New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-23
THE INDIAN QUESTION.
Continued oNm First PAGE,


In the aca 81 pubic Indignation, i~t now Cen Sh'r-
man talks or cNtettu,uatng the ModOcs. TWO weeks
Will ptuhably modify the ortcr, ana, IN E"out two
months ruoNc sentiment VIII no doubt demand that
thes noble red nea Of Tie forcs, shall get their food AID
their bauects and Government viii add Spencer rlie
npiccc. and Richard will bc h'Wsclt again.
Why potq Arc tic lives Gen. Candy and two Peace
emsnsssionors Importance than those of the
trer~auds good and true men and women who have
facn victims to the roaChcry and cVuety OF these Gov
SCOment petsf
THE sGosEr OF TIE CONTINUANCE OF TITS POLICY.
Eastern philanthropy has not hesitated - hand over
Shc frOucr settler, hound. Shc sacriecia offering,
whose death shall atone for TIE wrongs gnctedon the
poor Indian by the General Government. The same
philanthropy win sSrely net grudCea Brigadicr Gene
raj and n couple OF Peace Commissioners further
naughty Of CaptJack aud Boston Charlie to shoot the
commissioners but then The poor ssows are SaSSGss
with their ffyonte smusementf eaten tmsm 10y az, an
talking to them about the Oh 'nei WSs'
IL will be The best way 10 get them into prayer
Sf Gep toward STa or somebody else they have
good rest with plenty Of pork and beans Supply re
them improved guns with good supply OF powder anu
them Sid an abundance Of good advice ard bid them
n fearful adieu Then take IL Tor granted that they VIII
wrong any more, unless these herriu fon'er
.Yrttlers provoke them bcynd endurance. .
THIS has been the Government policy dictated 6y tnat
for white murderers win continue to be Its policy for
SHent There rs money in it, The Indian Bureau gives
Unparalleled opportunities for peculatOn Tie cunning
the Government will not permit the interest of phan
thropiss 20 lag Through their ignorant connivance the
robbers carry thriving trade ana IL need be- they
will furnish cari-ioad OF ahdaylts proving tnat the
Modocs the injured party Instead Of exterminatinG
them there will SPECIAL appropriation for their
benefit, aud another set OF Commissioners appohNd
who will be quite certain tat tue two who are gone le
victims 20 their own imprndenee.
WHERE THE RESPONSIBILITY RESTS.
This would be a wild prediction If the nation was not
hopeessy this IndanQuoston but that II is
~ manifest from General order No. g. issued by Gen
Sherman, in Washington, the 14th inst in which he
SAYS CANDY had been sent out to remove the
Aoioos to reservation, where they could ne main
tanned protected by the civil agents OF the Govern
mont" Think of % sane government undertaking TO
maintain" thousands OF able-bodied men ana women
great employer Of idle hands vary the standard work OF
paying poker by more exciting empoi, ment Mnat
government has right 10 tax It's industrious cZens 10
iced such a hoard id.crs What but insanity could
Induce any set OF attempt TO ci,illze or Chris
i,Gz, a Ser OF people by cuyating their besetng
contempt for honest industry How do missionaries
and peace commissioners expect to teacn the duty anu
aiuy OF laOr while excluding from Their systems ha
hunger cold the two great teachers which God mas
appointed principal ana nfst assistant III t.e C0nb3n
school In Wicn educaes all his Greatness inc tllk
about teaching Indians the art OF agriculture must
lave originated ~ a lunatic asylum. The squaws know
low l.ise corn, beans and pumpkins, aud when the
tuition it viii be time enough to establish agricultural
colleges ;hcr benefit IL IS not knowledge Dlt VIII
ai Is wanting only stern necessity can supply that
Tie only cure for our Indian troubles is 10 tInbe ne
Iudian Bureau into the Potomac as the most VeInin
tcscd, rotten Old piece OF lumber that ever dsgraccd
SImuePs housekeeping put WdSnSttnu in us
pace aud let me Oh gentleman Wy 10 eledh nls aiIS
bOOd OF thousands OF his uobest sous ana daush
liz as independent nations every horde OF savagcs
wi hin borders. lie must stop the treaty business
aud when buys land let him pay for IT, instead oil
snnuites foster dleness and crime give every indian
family an iuaicnable homestead. Make them anenaOle
To tue Laws OF the State OF Territory in which they are
found II they work. protect them IN the enjoyment o
The proceeds Of their labor let the idle aud vicious
RIB lie udu srious they do. II they steal, i'm
PRISON tnea they murder. hang them II they are IDLE
let sarye and welcome " He that Wi. not work
shall Aot cat" Is law nave no right to dbrogdte
ZOE TIE INDIANS.
Among the items Of called out by che Modoe
massacre is one stating that large bills are in the
Treasury awaiting payment for beef furnished to the
Indians" Can any one give the shadow of reason
Why tho should not furnish their own beef aud
have large surplus for sale They occupy some Of the
about the first step from savagey TO civilization. Ii
eOnpOrts with nOInad life and involves little labor
TGey 40 raise pOnes-wby not cattle The answer TO
Lhs question Is that pOues are useful IN war While
Stealing 20 raising chem. This is all plain enough but
when consider that our Government Is empl9ylns
say of the policy which thus pay bonus on saVagely
avIlizston by supplying the wants lead how
snail We hope teach them the more advanced arts
a'pSnG SnV Which drives the average man to work
Without work he Is savage nut here we nave power
full Government, with hundreds OF CHRISTIAN agents,
engaged ID the absurd task OF retaining savages by
dong all in its power stand between them and |
Gods law OF labor Our promises OF maintenance
the highest premium We car OneI 10 vsglahcy ana
lney afford an apology Tor d iGeneSs n s5d
unlimited PrGyOc9 ,h 70 tbey can be fulfilled
became familiar with one instance OF the Gf-
lIs In0ans aud all have learned. the case is not
an un AR specimen OF tbls Indian maintenance business
About eight party started from St. Cloud TO
pay an annuity 10 the Red Lake Chppewas The Ten-
aezvOus over hundred miles from any road. Inc
anuul consisted largely Of bee pork beans nOur ana
b.auke,s. Inc ume was Autumn, some un1toiddOe
delays made II late Autumn; but tile expedition got
under way with wagons, horses, Oxen 0oats, tents
preacher and dozen or Two OF other men whose salaries
averaged s. day This caravan dragged
ito slow length along, day after day and week after Week
rreepng through dri prairie grass opening roads
through strps OF TIMER, clIcling swamps or wadng
ihcu IOrdIg streams Or following theli course Whch
lDcV led m direction and 81 making the boats re-
Ic, the wagons. One part Of the party would cross
taxes with freight, wmlc tue other went round win
&c auimals Sometimes they 1nO to places
where water not deep enough Tor DalJs, ana
VAS too deep GTaught animals, or Mnere the ce was
TOO thin TO LOlses and too tllck TO break with
Gar OF paddle aud seemed 10 be no way around
or one Then these representatives Of
me mob red mans supplies got out their long
other the Light scOws In which Mr. Los Dee was care
pace Their and other eupCruOus clothing in
the scOvs with pee aud SO bent themselves 10 tue
work finding Indians, while the eamsers took wag
aus animals long circuits to reJOln them when
they reached firm Land
OUR GOVERNMENT THE INDIANS CATERER
They were, think, nearly two months reaching their
osuaton aud all this time knew that their arstOcras
highnesses, for whose welfare they turning them
selves draft animals, impateuty waiting for
dheir WIner ratOns, engaged in tho ennObng pursuit
of that game found in abundance their sacred
psrons, in improving their minds playing poker;
aud that II they famed 10 get their freight to ito
sUlntt thing tue time specified,
Tie pour Indian would DC yeIy hungry and very angry
that his righteous indignation his wrongs would
pGbOly lead hun 10 dlse IN BIS wrath ana butcher sew
era hundred women and children, and that u be should
lie cuyen thus TO express his dislpprOYR Uncle sam
uclr tardlness, the Eastern pubic would in the
transaction another Instance OF tue total depravly
OF fLsuLer settlers, WHO VIII continue 10 provoke the
Res stOcugs" OF the West to such vigorous assertions
rghCa and supcrlOrluesl BY dint or