, 1873-07-06

RED WIVES AND WHITE.
It ia reported that tho Chief Of one Of tho
indian nations has made a fo1mal demand for
ono hundred white women as wivoB for lis
braves. 1Ie saya that the white mon havo come
among his people and taken their squaws as
wivcs, aud ho thinks that it is only fair that tho
rcd mon should DO compensated in kind. The
domand does not appear to be unreasonable.
Tho Indians hayo boon educated to boievo tint
1t is the duty of the United States Government
to furnish them with everything osaon-
tial to life, lborty, and tho pursuit
Of happiness. Good people will not deny
that wifo is ono Of tho essentials Of this Bliss
fnl condition. II the white mon havo stolen
aHay the rod women, tho red mon should havo
white wonon to supply thcirplacos. When the In
dans aro foreod,to give up their lands in one Hec-
tion Of the country, thoy nre supplied with hunt
guns, powder, rations, clothes, and whisky in
return for tho sacrifices tl,oy mako in tho I'D
vance Of tho surveyors ; why not wiyes. when
their native material is exhausted by tho dopro-
datious Of tho Indian traders or tho wi!es of tho
Indian Agent
Hero ia an opportunity for the Administration
to add d new and valuable feature to the Peace
Policy. Woman is very successful element
Of civilization. Tho Inlian must ronain saw
age brute, md III outcaes forever if ho is to bo
dospoiled Of the lumanizing in1luenceB of tho
gontler sox. No amount OF ammunition, Of free
,{fn1o re nj h &nj1r -
flrowator can satisfy evon IN Indian for tho loss
Of wife, whom there is no prospect Of getting
another. Tile Government cannot worry vol
prohibit q whito man from marrying
squaw, IL 1t DO to bis taste to "tako
a sayago wife and rear him o dusky race"
Stealing vito iB no longer worry Boriou af1nir
in white civilized communities. It Is hardly to
be expected, then, that higher oodo OF morality
will be developed On the Inlian frontier, or that
tho sovereign Government ahould stop in and
forbid itH whito subjects from marrying tho
modern PocahontaRos. But the Government
may, and, on tho principles Of tho Peace Policy,
ought to, supply tho demand thus created. II
thoro Is corner on s4uawB, tho Btu-
alton can only be relieved by furnishing
some white women. They ought not to bo
hard to find. There arc great many patriotic
women in the land who should DO glad to do
something for their country in this way. Tho
lenders Of patriotic womanhood who must, in
view Of Judge Ward Hunts decision, give up
| all hope Of saving tho country by their votes,
| may do tho State aome service by marrying
1ndian warriors. There are also q great many
women in this country who marry wlito savages,
| md cling to them faithfully, in comparison to
| whom Modoo OF Apache Chiot iB mfld-mauner-
3D. gentle, and kind. Thore aro certain SECTIONS of
tho country whore the woulenso greatly outnum-
bor tho men that but small proportion Of
them cau hopo to obtain husbands at home.
| Why, thon, shouldn't they tako new dopar-
turo2 II tho frontorsmon haso concluded that
a red vito IL better than no wife, then why isn't
| q red husband better than no husbanl2 Be-
sides, Southern physiologiBt of recent
| conversion Inns predicted TINT "tte coul-
| ing raco" is to bo descended from tho
intermarriago Of whites and blacla n1lI has
discovered aono striking examples Of tho
I noble product Of these mixed marriages.
II tho commtng1ing Of races is to produce tho
ideal man, there IL reaHon to believe tllat wllto
and rod will attain tho result sooner than wllito
aud black. All this is ouly secondary, however,
| to the leading principle that, II tho wlito men
have stolen away tho red ,nen'a wlyos tho rod
! mon should hayo white wives to tako thoir
places.
! Wo fonr that tho Indian Chief to whom tliY
phase Of the compensatory policy las suggested
| itself aocs not properly appreciate his own to-
merlty. We arc not altogether Auro that lao would
| not be tho first to cry quits. 11o would find
whito w.fo quite dilforont nt1air from a rod
| wifo,-altogethor another color, Tho rod
wiyeu havo undoubtedly betrayed their Indian
husbands into bad domestic habits. They llayo
been accustomed to sAaro tho ardnli'pn OF cu,uI,-
life; layo hunted tho buffalo and white men
with oqual zoal; Aayo boon contont to swing
tholr papooaoB on their backs aud follow tholr
husbands ~ lords aud masters. Tho. whito
wives, and especially tho American white wiyoy,
would scarcely fall into those aocile Ways. They
might accommodate thomaolyoe to Houe Of tho