New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-23
WASHINGTON SKETCHES.
c,THTRNG Up THE ENDS.

blessing.
W,sH1xGr0N. July Gothic tremendous ac- |
cumualn OF business AZ Che last Of the session. ana 'e
iuroset.ity Of getting through with it, except by put
ting on an steam aud dr.rng through overriding anu
smashing ana knocking things right and lef' impressed
me more than ever with the ghtcdness ana I'm
Vroraorco Of our locislatorc, in taking so man! mo-"
DAYS nuI such long out of the goou "olAlnS
time ~ tle Winter AID Spring. II they bad gone ~ 'N
AIT and the rce and learned 70 labor in season. as wen
as cut o. season. and TO Improve each shining hou''
b. fore the shine became blaze, they might nave h"u
leisure and clear, cool heads to calmly consiaer anu
wisely decide upon the last Recommendations ~ wy
pr,Jerf IN mass some act for the protection OF our
IL rirc durue the French and Prusslah WIZ anu ~ u"
sure the safe Transmission OF the mans u'
cison formed amid such haste, WEAKNESS, ana |
disgust, such conflicting Of interests ana cooeS su'ha
hclly-surly of confusion, such lDad hIauehce lot
change and cooler quarters could not be generally sat
i,ct.ry could not have anything about 1t Judicial or
legislative Gieuity hear IL spoken Of in high quarters,
with profound regret and apprehension, rs the letting
slim of great oppOrtunityas something involving in
caIcuIac Inconvenience embarrassment and loss, both
personal and national. know you think otherwise, and
hope tie event will justify events have way Of
justifyur your view Of the case still, my point re-
mains Congress should be souudly rated though OF
course IN Kindly, Christian spirit, for its dawdng and
daliiaucc its indulgence vacations and excursions
during the carly part Of the session We fear to miss our
good friends and servants too often lest $50 inconsant
conced TO missing them altogether TITS said that abb
scucc conqucr love-" and even Mr. Morrissey may try
orr affection and constancy too far.
looking your list of private claims approved by
this Coucr - ind that 5000 voted TO Mrs Fanny
Kelly fcr giving information Of contemplated Indian hos
titica while in captivity among the Ogalola Sioux 1t
seems that Mrs Kelly beguiled the tedium and fatness
of c on the plains by literary pursuits writing letters
OF warning TO threatened points, wei friendly com
muuicctoIs fer herself and her capors and that she
agtual,s fair and subtle foe, this Greek in the camp
prevailed those unsuspeCtiug and magnanimOus
c 20 send or bear her important dispatches straight
20 their destination. This turning her misfortune to
excellent account and leading captivity captive" For
such compromising burst of Fortunes sunlight think
could endure few Bed-Cloudy DAYS myself-a little
experience OF nomadic life and aboriginal hospitality Of
tough buffalo steak and grasshoppeT-cheese-thOugh the
dainty, pGmpred stomach might account the steak
lorotastc of Indian torture and declare the grasshop
per a burden"
Another act Of Congress- passed Nay 10th, joint
resolution for the relief of Helen Lincoln and Heoise
Lincoln and for the Withholding Of moneys from tribes
Indians holding American captves 1t took from the
fund Of the Kowa Indians $500 for each Of these chill
drcn and authorized the Secretary of the Interior to
withhold from any tribe holding American captives any
money due them. Now Thereby hangs tale" which
believe must tel, though il will spoil pretty romance
of legislation. rare seasoning of sentiment which we
can III spare rom fat and 1ayOress political life
Only a few weeks CO. Gail Hamilton told the story Of
these children through the brilliant columns of
Harpe'S Ba-ar, in charming and touching sketch,
entitled "The Wards Of the Nation" beg
her pardon If cut somewhat into her
poetic and patriotic sentiment, but there is n solemn Ob
cation pcpetuay resting on me- as your correspondent
to tel the truth, let it Lit where it Will The story told
by the children themselyes-pOor little babes Of the
Plaius-u all its simple pathos, remains unquestioned
How the Indians They saw the Indians cat
their fathers hair OF. The Indians shot their mother
Uuce Jim was on horseback. Uncle Jim had the baby.
The Indians shot Uncle Jim. Baby fell down Indians
killed the baby the ground" pretty story this for
a small teaparty OF phlanthTopists But to return to
the act of Congress In its full length i'll al its pOmp Of
parliamentary plraseology behold it!
"Hts The Kioa Indians on or about day JanusTy 1863
e--tI Cook County in the State Texas children
family unknown aged about three and tive years after
having murdered parents relatives Of said chiren
said children have recently been recovered from said nd
a- the j. H. Leye1worh and without
Of support:
T7,rre eHres9l-sd Jy he Senqe Of Representa-
H otae United Of 4uea IN Congress assembled That the
Secretary tie Interior hereby directed reserve from annaes
said Kowa Indians the Of 49, for each
children and the to be placed to their credit on the
Treasury Of the United States bear interest at the rate Of
I've per aanu from time TO time the income from
The i'm h manner as he may deem e1pedient Tor their enance
education support during their lifetime, until they attain the Of
q -es pal shall be paid them and the elder Of said
fu shall be csas known Helen Lincoln and the younger
Helulc Lincoln"
Now this resolution so handsome and humane, such a
piece OF satisfactory poetic justice, such oasis of
tmcnt u the desert Of legislative barrenness and bald
ness was proposed and passed unbeknOwnst" to the
Secretary the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian
Ahars. While outsiders had been specializing and para
graphing, and Congress rOmancing and resolving,
the officers Of the Indian Bureau had been quietly
ca-ed I'm searching out the parenage and the names Of
the children, and had succeeded in their humane efforts
Father and mother" Uncle jim" and 90 baby" had
indeed been killed, the little said but both pa
tcInal AID maternal grandfather discovered, and
now that the muhccnce OF Congress has become known,
we need not be surprised fair variety of blood rela
lions Up. Tie real names Of the little heroines
also asccrained, but here my heart almost fails
M0iiRda and Susan are 80 much less romantic
and aiteIatye so much less suggestive Of the
Romance of the Forest" and "The Children Of the
Abbey" than Helen and Helose, and Fitzpatrick is
much less patriotic and sacred in its associations than
Lincoln. But, there you have them The eldest of the
little grs-whO wcre and, believe stil are, at the
Orphan ylum in this city-realy remembered these
names and, told, at the solemn moment of
ceiyDg her name Or they duly christened pro
tested, in meek little way against having the some
what stately Helen substituted for the familiar Lima her
dead mother hud called her by But what was her baby
protest before an Of Congress Opposed to that high
patersal power that Helen-Lincon girl into re-
nown, or Nicodemus boy into nothing" at viii.
Commissioner Parker formally protested against the
net becoming law first the ground of the erroneous
statement in regard to the family Of the children, and
next because lie considered the proposition TO take
money the Indians for their benefit unjust and i'm
polite By the treaty Of 1901 held al Medicine Lodge
Greek le said the Kiowas had bound themselves to
cover white captyes from among their people, and TO
bring them in % the military posts and had done 50 in
several instances. lie thought il proper enough that
some national provision should be made for the unfortu
nate little grls, thOugh;both grandfather Fitzpatrick in
Indiana and grandfather Holding, in Texas, had been
found able and willing 20 support them. II also