The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-08-07
INDIAN ATROCITIES.
How the Noble Red Men are be-
ing Civilixed.-Whst Citizens OF
the Frontier think Of the peace
Policy"

Especial correspondence Of the Advertiser
III MINERS DELIGHT. WYOMING TER,
July a6th. 1873.
Mr. Editor.-Some time ago l gave
Won a touch of the ridiculous from THU
| far corner OF creation, but now 1t i
something vastly different that have
to relate. Not sublime. either, which
| is said to be such a near neighbor Z
the ridiculous-but terrible, simply
and fearfully horrible.
You notice the name under which
write-"Miner's Delight" is what We
have been proud to call our locality
but now, alas, it has become more ap.
propriately miners Misery" The
Indians. those wards of the nation,
have been INDUCING in little of theiI
pastime, and mourning and woe is
left behind them. You, In Code
country read OF Indian raids" but
il is little of the real import that the
dull words on the printed page con-
vev to your minds. To US. who live
beyond the confines Of civilization
who see, hear and feel the deeds Of
which your types give brief and
cold outline; to US, Indian raids mean
something. They mean not only the
freauent loss OF months of toll and
years of accumulation, but also immi-
nent and deadly risk of death and
worse than death for ourselves and
those dearer to US than ourselves.
Only yesterday morning | saw this
exemplified. My own eyes for the
first time beheld deeds which, related
around our camp fire, have often paled
the cheek and quickened the pulse. l
saw the sudden and murderous attack
upon house inhab tied at the time
only by two lone and defenceless wo-
men, one of them over sixty years
old. The house was less than two
miles from US and in plain view
acrsss the open country. Only thirty
of the red devils made the assault.
Three Of US started at once to the spot,
but before We were within range all
was over, and only death was there.
The sight which we beheld upon ar
irving would have sickened anybody
but an Indian Commissioner. Imag-
me 1t if you can! The dwelling "a
poor one, Of course, but home in
lames everything of value carried
away the two poor women lying
close to their burning house, murder
ID and mutilated. The poor creatures
we're stripped nearly nude; one Of
hem had medicine pole" "a willow
en or fifteen feet long sticking up
light in her person and the other was
pinned to the ground with arrows.
Once see this sight with your own
eyes, think, as you must in our cir
that you or yours may be
the next, and then, II you can,
"pity the poor red man."
There were but five men in sight of
the house at the time, and it is about
thirty miles from the cavalry camp.
Two Of US started at once to alarm the
camp, and our comrades stayed TO
watch. The cavalry are after the To-
dams now.
How long, in Gods name, is our
tif we have any going
to pay those fiends for the scalps Of Its
citizens? For the way the dirty dew
Is are fed, clothed and armed, it looks
ike pay, or else scheme tn keep up
ome post traders or contractors. ]
wee you are organizing Oranges there
20 buck against high tariffs, &c.
wish we could start one to hang every
peace" outfit that crosses the Mis-
souri, the Devil will never get his
own until everyone Of that stripe is
delivered to him.
l was afraid of raid in the valley
and sent my family up here last spring
and saved them. am rather nervous
to-day, and am not sure you can read
this, but do the best you can, while !
say, good night, ]. E. X.