, 1869-08-19

To The Fditor If 7'he chi.c7o Tribune:
Fe-t u your paper Of the 11th instant letter
from Ut. Il, Of Colorado Ci1s, Col In regard to
the Indian question. IN this he speaks severely
Of the indians / bare not seen the speech
Of aIr. Tappan. at the Cooper Institute, TO which
be refcrs, and thus cannot say whether l agree
with him IN sll bis statements or not. II Nj. T.
said that, "in all our troubles with the indians,
the whites have been the sggressors,'' very few,
certainly win receive this as true, a. It Is entirely
too sweeping an assertion That they have, in
very many cases, Ia evident; and that tho Indians
have in many cases, is also apparent But there
are tome assertions which AI. T. II. makes which
lie Rays: " II ia mornl tnpossoility to tive
long on frendly terms With such 1ndians - are
letter that T. Il has epent most Of bis frontier
lille in california and near the. Rocky Mountains,
but not IL ne extreme SorthRest. Now It has
Oregon and Washington Territory, and certainly
have seen men who have lyed on friendly terms
wtn he Indians los ong tine e'ieas +,
bes, Of Washington, and the Neg Perces Of Idaho,
with no white netghbors Elthin sereni5-1re
miles o. them, aud managed to get along peacea.
not the Hudson y Bay Company get along peacea-
Wy with them for scote OF t6o Of 5eats without
single war?
again, when he says, N cannot discover any
permanent moral principle OF honor Or humanity
in the Indians Of the West" grant Il al he msf
no. haye dons 80; o,hers, howe5sE naye He also
loIce, when applied 10 tho Indians, arc failure"
This can hAIuiy be sustained. The missionary
f8fntlles, AboFe spoken OF, 1abored about ten
the above assertion. The Sez Perces taught by
the Rev. u. u. sraldng stood shield for the de.
again in 1885. When Colonel S1ep:oe Was sur
rounded by TOO great numbers for hin to meet.
the game Sez Perces said to the Colunel, " Yoa
dad II Fthy+ 1f frIaAt t,tx
leaving your heavy baggage: or, II you choose TO
1gtt, we viii stand BY YOU. and die with YOU"
TTice those Indians during the only two wars we
The Spoksnes were finally drawn into the var
Of Istsi In which nearly s1l the tribes OF Eastern
oseSon and Washington Eero engaged PIT that
toned, used their utmost eEdearors to present
the rest Of the t1!be from Joining IN 1t; and when
Ehey tSnnd tsat te!s VA @nostlls ,helT shs
These Fere ths results Of morai means. eIght
attet TIE he isSnsss had left them En-
70 m ttend: aTne q more Important results Of MI MS,
icen recognized VIII determination and saudor.
Christian white men have 1ngenuously acknoWl-
edged that mey hare been repIosea By tne Dc.
previously dislncl.ned 70 favor cnorts for the
no1ol improvement Of the aboTignes, haso irank-
y CONCEDED the Ealutars effect Of such e1orte.
liz AlA(tEuLN DElrkEA Atio o1E AO AAfS AIhA-A+N-
ously received Instruction from Protestant mis-
stcnar!es and thoae who hare not, u known and
mand Of New Fort Co.s1lle for yeaFs. lie also
acted In The capacity Of Indian Agent. In 1s6!
ho said to nc: MI. Eells, those Indians Of Jouts
tthe sposanes,, are .he best Indians eseT saw.
wish you would so back and resume missionary
labor among them The NeZ Perces arc q farGe
and powerful tribe. They have been in-treated
md gr1evously wrongcd b.: Americans; and had
they, at any one Of several Critical periods, CON-
hined agatAst the whites, they might have caused
tncalcuAble injury. Under such circumstances.
kEow Dot how to account for thelr markell
patience ami continued friendship, but b. attn.
nuung both to tho influence OF tlo Gospel"
There arc hundreds Of Mcn tn Oregon a1l Wash
lpgton who will Eust2tn these statements OF 4ir.
f. These are tacte, aud let tnosc who think That
moral means, that the Christian religion s not de-
signed for ali men for the hesthen is well az the
civilized, for the lall1n IS well az tho white mau
ponder them vel. u,
CHaXTAIQS, ILL., Aagust II. 1850.