New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-11-07
ONE WoRD ron THE INDIANS.

t. f4s Editor II The ~ g. 1,,sss.
SIR: You published is morning in your special
dispatch concerning Indians from Leayenworh Kansas the
substance Of volume quote portion: Tho trains ar
rived Montana acr continuous series Of battles with the
Indians is ly ard shorter rouc We had plenty Of
game such buffalo bear antelope deer praechckens and
trout There s Ere wood water and game but he indiana
tcont kt yen use them"
Here shell IL the whole awful tragedy which being
played By the people Of the United States and tue North Ame
Indians These particular Indians have country which to
them earthly paradise and description Of which sends the
blood with sSe TOW through the Of who has
gnloped free horse the Western Praincs Who
would fight for such land These prass aud mountains
have been od by their ancestors whose bones lie in the
valleys These antelope deer their meat ese springs
and brooks their drink Now Why should not the Indians op
pose the passage Of whites through their lands when they know
from the sad experience Of their that starvation and death
follow in the steps OF the white race :
Tic truth by law known among the nations tribes Of
the earth have tie whites any night demand and by no
precodcn, have they any night to expect Peaceable transit
through those regions The right Of transit through the domain
Of foreign nations is only obtained by peaoeAbe compact
and treaty, by victorious Is not the soil In CUES.
ton the domain Of foreign nation, The whole policy OF our
Government in Indian Affairs proves II TO be Year by
We treated with these bcs and inch by inch have
bought their soil Our Government universally comedies to
them the Ownership Of tie land and treats with Az Indian bo
In as formal and deliberate manner though negotiating
tesmsers viii be ,bouF,ess Of these ormses are tho
rest Of their fellow citizens They regard these Indians simply
90 Wild beasts proving for prey 80 they VIII rserere IN
their attempt 20 OIru the and favorable route more con
ticts will the oucTy viii finally become great that
Government III send at immense cost the INDIANS
viii be eubdued. and then treaty teN b. mad.
Now nm advocate for yielding 10 Indians or anybody
else when war Is deliberately commenced The thing mus then
be fought out and short and bloody war Is roHly less
bloody than prolonged conflict There humane generals
who care for their and The wounded Of the enemy but
humane battle would bc ridiculous farce While therefore
In the wan with deal heavy blows and expect
20 receive them are there Statesmen Phanihops no
Christians who can seo that these Indians simply oeyng
the nobst instincts Ia attacking the fms aders OF their honet
But the Indians threatened With immediate destruction by
dealings with them Justice would dictate that we mt
Department at Washington powcres prevent these things
because tho public would not sustain Ia any severe measures
with whites 20 trcspass on the Indians.
Even the voice OF the black released from bondage
Il raised against Indiana Frederick Douglass in his speech at
Philadelphia wac so ungcnerous TO drag the indn emo
false to history 20 declare him unit for civilization The
attempts Of Congress 10 amend Of intercourse with
wckcdy indifferent upon this subject From them must flow
the impulse that shall prompt competent minds to gapp
with the subject Christian ministers and people seem utterly
indifferent 70 the welfare Of than 800 600 human beings In
land while their efforts unceang for the heathen
OF remote gona The latter work 20 be neglected nut
II difficult 10 see how nation cyade terrible respon
sbty for It's treatment OF the North American Indian
there uninenons injustice done 20 KanSas thereby hot
OF these conflicts are several hundred miles from the settle
men while m no danger excepting 10 those
who unnecessarily settle In the very parts OF our saie
G. C. HUTCHINSON,
Agent for the Altawa Indians In hansas