The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-03
. HANOo0K on THEl WAR PATH.
In Council with the indian Chefs
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/ Missouri Democrat who accempanie
General Hancock's expedition, an inter
Eesling account of the Generals inservie
with the Indian Chiefs. Il will be rea
| with interest: t'
a.Y GEN. uAEcocK's SPEECH.
1 told your agents some time ago tina
l was coming here to sea you. and If auy
of you wanted 70 speak TO me they coulC
do SO: Your agent is your friend
| a0a' 6nd many chiefs here-What is The
Teeson2 L have a great deal to say to th,
Indians, but want 70 lalk to them ALI TO
gether. But | am glad to see, what chiefs
are here. 20 merrJw l am going to thelr
camp. have boy, said 70 be a Chew.
eqne. whom the Cheyeunes elaim. We
have made apromise 10 which We pledged
Ourselves. If possible, TO find this boz,
and girl, who were some here in the
United States. We have found the bow
and here he is, ready to be delivered to
his nearest relatives, who may call for
him. l will leave him at Fort Larned
with the commander. He Will deliver
him up to them. The girl is near Den
Ver.& We have written tor her, and she
will 40 doubt be sent here either TO your
agent or TO the com mander at Fort I4arn-
ed, for delivery to her relatives. You
see the boy has not been injured; the girl
viii be delivered by US also uniriured
Look out that any captiYes your hands
be restored TO US equally unframed. |
tell you these things now, that you may
keep your treaties. Now l have great
many soldlers-more than all the tribes
put together, The Great Father has
heard that some Indians have taken white
men an. women capiiVes. He has heard
also, that great many Indians are trying
10 get up war, TO try to hurt the while
man. That is the reason came down
here, l intend not only to visit you here,
but my troops will remain among you,
TO see that the peace and safety of the
plains Is preserved. / am going 10 visit
you In your Camps. The innocent, and
those who are truly our friends, We shall
treat as brothers. II We fiad hereafter
chat any of you have lied to US, we will
strike you. In case of war, we shall
punish whoever betriends our enemies.
Ii tuele are any tribes among You VIII have
capuves, white or black, you must give
uoW.z 1 have collected all the eVIdence
OF outrages committed by you, SO that
your agents may examine inlo ihe matter
aud tell me who are gul y and who are
innocent. When your agent informs me
VINO tue guilty are 1 will punish them;
when Just demands are made / will en-
force them, If they be not attended to.
L nave heard that a great many Indians
want to fghr, very well. we are here, and
are come prepared for war. Ii you are
Tor peace, you know the conditions; if YOU
aLe lor war, look out Tor It's consequences
Ii we make war it will be made agalnsl
the tIbe, who must be responsible Tor
the acts OF their young men. Your
agent Is your friend, but be knows his
friendship Will not save you from the an
ger OF your Great Father, it we 90 10
war. Ii we find any good Indians, and
they come to US with clean hands, we will
treat them as brothers, and we will sepa
rate them from the maiconteuts, aud pre-
Yide for them, If necessary. This We
will do that the innocent may escape the
war which will be waged against the
guilty. The soldiers are going to stay
In The country, and they VIII see that the
white mau keeps his. treaty as we'll as tue
red man. We are building railroads aud
military roads through the country; you
must not let your young men stop them.
you must keep your men off the road.
These roads will beue eft the Indians as
we'll as the white men in bringing their
goods to them cheaply aud promptly
The steam car and wagon train must run,
and it is OF importance 10 the whites and
Indians that the mails, goods and pass
engers carried on them shall be safe. You
know very we'll if you go TO war with the
white man. you would lose. The Great
Father has plenty more warriors. Il is
true you might kill some soldiers and sur
prise some small detachments, but
you would lose men, and you know you
have not great many to loses~ You can
not replace warriors lost-we can. Its
to your interest to have peace with the
white man. Every tribe ought to have
a great chief, one that will command
them. For any depredations committed
by any one of his tribe I shall hold the
cbiet and his tribe responsible. some
Indians 60 down to Texas and kin women
and children. TshAll strike the tribes
that they belong to. If there are any
good Indians that don't want to 90 TO
war, shall help them and protect them.
If there are any bad chiefs, l will help
the good chiefs to put their heels on them.
have great many chiefs with me that
have commanded more men than you
ever saw, and they have fought more great
battles than you have fought fights. A
great many Indians think they are better
armed than they were formerly, but they
must Fecollect that we are also. Nv
chiefs cannot deTiyeany distinction from
fighting with your small numbers. They
are not anxious for wars against Indians.
but are ready for q just var, and know
how TO fight and lead their men. Let
the guilty. then beware. / say this TO you
TO show you the importance of keeping,
treaties made with as, and Of letting the
white man travel unmolested. Your
Great Father is your fFiend, as we'll as the
friend of the white man. IT, q white
man behaves badly. or does wrong to ycn,
he shall be punished, If the evidence as
certaiued at the trial proves him guilty &
Great sensation smoug the Indians
We can redress your wrongs better than
You can. Groans of"Waughs waugh. /"
have no more TO say, l win await the
end Of this council, to see whether you
want war OF peace. / viii pat what I
Gag in black and white, ard send il to
each poa4 r.or.uandar IN tha couatFU