The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-16

countries. American correspondence, to the
press and official, will soon give US the facts
Tho Kiowa and Comanche Penitents.
Friend Enoch o. Hoag, Superintendent of In
dian Agencies, in the pleasant city of Lawrence,
Kansas, is benevolent old gentleman, and
lives, labors and WAKES fat in the hope of one
day drawing all the savages of the Southwest
into the guileless ways Of the followers Of
George Fox. His success, SO far, has not
been such as to excite extravagant enthusiasm
in the people Of the border or even in his
assistant dispensers Of benevolence and
blankets. The manifest destiny Of the s'young
men, Of the tribes to kill and be killed is
more manifest now than when Friend Enoch
began his labors some five years ago. Lo will
not permit his children to be s.medicined'' by
tribal "ways' by diabolical suggestions of
arithmetic, and the schoolrooms on the
prairie are not attended by inquiring pap
pooses, as, doubtless, they should be. AS for
the Indian adults, they, Of course, need no
instruction from an inferior race, and will
have none. Nothing short of mirncle or
very clever interpreter could, therefore, &C
count for the petition to the Great Father,
which, Friend Enoch says was prepared and
signed by the leading chiefs of the Kiowa
and Comanche tribes, and which will
be found in another column Of to-
days HERALD. Now, as no interpreter
or Quaker sub-agent would, of course, UNDER
take to prepare this touching petition, the
miracle must be accepted as genuine. Like
most miracles, however, it has it's doubtful
side. In the first place, the United States
government has not made captive '.more than
hundred Of their women and children" or
any Kiowa women and children ; but it has in
captivity two Of the greatest scoundrels on the
Plnins-Satanta and Big Tree, chiefs Of the
Kiowas-for the self-confessed crimes Of
murder and robbery. They are now in
prison in Austin, Texas, under SEN
tence Of Imprisonment for life. They
are there by process of the Courts of the
State Of Texas condemned for the murder Of
Texan citizens. For the federal government
to interfere as it seems it will interfere, to re-
lease them from prison and return them to
their 'young men," would not only be an un-
justifable stretch Of authority over the Ex-
ecutive Of State, but an exceedingly unwise
act.
Satanic was the war chief of the "young
men" Of the Kiowas, and not only Of that
tribe, but Of all their allied vagabonds; and
Big Tree was his right-hand man. When
General Sherman turned them over to the
Texan authorities for trial and punishment
he appointed a crafty Indian named Kicking
Bird as successor to Satanic. This Kicking
Bird pretended to have great influence in his
tribe and to be an enthusiastic peace man. It
turned out that he was neither He had to
share authority with Lone Wolf and others,
and marauding went on as before. The
young men" pined for the active
leadership of Satanic, who, as an or
ganizer and commander of raiding
parties, was unequalled, and the ''young men,
compelled the chiefs to continually agitate for
his release. They seem to have succeeded at
last. More insolent, treacherous and blood
thirsty than the Modocs, or any other tribe
on the Continent, these Indians have done
nothing to merit this dangerous act Of Glenn
ency; but on the contrary have set the very
worst example to the Arapahoes, Apaches,
Cheyennes Comanches and other bands affili-
ated with them. The release of Satanic and
Big Tree will stir the warlike bands to the
highest pitch Of enthusiasm; fQL potYiib-