, 1870-11-16
TIE IEDIANS.
OatraRee by., tho sa~axes asf Faxa1'
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Fton,- tGx Austin t7eEaH Journal. '-sor, /.
atR u1Exp1x9 FRONTIER.
lIte~ than = year ago Mr- FIELD s0d his
family were living near thB 9zn SAba,. 1e1
mi1a5- fro1a Port McKayia, on N it7tgaoie
farm.
party n IndIa1s, who nm htm into the chap
atral. His wite, st tho houss. very fesF1ets
woman and IN excellent Hder, hoping to easiss
her husband, mounted hor hur1e and rnde
toward biuto 6tye him his rif0:
wss chased, c4ptured, and cs1zisd OF. Crest
sympathy Was felt, both 1t tho 53Et and among
the settlers and HUMOROUS scouting parties
scnu1ed tho frontier for hundreds OF nilesi
brt the heroic woman wss never recovered.
Mr.. Field offered \ largo revatd, which,
with the circumstances Of the capture, was :.
widely publiahed BY the preaa Of 9daas and of
Eansns.
General Carleton, then oornmanding the
poat Of San Antonio, sent the fnformation to
and it was confidently hoped THAI; il Mrs..
Field WAS held as e captive By tho s,yases. ths
inducament Of n large reward Wou1l procure
her restoration.
One Of a band Of aavsgea who had been
pilIaging On our border, told an 1ndi81 trader
that the ill-fated eaptiTe, / few days after she
wzs taken, wn4 tied to tree and murdered,
Zach warrior in tnfn shooting an arrow into
i her body. The husband, however, WITH many
others acquainted with The Indian chHactes,
sacrificing wife is still detained ~ a:sJe IN
tona slvsge camp. ...
We publish below noticeable letter from
the Quaker 1ndian Agent 1T Fort Sill to Mr.
Field, which We find tn the San ANTONIO e
psrss. It Hcm7oborassa eve1Jthing 10 have
said re12tive to tho senselees and at1oetots
| Indian policy that prevails It Washingtun-
| Tic Indian agent .Btatea that tho Indians on
| the Wichita Reserve, who arc Ill under the
protection Of the National government and
| ted, clothed, and sheltered BY its care; ara
tavaging our settlements: and that the policy
pursued acts a. premium On robbery and
murder. When they are peaeafnl they set no
/ supplies; but when they commit depEedations
| agent, "the Indians hare repeatedly told mo
that in order to get'a large supply Of goods
I they had to so cn the war path.
! Such outragea ~ that from which Mr. Field
il suffering a1e Of daily eouanttt1 on the
% NSn has iau sisnsen I lived On the Indian borlar'
and has seen the wreck and range which a1o
lett in the wake OF these barbarian raids. has
made tie most Eesolute effort.
Id the face OF the nsmby-pam6y, saocbastne
eentimentalistu that rules on 1ndlau questions
1T Washington, and which refuses eSen to feed
or forage the soldiers OF the State while
| suaidnR the settlements from tbs brand and
the ecalring- knife: in tho face Of tho falss aud
real Copperheada At home, who, for ends Of fso-
tiop, aFa striving to breakup the Ranger organ
ixstion, and ttus turn loose upon the de-
feroeless families Of f1ontiotsmen the merel-
less .eAvsgr, The Executive hiss Organized Tor
Indan duty i mounted force Ok nearly fi1
huudrrd selected men, has fully and Provi-
denpy arranged for their support, and has
| overcome the gr1ra financial difficulties that
beset his path. Tbs f1rst duty Of = civilized
government h to protect the defenceless, md
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