North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-08-25

Correspondence ofthe North Iowa Times.
SocoRRo, New Mexico,
Aug. 8th, 1869.
Dear Tyn,es:-I have been intending to
write you, "lo these many weeks" and
yet that inevitable "something always
turned up" to prevent.
l am in regular receipt Of your raluable
paper, except when the Indiars interfere
or the floods wash away the R. R. track,
and not only myself, but some good
Democratic friends, enjoy the rea ling of
it hugely. Of late some two or three
radicals have, in western parlance, "got
struck after it," and am as glad to pass it
round, as an orthodox blue stocking is to
expound "the gospel according to St.
Paul" Our friends "bet high" on St.
Patrick and St. John Tor San Juan as the
Mexicans say and don't 80 much on St.
Paul-Am pleased to see you are nomin-
ated for Lieut.. Gov.-hope you'll win. If
you don't, you can console yourself with
the reflection that you deserve to, and if
the people don't elect you, they 80 back"
on their best friend, especially, the
yeomanry and the working classes.
Poor Allison and so he is actually
below par and the g,e.t on-conmital, is
about to be committed to that Hades
whittier oil his party are tending. What
has become Of Graves? Has he conciud-
ed that politics is not his forte, or, that
they do not pay as well as Indian Com
missions2 Cooley, too, has aspirations
for Senatorial honors. Ye Godsl Judge
Wright is an A. No. ! man-don't know
his political proclivities-only speak of
him as gentleman of ability, modesty,
on the bench, sterling worth
and as one who would do honor to any
State in any position in which he was
placed. James Davis for Sheriff again
Confound jim, why don't he come over
where he properly belongs. He is too
good man to be spoiled by keeping bad
company.
Our elections come off in September.
Hon. Vicente Romero is the Democratic
American candidate for Delegate to Con-
gress, and Hon. j. Francisco Chaves, his
opponent. National politics do not agi-
tate the public mind much in this Terrific
~, the principal interest is felt in electing
a man who will 60 in for the advancement
and development of her immense resour-
ces of which, comparatively, but little is
known about, and the protection Of our
citizens from Indian depredations. tell
you, Col. it is burning shame to the
Government to permit the barbarities
which are almost daily perpetrated by the
savages. Talk about Peace Commission
ers, is all very fine in the States. Quakers
are good people in their places. We say
here, "Peace Commissioners be id" and
that the Government ought not to be
fooled with the idea that because VIM.
PENIS policy was success, long, long
ago, that his descendants can play ''the
same old game" The Indians say, argue
and boast, that the ''Great Father" is
afraid of them, or he would not send men
to them BEGGING for peace, and give them
presents, and furnish them arms and
to kill game-white men--and
the truth lie, the dilly-dalling Indian poll
cy of the Government gives great deal
Of plausibility to their reasoning. The
kind of Peace Commissioners we want,
are good soldiers and hard bullets. The
military force in the Territory is utterly
insufficient and totally inadequate to keep
the Indians quiet, and very much doubt
if the whole available force now here is
sufficient to keep even the Navajoes on
their reservation. Matters are becoming
desperate. send you Proclamation of
our excellent Governor, Hon. Robert B.
Mitchell, on the subject. OF late, the
citizens have suffered SO much, right in
the midst of civilization, and tse Govern
ment has been SO tardy with relief, that ii
has become matter of necessity to pro.
tect ourselves in some way. The rule has
been, if an Indian was killed, the d.
was to pay; if half dozen citizens were
killed, nobody to blame" but the unfor.
tunate cusses whose lights were shut out.
Let me give you few facts. On the
Naajo Reservation there are about eigh,
thousand Indians. They were returned
there about year ago, on the promise Of
behaving themselves, atstaining from
stealing, &c., as that was their. old home
and from whence they were removed BY
that gallant officer, Gen. James II. earle.
ton, for just such deviltries as they are
committing now. A few soldiers arr
stationed at the two Forts on the Reserva.
ton to keep the Indians in bounds and issu.
them Government rations. How many
think you for 5000 Indians? At New
Fort Wingate, for q long time, only q
men fit for duty, now about SO; at For,
Defiance, Is men for duty, and all sur
rounded by Indians ready to break out al
soon as rations give out. And how d.
they live and issue rations? Locked W
in their quarters, and by means of 1
"cubby hole" Those poor ferow'
scarcely dare to open door when thu
Indians are around, which is nearly a!
the time. How are they going to keep tn
Indians on the Reservation or punish then
for going of? If the poor fellows &c
away themselves, when rations cease
without getting their Thar TUX" they'll
he in hiV Inch Those Tnd:opa ro ,ybor