The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-12-11

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hlfb % The tHfcfnment. too strongly sfr0
that this subject BE closely booked after
snd ihlt measures more Vigorous end IN
eieni iian those hitherto pursued hea dopted
md enforced without deiay. The military
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have The right o. power. a. Do, aud cannOt
nod ought not ~ Ne held in any manner ac-
cGtlutable Tor any further h0stilities with
these Indians due b. bad treatment aud want
" food ut the Agencies 10 which they have
been forced 10 return, and where they now
are. II j. with painful reluctance that the
military forces take the field ngniE Il Indians
who only leave their reservations because
they are starved there, and who must hunt
food for themselves and their families or see
them perish with hunger. II IL revolving
10 any humane man 10 see such things done,
and far more 10 be required 10 be the active
party 20 commit violence upon forlorn In
dians who, under the pressure Of such ne
cesslty, only do what any man would do I'M
der like circumstances. | desire to say with
all emphasis, what every army officer ON the
frontier will corrObOrate, that there Is no
class Of men In this country who are so dis
Inclined to war with the Indians as the army
stationed among them. The army has
nothing TO gain by q war with the Indians.
On the contrary, IL has every thing TO lose.
In such q war it suffers all the hardships and
priyations, and, exposed rs it Is to the
charge Of assassination il Indians are killed,
to the charge OF inefficiency II they are not,
to misrepresentation by the Agents who fat
ten on the plumber of the Indians, and mis-
understood by worthy people at a distance
who are deceived by these very Agents and
their following, the soldier has little to eX-
pect from public feeling. Nevertheless,
he is so placed under the present ar
engagements and orders that he has
no power whatever on the Indian
reservations to redress or prevent wrongs
which drive Indians to war. On the contra
ry, at the demand of the very Agent whose
unfair dealing with Indians has brought on
the difficulty, he is obliged to pursue and
force back to the same deplorable state and
place Indians whom he knew to have been
wronged, and who have only done substan-
TALLY what he would have done himself UNI
der like proyocation: such a relation to In,
dian affairs and Indian Agents is unjust and
unfair to the army, and a serious injury both
to the interests of the Government and the
well-being of the Indians.
All Posts in the Department require some,
and several of them quite extensive repairs.
He expresses the opinion that the main
tenance of small Posts is inexpedient, and
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aggressive duty required of the troops. 1t
greatly increases the expense, and it is a
positive injury to the discipline and efficien-
cy of the troops themselves.
GEN. sCHoFIELD's REPORT
The report of Mai. Gen. j. NJ. Schofeld,
commanding the military division of the Pa
cifc, after referring to improvements,
changes, transfers of troops, ETC.. made at
the several posts, says: 1t is with much re-
luctance that | have been forced to the be-
lief that the transfer Of the Indian Bureau
to the War Department is a necessity of the
public service. Tn events of the past few
years have demonstrated the utter inability
of a civil department Of the Government to
the necessary control over the UNI |
Indians. The effort to control
them through civil agents while at peace on
their reservations, and turn them over to
the army when they leave their reservations
or commit acts of hostility, has proved, as
have been expected, a most efficient
mode of producing war. The officers Of the
army are compelled to stand idly by, power
less for good, while their promises to the
made at the termination of previous
hostilities are being thwarted, and the die
tates of wisdom, justice, and even common
honesty, disregarded in the daily treatment
of the helpless savage, who has no possible
means of redress but escape from a reserva-
ton where his life is made intolerable; then
the army is called upon to pursue the In
dians, force them back on their reserya-
tons, and punish them for disobedience.
Thus a war is inaugurated which could not
have happened if the Indians had been I'M
der military control. 1t is an entire mis-
take to suppose that the proposed transfer
Of the Indian Bureau necessarily means a
departure from the ''peace policy that
policy which is the dictate alike of wisdom,
and humanity, which has been
by the present Executive, and il
not likely to be abandoned by any of his
unless under influences of new
surroundings. Military management means
more economical, just, uni
form, and consistent execution of
he Executive will. 1t means
permanence in the mode of dealing with
The Indians through the agency of life-tenure
who have spent most of their active
lives among the Indians, who know their
character and wants, and who have every
motive for dealing with them WISE
ly and justly. 1t means to do away with the
fluctuations of policy, the continual
of pre-eXisting arrangements.
frequent. disregard of treaties or prom
which have lead the Indians to an al
most Total disbelief in the faith Of the Gov
Military management means
peace and security, giving even a greater
opportunity for the labors of Christian mis-
s~ionaries to civilize and instruct the savage
Let these worthy philanthropists
De relieved from the responsibility and con-
ANIMATION of more worldly matters, and
heir influence for good Inc thereby be
diminished.
4 Chapter of Early Kentucky History.