The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-05
COLUMBIA.
Saturday Morning, August 5, 1855
The Indians.

of Missouri and Arkansas, and to the
northward Of the Texian boundary
line, there extends a tract Of country
known as the Indian Territory.
Stretching from the Red River Oh the
South to the sterile regions where
the Black Feet prowl Like wolves, on
the extreme Northern border OF the
United States, this Territory COM
prises many thousands OF square miles
devoted by the Government, IN days
past, to the occupancy OF the different
Indian tribes. Here nc the lands Of
the Cherokees from Georgia, the Elori-
da Seminoles, and the Chickasaws
from Mississippi. Here also are the
hunting grounds of the wilder tribes :
the Pawnees, the Sioux, the Chvv-
ennes. and the furious Lipans. Here
some OF the red meu have been won
to the erection OF houses, the tiYu.:t.
of fields, the use of schools. the piac-
tiCc ol ltN, W ltlltSoioli, ot ootIsI tI'V'I ,
and others again, dcspising every ait
of the pale face, still cling to thrir
savage ways-stiu tia'lb on the war
paint, still bend the tw;tnginS bow,
still hunt the buffalo for food and r;,>-
age the bor,lors OF Mexico and tn,
States for spoil. OF these Wild royrTs;,
the Crows, the Alrapahors, the Ga
nrsnchcs, mostNre;idctl OF i'll, but lit
tie more is known comparatively tilan
Of the Bengal tiger or the Russian
wolf. Like wolf apd tiger, they h;:vc
tIlr;r l;,irs i'll Wild rcccsses where, GEN
tr,tion after generation, they are born
OF savage mothers; where, generation
alter generation, they grow up ti!"rrc
and terrible; and whence, when OF f;lyl
strength, they issue forth upon the
homes Of civilized men. fcdri,s, i'll
their flly and rcnors,lcs% III Their
stor\- reaches lis Of ~ mail fi,lrr ''oil
the Pla:ns," who never reaches his
destination; of u stage load of over
lanG passengers whose D+,l, :, air l"It
to whiten III the sun; Of Il puny IRON
tier village sacked and burned, The
men hewn to pieces, and thc women
carried Oft, shrickin@,. by :,mc;red and
brutal braves, ut their hors;', tails;
but. as the same PrOvidrn%,' which
gives the wild beast strength seldom
permits him to know his power, it
seems nevcl~ to have entered these;
savage minds to extend their d"hrcda-
tons by concerted action. When not
racing the prairie foI food or stealing,
''lihe the withcrcd Murder" on the
settlements, these wilder tribes fight
one with the other, or turn thc!r f;"y
on their moro civilized brethren And
OF shese-thc better hammered tribes
it is moro pleasant to speak, rs Well Us
more important, III view Of what is
hereafter to be said Of late events IL
this Indian Territory The Choctaws,
the Cherol1ees:: the Greeks, the Chick
asaws, Osaces, and some others, have.
to greater or less extent, as before
said, fallen into the ways OF civilized
men, and in some localities present {;
cultivation that would. not disrrcdit
says the Augusta ConStUfio""ii>t, many
an interior village in our land til,
lands OF this Territory being SO ricl
as to have passed almost into IL by
word. 1t is not surprising agriculture
should be the great resource Of thes,
Christianized tribes, and i'll this pur
suit some Of the tribes we're aided il
bysono days by MANY negro slaves
Thus, then, to give general review