Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-07-22

AN INDIAN WAR pRsBABIY AvERrEp By S. Nj.
JANsEYs EFF0RTs.
(orrs soonsirure of The Conp1ef cidl

An INDIAN WAR pRSBABIY AvERTEp BY ;. NJ.
JANNEY's EFFORTS.
Correspondence of the CONNER ciai.
OMAHA, 9Th NO., 18th, 1863.
Samuel NJ. Janney is doing christian work
here, and deserves the sympathy of all well wish
els of the prosecuted and wronged race of Red
men, for his noble devotion to their good. He
has much to contend with. He has had most
trying case, recently, but think he has managed
it to the satisfaction of oil parties. Last winter,
before he came out, white man started out for
the Pawnees, but never returned. His friends
tracked him to their settlement, but could fluid
nothing of bin and IA no evidence could be
found uf his having been killed, the matter was
for the time, dropped. A little more THAI week
ago. however, Ills body was found sunk In lake.
pierced with bullets, and gu Indian arrow stick
lug In his mouth His friends, exasperaled at
this, made up a strong party well armed. and
started out to execute vengeance on the lndians.
Samuel heard of ii and started too, and induced
the party to return and let him try first to iiud
the offenders and bring them to justice accord
ing tolaw.
| He then called this Chiefs OF the Pawnees TO
gether stated the case to them, and told them
that il an Indian was wrongcd he would do all
IN his power to obtain JUSTICE and now that the
white man had been killed he was Obliged TO do
the same, and that he had been instructed TO
withhold any more supplies from their tribe, un-
til they should give up the men who committed
the murder. They made speeches and In jusiia-
cation said that their men had been killed aud no
notice takeu of 1t; but Samuel assured them that
It should not he so, whilst he was Superintendent.
| 10 bis great satisfaction, they notified him by u
messenger, the next day, that there were eight
iDeu implicated AID that they we're prepared to
give Them mp. The officers were sent up and
the men brought down aud lodged IN jail They
had their hearing, yesterday, aud were demanded
Tor trial ut next court.
Immediately after they were given up. Samuel
had their goods amounting to some thirteen nun
dred dollars worth, distributed among them.
The goods were received from Washington pack
ed IL boxes, and the custom Of the superinten-
deuts, heretofore, had been to uupack the boxes
here aud replace their contents with an inferior
article and sell the original goods for twice the
amount required to replace them, and pucket the
balance. Samuel took the goods unopened to the
reservations call, the chiefs together and open
ed them In their presence and had them dlstrihu-
ted Just us they we're received 1t gave the ln-
dians great satisfaction. They said it had never
been done before
The treatment Of the murder case has given
much satisfaction tn the whites, and given quite
at ectn to samuels misunderstanding, while the
just distribution Of the goods has delighted the
Indians, aud thus much good has already been
done by simple justice By some it 10 thought q
war has been avrrted, for had the whites retalla-
ted by killing the Indians, the Indians would hay
resented, and who eau tell how many lives would
have been lost.
1t is great satisfaction to see man like Sam
uel NJ. Junnty thus deyoling his life to the good
vi men. !" Blessed ure the peace makers III
one of the agencies under his charge, they have
a large school where they board und teach seven
ty-fvr Indian children. They propose 10 make
this u High school and establish primary school:
all over tue reservation to prepare sc ,oars fol
this the GOvernu eDt appruprlates $4,000 veal
for It's support. Samuel has provided the mer
With plows aud hoes and they are breaking III
the ground preparatory to wheat crop. He says
the menslre willing tu work and he thinks mucl
can be done as the Government has given th
right to establish individual ownership Of the soil
7. c. I.
LETTER FRoM FRIEND JASNEY.
\ letter from Samuel NJ. Janney Is rublishe.
, in the Friends lntelligencer, Of recent date.
was written from Omaha on the 18th of June
AT that time. he had visited but three of tn
agencies those for the Winnebag es the Oma
! has, and the Pawnces. With each of these tribe
he had held council, aud found them mucl
pleased at having the Friends for their care
: takers They call the agent Father, the Super
iniendrnt Grandfather. and tho President of tn
United STATES Great Father or Greatly randaihci
OF these three tribes the Winnebagoes arc. Frien
.Ianney thinks, the best informed but the mos
., demoralized The Omabas the most orderly an
4 yirlous, and the Pawnees the most warlike. III
IA .ast mentioned are less civilized than the Others
"a but they have one redeeming characteristic The
/, do not drink ardent spirits, and will not allow
, To be brought on their reservations. Our s0be
, Friend also has had his eyes open 10 fenal
! beauty, but soirowfnly records: - have nc
I yet seen handsome Indian woman Nur dot
he hold out hopes OF immediate good results fr"i
his labors among the Indians, though he is col
= tidtnt that by right treatment and iudcluus al
pliances they may III time be civilized aud Chri
liunized