, 1870-07-08
The Indian Question.

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ihefe IS not Mote xesea qnesLon tss!l sy .oIuay
before the Amerlcan pu9he than tnis question @
-HcW 70 manage tno lnaian e1'oys 1nete
arc plenty q sicny, senulnen'n, ty,.o.aH aIaas
EaateIh so-calen Eullah!tIulol:5sls. WIZ ptole1s
TO understand az about II, ana M11ee ana sPeak
hippantAy aeous the WInn6s u tus tI4iaa' sea' aoo
tho terrible 1nh1mahity OF thg "nlte men
toward these noble savages: InEso H men % a5e
not all q tne CooPcr aua 1ou6ieuoW eGuogt
they v1lte Tor 1amo anu money ana INC m
dian was DeEe1-enn1ne ga21ees oi romanco
as ~ mucn 20 as .ng so;ay unsson, ",,a ~; a5a
Tier eAoI1s piouene AZ enlnnS .au!ls VI Solu
as true and la"lni payaent lof tne N''oest
flights 81 fancy-the Wilder she Dester-n II
only paid.
Eut these fancy-mongera lave been followed
by such men as Wendell Phillips, Vincent Col
yer, bishop Wlripple, and host Of lesser
Tie Quakers, to their credit, hare always been
Tho Indiana friends, but their theories would
bo unhesitatingiy banishad from the councils
Of tho nation If proffered in defining the rela-
tions OF the government with any other tribe
Of peopIe, because their principles arc wholly
al variance With the spirit OF our institutions;
being known and read OK all men as non-cona-
batants. And further, these wrongs Of the
poor Indian make not only the warp,
but the wooft OF many OF the weak
platform speeches Of men who want notoziety,
and do not know what else TO sag TO Obtain 1t.
4uE1 aAuaio!4a ~ W A4oD,o 80 AN+ ."1I
Disappearing before the march OF civilization,
cruelty treated, robbed, exterminated, az they
cast last lingering look to their lost hunting
t;round, and disappear forever beyond tie
setting sun, or somewhere else, all tel on tho
public mlnd, ana pEoaace . eick!S sentlmehtal-
ity; and, besides this, the visits OF these saw
ages to the "Groat Father, and their Won
tierfu1 sayings lalf Of them the work OF the
interpreter, help to Keep up the Illusion, and
fan the popular Eastern feeling INTO a flame.
Did il ever occur these synPathizers, that
these Indians, who have just retnfned from
Washington Ut MI enormous expense 10 the
government, were AZ, or =. neafiy al OF thom i9
red.handed mn1aerers Ihat they nave hnia
their fearful orgies again and again over the
burned, tortured, Ihged.ahve Wnlte men,
women and ch1ldrens lnat rapino, IN tts
inost hofIa ioItne, Wy .he Mea; GAM .ostute "
the most hell,en description, " tho squa"s,
mas olten PEER tnell pasttuise. ~. VIII Hol1e poo5
1nnocent Wnte HolneH 1ot Inen YlEuIns: fAtil
yet these savages are 1ostefe1, loaoea WIN
presents, aug acnt Dack 70 10 over again t1elr
tiendish work.
More than tnonsan1 men, women hnd
children n terelni onel1uan n!t.ta5S u45uNt,
have witi,'n enore tuAo psoa t.,f;, Eanaeieu, uuu
most o. them as hnosent @ o. any % an1ue'.cg even,
towards the Indians. as theso Same Falofons
Eastern philanthropists, WHO never sa" "lld
Indian, and probably never W1h, e3eep1 IL
safe distance.
Up this valley stretchlne West or us, arc
hundreds Of grovea containing tho cnarfcd ana
whoso names can never be known until the
plains give up their dead Many o1 on1 CIT
zens haEe helped to bury these Vlc1ims tn Their
Western pilgrimages.
Governor Butler, only year slhee' ne!geo