The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-12-01
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Gen sherman IN BIS annual report
declares that there is ne hops q per-
mabeut pesee aBd no chance q saving
the Ind.an race from destruction unless
We place 81 ths tribes 90 r. ryaG0us
and b b this Tie Indian Affairs must
bs managed ~ de var department
We make toe following ertrac; from
tbe report
I, j. idle ~ Is longer 10 attempt 10
occupy the p'aius ID common with these
Indians. far The country is not suscep-
iitlo n close settlements with farms
ike Missouri, and Iowa, and IS solely
adapted % grazing All 81 our people
are necessarily scattered. aud have
more Or less cattle and horses which
tempt the Indian, hungry, aud is may
he starving, for TIE want u bis accus-
tofsd game aud he vii steal, L. viii
not hesitate q kill Therefore. q joint
occupation " that district Of the coun-
try by those two classes Of people. with
such opposing interests, is . simple in
possibility and the Indians must Weld.
The peace commission has assigned
them a reservation. which II held for
fifty years viii make their defendants
rich, and in The meantime they arc
promised food while they are learning
10 cultivate tie earth aud 70 rear tame
stock TO labor with their own bands
or even to remain IN one place initiates
With Oh the hereditary pride Of the In
dian aud force must be used to accom-
plish this result
1T was for this reason that the peace
commission at It's Chicago session in
October, after the events before des-
cribed occurred and were known to
them, was forced 10 the conclusion that
the management Of the Indian affairs
should be transferred back to the war
department, where it belonged prior to
lSi9. This department Of our
government is the only one that
can act with promptness and vigor
enough TO give any hope that the plan
aud purposes Of the peace commission
ers will be carried ont. Even then
there is doubt that the Indians them
selves viii make. the necessary person
al efforts TO succeed, and | fear they
will at last fall upon our hands mere
mass Of helpless paupers,
Il am fully aware that many Of our
good people, far removed from contact
with these Indians, and dwelling with
q painful interest on tie past events,
such Is arc described 10 have occurred
IN Minnesota in 1868, aud as the Chiv-
iugton massacre Of 1864, believe that
the whites are Away IN the wrong and
that the Indians have been forced to
resort to war in self-defense, by actual
want or by reason Of our selfshness. -
am more than convinced that such is
not the case, in the present instance,
and ! hope that | have made it plain.
further believe that the only hope Of
saving any part Of these Indians from
utter humiliation il by a fair and
prompt execution u the scheme sug-
gested by the peace commission, which
can alone be done by Congress withfhe
concurrence Of tho Indians themselves.
Even then twill require much patience
and hard labor on the part Of the Off
GERS who execute the plan, which do
not wish to assume myself or impose
on other army officers, but il is certain
that the only hope to find any end 70
this eternal Indian war, is in the trans
fer OF the entire business TO the war
department, and for Congress TO en-
act the laws and provide the necessary
money, at least year before it is re-
CURED to be expended.