Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-15
THE DETiGoGlSG GAVE AND
fsgsE. INDIANS.

t-sANA - - -tA-A N.'se- - A----N
dian with sense onoaga aud courage
enough to be the cL-rf Of q this whe
live Ivy the chase. All whose normal
condition Is that of warfare, is the POOR
est subject In this world Of Eth uGo1
whom to waste a STUN? speech. And,
certainly he and his tribe are the most
.il-aiapted o. any coma ;vIb!e creatures
20 lie frightened with The smoke and
noise of blank cartridges. And yet i; Is
the habit Of certain class Of peor'e Who
have dealings with the Indians 10 ad-
6.ess them in terms ana tones such Is
one hears doIed ont hy the good but in
fatuated missionary in presence Of the
iaf1nt class al Sunday School: and 4
stoeS-;n- trade Of pet phrases Ehich have
been recognized IS of tie legitimate
''propzrtiss'' of the Indian IJss5tIess ever
since the days Of King Philip and the
s.il:e.s coaf.bs OF Oh R-I Jasket. are
still wasted upon the WHY ana s"pLis:i
Gated rel man by well-mcaning hut self
deluis3 preachers aud treaty n-akers-
In all sarnestness it Is time this absurd
fashion Of dealing with the indians were
done away with. 1t is demo-alizIag and
s.n,sass- AMI. moreover, 1t IS insulting
10 the in.sIli cence OF the Indians them
selves. the white man IS only tie In
dams recognized superior whenerer he
chou ITr.s= Il -, -in ffsffssaf
the things which the Indian hiE.self
knows and values and uses. A white
man. per Sin the aboriginal estimate,
Is an inferior Observation-Disclosures because
of lack Of cunning and adroitness AMI
the artfulness in which the Indian il
schooled. Furthermore the Indian mind
is as quick to detect chicane and trick
cry. even of the Hhore intricate business
sort. as the shrewdest of PALE faced de-
tectives. And amongst other popular
decisions is the half-formed idea that the
Indians are strangers to white men and
white mems habits-the fact being lost
sight Of that all tie present generation
VI XuuAhA Su&CAS nave CtkuC upon INC
stage of action within the past twenty
five years, during large proportion of
which period there have been more
white men than Indians on the plains.
The Peace Policy is a mischievous fall
lacy. At once, and from this time for
ward, the Indians should be under the
immediate. exclusive supervision of the
War Department.: while the whole sys-
tenn of Indian contracts should be re-
vIsed and corrected. This vexatious
and prolific subject, whose eonsidera-
ton. necessarily runs in a somewhat
narrow and monotonOUs circle, COMES
up III view of the following:
Cheyenne, Wyoming T.. April I3---
The Cheyenne Leader has the following
from Its correspondent at Red ClUUs.
Agency, dated April : : The Commits
sioneIs returned from Spotted Tail to-
q y. having accomplished absolutely
nothing. Their pUN-Sow-Ing at the
agency has rather complicated matters
between the Indians and the Govern
ns,IIt The Indians IT Spotted Tail re-
moved. Tnyy Say they are tired Of SEE
in the Commissioners, and have IuyI- !
tel the present delegation TO leave. III |
language mere forcible than polite 1t /
is uuds rstoaa that the Commissioners |
vi. proceed East at once 10 ask for :. |
stIau.I military escort and return within /
. msilth and I, move the agency. The |
visit Of tLe Commissioners has only
Served to destroy the moral elect pro-
0uced Lr the troops. The Indians.
~nJ are Keen observers, have Noticed
th..t there Is II III. Gu sUluew here IN the
kim OF thIng- relating to them
Tn-y txIect one thing from the military
and Gre lei to believe sOuethin. else
fIom the Peace Commissioners Spot
ted Tail accused the Commissioners Ia
council OF seeking to stir up trouble De
tween lis p,Op.e ard the Northern In
dams, aid III the language Of the Inter
pr ter said, he want d them to dry up.
lie says he has been moved around |
and pestered much by these lies from
the Great Father that he Wants his word
written down this time 10 show to all of |
them who come begging around here
alter that he wouldn't talk to them any
more. No doubt Spotted Tail and Red
Cloud are acting IN accord The former
at the council. after a few words spoken
in an excited mann,r, waved his hand to
the people and they all left. The same
scene occurred at Red Cloud A show
of counting Indians has been made here
that is the Agent called in his men
and took their word for the number they
had. So far G. OOO have been registered,
hnf fbs.r.. mr.. r,robablv OlO or less |