The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-12-06
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Herr il poe Geld Of hsmanisarian edoft -
to which ws ars dabiousiof results. We
don ike the :. Noble Indian" There has
bseu ! vass deal Of sesaiment ~asted upcn
him /; Or that, ho~sver, be is st0ically isdif.
f.rent. Nature Is insxorAbl4. She respects
races blu, not the individual. 50 natare aas-
Ing written plaiely tho ultimate destiny q me
lndi.n, We have sympathy for him A. sn M
d.sidaAl bua ior his race, We won mutnur
against newt able Fate-and ths brnsiiessce
Fate offers the Indians Is race u aieir utter
ea,inctiop. Cspability for civilization is the
onI, claim Of sses to live which nature re-
spect,. And to that end she kills of races
Who will moi be civilized, o. relentlessly and
pitilessly q she does plants or the lower ant
n,ais. Civilization il dug ont OF the ground
and the people that ~iifnot dig for It mnsi
awe place 10 the people shat win. This is
90 insvisass shnk n ti,s Soaah ~ ssgro who
dua il the Geld had oatstripped 10 civiiizs-
ton the poor white Who hunted in the woods.
lfshs IadisAsi diahs riiI i've, III y -
ssly hasis - only toon ~ can .ask .ef 20
.uro i 70 let him die - tendsrly a she msy.
A friends OF ours, Who is Friend, brings
as The Friends' Isfellisencer, With reqnest
that We copy thus much OF report OF .
COMMITTEES Of that Society, specially APP
pointed to consider the condition and wsnis
Of the Indians. We readily comply with his
wishes, and here is the extract
~. 4rst
particularly directed to the subject Of the Western
Indians these people have never been in more
unsettled and critcat condition than they are Al
this tinBs, nor nns IN which it is IRE difficult to
SEE whnt course adopt, for their protection aud
Improvement, or bow 10 approach them with a
hops Of being serv iceablc to them.
Locui benefits nigh, possibly be conferred upon
them, to limited extent, but unles, the general
i .ssftssf II lsss " some sysfea which promises
perm nent protection and improvement to the
vhols pscs, local benefits must be Of comparative
~ lit4e satpS, Hable at aiy tins - disfuPtion
aud scattering, like thst which attended the set
.ls.sa.s n.ds y our Yearly l. M'sti9s ys.I: .fo
Minnesota at the outbreak in 1882, where the
whole settlement was scattered, the labor Of many
snrS u ~ sepsAsancs lort and ssrss 81 ets els.
nents VI the settlement transported to tbs upper
Missouri, where men, women. and childrsn, died
II nunbsss, fFsn hardship sad stsrvdeNn.
tho part Of some of the Indiana, within . short
tineyast The current Of public sentiment i, 10
many places, setting strongly against all the
Western sTribes. The cry Of determination is
loudly And effectively raised. This - most an.
just and iphuuan. On making inquiry upon the
subjsct II the Indian Department at Washington,
the Cemnittss we're assured BY the acting Com
missioner Of Indian afairs, that the cause Of the
present Indian difficulties west Of the Mississippi,
orig mated entirely from the failure the psrt oil
the General Governments to make timely sppro-
priations TO carry out existing treaties and en-
xAgemsnts made with those Indians, to supply
them with food. The Indian Department, ears
nestly, though unavailingly, urged upon Congress
the importance and pressing necessity Of making
the needed appropriations, predicting the disas
trous CONSCIOUSNESS which would ensue, and which
sosrowfally have enSucd from this not being done.
The Indian, the Commissions or said, Is governed
vsfy macA by his stomach; IL that 10 full, he Is
quiet and psaceabie; when it is empty, and be Gan
satisfy it In no other way, he nil stead. The white
people have driven OF all the buffalo, which the
Indians ssvefeatly think the Great Spirit made
for them 70 live upon, and all tho larger game.
and the 0overnment fails to supply them with
TODD. q Il hAA promised 70 Dc, and alternative
10 len thsmsbat TO steal or starrs. When . train
comes along, they ash for provisions to safety
tAUiE hhHesr. II these are granted them, they
ass ssntsatsd; II refused, they attempt TO take
tAsu By force. This generally brings on light,
sid I'll its attesding calamitiss. The Same crav !
ingl sf hunger indaos then 70 drive Of cattls nnd
other stock. Il would have bssh cheaper for the
Nationsl Govsrnmsnt ths Coamfssionsr said. /,
have boarded al The IndiAns It 6rst-class hote
in the city Of New York, then 70 have incurred
the expenses arising from the neglect to furnish
then, with The necessary food on the plains which
could have besn done It comparatively 81 small a
sosf.
While the above extract illustrates tbs
broad hamaai,y aud philanthropy which havs
always inspired the Friends, d,tsng all theil
history, il show rs how hopelessly their hu
mAnity and philanthropy are directed to
wards the Indians. The race thst must stea
or stArvs, must stsrse. For the Indians
Sheridan ID better than sentiment. He maj
be their Nemesis, but he is their Providenc,
~ we'll. They may beg Of him bread as
present rel i they sho, ID invoke his sabr'
~ their ultimate good.