The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-07-02
OUR INDIAN POLICY.
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lirzs The hansas uhy Weekly Bulle,lp .
 There can be no doubts entertained h,,. that this season will again witness soma os. the bloodiest scenes yet enacted upon ,be western frontier, at every point accessible to the bloodthrsty red pagans. From Mnne,o,s to the plains of Texas, the Indians are ore. pairing for war.
 Tue question is now. shall our brave Sber. idan and Custu have carte UancLe to pso these treacherous tribes as they deserve ,o bs. used Or shall the whole sea son be used m. in waiting for excursion parties of Conares- sional committees, commissioners of peace to visit some garrison on the plains and retttn again to Washington to report in fasor oe more treaties, more arms, and scalp-knives being sent to the Poor, Innocent, Child of Nature, 50 peaceful and 30 quietl
 There is no denying that the Redskins are
 robbed and imposed upon, but tue defenceless people on the frontiers are not the ones ta. suffer. Shall tbe smoke of hundreds of burn. | ing houses, murdered families and massacted
 villages, scattered and exposed to the ven
 eeance of these mercioss fends, shall they
 he made to suffer for the crimes of others
 and the rnaudling sentimentalism of misap
 piled philanthropy.
 This Indian question is no new question ,o
 us. We have spent upwards of four years in the saddle amongst them, and know what We are writing about That the Indian has been
 imposed upon in some respects, we admit
 But the imposition has been that of indiyid.
 uals, not of the American natioh as people
 or government The Government has al
 lowed lot of political hacks and tricks,ers
 to make rash treaties and foolish promises
 that were HereT kept or fulilled by the lheYes
 who tio the contracting and distributing of
 these so-callcd annuities.
 If the strong arm of the Government i. got united. if Gen. Sheridan is to De withheld in , his endeavors to teach the Indians their weakness and our power, then abandon the new Pacific Railroad, withdraw tke troops, , and let civilization halt, while the red csnni. bals dance scaly dances round the Quaker !, commissioners.
 There is only one way 10 make peace with z the Indians cf the plains, peace that xill keep. Gen. lIarney tried it al Ash Hollow
 on the oggAlallas Siouxs, they have been qoi- r ct ever since, that was fifteen yean ago. F The Utes were unmansEcable until Gen Pat ' Connor got nftrf them and PiegsfiIad them - in 1861. The Snakes and ShoShones were }. once the terror of tue overland trail to Cali. T fornia, Connor canght them at Bear River 's and sabjugated ibe whole tribe, they have e been loyal ever since. The Cbeyennes wer, ~ chasiiscd by Col. ChiyIngton, but not en0ugt :, to satisfy them, they viii have to have more !! The expedition io the Powder River ant
 Big Horn country in '65 was gotten up at s cost Of two millions of dollars. \ nex roa, Ie laid out to Bannock and Virginia City, Fort ', Reno and Phil kearny were built, the Arap ahoes defeated and begging for peace, ,h is government then suspended the military an' le substituted the thiesing, hypocn,ical peao ~ policy, and the result was the Fort Phi ''' Kcarny massacre. The kansas border ha " been rocking with the bloody scalps of fai l' haired children and gray lock of fathers an 2 mothers, and yet the press of the east are io [, more treaties, more expense, more iemporii sn ing for fear that few blood thirsty re ' devils may get hurt. No matter fl our pss - plc are murdered, c.s ec.a.=y as=si=sss 's railroads destroyed and mining operation sa suspended No matter what ealamities q
 sue, the Indian must not be molested. W ~ have no hesitation in saying that If India ne affairs were transferred from the Interior ef the War Department, snd Sheridan left ', his own course, the Indian problem vOu 1e soon be solved.