The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-10-12
For the State Rights Democrat.
LECTURES BY REV. \. H. SPAULDING
Early Oregon EHissiOns..-Their Inn
pOrtance in Securing the COun-
try to Americans.
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The II. b. Co. was organized aud received
their charter from Charles III, in 1869; and
SON became monopoly, second only 10 the
famous East India Co. Their rigid economy
and wise regulations have secured to them
great success in commerce. Their strict
honesty with the natives, always fulfilling
their promises and requiring the same Of the
Indians, has secured to them the entire con.
fidence Of oil the Indian tribes. They have
always succeeded far better with the Indian
race, and ut an expense intellectually less,
than the agents of the American Govern.
ment. WHO ever heard Of an Indian war in
the British Possessions. where the II. b. Co.
have had contreif Who ever knew con.
tract broken ~ that Co., once made with nm
Indian tribe, or with single Indian? But
continual breach Of contracts, is tie peculiar
feature Of the American policy with tho In.
dian race and the iar.spread, cxtcrminatiug
Indian war now waged by the Government,
or rather by contractors, upon infants and
old women: ut cost, to the American peo.
pie, Of 81 900, 600, 90 week, is the result.
Ain ost the entire vast territory Of the Pa
cific slope, and greater territory east Of the
mountains, has been obtained by the United
States, by purchase from the Indians. The
10y the Government itself, and the contracts
for these lands entered into with the several
tribes, Mt their several councils, were ever Of
the most solemn end sacred character. The
God Of Heaven and his holy angels were re.
ferred to, rs witnesses to the coYenaut. The
Indians arc assured, in behalf of the prcsi.
dent Of the United States, that he, their
great father, has On equal interest in his red
and white children. That the Government
cannot lie that the c0yenanted stipulatiOns,
(which are always generous and amplel shall
be faithfully and solemnly mat by the Gov.
ernment, in payments every wear, fur ten or
twenty years. in money aud the undivided
services of we'll qualified men, TO establish
their schools, and to aid and instruct the in.
diyidual Indians % cultivate the earth, and
in the mechanical arts. On the part Of the
Indian race, these land contracts haze been
faithfully fulfilled. and their lands delivered,
and were settled Territories and States
were organized on these lands. But how, on
the part of this great Christian nation III
one part bOasting Of honor, the other al
magnanimity? Shameful, almost universal
breach Of faith. Not one of these thousand
contracts, especially the last ten years, has
been honestly met, and but few attempted.
Almost the entire amount Of the millions of
money due the tribes for these lands. has
been withheld at Washington, or knowingly
given into the hands of superintendents with
with wind securities, and who have squan.
dered it. The great array OF men thus sol.
emnly pledged by tie Government to do this
noble, philanthropic work for the Indian race
on the Reservations, for which the tribes
have paid their lands, were. with fcx excep-
tons. wholly unqualified for the work spec
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unqualified, and yet employed by The Gov.
ernment; and never enter upon their spec
iiied labors are not set to 90 the work for,
and with the Indians, as contracted in the
treaties: most of them immoral, many Of
them notorious gamblers, drnnkards, who're
masters hat 90 TO work for themselves,
thus not only rob the tribes yearly, of the
$40. .000, 90 usually due on each Reservation
for such specified labors, bat compel the
tribes to furnish them with lands, timber,
mills and teams, 10 use for themselves, for
the ten or twenty years, while they thus rob
them. More honorable for the Government,
far, TO have robbed the Indian race outright,
Of their country, and drove the last Indian
into the Pacific. Better, far better for us
the American pcople--who are soon to
meet this crime Of our authorized agents. ut
the bar Of God better for the Indians, had
that band Of blood stained fanatics, pick.
pockets and war factors, called the Indian
Department, taken tue millions due the In
dian tribes, and taken ship for the Fejee Isl.
ands. aud never set foot on Reservation
BY the shameful perfdities, the immense
swindiing and constant deceptions of the In
dian Department, praciiced upon the tribes,
the whole Indian race have become perfectly
disguised with the American people have
lost all confidence in .he Government, and
finding the Government always breaking its
word, and that the decree has gone forth TO
exterminate the last red man and woman,
they have taken up the tomahawk, deter
mined to sell themselves and what little they
have left, as dear as possible.
On the other hand. had the simple cheap
policy of the III. d. Co. been pursued with
the natives, to-day. u single man could have
travelled from the Columbia to the Missouri
in safety When We arrived in the country,
single white man or woman could have
travelled from Fort Hall to Vancouver with.
out harm but how is it now, and why?
The Nez Perces and Snake tribes answer that
question without q possibility Of dodge
The one was taken in hand by the Christian
Missionaries, with the holy Sabbath and the
Bible; the other, and the better tribe lac.
cording to Lewis and Clarke) was taken in
hand by the American Government, with the
lnss.rope, gunpowder and broken pledges. -
But the innocent have to suffer the cogse
9uences Of bad government, and the people
have to foot the enormous bills Of the pro.
yoked Indian wars
The III. B. Co. met formidable rival in
the North West Eur Co., organized in Mon
treal in 1887. This Co. purchased the fa.
E,.f A sfa
trading posts, in 1913; brought about partly
partner of Astor, partly by the war, and
partly by the stupendous disasters Of Astor.
The interior posts were at 0kanoking, Spo.
kan, Clearwater and Boise. The name was
changed from Astoria to Fort George. In
I7l8, agreeable to an article in the treaty
Ghent, Fort George was nominally surrender
ed to the American Government by Keith, on
the part of the English Government, to Pre-
vost, agent for the United States but really
continued British trading post. retaining
the name of Fort George till Aug. 18th, l84S.
when the Territory of Oregon was established
by Congress, and General Lane appointed
Governor, The heaviest disaster, probably,
that befel the stupendous enterprise of As
tor, was the total destruction Of his ship
- Tonquin, y of 10 guns, and all on board,
except the Interpreter including Captain
Thorn, the Supercargo Mckay, father of
Tom Mckay and 26 others in the month of
June 1911, near Vancouver's Island; brought
about by the indiscretion of Capt. Thorn.
g On the 9Th of June, the Tonquin left
the Columbia river, with Mckay as Super
cargo, to trade for peltries along the North
ern coast, and to touch at Astoria on her
return in the Autumn. Cant. Thorn arrived