Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-02-24

lagc of twelve hundred population.
And when the gentleman statts tho
drovcs of horses run off by these In
dams amounted to millions OF dol
! lars, / believe hc does not exagger-
ato in his statement of the facts.
Mr. Chairman, it was not SO bad
before the President inaugurated
his peace policy. In 1867, when
similar outrages took place on tina.
frontier, General Sheridan, who
commanded the troops on the bor-
der, followed these Indians to the
Upper Canadian, and there he trea-
ted them to the only medicine
which has ever proved salutary or
accomplished the result Of giving
peace to our frontiers.
The Chairman The gontleman's
time has expired.
Mr.. Beck took the floor.
Mr.. Conncr.-l simply wish to
say one word in addition.
Mr.. Beck will yield to the
gentleman part of my time.
Mr.. Conner.-I thank my friend
from Kentucky. wish to make
merely this additional statement;
! that | have already in the last Con.
gress introduced u resolution here
calling for committee to examine
into these Indian deprcdations down
there, and report tho amount of
property stolGn from citizens Of
Texas. We have felt, and do feel,
that while we bow with respect to
the flag of the country, obey tho
laws and pay the taxes which go to
support this Government, it is our
right to demand ut the hands of
Congress that protection which it
is the duty ofcvery Government to
extend to its people who are sub
iects of outrages of this kind.
Mr.. Mccormick wish to ask
the gentleman question in refer
ence to one particUlarpoint. 1t has
been stated more than once that
white men on the frontier have
bpeh in the habit of Disgusting
themselves in the Indian garb and
committing these deprcdations on
the frontier which are charged to
tho Indians. Is the gentleman
lroih Texas aware Of any such dep
relations being committed by white
men dressed as Indians on the lna
dian fronticrS ,,.
Mr.. C;hncrr.-tfthat be true, they
belong to the followers of the peace
commissioners.
Mr. Sargent doubt if that is
susceptible of proof
Mr. Conncr-The proof is this;
that we mover heard of these COM
plants until the peace commission
ecrs came down ,herc. and that to
my mind is conclusive evidence.
These deprcdations arc all commit
ted by the Indians themselves.
After further remarks from Mr. McCor-
mick, Mr.. Conner said:
Mr.. Chairman, in replying to the
gentleman Of Missouri Who has just
spoken, | have one word more to
say, and it is this: all that we eX-
pect, and all that VIC ask, is that
when these Indians arc put upon
reservations, and these large sums
Of money are appropriated for their
support there, they shall be Kept
on these reservation and when
they leave the reservation and
make their periodical excursions
Upon the frontier settlements; dis
turbing the quiet of these commu-
mites, killing men, women, and
children, stealing horses, and dri-
wing off our drovcs Of t.ttle, that
then either the civil or military
authority may be permitted to fol-
low on their return TO their reser-
valion, capture .hcm, and take and
try them, either by a military com
mission, or by y jury, whichever
you please.
Mr. LAMPORT. I would ask the
gentleman if he would have, the In
dams do the safne toward white
men who committed depradations
upon them ?
Mr.. CONNER. | will answer
the question by saying that if a
man in New York commits mur-
der and fees to Texas, the Govern
or of New York makes n rcquisi-
ton upon the Governor OF Texas
for this return Of the fugitive from
Justice, to be deals With by the
courts Of New York, When an In
dian commits a depreciation and
falls back upon the strong arm OF
the military at Fort Still to pro-
tect him, we want the military au-
thorily to turn him over to us to
be tried by a jury, as we did with
the two Indian Chiefs last sttri-
mer, who captured wagon train
loaded with supplies for their res
ervation, and having killed the
wagoners, afterward tried to kill
Gen. Sherman who was down thcre
on Il visit.
The General having heard of the
capture of the wagon train, and
feeling satisfied that the indians
, from the reservation had done, 1t,
he sent rUr some of the Leading
chiefs to inquire into the natter
The Indians bevama cnraged at the
presumption of the General, as it
was not in accordance with the
prevailing peace policy to which
they had been accustomed, ] am
informed that one drew his tom
ahawk and attempted to kill the
General, and would have done so
but for an officer who shot the In
dian on the spot. The other In
dians who wers implicated IN this
outrage were pot in irons and sent
to Jack county and tried and were
sentenced to be hung, but | believe
the Governor eommuted their sem
tence to Imprisonment in the pcnl-
tentiary for life.
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