Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-05-07

luoy must ucquuiub tucIlsclNcs Win
the treaty obligations Of the Govern
mcnt and respect them as the highest
law Of the land, Instead OF regard
ing tho Indian as an enemy, let them
regard him as friend, and they will
almost surely receive his friendship
and esteem. II they will look upon
him as an unfortunate human being,
deserving their sympathy and care,
instead of wild beast to be feared
and detested, them their own hearts
have removed the chief danger.
Aside from determination this Is the
only alternative now left us. We
must take the savage as we find him,
or, rather as we have made him. We
have spent two hundred years in Gre
atiDg the present state Of things. II
we can civilize in twenty five years
it will be vast improvement on the
operators Of the past. II we attempt
TO force the older Indians from the
chase, it will involve us in war. Tho
younger ones will follow them into
hostility and another generation OF
savages will succeed. When the buff
falo is gono the Indians will cease to
hunt. A few years Of peace and the
game will have disappeared In the
meantime, by the plan suggested, we
will have formed a nucleus of civliza.
tion among the young that will re.
strain the old and furnish them home
and subsistence when the game is gone
The appeal Of these old Indians il
irresistible. They say, awe know
nothing about agriculture. We have
lived on game since infancy. We love
the chase. Here are the wide plains
over which the vast herds of buffalo
roam. In the spring they pass from
south to north, and 10 the fall return
traversing thousands of miles. Where
they 60 you have no settlements anc
if you had, there is room enough foi
us both. Why limit us to certain
boundaries beyond which we shall no,
follow the game? ? If you want the
lands for settlement, come and settle
them. We will not disturb you. You
may iarm and zoe VIII hunt' You
'ove Tue one, zoe loVe the other Il
you want game we will share II with
you IL we want bread and you have
IL 10 spare, give IL 10 us; but do not
spurn us from your doors. Be kind
10 US ana we VIII be KIND 10 you II
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we want ammunition, give II or sell II
10 US, we VIII not use 1t to hurt you
out pieage you all we have, our word
that az the rlsk OF our own we will
deiend your hvcs.
ii an indian Is 10 be trusted at all
ne must oe trusted TO The full extent
OF MS woro. III you oetray symp
toms OF uis.rust no discovers 1t with
nature intuition, and at once con,
eenhs 'ne ia'senoou tnat would oieno
,,,enuSn'P ,us anu Suspicion together
"n",e.el our PeoPio may cnoose te
say u @ sno '~ns'nee'ity ~ OF auphcity o.
., wy Anol'u, "ou,o ia', 70 express th'
es'.,""'o o"'er'a''icu py many lndiaDS
=, s .no "n,eo o nian enaracter 10 .h''
,osPee' o''''es nave oecn 90 Otter
orohon n oy 'hosv WIN whom 'hey usu
MY oohv ~ oon'ac,i cuPiuliy mas sc
'o"s p"ou ''s WI" uen' u 'helr crie'
VI cu"e''"S, ""u "ear,'ees cruei'y na'
So nedu.n1 sous"' .ue'h " .ne gar.
" en",.'s 'na' W oo,a'n tueir conn
ue"vo ", p'Y'n,s.' must oo scrupu
,ous'y iu,"''su anu our PROFESSIONS o.
','e"u,esu'P u''es,eI VI al appearance
VI se,nsn,oes ' ahu uup"o,'y'
Nu'ura'y' 'ns inaian mas many no
p'o qua,i''cs' he 's the Voiy ON eodi
,nens ni y, sou'agei sg inuScp, az ',mes
no iee's '"sens'o'v o' iear, Al he Ii
.'ue' anu ,eeo"s.iu', !. 10 occause nc
% 81, oa,'"weu' .' 1nu ",s companion Is th'
wiz oeas.' hs' e'Vil'1eu man De hi'
eompan'on' anu we association warns
in.o ,''e virtues oi INC rarest worth
Civiiiza'ion mas driven him back IRON
the nome ne io'ed; u mas often tor
tured ana Killed him, but 1t never
could make MN slave AS VIC have
had so little respect Tor those we die
enslave, 10 DC consistent TINS element
oil Indian character should challenge
some admiration.
THE MURDER OF PEACE COMMISSIONERS
foREroLp.
When the Indian goes TO war b,
enters upon its dreadful work will
earnestness and determination. ii,
goes on an orrand OF vengeance, and
no amount OF blood satisfies him. II
may 90 because, with him, all wrongs
have to be rcdressod by war. In oul
intercourse with him we have failed
10 large measure, to provide peace
ful means OF redress, and he knows ne
law, except that OF retaliation. H'
wages war with tho same pertinacity
and indeed in the same spirit will
which party litigant in full convic
tion of the right prosccutcs his sui
10 court. His only compromise Is L
have his rights, real or fancied, fully
conceded. To force, he yields moth
ing. In battle ho never surrendcrs
aud IS the more excusable, therefore
that he never accepts capitulation a.
the hands of others. In war he does
| not ask or expect mercy. lie is ther