Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-17
Red Remembfanee.

Ii is the piainest reading In the Beck ct
Fate that the lndisn must pass away and
be 10 mere, whatsoever the treatment ae-
corded by absorbing civilization. Retiring
peacefully to tue Reservation. aud there.
mayhap, surrellsring his sayagery and
adopting all that his uututcred mind can
comprehend Of industrial law and order
be still dies prenatureiy of cba pcstilelcs,
or OF pining melancholy, or Of the dis-
pensations Of tood and drilk OF. still
making might of dispair % n nnt2!n his
iInmemorial character and domain. ne falls
beneath the bullet of settler or Sc der
Ia either case speedy extinction is the
doom Of his race, even by al ineZoraDls
prBcIple Of nature, So may BE- said yet
the American people owe it TO themselves,
tc their age, and 20 the history Of all
humanity that those Of their own number
who have dealings either Of treaty or var
with she banned OF fate should be held
accountable to the ztrIctsst standards oF
Justice and humanity.
The reason why the murderous Indian
outrages. reported almost weekly from the
frontiers. all the year round exc te so little
apparent vengetulness Ia the public mind
Is because Of more than suspicion 10 the
uational conscience that th. 50 same out
RACES are but reyeuges Of not remotely
preceding greater wrongs inflicted upon the
devoted red men BY white prosecutor.
On frequent occasions this guilty conscience
expresses as much through the public
prints; as Tor instance in the case OF the
murier0usly Eotorious Apache chief Co.
chise. whose later 0utrage= have brough,
hundreds o. ayenging rifles upon bis track.
The White Pine NetrS, of Nevada. hopes
tnaf this mereiiees hrigand OF the Red
may soon b,,a the dust 40 expiration of hi-
| later red-handCd career; but also contcsses
that the Perversion of his originally peace
/ ful, loyal and magnsuim9u7 character j,
due wholly to his want2nly trcacherous
mistreatment and persecution of those
I against whom he now wars.
Ten years ago Cochise says tae .0e4.
white authority, was noble, generous,
and kind cbicitain. boastine that neither
Le nor any member OF hi band had ever
shed the blood of whit man. lie va.
! even rhilosophicai.y .orueariny with Ia,
rldcr agent traders ans soldiers wb-
occasionally e8inilcl or mi-U=ed his -rihc.
aud delighted in persormiuz friend. = 1ti-
ces Tor the ga7rieou- ot the government
| forts. In reward lor all this s -trutting
lieutenant had him and his brother, Man
/ gu- Colorado ANONYMOUSLY arrested a.
hostages for Iai-sinE child o @ flirting
/ Mexican widow that had, it Wss supposed
been Kidnapped By some PvowiiDg Indians
/ The insultcd Apache chiet- sailed al. tae.g
.|...
ment and satisfied themselves that none @,
them knew any thing ot the child. lie
porting the result 20 the commander of Jhe
post they further undertook "a assist with
All their braves IN . general search OF III,
Indian country tor the real captorg aud il
Furnishing tue gaiIty. Rut the night
/ lieutenant. 10 display o. bis dsspotic PoF
er for the incrca5e5 admiration o. bis
senors, charged the noble savages With
drunken iying, and added Wanton pesseeu-
tioDs % the rigor Of their wholly unwsr-
rante3 imprisonment.
Reused 81 last 70 Eero5uess by cue-e
kicks OK S DONKEY. the red lion, Cochiz5
fought his Tay out 81 tho ,5j.s. and
knife 10 nand b escaped to tho plains
Even then he might have borne his wrongs
st9lcally out soon tDSreslIer ais captive
mother fell victim 70 the ljeutsnaut's des.
potio uelice. and vas slain under the mere
sub.erfuge. that be had attempted TO ss-
lcape. Since that crowning injury Cochist
has been tho pitiiess, willy, and iDpIacabl'
enemy OF al the pale faces. and hurries
on from murder 20 murder ike = woif tina
mas tasted blood. The Heapon he ha.
taken must return Don him soon hi
lie is justly forfeit 70 human justice bu
who shall say that MS story is not an elo
quent plea 20 heaven and man alike iol
something mors OF Caristian humanity Il
the last hours of his robbed, betrayed anC
persecuted race