New-York tribune., 1873-04-14
GEN. sHERMANS VIEWS.

70 whip them.
GEN. SHERBlANS VIEWS.
HE THINKS THE END OF THE QUAKER POLICY Is
NOT YET-A MORE RIGID POLICY TO BE ADOPTED
By THE ARMY, UNLESS THE PRESIDENT INTER
FEREs-GKS. CANBY's sUCCEssOR-yKws OF
PROMINENT OFFICIALS.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUSEl
WASHINGTON, April 13.-Gen. Sherman speaks Of
the death of Gen. Candy with much emotion not
unmlxed with indignation. He paid the highest
compliments 10 his deceased friend. He regarded
him as one Of the most perfect officers and gentle
men he ever saw and he said his death was terri
bic sacrifice 70 the Quaker policy in Indian affairs
Gen. Canby had been selected for the command of
the Department of Oregon because he was deemed
the very best man for the place. He was cool-tem-
pered. brave and able and possessed those traits
which it was thought peculiarly fitted him for dealing
with the Indians. He was a man of excellent ad-
ministrative ability and his administration Of the
department had been highly commended Gen.
Sherman. in common with all the officers Of the
Army is very indignant toward what they call the
Quaker policy The officers of the army, they claim,
know more about the Indians than Quakers do, and
they know what ought to be done with them. This
has been question long at issue between the War
and Interior Departments. and one that was for
years discussed in Congress before the present policy
was adopted. Neither Gems. Sherman, Sheridan,
or Candy has ever approved the Quaker policy.
When it was suggested to-day that this occur
renee would probably end the peace policy,
Gen Sherman sneeringly said OF course
il will not In three weeks more Quakers will be
sent on TO demonstrate and make peace. Why, Sir"
said he. " Cen Canby's death would not have oc-
Cured but for the Quaker policy. BE was IN com
mand of the Division and Department, doing the
duty of a soldier and directed to confer with
the Peace Commissioners TO aid them in their efforts
In doing this service he shot That Is all of H.
OF course the army not needed politicians had
to be accommodated. The army was not allowed
the appropriations required for maintaining peace
The Agencies. the Commissioners, etc, Of the
politicians kind. Congress would not give S5OOOOOO
to the War Department, but it could be spent IN
other ways
He said the lava beds Of Oregon had before been
the scene of hosilities with the Indians, and that
Gen Lyon before the Rebellion, while in command
of a small detachment, had much trouble in fighting
the Indians in that locality. Their ambushes were
80 effective and their manner of warfare so adyan-
tageous 10 them that at first little progress was
made. The lava beds on the border of a small
lake in which are many islands. The Indians would
make such resistance as was possible and when
pressed closely they would take to their boats and
paddle 10 the islands, where the could not be fol-
lowed. Gen. Lyon, however, determined on a plan
whereby he could reach the islands After much
care and trouble he succeeded in building several
rude boats and transporting them across the lava
beds task not easy of performance, and they were
duly launched in the lake and filed
with the troops. With these boats the
islands were easily reached, and the Indians were
attacked from all sides and finally exterminated.
Gen. Sherman said that Gen. Gillem would here
after command the troops, and that Gen. Schoheld.
who has returned from his trip to the Sandwich
Islands. will resume the command Of the division
and Department. II is very evident from Gen.
Sherman's conversation, to-day, that If he iSnot in
terfered with by the President, the war against the
Modocs will be pursued in such manner as TO
leave no doubt of the power and vengeance Of the
army II having been suggested to him that per
haps Gen. Candy ought to have been more discreet
than TO have been beguied into the hands Of the
enemy Gen sherman answered with much earnest
ness " But Gen. Candy, you must remember. was
not in his capaciy a soldier, but as Peace Com
missioner. He was carrying out his instructions.
As a soldier he would never have been betrayed into
such a trap"
Judge Williams. the Attorney General, well
acquainted with all the white attacked. BE
saws he thinks the first mistake in dealing with the
Indians in that country was the removal of Meacham
from the superintendeney of Indian affairs in Oregon.
While he held the office the Indians were very
peaceful even those engaged in the massacre, with
whom he was well acquainted. He thinks that from
this time on there will be a very rigid policy, and
that the troops will shoot or hang every Indian
caught. In common with all the residents of the
Pacific who have had practical experience with
the Indians. the Attorney General is rather un-
friendly toward the Quaker policy. He says that
the President was very much attached TO Gen.
Candy, and that when the latter was ordered 10
Oregon the President told him Judge Williams who
was then in the Senate from Oregonl that he had
sent him the best in the service Another gen.
tleman in one Of the highest official positions is in
favor of exterminating the whole Indian tribe. He
says that Gen. Canbys life was worth more than all
the Indians in the land. and that they ought never
20 be given an opportunity to repeats such a deed
as they have committed. He thoroughly IA
mar with the Indians, and had watched the pres-
sDt policy carefully. His honest conviction vN ]