Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-05-05

Indians cen wipe them cut. One drunken
white man or some unprincipled scoundrel
may undo oil that has cost 90 much time,
money and bloodshed to accomplish, OF
perhaps email war party COM posed Of
boys, ofef that class Of Indians Of which
every community, white, black or red,
has, more or lees, who can only be dealt
with By knosking them ia the head, may
cause troubles to begin s9ain.
As there is not, and cannot 30 for some
years, any civil law in this section, mar.
tisl law or some other law should exist.
Military commanders should have author
ity to arrest all persons who commit dep.
relations against the Indians, and either
try them or send them out Of the country
prisoners, for future trial, until the coun-
try becomes more thickly settled. On
no account should small parties be per-
mitted to travel over certain postions Of
the Indian country; they should be %.
liged to keep together while traversing
certain portions Of the country to elect .
captain, who would enforce discipline and
DO responsible in . manner for their &C.
tons. Printed rules and regulations
should be furnished each party for their
guidance. To regulate the Indians, pro-
per police regulations should BE- estab-
lished, and the chiefs and their bands
held responsible for the action Of their
young men. don't care what treaty 10
made, what promises are made by the
Indians, there still will be some among
the nation whose natural propensities will
induce them to rob and plumber when
they get a good chance, provided they
have every chance Of escaping unpun-
ished. Some Of the Indians are natural
~ just as bad as the vicious, ureducated
white man.
How frequently we hear The remark that
oil the Indians ought to be extsrminated,
for it's the only way 10 govern them
Let small war party kill \ white man,
and the cry is d-n The Indians, they ali
ought to be killed We hear the same
remarks made about the negroes or freed
men Of the South like the Indians, they
have been kept IN q state Of semi bar
bsrism by slavery, and now that all re-
etraint is taken from them, them. they,
huo"ipS uO OtuCS INV bto 6O"CttUuES
guilty Of outrageous acts, and We not IN
frequently hear the remark made "d-n
the niggers, they ought all to be killed.
but let these same persons who make
these remarks visit New York, Phiiadel-
phia, Boston, or any Of our great cities,
it, while they are qsiet'y walking the
streets, they are by some rough knocked
down, robbed aud almost killed, (this is
not an uncommon occurrence lately in
in our cities. they do not them exclaim.
"d-n the New Workers, they ought all
to DO killed, they more Justly abuse the
want Of a proper police force this is just
the case with the Indians; they wan. a
proper police force to protect the good
aud punish the bad.
Government has established troops in
the Indian country, where the Indians are
likely to come in contact with The whites
for this purpose, but this plan can be i'm
proved on BY making the Indians them
selves assist in keeping order among
themselves. Organize a police force
among the Indians, trust them, gre them
some sronsibIe position. ard part of
your confidence, you will find that they
will appreciate it, and a. ralers will
prove much more severe over the trans
erosion Of their people than any white
man would be.
As il is at present, as soon as q militia.
~ commander hears Of depreciation
having been committed in his vicinity, he
sends out a party Of soldiers to punish
the guilty party; the soldiers who don't
know one Indian from another. and it
may be don't care much, OF course Kill
the first Indian they come across, who
most likely may be the greatest friend the
whites had among the Indians, for the
war party who ba'e committed the dep
relation, knowing thsi. danger, would
undoubtedly get out Of the way Of the
troops, while the friendly Idians, antici-
pating no danger, would not avoid them
The Indians retaliate, and thus another
Indian war is commenced; q few more
white settlers or emigrants are butchered,
soldiers are kept in the field marching
over the country, white tho Indians are
dodsing out Of their way till Government
stops the business by making a new tran-
ty, and paying the Indians 20 much more
q year to behave themselves. AT everv
military post in the Indian country, ]
would have a small boly of Indians sta
toned, belonging to that same section of
country, iesue ra,ions to them and their
squaws, and hay to their HORSES when
necessary; let them be clothed in some
uniform, part Indian, part military. to
distinguish them; no Indian should be
allowed to wear this dress unless he be-
longed to these Indian soldiers; they
should have butts erected for their use
near the fort they should receive no pay.
but in case any depreciation was commit.
ted by Indians, they should be cent after
the depredators, and paid . handsome re-
ward for every scalp they brought in;
they should be used - scouts and ri ckets
to guard the herds. BY degrees I would
increase this force and improve the dis
cipline, till finally they could be made
perfect col
The great stretch OF country known as
Dakota Territory must, from the nature OF
the soil, for many years be Of no use to
Us for settlements excepting the region Of
tho Black Hills and that portion now an
der civil Jurisdiction. Why no, give this
country up to the Indians, res"rvioQ to
ourselves the right to navigate tho Mis-