New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-01-25

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an acre The Attorney Gid hold that nt w Inc
cash in hand Bayng been prlyy to the tbin as
treaty knew that 10 did not mean any such th,,S
understood by both OF the contracting parties, az
stood by the Indians Themselves aud by the ,Ii1J
And these Indians are not sayages They CIV CIV -
people Their Chief at that timo YasJohn Ross nisd
who measured by his talents, would not hho S,Jv
se9t I'm iris body or In any other debratlve
Their ead ding men men OF marked ability on me t IN
ture who understand their rights as fuy ~ Is % 10
average Of white men They desired the term cas-,
he nut into the treaty not to prevent time SAFE Dut
nreycut sale OF the land for cefuhed lhula IiIan
ness There was outstanding large amount Oh Hi ih
scrip, so called, IN inc hatulo VI oouy no nan from
viii be understood by my brother Senators ~ H NV
Western States To prevent the purchase o th.s la ~
the OF deprecated Indian SCRIP or sttnated
debtednoss OF the tribe, they desired to nave u @
vii nerceive is in harmony with the added phrase,
"to q responsible party or parties WY e 3an in
into the responsibility Of tho purchaser ne paa AZ
lawful money for the thing sOidt Whether to LIZ
General right IN ms construction or not Is ot IN &
nderstandnF OF both contracting parties-the officer
who represented the Government OF the Cbteu $500
~ indons Tho contract was made IN strict pursuance
OF the understanding Of the treaty hhd Dy po'h
I'D or minated that these lands worth vastly
more than the amount they we're SOFA LOT, Ihoe CYuu
The sa and n there was technical legal error commit
ted by the organ of the Government III MAKING con
error OF the value Of the land or OF moral
turpitude The question is not as 10 the legai con
stion made of the property which its subject The
Inference suggested by these newspaper 9es .ns
aid or ought TO have known IT, Now, happen 10 Know
personally that they were not adopted ene means aSS AZ
selected by the settlers were not WORTH more. mere
were 10000 acres Of land in Kansas OF which 2S O
900 acres OF land embracing every suck OF staining
timber on the whole tract and every visible oucropRug
The residue OF the land could not be in that country AZ
that time worth than one dollar an acre taken In
rho aggregate know this because there was lana NJ tho
time being offered sale IN the Immediate vicinity Oh
this tract at 50 cents s an acre i hnS" sell
ing at from 20 70 80 cents an acre, SUP,
ject location in detail on what Thomas H. Benton used
main" And when man could buy scrlp ana WIN u
purchase the best OF the land picked out IN deta LOT mat
price knew that the refuse Of tract OF land IN kansas
could not he wO tn than dollar an acre IN the ag
gregate But with the charge against mo on that seeet
rs coupled one against my successor IN the Department
OF the Interior. Mr. Browning IL Is not my province 70
defend him. He needs defense appehend as lar AT
Inent Deemng the contract not binding. he advertised
for bidder for these lands, as he says Tor number OF
nonths in the leading Journals OF the country and he
obtained bid at greater price and only one pa
at dollar and he contracted We lana 70 that
bidder He however, had additional evidence on TINS
subject. He had sent out appraisers under inc
provisions OF the treaty, he appointing one anu
pointed Col Philips, Formerly believe. writer Tor NE
NEw-YoRK TRIBUNE, and for long tune during ihs TO
cent war in command OF the military district Including
the Indian Territory. The Indians knowing him person
ally and condng in him. selected him as Their repre-
sentative In Judgment the value OF thsJand Inc
Secretary OF the Interior appointed another woho name
have never known These two gentlemen went 10 lhe
on and reported the adudgcd value OF each tract Inc
average value placed on h1S s@ersry BroWnae
says, in official report made 70 CohgT.9s, haJ no
one sale fora dollar an acre rather than 10 sell u
in detal-in dribbets-for few cents moro per acre
He thought Il would be worth more to them
I'm the end 20 be sold In body for sum OF money GER
tain than 10 permit 70 be eaten up ny inc expenses
which must necessarily accrue from sale in detail But
although tins land sold JOY. according 10 Mr.
BroWnngs idea OF the meaning Of nc treaty. Tor cash
hand ms sale proved to Ice merely theoretically cash
in hand" Not one dollar was In fact Para down Tho
matter along for more than year without dollar ol
money being paid aud tho Indians, expecting me inter
est at least, but receiving neither inter Il nor pune PAL
ana being In need ~ funds their delegates % wash
Ingon 70 attempt to arrange H. fiiuS tr condition 81
this business and being satisfied with the met ale made
by mepTcforrug it 10 The second rale made 10y nv no
oessOr-thcy requested tho Commissioner OF Iuulsn
Affairs 10 take such steps us might he necessary o rauy
IT, In order 20 carry ihcr wishes INTO tncc1 supple
treaty was sent President by thc Secretary OF the
10 the Senate aud rained bv nearly uanimou, voto.
IL remember correctly there were bu thrro VOTES IN the
unneasured terms ultimately approved by the ndi-
by the new Comtnissioner OF INDIAN Ahalrr by my
satd IN reiation 10 the extru.on of the burlington and
Missouri River Railroad grant that had rot al the time.
have now had and never expect 10 have one
cents worth OF interest the subicctmntter ~ The
treaty. The next aud only other paTpgtapa o. wucn
shall call attention 10 the one referring 10 the SIOUX city
branch Of tho Union Pacific Railroad. although 9eVcr
had any personal connection with this transaction.
This writer charges that tie company or.ar'td
10 construct the Sioux Ciy branch OF q
Pacific Railroad, nave violated the plain
ions OF the law lie says that Law provided g. "a
road should be built from Sioux CITY directly across Ne
braska in Southwestern direction. go some pu,nt
the Union Pacific railroad In the y,ey Of the Platte.
miles from sioux CITY; that instead Of binding Oh this
line they made detour and went down tLe valley % the
Missouri River, Iowa for some siNty-eClt miles, aud
thOn dlyerged the river aud CONNECTED nh the
Omaha branch Of the Pacific railroad at Fremont thirty
miles from the borders Of Iowa making IN the aggregate.
II the figures stated correctly, nineyoght miles.
Now notice tho absurdity OF this gigantic t1hde That
this gentleman thinks he has discovered wnlch has been
thrown broadcast all over the country by The Con-
einrah Gasette, and copied Win an Implied
Enforcement by. The NeC-idE Tribune, aud sent
out 20 its two three hundred thou
sand readers The direct line. the writer says, which
they made detour requiring the construction OF road
miles longtwo miles longer than as he thinks tho
law contemplated This must have involved terrible
swinde! have nothing TO as to the propnoty OF
the location Of that branch OF the road am OF the Inn
preston that would have been better Tor my state at
least the northern end Of my state and Tor the people OF
Minnesota and the northern partO WISCONSIN II the road
had been built dagOnaly across NeOraska PROVIDED an
available railroad line could have been secured. think
it would have been better for of the country had
ding the Government OF the United States. Now,
what are the facts The Law, copy OF which
/ have In my hand, provides that this com
pany may buid railroad from Sioux CITY
Pacific Railroad at east Of the Tooth meridian.
III any will take the trouble TO look al Land once
meridian Is or 85 ranges 10 use the language OF the
Land Oice west Of Sioux CITY The ranges arc about
ships north OF the point on the Tooth meridian where the
Union Pacific Railroad crosses III that the road might
been built In conformity with the provisions OF the
become the hypothenuse OF this triangle, one
side Of which would be little 400 miles long, aud
the othef side little less than 100 miles. Any boy with
his pencil can calculate how long u must have been II
constructed this lneet least 22a or 225 mes-and
estimating the necessary curyatures IN order 10
IL would probably have been $50 miles
in length II this company were really prompted
nv desire 20 swinde the Government by securing sub
sdies in bonds and land and not desire tho
public interests Why pray did they not adopt the longer
route which would have gwen direct connection with
several ra broad Nebraska, Iowa and WlscOn
sin, and with the Union Pacific Railroad trunk hnei
They would thereby have secured Just g. 100000 Of bonds
and OF land. by adopting the shorter line
about miles In length they received but 100000
in bonds and nOminay 200 Of land For IL will
he observed that grant Of land to this company