The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-01-24
Albzilg Segister.
LOCAL MATTERS.
Latest faena siRetx The Indian war
.sseare- Ahaaed Indians Anxious
for Peace Indications Of Prep
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We had the pleasure, on wednesday
morning, of meeting Superintendent
of Indian Affairs, Hon. I. B. odeneal,
who had just arrived in this city from
Corvallis, ell route for Salem, from
whom we get the following IN regard
to the Indian troubles at Siletz Indian
Reservation:
The highly colored reports Of the
hostile attitude assumed by the Indians
on the Siletz Reservation, and the
great excitement among the white set
tiers along the line Of said Reservation
in consequence thereof reaching Su-
perintendent Odeneal, he at once re-
paired with all speed to the spot, that
he might. by personal observation and
inquiry, get at the facts and thus be
enabled to act in the matter with refer
ence TO the best interests OF all con-
rerned.
The Superintendent arrived at the
Reservation on Friday of last week,
and at once sent out runners for the
Indians to meet him in a grand pow
WOW (mass convention) on the day
tollowing-saturiay. We will remark
here that Siletz Is about forty miles
northeast of Corvallis, in Benton
county. On Saturday, in answer to
the invitation OF the Superintendent,
nearly every Indian on the Reserva-
tion. old and young, buck and squaw'
made their appearance at the time and
place specified, and grand and most
interesting council was held.
Nearly every Chief present made a
speech, and, generally speaking, tor
sound logic and good sense, they were
up to the average speeches Of their
white brothers. They denied that they
had any hostile intent toward their
white brothers; asserted that it would
not only be folly, but madness Of the
-
worst type, fora handful Of red men
to attack their white brothers, whose
numbers were as the trees on the m0un-
tails or rs the grass in the valleys
that their white brothers were sup
piled with guns. andpowder, and bull
lets, and knives, and -four, willie the
poor red men had nothing; that If
they went to war, they 1.-THE warriors)
would lose their lives--and then what
" otlId become OF their women and
children that while there was no in
ducement whatever to war against
their white brothers, there was every
indncement for peace-that through
friendship they had everything to hope
for; through war, everything would
be lost. But. while they did not want
war, vet they could not understand
why their white brothers were erecting
and hiding themselves in q fort; 1t
looked to them as though they in
tended to make war Oh them (the lll-
dians), and take frem them their lands
the Reservation-their homes. by
i,,rrc. and drive them and their little
ol.es forth to sfaryc. In fact, their
speeches were all Of this tenor, that
the alarm exhibited by the whites. IN
arming and forting themselves up was
all pretense /; that they merely did 1t
to create ''ontsi,le'' sympathy, thus
getting aid to kill and drive the indi-
ans from the Reservation. the lands
Of which they coveted.
The Superintendent soon pnieted
their fears. assuring them that they
only had to ismain quietly on their
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Reservation, and they would be pro-
tected in all their rights. He then told
them, to quiet allapprehenslons on the
part Of the whites, il would be neces-
sary for them to give up their arms.
This they at once agreed 70 DO; as,
when tile molten was pat. every In
dian rose at once 70 Bis feet, showing
that they were willing to doanything
required Of them to convince the
whites Of their peaceable intentions.
IfSawtell's house was burned BY IN
Ciians, it was probably the act Of one
named California Jack; and, II he y
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