The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-30


Whose pleading women and children were
slain,
In the light Of morn, on the bloody plain,
BY mounted host of merciess men,
Under orders traced with faithless pen.
Making this "St. Bsrtholomew's day,"T
And Sheridan ninety miles away.
NOTES
sFIrst Stauza. - Tue Cheyenne Chief,ain
Moke e-ta-va-ta, or Black Kettle. The most re-
markable man of tne age for gnauimity
as an orator WAS widely known. He waa great
In council, and his word was law Hundreds of
the whites are ndeDted TO him for their lives
AT Sand creek, Colorado, in the fall of 1861
while In the employ of the Government, and
under the pro- ecton of ltsfiag, he was attacked.
and one hundred and twenty of his men,
women, and children murdered. On that occa.
sion, with only forty.flve warriors, he made
q night unparalleled in history. He held
Chivingions seven hundred men at bay for
seven hours, and carried to place Of safety
three hundred OF his women and children
twenty of his braves and his own wife pierced
with dozen bullets Previous to the conflict.
after his two brothers had been shot down and
cut 10 pieces before his eyes, while
approaching the troops to notify
them OF the friendly character of the Indians,
village, one q soldier They were his guests
whom he suspected OF bet.g spies, but dld not
know IT, and they are now living, to the inn
mortal fame and honor OF the cheftain. From
Sand creek he fed To the Sioux camp, where 1t
was determined TO make war upon the Whitea
In retaliation. He protested against interfering
with women and children, and insisted upon
hghting the men: he was overruled. Th6re-
upon he resigned his office as chief and as
sumed the Garb of a brave. He soon after made
peace for his tribe, which was faithfully kept
until the burning OF their village two years
afterwards. A war again ensued. in which he
took no part; having promised never again to
raise his hand against the whites. He was the
first TO meet the Peace Commission. His many
services and virtues
PLEAD Fb dd IKE osnges trumpet m tongued against
I The same; his murdered kin.
one hundred and twenty of his men, women
and children We're assasstnated AT SAND creek
and mutilated ia the most horrible and dis.
gushing manner, and at Pawnee Fork, two
years after when the Cheyenne village was
burned, an orphan, an idiotic Indian girl. nine
years OF age, was outraged and murdered.
VII Stanza-Their Usage allies
Usage Indians, VINO constituted portion of
Sheridan's command, and were employed
against the Cheyennes. Even Chevington hada
better sense of propriely or expediency, for
village he declined the proffered services of the
Ute Indians, inveterate enemies of the Che
yennes In this, as well as In the fact that he
did not bulge an incn from Sand creek until
he had cared for and removed his wounded
and dead 66II forty miles to Fort Lyon he de-
mot being the worst, stands In some need OF
Viii Stanza-Flneeu days after the at
tack upon the village, the destruction of life
snd property, and the shooting of hun
to Camp Supply, reporting Major Elliott and
seventeen OF his men missing. their fate un-
known. After waiting fifteen days. the bodies
OF these men were cared for. IL seems that
Elliott and his men, doubtless Ignorant of the
real character OF the Indian V1lleg5 ltSdaintng
TO molest the women and children or property,
engaged in a hand to hand encounter with the
warriors. Not being sustained by the command
otherwise employed, they were cut Off and
and abandoned,
Xix Stanza-The glorious three.
Malor.General Geo. ge III. Thomas, who COM
manded at Camp Cooper, Texas. some ten years
m nf nj 10 hmm ilac
with one hundred and twenty cavalry, to pro-
tect a village of Oamanches from Bay or and
three thousand Rangers that were marching to
destroy them. General Thomas was successful.
He then marched in the OF the Indians
Texans. This gallant snd chivalric officer has
recently, to the shame and disgrace OF the Gov
ernment, had Sheridan promoted over him.
Major General John Sedgwick, who fell du.
ring the war of the Rebellion, rendered similar
service on the Plains in the defense OF the ARA
Edward W. Wynkoop five years later in behalr
of the Cheyennes. This young officer is often
don't iie.' 0--0, '--'''
Oiher officers might be mentioned for similar
services, among them Generals =. Taylor w.
$. Harney. and Alfred H. Terry. The last mem
tioned, two years ago, with g rong mead. heart,
to exterminaie The Crow Indians; again, the
next summer flying across the plains and up
the Missouri river as fast as steam could carry
him, to rescue Sioux village from the border
settIers-jast removed from the command of
the Department of Dscotah to make room for
the coun'r ry dishonorable conflict with In
dians, hundreds of lives, and millions of dollars.
Captain Silas S. Soule and Lieutenant Philip
ii. sheridan, in oregon ten years s1nce, might
also be referred to in this connection.
X Stanza-"St Bartholomew's day." On
st. Bartholomew day, 24th OF August, 1872.
during the reign of Charles TX, q massacre of
the Huguenots took place in Paris. followed by
others in the different cities and provinces
of France. Thousands were asSassinated.
Threes officers, Henri de Savoie. Governor of
Provence; the V1scount D'Orthez. Governor of
BayOn0e: and 81. H6raQ, Governor of AnVerQn8.
refused TO obey the orders of the king. At the
Sand creek massacre. before referred to. there
were three officers who protested against at
tacking the Indians Captain s. 8. Soule and
Lieutenants Cramer and Baldwin. Soule was
afterwards assassinated in Denver, Colorado,
Tor his efforts TO save the Indians on the field
and his evidence afterwards. AT the massacre
of the Wishata, there was none to protest, no.
not one. This affair claps the climax in afro
city, cowardice, and tnfamy; IL stands by ITSELF
without single redeeming feature TO relieve
ii of its damning blackness. Now as q conse-
quence, the nation must be prepared To gather
its harvest OF death and dishonor. 1t cannot
be otherwise; the Indians will make common
cause against us. They must do 1t. and no
man OF honor can blame them for doing
No people ever lived and suffered who had a
the Indians have to-day. And the blood that
Will be lost and treasure expended
will be the result OF the folly and atrociIy OF
our army on the frontier and the failure Of the
American Congress TO legslate in such a man
ner as to remove the ban of outlawry from the
Indians, The chief ard only cause of our diff
culties with them. The President, with the
best of inten tions in the world, contemplates
$50 reportedl calling upon the Society OF
| officers for the Indian service. Agents can't
max e tn 10 laws nor enforce them, until che laws
are made and power given them To see that
they are rtg1dly en1orced that Is the duty of
Congress, and until Congress acts in the matter,
trouble VIII be the consequence. Several
noble men and women have also done good
service in this cause. among them President U.
5; Grant, In his inaugural; Hon; George W.
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