The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-03-30
tCheyeane Correspondence.)
Wyoming Ter, Mareh 20
STATES & UNION.

froatieTs States and Territories, ia no
doIbly 50 to "a at present, in view c
tho expedition which We hope and e,
pect to see shortly start from our r.
gion into the country claimed by Siou
ns this patrinoaial hunting and scalI
ing grounds. "s
The problem at prosent before Us fo
solution Is a. foIIoHs:
The known term-three hundre,
thousand moe or less treacherouz bloc
thirsty savases who by contact wit
tho white man have 'imbibed al tn
vicss, while they have steadily refuses
to cultivate any Of the virtues Of tn
white race. ~ '-r-.
An aggressive army ofpioneers, ex
tending their lines from British Amer
lea to the southernmost limits Of oui
nation are steadily advancing with I
force which cannot be successfully re
sisted-impelled, partly. by q love o
adventure for its own sake-partIy by
an Unsuitable thirst for the preciou.
metals. and laughing at danger wher
ever gold is known or suspected to be.
there they will go without asking Oh
caring whether the Indian, whose
right to the land rhey consider as al.
together mythical, has ceded it to the
United States.
The unknown quantities of the prob
lem are, Chinese labor, Mormonism,
and the Pioneer.
And first, what shall we do with the
red man Of the West?
The Eastern PhiIanthropist whose
ideas of IadiaD lite and habits are de-
rived from reading the Leather Stock
ings and the Hiawathas of Poets and
NoTelsts believes, OIL appears to believe
that the whites alone are at fault !; and
the red man is all that is noble and
chivalroHs, and-weFe It not for the VIII
lainous Anglo Saxons, they could be
easily civilized and christianized-
The Secretary of the Interiors leads
OF by stating that he thinks the 1ndi-
ans are not alone blamable. and rec
ommends both ilas the duty of u chris
iian nation, and as the most economi-
cal plan that they be fed during their
natural lives and, the. children to be
educated, : essr.s e-.eu-,-s Asz.t
We think, IL that is to be done, they
should be taksn AZ far east as Illinoise,
where corn il plenty, instead of doing
it here where it must be transported a
great distance at an immense expense
to the government 81 1~'ol.
Between this class and those who
danor for determination, it IS diff
cult to determine which vii sYentn-
ally presail.
The Quakers remembering the sue
cess of William Penn, in buying the
territory of Pennsyivania for a few
trinkets and his stilI greater achieve
ment Of satisfying ttIem as-to thsbar-
gain, entertain the belief that they are
eminentIy fitted for casting oil on the
troubled waters of Indian affairs
Agents from the army and from civ
il life have been tried and either from
their ~rascality or. incompetancy, all
have utterly failed, and'5fh savages
go on in the even tenor Of their. WAY,
pilaging and scaip;ng wei assured TAFT
the game is in their own hands
They know that if any, officer not
having the fear of red tape before his
eyes, should deliver ts them but a por-
ton of their just dues a wall would
go up for the innocehts, and instead Of
thanks fordoing his duty, he would
receive censure, and be fortunate il
he escaped being cashiered.
The Indian believes and with rea-
son, that his power is superior 10 that
of the government, for he obtains al
the concessions he demande.
When General Sherman told the
chiefs the Powder river road must b.
kept open fit took everh NAL in. the
army. They tcld him to bring on hi:
men and they would fight.
Fetterman and Brown and theil
handful of men were massacred, anC
then Sherman, instead of avengins
them, says: "don't hurt US any more
we viii give theforts, we wHl give NJ
the road, we will give up all you de
mand, only don't Kill any more Of us
( This is done with a Joss of thou
sands of dollars, and still the farce o
treaty making and treaty breaking
goes on, and the best part ofsodr ter
ritory is given up to barbarism4+l
We trust that this state of affairs
will not long continue. We believe
the powers that be viii see that it il
not policy to spend annually $4,000
coo iheiapporting Indians, and paying
them bequies SenTnurdsrin9& ~Ait<