St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1866-05-17

sacre Of 1852, and display no hssits:ioa:in
Boosting (and before the sAmsricanS, toe;,
Of the part they a. individuals took ! IN the
outrages, &C., during the outbreak % Ind
some Of them know full well thai Il lthey
are once caught the other side the. lines,
short shrift. and . long rope would. be
their portion, . and the crimes that soms
Of them ere guilty Of, are such - never
| could be forgotten and forgiven, either BY
God or man. New comes .. letter which
Mr.. Chief Factor Clare received by the last
/ mail from Colonel Adams Of the United
Ststes Army at Fort Abercrombie, regard
| ing the Sioux now living about the Turtle
| Mountain and other Localities near the
| frontier. In that letter Colonel Adams in
Inmates that he has been authorized by
Brevot Major General Corse, commanding
the district Of Min. to use every possible
means to induce the hostile Sioux to osnr.
render themselves at Fort 5Abercrombie,
and to grant the Sioux protection and! en-
tire absolution for al past offences ii the
event of their giving themselves mp !; and
Col. Adams ssks aid Of soch influence from
the Settlement as could abs brought to hears.
upon the Sioux to accede to tha proposals.
he had made. ..=s tszgsa{ 4;::z .sE
Now if this letter or any Of the influence
which can be brought to besr by any of
the people Of this settlement. has the de- ;
sired efest of bringing this body of Indians
to Col Adams' fest and, asking pardon
upon the bended knee, shall miss; my
guess, My reasons are these: > cs.f Hsst.z
Firstly, don't think the Indians will,
believe word Of it. s;> gsta g==..gEss.zi=z7z y
/. Secondly, The Indians believe that when
Gen Corse once gets his hand upon them,
''good bye pardon" and they don't 60 D.
cent on tha.. s--. ,s.I..... a--s..f -. ss.,r
Thirdly and za.tly, They win not believe.
that Gen. Corse has the authority lneither
do y 10 treat with them On those terms,
viz: full pardon for al past offences and
protection fer all future ones. =
am we'll satisfied Of the fact that the
people here are in favor Of using any and
every means to induce the Sioux to make
and ratify . treaty OF peace with the
American government, for when Mr.. Clare.
c: lied . meeting Of the council Tor legis-
lators) and laid before them this letter Of
Col. Adams, they decided togive ,power.toz
Judge Black and Mr.. Clare to supply. What
provisions might be necessary to carry the
Sioux TO Fort Abererombie and to commls-
sion some settler or settlers Of position to-
accompany the Sioux to Fort. Abercrombies
and introduce them to tho General COM
manding the United States Troops as sur
rendering according to the provisions Of
the letter Of Colonel Adams. 4s2 $3.50
The Council have done that much and
can do NO more. The Sioux: are here
ibilleted upon them like an unwe1come visi-r
titor, and they are obliged to make ! virtue
of necessity and let them remain, to be-
contented with what they do, and BE- thank
full that.he don't do more, for they have
not the power to get rid Of them. II they
had the will. n
OF one thing am morally certain, that
the only way to effect . treaty Of peace
with these Indians is to treat ,oith them
here, upon neutral ground, where they can
meet upon equal terms, and the one have
no advantage over the other. Andzhere
would offer a bit of advice TO Gen. Corse,
or whoever has the authority to treat with
them, land as it is gratis, he need have NO
scruples about taking it.) Appoint some
week or day, sufficiently distant to enable
both parties to make al the necessary
duly authorized will meet the Indians here
upon neutral gresnd, and havea big talk
over the whole affair. and my word for it,
the whole thing can be arranged in less
than one-half the time, with one-third the
trouble, one-quart:r r The expense, and t1ess
thun one-eighth the bler, than il takes to send
Of company Of soldiers in thf dead Of
winter to gobble up . few, poor, miserable
the means Of looomotion, even 6I they
wAnfn6 IN rr1vn nnvAr m had fnnHa h1nA
jacket. z..,.fs.......rss
1t may be that the General has arrived
at the true solution Of the Indian problem,
but if he has, am very much mistaken
It's all very nice to talk abou. putting
the Indians on to the reserve land and
giving them tools and cattle, and building
nice houses, and all that sort Of things,
| and it looks very pretty on paper, aud
sounds very nice to those Eas.ern. philAn-
thropists who think the Indian 10 all that
is noble, generous. brave Co., &c but ron
sscannot make silk purse ont OF . soNes
ear, !" neither can you turn an Indian into
irst-class farmer. Ess.ss.=z
have been among Indians . great deal
during the past fifteen years; thus fanny
experience goes to prove that the more you
civilize an Indian the bigger rascal you
make of him. From oil that can learn
about those that are here, the worst oles
among them and those that were guilty sef
the worst crimes during the outbreak are
those that had the advantages of Chris.
tisn education. do not pretend to ex-
plain the cause, only notice the effect,
There are instances, 1 viii admit whore
civilized Indian has turned out. . Christsan
and useful memher Of society; but they
| are like .shena' teeth - very ranA and