Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-17
tCorrsspoudsnes Of the Republican,
Meeting on Indian Matters IN Hal

n HANlR AANNNAuB Nu AANAeh ehAhA was
held on Monday evening last at the Friends
meeting. house, In Lombard street, In this
city, aud was largely attended bya most
respectable aud influential audience. Gov
erhor Downing, Chief Of the Cherokees,
Captain Archie scraper and Colonel vann,
Of the Cherokee delegates 10 this city, we're
present and participated In the proceedings.
Samuel NJ. Jauney, supervising agent Of the
northern superlutendeuey In Nebraska, gave
q detailed account Of the condition, moral
aud physical, and the personal hablts Of the
various tribes under the management OF
Friends In that SUPPLEMENTARY. The San
tees are most advanced In civilization. They
build their own houses, (oflogs,) wear eiti-
Eens' clothes, aud are moral aud industrious.
They have given up their war dance and
medicine dance. They have three good
schools-oue under the charge Of Episcopal
missionaries, one under Pre- sbyterian. They
have the Bible aud school books In the Da-
eotah language, and are about one thousand
In number. The Winnebagoes, eighty miles
north Of Omaha, arc pretty we'll advanced In
knowledge, but more Vicious, numbering
some thirteen hundred persons, Tho Omahas
are more selfreliant and Vlrtuoua; have q
large reservation Of good land which IL being
divided to be held In seVeralty By individual
owners. They have q fne bilek school.
building In their village, which Il attended
seVeny-nne PuPhs' Inc faWneos culti-
.AeS iHno wen, ana lAst year nad one thon-
aana acres IN corn, which produced hand.
someiy, and the nelds were a. we'll worried
and kept a. clean a. any no had ever seen.
Ernncla king. repreaentlnR thu Kanaaa
suPerintendeney, next addressed the meeting
IN terms OF sympathy TOT the indian, but
reirhning rom any detailed statement OF
1ner eondltlon. ne hoped the experiment
OF peace would % allowed 70 20 on. IL was
only initiated, aud We must not expect too
mucn AZ onee. a nauon doea not ehange ha
habits In day.
samuel Townsend then introduced Gov
ernor Downing, Ohief OF the Cherokeea,
orotherly klndnsss TOT the race, and hope
that the Government BY Just treatment Of
the red man might never again cause the
nation 70 shudder AZ the recital OF massacre
| OF women and children. French soldiers
would not have ooeyed the order, but would
nave responded, I'VE are soldiers, not assas'
Sins" ,...
GOV. Downings appearance eliSlted great
Interest. The hush OF expectation perTaded
/ NuO Wuolo h1aoulUyg Wuho tuo NAkNE NybA huu
| fair faces OF hundreds Of lovely women, and
the penetrating yet kindly glance Of precise
men were turned upon him. Hls kngllsh IL
somewhat broken aud not fluent, yet 10 the
manifest candor and genulneness OF his
utterance, this did not dstract FROM lie effect.
He said The people Of bis nation had been
removed from the homes OF their forsfathers
against their VIII. They had been carried
By force and In chains from the Carolluas
and Georgia TO the country they now lnhablt,
with the assurance By Tho United States Gov
ehildrens forever. The treaty OF 1898 made
with them a. sovereign nation, stipulated
for perpetual guarantee OF their country,
with rights OF self-goVernment. Now u 10
sought TO deprive them OF their rights. The
eupldlty OF the white man has been excited
and the lands OF the Indian arc coveted He
hoped the friends Of the Indian would save
him from Injustice. All he aud his people
wanted was Justice. He apOloglHed for his
defective language, and called upon Col.
Vann, who he said could explain more fully
the character and wants OF the Nation.
Colonel Vann then addressed the meetin 3,
He has white blood, and II Il apparent 10
his sapgulne complexion and hair but he
stated that he felt proud Of hls Indian ex-
traction, and Identified himself entirely with
bis race. This gentleman exhibited great
powers OF Analysis 10 drawing the line OF
distinction oetWeen me Gnlte ana req man,
bis style Is clear and torciole, Ms language
nne, and ms frgument concilintory a. wen
as convincing. He traced, with admirable
eject, the history OF the Cherokee Nation
from Us carrier osroarous etate, Hnen de'
pended on the chase, down 70 ia present
civilized eondiIion' lie steled tnat frovl
deuee had made no essential dlnerence, Per
haps, In the organisation OF men, put ina,
circumstance Tended 70 the oevelopment o
differences Of habits 10 thought aud NE
Ihat tne Nllds OF AmeIieA mao, 10 tnsl
time, furnished 70 the aoorigines . plentiful
supply Of food, more or less certain, at all
times and the chase was means OF Twill
hood that was no more precarious than som,
among civilized peoples OF to-day. The
consequence OF this resource acting upon q
sparse population was the Development o
Uarlike traits and skill In the pursuit. o
game. No man worked only Tor the love
work. The Indiana enterprise took shaP
IN the skill and endurance OF forest life
There was no necessity for accumulation a
In the deusely populated countries OF Europe
and hence no knowledge OF IL, no though
about II.
The consumption OF American territor.
having destroyed this resource OF the Indian
and 1t having been demonstrated TO him tina
Industry will provide for him, the Cherokees
the Greeks, the ChoctaWs aud ChlckAsAWs
their neighbors, have organised social sJs
TENS, 10 which Industry and It's result -aeeu
latlon--are essential elements. He said
It might appear bold 10 ms listeners, but NJ
would nevertheless say H. that no pody o
people ever lived that made a. rapid pro,
gress In civilization as the Cherokees az
during the decade Whlcn Preeeoea 1he Ie9el
lion. II any Que would deny thls assertion
be was content 20 meet him with the proof
he described the soeial, materal ana Pontl
cal condiuon OF tue Onerosee nauoni aAlo !
has the iAmhS as pass, WIN monogrAmm,
marriage oy OhiislSa IlSSi tnat 'ne Peopl
: nyeo ~ asneu'u ~ RuIsu l, anu r rheIo y
nov peggn IN sne LeIoy LnSy N
oeen ovenun uy oo'n AIuies auLinB .ne ~
ana HSIe nov POOL ous 'uey han PlosIqi.se
u clVllAAIon Anu punoeI, Aua u Peimi nie
70 go on without lnteneIenSe, ne nad ny nls
hopes Of Ine ei9vation o. ms race. t ~
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