Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-06-24

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LETTER From SUPERINTENDENT JANsxY, :
Geem 1t an act ot justice to myself and TO th,
asGislo9s society that nominated me for tn,
once OF Superintendent of Indian Affairs II
Nebraska, to notice the speeches of Senator
mayer and Upton on the Indian Appropria
tion Bill. - pp'0p''A '
senator Ihayer admits that the Friends en-.
ployed In the Superintendency are faithful,
honest agents, and are here with an honest
purpose. but ne states, as the result of the in.
PRODUCTION OF the Friends into the Superintend
ency, there have been more murders of peace.
tul citizens On the frontier and a greater
obstruction OF the property of citizens on the
frontier OF Nebraska during the last year, than
mere mad been during the previous eight years.
gotten among the Indians that of thew do
wrong If they commit murder, if they des
troy property, the Quaker agent will SHE'D
them from the consequences of their acts"
This declaration has struck me with surprise,
as supposed it was known to the Senator,
and 10 the community, that we had been
prompt and faithful to bring before the proper
tribunal every case where there was reasonable
ground tor suspicion that the Indians under
our charge had committed crimes against the
whites.
The murder Of McMurty took place before
We came to Nebraska, and during the superin.
tendency of H. S. Denman. Soon after [ took
charge Of this Office, the body of McMurty was
found, and the crime being charged upon the
PaWnees, L was the first to move in tho matter
OF their arrest by going 70 the agency and in
ducing the chiefs to give up those on who m
suspicion rested 1t is not ou. purpose to
screen the guilty, and the Indians knowit.
The only case of murder suspected Of having
been committed by Indians under my charge is
that OF y. L. Munson, and it was attended to
the next day after the charge was communca-
ted to the agent. was then at the agency,
and after patient examination thought there
was sufficient testimony to warrant us in com
mitting five Of the Winnebagoes for cxamina'
ton by the State authorities, They were
pIomptly delivered up and are now In custody.
As they have not yet been tried, express no
opinion in relation to their guilt, but merely
assert that the case could not have been more
promptly attended to-:
For the murders on the frontier by the In
dams or white men, the Friends who have
charge of this superintcndency are not respon-
sible in any way. The Indians under our
charge did not commit them. and it is obvious
10 unjust to attribute them to the Quaker
policy. ,- ..r,ou.
are ak tribes They vary, perhaps from 5OO
to 600 in each tribe. He expresses his
opinion that the Quakers ought to have select
ed the warlike tribes on the frontier, 1or the
subjects of their efforts, instead OF the peacea-
BILE Indians on the reservations. !,
In these remarks he uuderates the uumoer OF l.
the Indians. and undertakes the judgment OF
the President. There are, in this superlnten
dencv. about. G, 400 indians. 1t was the Pres
idept's policy to place the warlike Indians un.
der military officers, and the peaeeable trlDes
nnder the care Of the Friends. think the
American people have endorsed his policy.
The remarks of the Senators on the present
condition of the Indians in this superlnten'
dencv show that they are not correctly IN
formed. We can show that more WORK mas
been done by Indian labor during the Ia last year
than ever before by these tribes Ihey are
using, to advantage, the implements we nv naV''
furnished them, and they need more. lhey
are nlowipg and planting, they are cutting
and hauling saw logs Tor their buildings ana
the men are doing work formerly done only
hv souaws. Even some Of the chiefs, VINO
never worked before, have put their hands
to the plow, and driven their own teams.
To order that this work of improvement
NAV advance rapidly, we require. the aid o.
the Government, and 1t is surprising 10 NC
that Senators from Nebraska should oppose
the appropriation of $4,000, to be expended
in this State, for the purchase Oh Wagons a
teams tools, agricultural implements. seeds,
live stock, &c.
In renlv to some recent remark in relation
to the 'sinvidious distinction which the
Government makes in the employment o.
Friends in this work. in preference to Others
I refer TO the speeches of Senators, Morton, o
Indiana, and Scott, Of Pennsylvania, AM NJ
Edmunds, OF Vermont. AS the remafhs i1 "
Senator Scott have not appearea' VII W.;
the substance OF them from inc Ne" Ao''
Tribune: g po,nsv,vona,
be,ieved that any distinction awarded To-
Er;snds az agents of the Government Gle
msncv in dealing with the Indians, was their
asa matter fright. He read from blogra
nhv Of VIM. Penn, to show the markGd sue
cess attending the operations OF the ffienu
among the savages aud to the effect tha6 III
one drop OF Quaker blood had ever ocen sne s,
bu Indians. What other denomination coul
saw that not one drop OF their blood haa DEE
shed by an Indian :, ,u;
By reference to my annual report IL WI
be seen that have given tulI creolC 10 G,no
rslirions societies for the good they have doo
ona which their missionaries are now doln
% snu VIZ. ,hn Indians. S. M. JANNEY.
OMAHA, June IS, 1870.
ONr morning pompous little man cai's
,non SYDNEY Smith, saying that, beng aeG
to eomnile a:history of distinguished 1aln'.i u
in Somersetshire, he had called to OBTAIN !.
Smith arms. IT regret, sir, sad SAD the
] verend wit, my inability to contribute ute. to !
valuable work; but the Smiths never ,h H.
anv arms, and have invariably sealed TIT
letters with their thumbs.
no. PERUVIAN GUANO.