The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1869-01-11
THE COST AND CAUSES on INDIAN
m WARS. ttsl. ss. 1850.

fEt.# IA i +. # WARS. 4 tlfae .44H Ftesa
Nj. A. n. Jackson, OF New York city.
has complied from. the official record, and
will soon publish an exhibit of ,he cost and
sausss OF the several tsdlan vars during
the last thirty ty-sevea years, beginnIng win
the Black Hawk war Of l8sl-'sa. which
cost directly q, 1000 900. asd indirscily. in
ths destructisn Of property, employing
militia, volunteers. Psnsions. &c. y. .OOO.-
600 more. making an aggregste o. sa,ooo'-
600. attended with . loss OF 1000 OF our
people. Officers of the army and govern.
ment. including the present Secretary OF
The Interior, who served through THIS war.
are unable, even q, this late day, 10 ten
rh.t w,s The real cause Of that conflict.
rhey are confident il was forced upon the
lo,lisns in the interest Of broken dswn po.
liusians and spectators.
The seminole Or Florida war lasted near.
.iy raven years, employing the army sad
n.,y. The militia oi Florida and volunteers
from some Of the other States. costing i5.-
900 lives and Si00. 900 .oeo. The number
of indians engaged Vas estimated By the
lad,an agent Il 500 Warriors; the army OF
6esrs esiinate their .nunbers at 1000.
Nearly 500 of the Indians still remain IN
the E,ergladss af Florida the others wsre
.msyed vest Of the MIsslssipPi. Those IN
tFlurids insist that they were never whip
ped. The 6ru rsss Of this outbreak vas
an Interpretation given to three treaties;
enc requiring removal OF the Seminoles,
the whipping of IN Indian. and the i'm.
n,.chmenl OF Oscsols, who escaped and
BECAME the leader Of the war party. Al
,bout the same time dificsliy occurred
with the Creeks, cherokees and other Ia.
disns, costing IN the aggregate vi .OOO. 600.
Ia 1854. We had tie sioax war on the
plains, the. cause, an Indian killed q COW
.erlh so. The property of Mormon:
rbi. var lasted nearly four years. aud
cost about 500 lives aud nearly 10000.
900. Ia 1864, came the Chsysnns var.
-hleh lasted nearly . year. costing 1000
lives, and, with the Sioux var at about the
same time, 500, ,000. 900. Cause oil the out
break with the Cheyennes, a false charge
made against them ol stealing horse worth
$50; With the Sioux. the opening Of road
aud the establishing thereof. in their eosn-
try, IN violation treaty stpulatlons. The
~ar With the Cheyennes snded with trea.
ty.OI p,aee,in the tall ol 1865. but that with
ths Siuur continued. until the treaty which
was recently made By the peace commits
sIUn. ~s# Aft s
The Cheyenne var was resumrd and
continued seven months 10 1867. ~ eonse-
aussce Of the burning Of their village by
Gsu. Hancock. IL cost about 500 iivrs.
aud from ,IO. 900 .00v to sl5 5000. 900, aad
/, not fully settled sp yet. On the Pacific
slope. duriag the lasttventy years. Indian
outbreaks have cost 10 the aggregate $780,.
600. 900. Ia New Mexico Territory, since
ws acquired u, three campaigns against
the Navsjoes. haue cost s50.000.o0 The
cause, the enslavemsnt OF Navsjoe women
snd children by The Merieans. Ths tros.
ble. IN that territory with Indians have in
creased its esst TO this government 10
50.O0O,000. #6f
Indian troubles on q small scale in some
oI the States snd Territories with the eI.
p-nses growing out ol war. the claims for
The destrseiion Of private property. will
make our Indian troubles loot up nosrly
81 .0OO. 600. 900 during the last iorty years.
and in almost every case the iault va. wi,h
the whites. The present conflict with the
chsysnnss, Apaehes, Arapshoss. Kiowas
and Comanehss grew 81, Of failure TO
iuIhll treaty agreements. and the blsndsr.t
isg Of some Of our military officers To
destroy the rowing Indians. as is foolishly
proposed by some, will cost. taking the Sc.
minols war ss a criterion, 1000 Of oar
own people and si .O0o. .00O. 900, and keep
10000 troops employed ten years.
Cor. Of ike ". Y. Tribonf.