The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09


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hase q th< oen4 seher In ia4 ~
bSealne - sendersh and soesraod ~
~ Hely Stifit = to snbrace, i it,
L La d. oliglDn Of Jesus, ID tho
reye Of na hnFts.
Let - return 70 TIE Kiows and
COnan0ho agency. Ny reagnation
tolSk sGect On TIE IT q the fourth
1mdp1A, 1878 when ME 1nfioNs 100
an1sr rretty GOOD c0AFolg a4d ! feit
quite hopefuI Of them. had some
hnd plowed and fenced, and about
Eve hundred peach trees Of my own
s1fsin9s p)ssted for some wAo had
psoaised % locste and 50 culesvat'ng
ia soil But from what have since
beuFd, nv hopes were not realised
ThAy did bnt littlo,if anything IN way
81 agriculture. ! bad long thought
4Aat u teaches Rho MD net = =
sGl6ufnky, would 20 INA Mvc with
the Kiowas he would have very
beneficial e6cct. - they must learn
ether BY the Gospel or by fore 70
|conSs their raidine. icAa6 6h %
ono though to sympsthise with tho
idea enoNgh to assist in procuring
one. Alter nearly two years excrtaon
in that direction ! found IhomAs Z.
Battey, Who from an appreh<psim Of
duty, was wiling TO undertake. the
ardnrous task. Il then took aocut nix
months to get the department to APP
prove Of The appointunent. Bat the
department and Friends have become
10 vell pleased With the success Of
Friend Battey, that they wish to pro-
care oilers 70 70 Into the camps d
those Wild Indians and try TO civilize
sd chebtianize them.
Thought last spring, and still be-
liexe, that . unistake uas made in re-
leasing 6otsues and Big Tree. Ii was
much easier for them 10 promise 20
keep the indians quiet than to per-
Torn Il. The Kiowas and Comanches
have no head Chief in either tribe,
and The Chiefs have but little control
over their young men. Some Of the
wonen ed children that were taken
~ Col Mckenzie. | think should
hsvs been kept Is prisoners until the
Comanches behaved, at least one sum-
uer. But they vere oil releases ssd
. portion Of both TRIBE Aavc since
been raiding, and II reports sre tsue,
have killed more than : score Of per-.
sans in Texas SINCE their release. !.
1t will be well for the Indians and
the Governmest when The Let hsge
HAesd a hu1hlo = killed. The indlans
viii then - conpeHed 70 locate. lat
S4Ise there ase nufncrous buhalo ON
the plains some of the Indians will be
after them much Of the time,and from
there start on ralding parties; and II
viii be much more difficult for the
Govcrnnent 70 control them while
they can procure buffalo. There is
no other game of sufficient quantity
for their subsistence. RAtions are rs
sued ct the three agencies IN the
Western srt Of the Indisn Territory.
This should be discontinued, and that
before many years This, however,
should be gradually done, say from
fourth to m eighth In year. While
the Government furnishes them with
enough to eat, and nearly enough to.
wear, there is little inducement for
them to labor. We imagine that it
Woald have . very demoraIising effect
on colony OF white people to be ra-
toned and fed for an inde6nate
length Of time, snd i has . similar
effect on the Indian. Let the Indians
be kept on their reservations. and re-
quired 20 labor for their Subsistence
and there would be little diinculty In
civilising and outstanding them. |
II would be great mistake, i think, |
TO refer the whole care OF the Indians |
TO the military department. While |
admit that some means will have to
be taken 20 stop the raiding into Tex
IS, which has been going on for sew
eral years without proyocation from
the whites, i'm which there have been
scores Of persons killed, many women
and children taken captive, ard hun
dreds of animals stolen; yet when the
Indians are willing to locate and go
10 work for their Subsistence. then
the fewer hostile ! ppeasiDgsor ireiig
ious persons they come IN contact
with the better il viii he for them -
They need the example and precept
Of christians in order to elevate them
to higher and better liza ! think
tell the Indians that with nv own
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has DC Il cvNVI Tn on