, 1873-04-23
The Present "!Protcction Of the From
tiers a Farce---VVhat Should
be Done.
An Indian Moses Looked for by the Red
skins...Why Gen. Candy
was Killed.
Prospects Of q General Indian War---A
Massacre of Modocs in 1862.

Trcc..KVow to Settlo the Indian &kucs-
tion. .
10 The Editor Of Tbs Chicago Tribune:
s1n: Since the murder OF Gen. Candy by tho
n1olocs, no road Of nothing but accounts OF In
dian troachery; but trcaehery among savagea Is
NOTHING UNUSUAL.
and am convinced from personal observation,
that any Of tho wild and hostile tribes on our
border would havo acted as Capt. jack and his
band, had thoy been in like circumstances.
Last full, swo road that, whilst the Commissions
ere wore holding council with tho Kiowns md
Arapahoos, tho chief mon Of tho former tribe,
drow off md 1cbatod amougst themselves aR to
the adyiaability Of
NUMBERING THEM,
but tho thought Of tho approaching winter mado
them determine to defer their hoilish act until
tho spring.
1u my last letter to your paper, Of date Aug.
II, 1879, I predicted
. 4 GENERAL. RAID
this spring by tho Kiowas, Arapahoes, and Ohey-
ennos, Oh tho frontiers OF Texas and Kanaas
aud lato advicos from those points state that
those tlibcs are esen now leaving tho roserva-
tions and preparing for war. All they want arc
lenders, nnl those the Government are.about to
furnish by tho
Surely, the Dlodoc tragedy will provont this
blunder,-or, to usc n stronger word, this crime.
Whom Gov.'Dayis comtnuted the sentence Of these
notorious Hcoundrels from death to inprison-
ment for life, tue people Of Texas woro unnni-
mous In their protest against Buch an oetrago on
Justice.
have seen both satantn and Dig Tree, and
know we'll what they arc.
is tho oldest md most experienced Chief Of tho
Kiowas,-a tribo noted for their fierce hostility
to tho whitos. Previous to hia arrest by Mr.
'Tatum, tho 1tlian Agent ut Fort Sill, under tho
supervision Of Con. Sherman, he openly admit
ted tho crime for which ho was afterwards ar
1a;gued, aud tried, aud sentenced to DO hanged.
He is celebrated Indian orator. and has an i'm
1bnnso influence iu his own and other tribes, tho
Cheyennes md Comanclos preferring him to
many Of their own Chiefs.
Most Of your readers are probably unaware Of
THE IMMEDIATE CAUSE
of tho arrest Of these two Chiefs, and short
description of tho occurrence will not be out of
place ut this time:
In tho fall Of 1871, n train Of ten wagons,
passing oyor tho prairie between Salt Crock and
'160 Kiowas, under the leadership Of satanta aud
Big Troe. The toalnsters gallRntiy dofended
themselves Wagon.naster making as por-
foot corral Of hia wagons as wns practicable
.giyon him for preparation the wagons wero
placed in two parallel lines, tho toams facing in
wards, md the e1tremitioa partially guarded by
'eackB Of corn Thrown from tho wagons dplled
up. Afsor ciroling tho corral Of wagons several
times, satanta aaw that it Waansoloss to attempt
anything OIL horseback, and, disinounting his
men, Ae renewed tho fight on foot. After d gnl-
lnnt defense, the bravo but unfortunate team
stera waro orercome,-throo alone escaping to
tell the noTs.
Tao seyou WHO woro slain wero
MOST KoRRIhLY MuT1LATED;
tEcir bodies were almost hawn to pieces with
a1os taken from tho wagons. was on the
ground within fow hours aftor the occurrence,
>ceeded in removing IN axo from the skull Of one
of the unto rtunate mon.
Tho wagon-nlaater, who was captured alive,
having lla1 his thigh broken by ball. waB fas-
BURNED TO DEATH
Ho presented d fearful spectacle. Oae sido
-yynB burned to n cinder and the limbs ,yere all
drawn up by the contracted muscles. Altogether
it was Il sight to haunt ono for n lifetime,
And now wo reld that the leading spirit In this
heudisl massacro is to 10 pafdonoI, and ngn,
lot luse upon tho frontier that llas 20 loug suf-
icred from hia deprotlations,
MO TREE
,ycarB OF age,-bnt ho llas a1roaly nttainod rop-
iltaton for daring and forocity which placeu
linn almost at tho head Of Ills tribe. Noxt to
ssata1lta ho Ia the most to be feared. Whom tlo
troops went to arrest him, ho was seated in one
of the stores ut Fort Sill, but mndo hiH eacapo by
jumping through the wiutlow, tnlliug tho sash
With him, aud, owing to llH marvellous fleetness
of foot. ho almost succeeded III gaining the
timber, haff milo distant, before the horses
OF the guards overlook him, md ho was disasm-
cd and arrested. IIo is u handsomo Indian,
tall and powerful, and as aclive as wildcat.
Plated In liB scalploek ho has tie long fair hair
OF son4o
Poon FRONTIER WOMAN,
whom be has outraged and murdered, and lila
whole character makes him a fit Lieutenant for
nttondel Tho trnl Of these two mon, nul tue
evidence against them was ovorpowerlng.
They were
LEaALLY TRIED, CONVICTED AND aEs7ENcED.
and, III a late citixou Of Toxns, 1 onter M
Eolc,nn protest against tloir pardou, md III ny
protest m, vory suro tint carry with mo the
entire population OF the State OF Toxay.