Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-02-12
ABOUT THE BOISE INDIANS.

ABOUT THE BOISE INDIANS.
EDrroR WoRLD: The pfollowing specimen
Of sickly sentimentality appears in that char.
acterstic style 81 the Boise Statesman, which
KS sver show t6el public how its diseased ed
|stor could truclle to the vile workings of .
uselsss military. I ask you to insert it, that
tAe iDhabitants Of this country may see what
their fate is to be among the Indians who are
fed and fattened and provided with implements
of war by Fort Boise:
The fate of Mrs. Denoille seems at last positively
decided The Indians captured on the Owyhee sew
eral weeks ago. and brought to Fort Boise sby Mr.
Hicks and his Indian scouts, where according TO
their own acknowledgment portion of the band
which captured and killed her. Since their arrival
here they have told the Boise Indians that they
killed Mrs Denoille The squaws had many portions
lof her wearing apparel and revolver was captured
with the band that is recognized as belonging to De-
noille So the question stands about thus: TINS
was the party that murdered Denoile, and captured
his wife. They admit that she is dead II not by Vio
lence then by cruelty and EXPOSURE The query nat
uraly arises whether there ia not sufficient evidence
to convict them of murder, and whether all the
bucks" at least in the party ought not TO be trie
and if adjudged guilty, executed.
"a query arises" No query, Sir, except in
the brains of sanctimonious society. who
pretend that this business is philanthropy. Oh,
of course, they ought not be executed they
should be fed and caressed by vile system OF
error till the SHOWS Of winter are gone, and
the green bunch grass of spring is again spread
out over every hill and valley Of Idaho, and
then they should be allowed to return to the
plains and rocks where, with full stock OF
powder and lead, they can carry on their
treacherous warfare against travellers, and
against the honest settlers whose pleasant
homes are dotted over the extensive domain
from the Truckee river on the south to the
Salmon river on the north. .... Ia.ss
The dirty she-brutes, who are now wearing
around Boise City the remnants of the cloth
ing stripped from the slaughtered Mrs De-
noille, should be permitted to continue to bar.
ter their squallid charms to degraded and
pestiferous soldiery in exchange for dmman'-
ton, which is secretly and carefully conveyed
to the savages in the dingles and DELI around
Owyhee and the Malheur.
This "pole-evil" sore upon Boise Valley fes'
tiers and foments by monthly or other periodical
spasms, and pretends to do something toward
subduing the Indians, and yet regular trade
is carried on in supplying the numerous bands
of sayages with oil the implements OF war,
who contriye 10 have it carried up the Valley
and across Indian Greek. TO some point far
enough away on Snake river to max" safe de-
posts with the tribes without fear OF obserya-
ton or discovery. The friendly wickiap at
the Fort is constantly being enlarged and i'm
proved to meet the demands Of increasing
squads .. .e ...sf. .a ..t
Tried, and If alluded guilty. executed
say you, Oh, Sir, il these murderers were
Irish, or Scotch, or Germans, there could he
Vigilautes enough organized in the Statesman
office in one night, to clean out any number in
month who might be reckless enough TO offer
But no, Sir they are poor, abused friends
these savages, and must be protected, forsooth
by Government 1t makes n white man sick
to think or talk Of the manner in which your
iore-sick editors, Sir, desire to love these de
graded savage brutes. "Poor Lo" you are in
luck! Your time has not come yet, nor will II
while an intelligent people like this sufIei
themselves to be over-ridden and down.trodder
by Puritan apologists for savage tribes, and
savage atrocities. ~. Z.