The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-08-18
THE INDIANS.

We trust that the government will hurry
up matters, and either approve or disap
prove of the finding and sentence of the
military commission in the case Of the
Modocs. We are firmly of the opinion
that the sentence of the commission should
tain Jack and his confederates should be
sent to their happy hunting grounds, so
that they may be removed from oil posi-
bility of future trouble, but, in any event,
the matter ought to be disposed of at once,
as General Davis is needed elsewhere. The
Indians of the west are again on the ram
page, and they need attending TO This
new rampage shows one of the beauties of
the reservation system, which is worthy of
mention. The Indians on the Fort Stanton
reservation have been granted ''passcs" to
hunt for forty days on the "Stakcd Plains"
and in communicating this information to
the government, the agent Significantly
says 'you know what this means" The
result shows what it ''mcans." OFF from
their reservation by permission, the United
States troops are forbidden to modest them,
unless they can ovcrtakc them in their de-
prcdations, and are prohibited from follow
ing them home and Furnishing them there
Their hunting expedition, for forty days,
has not been confined to "Staked Plains"
but their course has been marked by blood
She'd rapine and outrage. Cattle and
horses have been stolen, pcaccablc settlers
have been robbed and massacreed, defense
less women and children have been out
ragged, slaughtered or carried into captivity,
yet the Indians are unframed and unpun-
ished. The moment they return to their
reservations they are free from all intru-
sion or punishment Instead of the army
visiting them and treating them as they de-
serve, their duty il to guard these miser-
able cut-throats, and prevent all harm
coming to them. Safe and secure on their
reservations, they can, from time to time,
obtain ''passes TO hunt and then they
hunt human game without molcstation.
We all remember the depredations of
these savages in 1868, and how quickly a
stop was put thereto when General Custer
received authority to follow them home
fight them upon their own camping ground
and punish them az they deserved. Gen
Sheridan has repeatedly urged the renewal
of this policy on the government and. in
this case, he says, ''if the government will
let us punish the Indians after they reach
home, with the troops stationed at Fettei-
man and Laramie, | think we can do it by
taking advantage of some favorable oppor-
tunity." Il there any doubt that this is
the true policy to be pursued ? We are in
favor of outstanding and civiizing the
Indians so far as possible, but it seems To
us the worst of policy to permit them, I'M
der this gllise, to rob and murder at will
and then, when they return to their reser-
walton, protect them. The only course
that will cause these savages to cease THEN
depredations is to follow them up and pun
ish them wherever they may be found 1t
is, in our judgment, sickly sentimentaity
to allow these marauders to take refuge
amidst their women and children and then
refrain entirely from molesting them he
cause, forsooth. some squaw or pappoose
may be hurt These same squaws are as
inimical to the whites a. are the warriors,
and will do their proportion toward max
ing their forays successful and the young
ones are being trained up to follow the
same blood thirsty course as their slres.
Sherman, Sheridan and Custer are right
when they ask to let the army punish the
Indians after they reach home