Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-08-13
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In answer to the recent charges Of
fraud made by Prof. Marsh and others,
the Board of Indian Commissioners have
issued rambling sort of a report filled
with all sorts Of jngling assertions, and
replete with species Of misty rhetoric.
As moral whitewash it is imperfect, as
ON extenuation i. is faulty, as an explain
alton or defense it is unsatisfactory. No
one can call it q statement for they state
nothing. 1t is q species of nondescript
production intended as an answer but
amounting to nothing. In it they say
the Indians are taking on the manners
and occupations of civilized life. This
is certainly encouraging and should be
satisfactory, but yet it isn't. With the
exception of the Cherokees and two or
three other tribes, who have been par
TALLY civilized for the last ten years, we
have failed to notice any Indians taking
on the manners or occupations OF civil
ization. The aboriginals have adopted
few of the vices of society, bu, We re-
greet to say the dusky red man is still
destitute OF the more solid attributes of
civilization. If the Board can find the
time, We should be glad to get little
more information on this very interest
ing subject. The improvement of the
Indian with civilization as an exponent
is good idea, but like fainting ladies it
needs carrying out. The honorable
Board disparagingIy admits that few
Of the Indian agents may have been cor
rupt. This mi a remark will have Pc
culiar charm to a people who. ever since
the charges were preferred against Sa-
vile and Orville and other villains, have
been expecting removal, redress and
reconstruction. The fraud is charged
proven and partially admitted, but
when the Board meets. soft-sawdeI
acknowledgement of possible guilt is al
that is deigned the country. This In
dian business lie one OF the greatest
pieces Of fraud and humbug ever saddled
on the American people. A pack o.
canting hypocrites and cheap philan
thropists nre informing appeals to 4
christian public" to aid them in theil
humane policy toward the Indians, ;
when the same ring, under another
name, is really swindling the poor Indi
ans, and plunging both arms up to the
elbow in the public purse. We would be
delighted to see every Indian in the
country civilized and Christianizsd; gaze
at him in undisguised admiration walk
ing to church with pair of spring bot
tom pants on and a prayer-book under
his arm, but we fear such acme OF per-
lection is to far off, 1t is our opinion
that for the present the Indians would
be satisfied with lesser degree OF benev-
client intention and higher degree of
practical action. Reserve the civilization
and Christianity for the present, quit
stealing and swindling. give them what
we, as guardians, have promised to give
them, punish the black-hearted white
scoundrels that are robbing them, fill
their stomachs and cover their naked
ness, and then il there is any fund Of be-
nevolence left, teach them the truths of
immortality. Talk is so cheap that peo-
pie are getting tired Of it. We have no
avmpathv with tha Indians baliavipo
them to be brutal, cowardly and desti-
tute Of all morality and fineness OF men,
tality, but it is enough to make any one
swear to be cognizAnt of gross fraud and
systematic swindling, and then to have
the Examining Board commence to cant
about civilization and Christianity, when
all the poor devils ask for or expect is
bacon, blankets and tobacco.