The New York herald., 1874-10-31

be qu usstioned, moreover that the iull legal ratioI
Is not gwen TO the Indian at this agency. The In
finally.
OTHER ABUSES.
The nour issued 10 the Indians Is OF very pool
quality, much inferior to that issued TO the army
though am informed by officers who know tia
M ,ne same prlce IS paid, and even higher one, D,
Richaras showed me his letters, dated ninth
month, 1874, complaining that 'there were Sc
many grades OF nour and OF such exceedingly
poor quality" He was forced to protest against
IL. And IN the twelfth month, 1873. "that there
On a'' the 0 ssh of' Of the S' third month he ad-
ylses that there was some improvement.
be better Tor the price, and was not good enough
| last year for the price paid" l. now costs. ac-
cordng 10 his ngures about $5se TO SAL, iar,
| four issued for over SIX weeks, ana wnen IL was
issued proving 10 be OF bad quality, eau ~ oe
DOUBTED that tnis Will readily constitute one OF the
| aggravations and causes OF the dissatisfaction OF
| the lndlans Should not the Indian Department
not Congress apply some corrective III legislation,
as last resort to prevent ls iurther continuance
| and the enriching OF tue "lndian rlns' 50 aouhu-
| auty and unlawiulyf All experienced ofcer
| remarked TO me that the great mistake o tue
Quakers consists IN their LOOKING after tue nlor-
talty OF tue next life alone, rather thah lhe ieai
practical necessities OF thls, which are oversnaa-
I owed by meet etings, scnooi houses &c. Though do
not proceed TO md aut with or ran at 20 estima.
bic q BODY oi men as are the Quahers, am oounu
| to give the facts as find tnem. From their want
OF nrmness, TOO great benignlty and lack oil prac-
teal business qualifications, must say
that they are SHOWN here to be unified
To deal with or manage such a tempera-
men as that oi the Indian. the indians aiter
tive years OF management under the QUAKER pollcy
are worse tnan tney nave been known TO be ior
years before. ald during that time they nave IN
auguraten larger war movements and more de-
length o time. The reasons OF this arc on account
OF the cupdity oil some OF the agents. their mex
pertence in business aliairs aud their want OF
fidelity to tue inoians, either directly or through
their representatives or employees.
FAILURE OF THE QUAKER MANAGEMENT.
The prospect OF permanent peace with the
Indians and their early setting down was never
brlgAter tnan IN the sprlNg oil 1869, wnen Sheri-
1869 had Just closed The Cneyennes, one OF the
most warllke tribes IN the southwest, together
tn tle Arapanoes OF the same kidney had Just
gone TO their re ervatlons at Camp supply, where
lney were ed anu held under complete subIecnon
by tne mihtar,. rhe Klosas anu ComancGes-
the ,oimer the most obstre porous ana cowardly
In the SouthwesI-were for the greater part en-
campel near Fort sill. under the management OF
General Hazen. IN Sc k.owas ana Comancaes
had entirely ceased raidinP INTO Texas, OWING 10
tue efforts OF General Hazen one great drawback
IN Keeplng tne Indian on nis reservation
Borh Sheridan ana sherman saw this ana
manly through tneir recommendations and
standard, winch, by the By, Is IN SUFFICIENT, as
have already lully shown by incontroveruble
facts, COP frmed by the testimony oil Mr.. Richards,
the Nashita agent, whose letter 10 the HERALD
forward by this mail TINS was the slatc oI affairs
when Agent Iatem took cnarye OF these people az
the representative 0. the Qaakers and their poncy,
applied as al experiment. lie cane mere ia ~
under the impression tnat the cause OF all the
trouble with the Indians was owing to the bad
latin OF the wllte man. However true TINS may
have been OF the Indians generally, 1t Was uotor-
ously untrue as Tar as the Comancaes, Klowas and
Cheyennes were concerned, uct to say any tulng
OF the Quahadas and Noconees. The promises made
these trioes nad been in every instance complied
treaties had been made vita item, and had been
shameuly violated oy these Indians. Ia almost
every Case before leaving the treaty ground, hey
started out al once to raid, XIII ana butcher white
men, women ana children, and carry them on into
nnfR RIli liaAf fhau
held iOr ransom. The rel essen tatlve OF the
United States government paid as high, IN many
instances, as $1,000 apiece for the ransom Q. the
children, within range OF the military and under
the guns o. a iort. The last instance OF this
Tatem's administration. when the prisoners were
brought through the fort riding captive on horses
beGind their kiowa captureIs. They were taken
to toe agency, wnere latem paia 500 apiece for
them. II almost created q mutiny among the
sold.ery VINO saw this outrage. Some OF the
Quaker Indian agents were and are totally unified
by education or experience for the management
OF the tribes. The are too unsuspectlng and non
est, Tor these Indians have constantly outwltted
some of Tue sluartest military men and civl agents
sent out among them, and the simple minded
norance and simplicity IN making him believe that
they were all saints and the most abused OF per-
! sons. He completely ignored the experience Of
1 reliable old officers and others VINO had made the
Indian question a study, rejected their counseis
and advice and al once TOOK sides with the ind an.
THIS at once renewed the raids into Texas and
when the Texans and others aggrieved visited the
agency TO complain Vi ucpTeudlOuS COmLulbbtu
by the Indians, the agent plainly told them that
he thought tnat the Texans were worse than the
Indians, and that II they got out OF the way when
they saw the Indians coming they would not get
swINDLISG CONTRACTORS
After years OF persistent effort 10 solve the In
dian problem, 1t was decided to issue the Indians
rations OF beet, nOur, DC. There was then class
oil men VINO would take Indian like Santanta, for
instance, representing number oil lodges and
prevail upon him to believe that, as they could
finn Ugh naV ~ q haef
stead oil drawing II, they could get the agents
order Tor and give 1t to them, IN return Tor winch
tney would give them an order upon the stores,
that the Indian could receive something else
instead which ne would prefer. Sometimes green
backs were gwen him. Thus the Indian through
these swiIdies received Communication for ms
ratons, but only IN the ratio OF about IS OF value
who were in this ring would recover Tor trine
the beeves once sold to the government at full
prices and again proceed to sell them again to the
agent for the second time at the same rates. Keep.
lug up tails system and making handsome pront.
Agent Tatem was very easily prevailed on by the
traders TO adopt this system, and the Indians soon
found out that 10y drawing only small share OF
tlelr rations ana taking an order for 500 or
more tney could negotiate 1t with the trader This
would all go to the chef, as he represented the
Dand or tribe, and the balance OF the tribe would
OF course get nothing, and tue policy Of the gov
ernnent was accordingly defeared. The evil re-
suits that were sure 10 how from this system are
easily to be seen The young men ana warriors Of
the tribe, becoming dissatisfied, would say that
there was no inducement i0r them TO stay on the
reservation; that Washington sent no rations for
them; that tney were ali given TO SdnLduta, Lone
VOL, Kicking Bird and other chiefs, VINO sold
them to the traders and others around the
agencies. Thus Horseback, Kicking Bird, SunDoy,
Cneevers and other chiefs have been enabled TO
DIR about in nice ambuances, and traders, Indian
agents, and even their clerks, nave got rich. The
Indian ring has fnriven and tne Indians nave been
driven on the plains by the neglect or hlching or
their agents. The consequence is we nave an In
dian war hand, with nearly 1000 troops in the
field, the frontier pillaged, unsettled and annoyed
by rapihe bloodsned, murder and the grossest bar
Darlsm.
1ne ponies and arms belonging to the Indians
should be seized and the former sold In otneI
States With the proceeds derived from these
sales, mich cows and draft and fArm horses or
heavy strong build could be issued to the Indians,
together with poultry, goats, sheep aud other
domestic animals, IN the raising or breeding OF
whicn they could occapy themselves proftably ON
the magnificent cattle ranges and pasturages IN
when this country aboands. This would be the
first step made in setting them down and riddlng
them OF their present dangerous possessions and
practices. Ploughs and other farming utensils