Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-04-25
INDIAN SUPPLIES.

Contracts for furnishing Indian sup
pile, have always been eagerly sought
BY that enterprising class OF specula-
tors who are on the lookout for big
prices for poor articles, and who were
particularly distinguished during the
late disagreement BY the quality Of
food and clothing furnished our soldiers
In the field. But some Of the articles
named BY the Department Of the In
terror as supplies for the Lo family,
not only excite our commiseratlon at
the lamentable ignorance Of the pow
ers that be, Is to the instincts Of the
untutored savage as we'll as his necss-
stiles, but cause . gentle chnckle to
arise In the throat Of every resident Of
the forntlsr. For instance, they call
for bacon, tcledr sidesl tne salt, in bar
rels, and the best broom soap! It Is pos
sible that our Piutes when away from
the purlieus Of our larger towns would.
il unsuccessful In their pine-nut ex-
petitions, or at . season when jackass
rabbits and fish were scarce, conde-
scend to eat a fine quality Of bacon,
(elear sidsl and, perhaps, some old
squaw might cultivate q habit of put
ting salt on her cold grasshopper or
locust lunch. But place them In a
town, allow them daily forsging rights
upon sinks and swill-barrels, and the
aforesaid bacon would grow musty,
and the salt would lsse It's SAVIOR, ore
these denizens Of u deserts would
condsscend to leave the above named
luxurious tit bits for tho food Of South
Carolina negro.
About the latter articls-brow" soap,
best quality. We believe the Interior
Department Is a supporter otthe Peace
Policy, but with our observation Of the
Indian character, cannot conceive any
more effsctual method for their exter-
minatlon than enforced cleanliness.
To put brown soap into the possession
of a Pluto and compel Its use, would
be equivalent to defamation, to ener-
walton /; In taot, to absolute annihtla-
ton. To deprive a Pluto brave OF his
paint, his grease, his vsrmln and his
general filth. would be to render him
unpopular among his tribe, his female
friends In fact, would take from his
person all the peculiar sSaces admired
by his fellows and reduce him to a
level with tho verisst poor white OF
Georgia or North Carolina. No! no!
In behalf Of the poor remnants OF q
fast disappearing race. we protest
agalnst this soapy proposition. II In
the great economy OF governmental
wisdom It Is deemed necessary to feed
these poor vestlges Of a prehistoric
race on bacon, Qet Il be clear side) or
to salt them with fine salt in barrels,
We must in their name. though pro-
testing, submit. But speaking for the
race whose guardians, by proximity,
We are, We denounce tho article OIL
brown soap as destructive Of the pros
perity, property, happiness, aye, even
lite, Of the unwilling grantors OF thii
sovereign State.
But, In all seriousness. what Is the
use Of spending the peoplss' money fol
such things. Tho Indians never gel
them. IF they did they wouldn't use
them-especially the soap. The truth
Il. they 60 into the hands Of some ras'
cally Indian trader and are rssold by
him to the settlers on the frontier or 70
army suffers. Indians like beef. coffee,
sugar, flour, and particularly, tobacco
aud II one-third the goods the Govern
ment pays for, went into their posses.
sion, they would bsas fat, peaceable
and sleek as = tabby cat.