The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-11

.u.nn - Sulno'.uy eiunzed not 20 sisrvr with An
abundance In view: belonging tae usnrpers of hts
home. In the red man hunger a me.s r,,e,,,s 81
argulnentl They waved romuneratiye var Tor
period OF seven months. a. an expense "a the vav
eminent OF many lives the DESTRUCTION on inm~S -
amounts OF property. and cost 10 the exchequer AZ
100000 900 or sl5. 100000. The war was lerniaa,si
by the treaty OF october. 1867. nj Medicine Ioass
creek.
The present war with the Cheycnncs. Apach-..
Arapah0es, Kiowas ard comanches has been in pro
gross for several months. In reality it i the Two
last wars re0pened on an extended programme. Th-
t aes ncsC Of HE and properly has no nsiss IN
Entire settlements have been depopuiatod ana
scores OF United states troops killed a. single asa
OF merchandise captured, locomotives and trans
OF cars thrown from the track ana passenger,
gnvsrnrI, TINS co e has o o s cost sse
and II is estimated has cost directly from $40 ooo Do
90 500, ooo,o 900. The savages IN better hghtng
sinew OF war than ever When the struggle wlil end
none can tell Several heavy detachncnls OF troops.
under the noble Little Phil" sheridan. the veteran
Suliy and others are securing the Plans Ia search
OF the willy foe; but when and where will they nnd
hims None can tell; but one thing Il certaln--the
bone and sinew OF the country must respond 10 thc
call OF the tax gatherer
We have not referred to many OF our indian con-
nicts occurring within the period embraced Ia this
letter, though in search OF this material we have
masSed an amount OF information not known TO the
general reader which we may use IN the future do
that the various with the red men acquired with
our possessions on the Pacific slope cost within
The expenses OF the Indian Bureau. on peace foot
ing, from 1885 for period OF ten years were less
than $4,000, 000 CThe bureau was administered by
the War Department. during this time. but the force
or the argument remains the same.l This compare
lively small sum covered all the liabilities OF the
government TO all the Indian tribes then under treaty
with the United States During these ten years
treaties were concluded with many tribes. vast
tracts VI territory acquired anu paid FOR OF this
sum OF sl5,O0o,oO0 And yet. un0er war policy
500 0o0 600 was expended In an effort TO whip few
hundred braves on the little peninsula OF Florida.
a a N a IN <rh tah N
establish comparison, let us institute one. III IL
required $1,000 men seven years and 300 men killed
on the peninsula OF Florida, how many mon aud
lives viii 1t require and how many millions OF dol
HnarS VIII ~ COS. 70 CONQUER warriors n seven
sand square miles, The engineer corps
solve the latter part OF this proposltion ltwould.
$4,000 lives and 500 0O0 900 to subugate these 900
'native Americansn The progress and develop
ment OF the present contest go far to establish the
correctness OF the above figures or rather their In
correctness. for the present war shows them far be-
low the mark in every respect.
The Indian ONCE, since attached to the Depart
ment OF the Interior, twenty years ago (neary, aud
administered rs a civil bureau with its vastly
tending into all the great States and Territories
lying between the Mississippi river, Pacific Ocean
and the Gulf OF Mexico and many OF the states east OF
Than $45,Oo0,000. Those curious In such matters
will find upon investigation that peace with the In
dim Is far more economical than war. In addition
to the foregoing startling facts IL will be discovered
that each Indian killed costs the United States not
less than twenty men and about $4,000 For each
pony or COW taken from them they take in return
fifty or hundred from US. There are about $50, 900
Indians In the United States Qeaving out those
bought OF the Gear OF Russia who didn't get
81 900 for Alaska) TO feed and clOthe all these
Indians as the wards OF the nation would cost less
than $50, 0O0 900 per annum. (lf determination be
the programme, good grub and plenty Of it Is the
most economical, humane and Christian route by
which to send the Indian to the "hunting grounds In
the sweet Southwest This sum would decrease
yearly as they advanced IN civilization and became
self-slistalning, AZ are the Cher0kees Clickasnws
ChOctaws and other tribes occupying the Indian
Territory south OF Kansas
From long observation on the frontier we know
the Indian never goes on the warpath II let alone
And we assure the reader we are no enthusiastic
admirer Of the noble red man. No; we had all Of
10 the poor Indian" aud "tliawatha" taken out
OF us.
There is an ssrrepressible CONFLICTS between the
army ana the Indian. We cannot blame the army
The Indian IL the enemy OF the army IN more re-
spects than one So long as there are Indian troubles
there Is kind OF military exile, Siberia, Botany
Bay-a perdltion in which our brave officers and
men fight, suffer and die in an ingOrOus struggle,
without obtaining military glory--the acmo Of the
soldiers hopes. Hence the officer and the private
try to end their exile Ivy killing the Indian. the In
dian kills the soldier because he Is his enemy. This
being the case II we desire peace these natural enc
miles, the army anu tho Indian, must be kept apart.
The leading facts In the foregoing have been gath
cred with much care and patience from executive
documents appropriations by Congress and histories
OF Indian The reader decide the proposition
for himself which department rs the more ecOnOIn
cal administrator OF the Indian Bureau. The verdict
according to the fact stated, must be unanimous In
favor OF the Interior Department By adding the
foregoing amounts together we find against the War
Department the sum Of 545,000,000, and against
the Interior the peace Department the sum Of
500. 100000. A. II. JACKSON.