The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-05-06
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dtans, the chief difficulty 10 removed.
But, IL IL said, our wars With them have
been almost constant Have We been
uniformly unjust? We answer. unhesi-
|tatingly, 95bsi That he e-goes TO war fs
not astonishing; he Ii often compelled 10
do 80. Wrongs are, horne by him ia siy
lenoas that never fail to drive civilized
men to deeds of violence. When he 10
your friend. he will sometipaea sacrifice
himself In your defence. When he 10
your enemy, he pushes his enmity to the
exoesses' Of barbarity. This s6ooks She
moral sense. and leaves him without de-
tenders. ''f
II the lands OF the white man are
taken, civilization justifies him in resjst-
ing the invader. Civilization does more
than thia; it brands him coward and a
slave if he submits to tho wrong. Here
civilization made its contact and guar
auteed the rights of the weaker party.
It did not stand by the guarantee. The
treaty was broken, but hot by the savage.
IT tie savage resiets, civilization, with
The ten commandments In one hand and
the sword in the other, demands his i'm.
mediate determination. We do not con.
test the evor-ready argument that civil
ization must not be arrested in it's pro-
gress by handful OF savages. We earn
estly desire the speedy settlement Of all
our Territories. None are more anxious
than we to see their agricultural and mi
neral wealth developed by an industrious.
thrifty aud enlightened population. And
We fully recognize the fact that the Iu-
dian must not stand in the way of this
result. We would only be understood
as doubling the purity and genuineheas
OF that civilization which reaches its ends
by falsehpod and violence. and dispenses
blesses that spring from violated rights.
Those Indians saw their former homes
and hunting grounds over-run by a greedy
population, thirsting for gold. They
saw their game driven East to the plains,
and soon found themselves the objects OF
jealousy and hatred. They. too, must
60. The presence Of the injured Is too
often patdful to the wrong door, and In.
nooenee offensive to the eyes Of gnilt. 1t
now became apparent that what had
been taken by force must be retained by
the rav;sher. =
Wynkoop then ordered the Indians to
move their villages nearer to the fort,
And bring their women land children,
which was done. In November, this
officer was removed, and Major Anthony,
Of the Int Colorado Cavalry, or56rea to
take. com mmand Of the fort. He.stoo,
4ssnfed, the Indiana. Of safety. They
numbered nbout 500 0-14en, women aud
ohildfen.o It was here, Under the pledge
Of protection. that they were Slaughtered
BY the Coiorado aud ;, O. battalion +of
the 1at' Colorado <CavaIry, under com
tnand Of Coiuuet ,ChivlnRton. He
marched from Denver to Fort Lyon; and
about daylight on the morning of the
29th OF November, surrounded tho In
dian camp and commenced An indiecri-
inmate slaughter. The particulars Of
this massacre are too we'll known to be
repeated here with all its heart-rending
scenes. It Is enough to say that it
scarcely has it's parallel in the records Of
Indian barbarity. Fleeing women, hold.
ing up their hands and praying for
| mercy, were brutally shot down; infants
woro killed and soalped in dsrision; mon
we're tortured and mutilated in q man
ner that would put to shame the savage
OF interior Africn. No one
will be astonished that war ensued
which cost tho Government $50. 600. 900,
and carried oondagration and death to
TO the border settlements. During the
spring and summer OF 1866, no leas than
{. 900 troops were Withdrawn from the
euectfve force engaged In suppresstng
the rebellion to meet this Indian war.
The result of the years campaign satis.
fed all sensible men that war with In
diane Was both useless and expensive.
Fifteen or twenty Indians had been
killed. at an expense of more than
81, , 600. 900 apiece. while hundreds OF our
soldiers had lost their lives many OF our
border settlers butchered. and much
property destroyed.
II it be said that tho savages are un-
reasonable. We nnswer that il civilized.
they might be reasonable. At least,
they would not be dependent on the
buffalo and tho elk; they would no longer
want country exclusively for game,
and the presence Of the white man
would become desirable. II it be safl
that because they are savages, they
should be exterminated, we answer that,
aside from the inhamanity Of the sugges.
ton, it will prove exceedingly difficult,
and, if money considerations are per-
| mitted to weigh, it costs less to civiIize
than to kill.
To say that no outrages were commit.
ted by the Indians, would be claiming
for them more than can be Justly
claimed for the most moral and religious
communities. Many bad men are found