut last became 60 much reduced
in numbers as to Le unable to- cope success
fully with their cnemies. They ecsmu into
Nebraska, made q treaty with our Govern
"EAls AAA Hvtt4EA ApN1A u SEIfNLlQH DG3f
Fort Kearney.- In 1875 they numbered 100:
now they Will not exceed 1900. They ara
not much given to agricultural purauits, but
tot The last few year6 they have furnished sol.
diers TO assist us IN fighting other indians.
They hare also furnished laboTers On the nil
rohds building In hansaS.
Tho Crows and Apaches Of the mountains
are powerful, ,sFarllfc and troublesome.
A D1T OF HISTORY.
Ihe public records will show that 1t WAS
the ambition Of one man 10 remain In COM
mand ol q, district, and retaln. his troops
there, instead Of having: them sent to the
front, and mold horse lound In the posses
zion Of an Indian was the cause aud nretext
tor repeated attacks upon the Indians, iol-
loFed BY fearful and bloody outbreak on
the Platte route to Denver cr-depredations
ugon the 1yes and property Of our people,
and the guilty parties severely punished.
Had It not been for the massacre uf Indian
prisoners at Sand Creeks massacre which
united al the .lndlans Of the plains aepInst
us, and which has already involved loss On
our part Of 500 Of our: people-thcrc might
have been saved yast amount Of valuable
property, and an expense to the country of
o,o00, ,On Operations for the. last rear
have rendered the three great thoroughiares
actosa the p1ains, particularly the Plntte
route, moro dangerous to travel and settle
ment than my highway; tbyway: uloGntaIn
pass, glen or bridge, invested by bsfgunds. in
Italy: Our people hare been murdered With
impunity, burned alive, women and children
bu1che1ed and mutjla.ed In the most horrible
manner, by the Indiana who have escaped
punishment, and the roads are not yet safe,
u NECESSARY PRELIMINARY TO PsAcE.
Because these things could have been pre-
vented ut the outset, but Wero not, Is 10 res
SOP why the Indiana should be allowed to
continue their depsedalions aud 60 unpun-
ished. The advice Of Polonius TO his son il
as applicable to public as TO private Affairs:
G---H beware
ofen!Eance 70 quarrel; but, bang In.
Bear ii. that the offender uay beware OF thcc.n
It ts evident We arc in-hayo got big job on
hand, with only one way to do, and that ",
fight it out Inn manner TO enforce obedience
frqmour Indian foe, and command his respect
fof our Ealor, judgment and love ofjustice,
LAT1 MILITARY E1PEnIAEsTs.-.
For the last year We hare tried expert
ments. Our Generals have with their COM
tnands described monstIous circles, whose
circumference numbered hundreds or miles.
leaving the Indians at tho centre. active
v1gllant md alHays on the alert to strike at
nli weak points, and hurting our people With
ont loss to theraselyes. Exercise / littio com.
mon sense md no longer permit the Indians
to: fool US; and draw our troops up 10 the
Powder river; Or anywhere else, where We
are compelled to receive punishment instead
Of inticting it. '~i
/; TIE Duty or mi i: u6ra. ..,','~
America has astontshed The world M lesa
Il sn army of soaE1r MILTON Of men snd.
lcnlY dishandcd md dispersed In every dire
ion. completely and speedily absorbed ID Tho
'ar'ous industrial land professional pursuits