Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-04-07
APPEAL
d AUxILTARIEs.

ulu not 81 nrst employ such auAihAhieHi
and at last did so only out OF necessity
or by way OF retaliation.
The Confederate Government and It's
Commissioner regarded the Indian Ter
ritory as OF immense Importance In the
future, to the Confederate States, and
sought to secure It by treaties with the
tribes in possession Of 1t. 1t was not
doubted that this action On the part Of
the Indisns, making them parties to the
war, would lead to an invasion Of their
country by Federal troops, and il was of
course deemed desirable to organize and
arm them for the defence of their own
country. We accept all the response
bility Of efecting that and Of enlisting
in the Confederate service $500 Chero-
KEGS, Creeks, seminoles, Choctaws and
Chicksssws.
Il was somewhat Pecksniiiisn in the
United States, which had over and over
again had bodies Of Indians Of all these
tribes except the Samiuoles, in It's ser
vice, to pretend to be Mortified at the
employment Of them to defend their own
country. They were a far more humane
enemy than many regiments in the Fed
eral service and partizan bands on the
Confederate side. The white man, when
his passions ara aroused by civil war, il
much more blood-thirsty than the In.
dian.
Ii is no doubt true that several scslps,
perhaps a score, were taken at Pea
Ridge. The Cherokee regiment Of Col.
JOHN DREW, which had been raised by
authority Of the National Council before
any treaty was made, and its oficsrs ap-
pointed by the Chief, JOHN Ross, was
not under the immediate command Of
Gen. PIKE during the latter part Of the
action, and did not accompany him and
the troops Of which be took command,
that night, to Elkhorn. They remained
behind, and returned to their own cOun-
try from the field at Pea Ridge. Nor
were any Ofthem at any time afterwards
in action on the side Of the C~onfederacy.
In June OF the same year, they went
over. almost 10 a man, 70 the Federals,
and were received ~into-active service by
the United States. 1t was by these, a.
is well known, that the sealping was
done, and, it is supposed, after the
action was over. They were not partic-
hlRr, 1t seems, whose scalps they took.
Yet the same Indians were afterwards
sent into Arkansas, while General CUR
It's continued in command, and, as we
have before said, nc orders are known to
have been given, prohibiting their scalp
ing. The P~ecksnifian horror at the en-
ployment Of Indians ceased at once,
when they offered their services to the
Omitted States. Neither the Confederate
Government or General PIKE ever
wished tina! they should be marched into
Kansas or Missouri; but the United
States or its officers did not hesitate
TO send them into Arkansas, to harry
the peaceful people Of the country.
We cannot say how far the acts Of the
United States officials, in Kansas, were
authorized by the Government Of the
United States. The Superintendent Of
Indian Affairs, Mr.. COFFIN, was in Kan
sas, and Z. II. CARRUrH WAS acting I'M
der him. JAMES Il. LANE was a Briga-
der General. Emissaries sent by these
officers, from Kansas, were among the
Indians while we were treating with
them and the Reserve Indians, that is
90 say, the Peueteghca band Of Conan
ches, the Wichitss, Caddoes, Toncawes,
HuecOs, A~nadahc0s, Aionais and XII
chsis, were urged, officially, to assist
the United States, aud promised arms,
TO enable them to revenge themselves
on their old enemies, the Texans. Ex-
tracts from these letters were published,
in 1852, with the Report Of the Commits
sioner OF Indian Affairs Of the Confeder-
ste States; and the originals are prob
ably at Washington, among other ar
chivss Of the Confederate Indian Office.
Whether authority had then been
given by the government Of the United
States. TO enlist Indians, We do not know
or care. It's officers e~ndeavoured to do ,
it, and did DO It; aud before the battle Of
Elkhorn the loyal" Creeks and others
who bad retired into Kansas 5Cers in the
service OF, and supplied by, the United
States, and continually promised assist
ancs TO enable them to conquer their
country from the allies Of the Con-
fe5eracy. !
The Post is mute as to General FIRE. +,
M0NT's b0dy-guaTd. When he marched
to Southwest Missouri, which was be- -.
fore General Curtis said that no au-
thorlty bad been given by his govern. /,
ment 10 enlist Indians, he had, OF at !
least Il was SO published at the time, a q
b~ody-guarj Of Delaware Indians. Gene :
raj CURTIS could not but have known ?
this. The Shswnees, Kickapoos and a
Delawares all adhered 70 the United .
States. We were not in a position to !,
know at what time orders were given bv =
the Government" Of the United !,
States to enlist Indians but we should
be willing TO bet q small sum that L was =
done in 1881. At all events, the Chero- !,
KEGS were at once received into the ser y
vice, when they went over in june, =
1852; and the loyal" Creeks had been ;,
in it long before. :,
We do not know hoW many Delawsres >.
were with General STEELE. We heard :,
that there was a band or q number Of y
them, and that they took scalps. We =
know that in the action at Poison 81
Springs, General GANO had a personal n,
encounter with a Delaware or KickaDoo.
and would have been killed by him. but
for the assistance Of u or two of his a.,
men. -
All We know IN respect TO an order Of Z,
General TOTTEN, prohibiting s~calping. -
that we were informed by a Federal !,
officer that he did issue such an order -
and a. this was stated in reply 10 a re- ti
mark that N Federal officer ever had h,
ssued one, We were glad, having known =,
General ToTTEN well, and his father y,
70 believe it. AS it seems that u.
wen be nev issued such an order. we y
epeat that no Federal officer, after some ,l
400 OF $500 full-bloOd Cherokees, and -
large number Of full blood Creeks and .
,eminoles had been regularly received q,
nto the service Of the United States, and
'herokee troops were sent into Arkan- -
~, thought it worth while to prohibit M,
heir scalping. m,
We repeat that General PIKE was =,
.rongly opposed to taking the Indians N,
NJ Of their own country; aud We now an
ID, that after the action of Pea Ridge
e distinctly informed his Government 90.
he never would do It again; that he vo
ID not, when Afterwards ordered to DO ~
D and that he positively prohibited the m,
Of the Indian line by Colonel w
rAED WAITE unless in pursuit Of par mc
e. that might have invaded the Indian en-
,untry. When he led them Into Ar raj
,nsas It was to aid in defending that aga
ate against invasion a Choctaw and nal
,iekssaw Regiment and Battalion also ems
arcbed into Arkansas, not in time TO We
.rticipate in the action at Pea Ridge anC
a there never was q complaint that anC
nor these or the Cherokees committed 4 .
. least outrage on the person or prep ne
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