, 1870-04-29

t tho tute1ar divinities OF our State to sec
! what pictorial and monumental rank they Il
commemorated here. The Capitol building
T an Indian museum; in the Presidents ROOF
and by the wide marble stairways, the ug
busts Of these heathens stare under the
J. bronco war-feathers; thoy keep tho great clot
Of Congress, seow1ing down upon the delbar
tons in tho crypt where tho bones Of Was
!, ington were to lie, the "Dying Tccumsell
stretches his huge length, and Crawford Ii
fastened him in the pediment, and put mo-
The peak Of the dome. In the Congre
sionM burying ground there arc mar
Inlians, who died hero Of hospitality, among
; them Nr. Pusl1-rne-tank, who Las a marb
monument on the chest Of himself, whic
| patheticaly says:
@Thls Noble Friend Of the White Man,
In His Dying Aomeuts,
UP
And Exclaimed,
In a Tone which Struck Pity
unra I9 nea1f r. Of the ).
4. Whitp Nun, -
iLet TIE Big Guns Be Fired Orr lie p"
But the great palace Of the red man il
the Patent Office building. There Epecit
Commissioner, himself an Indinn, has 3 pal
Is tie Superintendent Of all the Indians Of thI
country. His name is Eli Parker, and he i
probably The first Indian who ever held so i'm
portant m Office. Being Sensible man, h
probably regards his business as that Of ,
wholesale undeztaker,-to smooth tho way Q
Sairey Camps Indian Agonts,-frou
drinking too much of tho gin aud Cruel Of th'
passing Mr. 1o. Lot us sec what this so1die
aud brave, Colonel Parker this fat, yollow
skinned, g1are gentleman TO do.
/ HOW MANY INDIANS ARE TugRE2
Cnt0net TNttef ia fha Tsraai6nrfsa ftnrte pft
overseer Of alI the Indians in the country, il
all, SOC, 900, or the total population Of Chicago
It il these few people who give us go mnct
trouble. II they were collected in one reser.
yation they would not be as populons as the
State Of Vermont. But We arc indebted to
them, of our own acknowledgment, mora than
twenty millions OF dollars, and we arc bankers
| Of more than seven millions Of dollars of their
money. These ragamuf6ns Of the plains and
woods actually own about EeTen millions in
chief business OF the Indian Office il to get
possession Of this money and these lands,
| together with the 1nnuities OF money voted to
tho Indians. Tho osten.ible business Of tho
! office il to take care Of the Indian property,
but outside OF the annual reports Of the Com
missioner, nobody is practically concerned with
this work. The present Commissioner Is, no
doubt, in earnest, but he las merely clerical
| power, and tue work OF this country is an
| taEonistic to the Intian's e1istence,-not to
speak Of his purposes, il he has any. A
| Democratic form Of government is 8 worse
iienemy to savage than despotism; not only
| because despotiBm is half savage itself, but
because Democracy assumes that cvery man
must take caro- Of himself, which the Indian
has no disposition to do. The brains and
power Of thenation have been exercised for
two centuries to solve tho problem Of how to
save the Indian and get cisilize the land Tho
facts Of the Indian office itself show I'll z
every attempt to preserve the Indian has
been steady series OF coudiSn failures,
easso OF panther sbunsn. fhe 1ndian Office
reports arc the most worthless documents is
sued by any part Of tho Federal Government.
Their figures are unreliable, and in many cases
they are merely swinaling circulars. intended
are withont interest; for they make no at
tempt to dcduce the social, and economical,
and episoGical features of. thessvariouH tribes
they are not inde1ed and If they ever do
show anything clearly it is that tho Indian has
no history except Us he. IL shoal, snag, or
quicksand in the stream OF civilization.
AT tie close Of the var q joint special COM
mittee of Congress mas sent travelling over
tte,p1aihs to note the s4uation Of the tribes,
and they reported that In New Mexico alone
General Sumner recommended that whito
people evacuate the whole territory to
Baye the nation expense. To the naturally fe-
rocious and tre2cherous character Of the 1udi-
an. is now added the despair OF disease, tho
moral ruin wrought BY rum, and the entire
failure of any preaching OF example to tsach
the ragabonda thrift.
''A feast to-day, and huge drunk; then
the mania potu then long winter Of sta1va
ton and smallpox, and in tho spring war
with the white man-this is tho Indian cf,arac
ter, as you zee it, " said General Sheridan, 70
Gently. !" What it may be as you don't see it,
l leave distant people to tell But as you do
sec it, as il is, that it is-incurable lAzincss,
spasmodic glattony, and war!'
General Pope recently said that not one In
syphilis. Whether contact with tho white man
did or did not mako this misery, is not now the
practical question. What can be done withtlis
diseased gypsy, this shiftlcss maniac, thiscum-.
bereE Of tho g1oUnd7 He can no longer be
protected in the reservations, unless the es-
in the white settler. II ne want to Zinc the
frontiers With a set of feeble, uhite-1ivered,
and negative white people, let us keep up tho
cry OF "Lo! tho poor, ino1ensiEe Indian"
But race Of pioneers with the inatincts OF the
grcat nation behind them will not stop to par
supposed Indian chAractcr.- Like tho Lish-
nan who addressed the Frenchman: /,
''Pdrlez cous Francois F" ),
O,i."
Tho settlers, next interrogatory Till be:
"Thcn lind me a griaiEon! Take your
chance! But, BY our, Democracy. with no
more than myself"
The Quaker Indian policy has been pro-
nonnced SUCCESS BY the present Commis-
sioucr but other officials IN the Office say that
It bas been a failure throughout, and tho
Quaker observations and suggestions have
been ct the. dullest and --LATEST provincial
description.
SOME INDIANS AND VICTIMS HERE
There are many Creeks, Cherokecs, and
Choctaws herc-many Of them hnlf-brecds-
acting as stoo1-Iigeons for railway land-Gfab,
drunk and palavcr, and also some rhites, seek
inc TO bo compensated for Indian damages-
Nix The old Indian Chief Clerk, has been
routed from bis Office, and he keeps private
claim agency near tho General Post Office.
Amongst the queer people m Who navo come
arising out Of Indian Affairs, is Mrs. Mary
Is,rr,s, oS Nclruskn She is buIon, middle.
aged, rather cheerful woman, Of Western anu
Irish extraction, and probably no woman a1Vo
bas suffered as much who has yeI IS la mnen
her children, and husband, started some two
Tea1s ago for the Territory Of Wyoming, with
rool many cattle, sheep, and horses, with
flaming stock, provisions, md al other hP
pnrtcnanccs of pioneer agricultural lie. Ines
lad not than ty iho
and marks of man, when they we're pursued py;
a1arce band Of Sioux, who affected TO be peace
rblc. but begged for little food, on the
cronnd of e1trerne hunger. Not deem
me it prudent to refuse, the little:
a1n r. nett "a and bread out Of thu little store.
Tba more the Indians received, however, the
more pcrtinacious they became ; and, seeing
sirns Of i1ppatience On the part Of the Burns
f.mi]y, the Indians finally alleged that, i they.
wcrc given one "good square meal, the5t
would e pesceably away and molast the fam
ilv no more. The Bu1rs family, glad upon
Mcse terms to bo nd Of their EedsGn parasites;
efnr,nei rnon the prairie, killed COW, and
prepared a feast. While they were IN tho
midst Of the entertainment, the atToclons y: n
aians suddenly Killed I'll the 1nales q the
party, except tho husband, Who was fortn;
fately lust outside Of camp, and who escaped
for tie time being. One Of the women, ~ =
ter of Mrs. Burns, made renaissance. md " AZ
killed. with club BY the gang Al the t'en ds,
more than hundred in number, begin ling
woman, and afterwards compelled her 10 pro
ceed with them westward. She, WIS treated
With tho EXTREMIST brutality for man. weeks,
and, finally making 4 futile effort to
escape, ler young baby was torturnl to death
in her presence. The indomita] lie woman,
and sor1ows, did not despair, AZ d at last she
accomplished her purpose of escape. After
suffering such ha1dsMps as his tory seldom re-
]ates. size reached the camr OF civilization
almost naked. without a = lid or relative,
and without a cent in the y orld. Here she Is
At the scat Of government . living example
of ten thousand similar heroines, whose ad-
rentu1ce have almost II ded from history, but
Who were tho grandma .hera Of some Of the
best Of us. Hoy few of the nervous, e1qu's-
tey ss aDa e gsaea Il Congress- aoohed y
a az smelling bottle. are aware, that tho hem bf
tEeir garments is touched by sister with such
n.secord7 Mrs Burns, knowing OF nobod5
else to whom she may appeal, has LAID her
c1aiul, in p eparatory way, before congress.
NM o{axer -~,,,1;t +hcre nav be in the public