The Leavenworth weekly times., 1870-07-21

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From the New York Herald
WARRINGTON, July 10, 1870.
06scial adsTA hate beeH feteHtly received
AZ the Indian O1ice concerhiii9 Tie present |
condition Of things alcsg the butylefr of ths |
Indian Territory, aiid eyplalhjijg IN paft,
lhs tat.ses tf III diHfuliiss: WIsiher Ire
Usage Indians are MIXED iib kith il ,fehiaiiis
to lie seeM; bit, certaihly the cottiitioi Of
Affairs 6H their rtsereation Is deplSrable:
These Official letters state the case is follows:
The large body Of white settlers Who have
taken fcrcible possession IL the Lands Of the
Indians, without a shadow of legal right,
coiitiniie to hold possession Of them and in
clude them iii their claims. On the eastern
part Of the Usage reservation those sIuatters
have organized three counties, appointed
j,,dses ard tthet Cu,tNty oiAtcts, silfekfea
aid FORMALLY allotted the larger part Of the
Lands with all the asstifaffCe Of hotisst people
several Thousand of the Indian Poiiies. In
1868, the Osases were persuaded to allow the
Government To dispti<e Of 4 strip IL their
laIi,ls, twenty miles wide, along the whole
southern border Of Kansas. They were told
that in two wears much If it would
hc paid fir, and they would
have some nieatis Of stiPfcrt. They con-
sented. The lands were surveyed and thtsii=
ands of settlers entered tiPon, took Ttsst>sion
and are now occupying them; and vel,
though II Is five wears ag''. the Indians have
not received one cent from the salee Of tliesse
Lands. The feaSon given for this Is that at
the end Of three years the settlers did not
ind il convenient to pay. So they got their
Representative in Congress 10 introduce a
bill, which was passed, granting them an eA-
tension Of two years more in which to pay
for the Lands. The Indians were moi con-
suited and to this dsv do not understand it,
and have M Eaith in the government ever
dealing f,irly with them. The effect Oi
these outrag.s has leen TO drive the Osagss
into the Cherokee country, where 4 portion
Of them arc hud,iled along the banks II the
Little Co,,sa river, Cr ~ outlaws tO wantle,
on the Southern plains. Nothing whatever
ha,s been done BY the government In the way
Of feeding them, and sorss of them hare Died
this spring from the want of medical treat
ment. The present agent Is Quaker, and
has done what he could without mean'
to an,eliuIatc their condition. In 1885,
they Sold 3" the government strip Ot I9nd
from which the two counties Of NeOs,ho and
L,lettc have h-'cn constructed, from which,
and other sources, they receive 'hGst hvc
dollars ~. o'pau annually. Thi; is the only
compensation which they get IN return foI
their magnificent reservation Ot eight mil
lions acres If Land. This spring the Govern
n,ent sent down !, small company ri iniantr,
10 prevent l,..-tilitis,, which h.,s done wha
little a,ssi il could But Us the reservation
i, over two hoMired and seventy miles ion:
Iw thirty wide, il will m secii that -"m'
other remedy than this must lr applied il VI
would have peace, security and fair dealing
or uphold the homer IL our country alon,
that border. The Osagc.s are inten-cl,
anxious toturn their attention to agriculture
and il they had lst the least show Of justice
would soon have cabins erected, fields ienss'
and crops planted. l. ii To bs wondered a
THAT We hear of attacks ON trains u
Camp Supply or raids on the border settlers
The marvel Is that the Indians have ise'
peaceful as long a' they have.
THE INDIAN RING
strongly favors the re-enactment vt the cS
pired war tax on incomes. That Close cO'
ioration has several "In,iian treaties" "
hand that il hopes to have ratified shortly
4 large amount will lc required I" carry O,
the stipulations of existing treaties. The
have all lsen abrog,ted and never did hav
the force "f treaties. Nevertheless 500,
ON, ON could readily hc al~.orl~d; an
, lesser sum; are, al cvur-e, acceptable
, Fifty thousand dollars, \ mere trif!c, wa
? appropriated for the entertainment of he
2 Cloud when he WIS here u few days ago.
7 The great Cherokee swindle, 20 man
. time, exposed in the Herald, and which
! now lcing pressed in the Senate for ratifcs
ton, will require about SlO, ON, 900 10 carr
IA IL, stipulations into effect. The Cooper II
,,itute Indian Delegation" Of savagss III;
Is brought to Washington to make treatie
\ to he broken at pleasure, costs the GoverI
' mcnt more than S;1O,OO pcr trip IL
r Cloud was furnished BY Secretary Cox wit
, | seventeen horse, on the scs>ion Of his r
1 turn from his recent trip Eat. All the
thing, cost money, and il can readily he see
{ where the influence come; from that pucvfn
Congress from reducing the taxes IL sln
! operations arc to continue the present Fate
, taxation must l% continued.
. TIVE H,AGE INDIANS
Ifr"m the Wa 'hiir:ton Chr"ni' lc.
Offcisl advice; have been recently Ie,e,v,
, | at the Indian Bureau concerning the Prs-se
c"mlnion of tl,ings along the f.r,lsrs of II
, Indian territory. The report give; ,n a
count ot the wrongs Of which the Ossge u
I dian. complain, AMI seems Ia iDtinstc tn
, thee Indians NAV possibly he drawn I'M