Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-22

treaty has been made with the
Sioux, and they have failed in every
instance to abide by their written
agreements. No sooner was their
annuitics given them than they
broke their pledge of good faith and
took to the war-path again. We
desire the editor of the enterprise"
to cite to us an instance where the
Sioux have been faithful to treaty
with the Government. Time and
again has their good behavior been
bought at heavy price; yet to-day
that tribe is crinsoned to the ears
in the blood of white men. Time
and again have these vermin-br breed
ing, blood thirsty savages been
carted to Washington to talk with
The "great father )" Government
grub has been stuffed into their
dirty carcasses until they were sur
feited; Government carriages, with
liveried drivers, have rolled them
around the Capitol grounds, and
government officials have pampcred
to their slightest wishes; guns of
the most improved pattern for kill
ing white men have been placed in
their unholy hands, and money and
goods have been almost forced upon
them. They have made fair prom
ises of peace, and with the flowing
tears of mutual love, the Admin
istration and the noble red Christian
of the heathered heath have parted.
The white man is pretty, uncertain.
But you know where to find the
Indian every time. He is on the
war-path again within six weeks
from the time he bids the "great
father" good-by. The red hero is
sent for again; goes to Washington,
and Ditto, ditto, ditto, to the end.
This is the way your policy works
when put into practice. The Gov
eminent feeds and fights the Sioux
at one and the same time. Would
it not be vastly better, Mr.. Daggett,
if the Government would cease
doing this We don't object par
ticularly to their being fed, if that
will make them behave-but it does
not. Now, we say, quit feeding
them and try fighting them. Aye,
and fight them until the last red
murderer bites the dust, or throws
down his arms and sues OH bend
ed knees for mercy and peace.
You may think this heartless
proposition, yet it is cOuched in
nearly the same language used by
yourself when speaking and writing
so fuently of the "rebels of the
South" Let the Sioux be governed
by the same laws which white men
are asked to sustain. Make the
Sioux responsible before the law for
the crime of murder. Let the pen
atty be death, and see to it that they
are hunted out and tried. You may
say this is not a practical idea; that
it would be impossible to capture
and punish the Indian who commit
ted the crime. This was not taken
into consideration when dealing
with the South. The Southern peo-
pie had committed wrong, and
you did not foolishly attempt to kill
or capture only the men who were
directly responsible-but the entire
South. Do the same with the Sioux.
Make the tribe responsible for the
acts of its individual members
even to determination. We shall
make no reference to the attempted
sarcasms of the gifted Mr.. Daggett.
We acknowledge, most freely, the
superior ability of the gentleman in
that style of argument, and do not
envy him the talent. Facetiousness
and flow of beautiful language is
oftentimes substituted for the lack
of logical argument. All we ask is
a few direct answers to the questions,
propounded in this article. In.
d superior personal knowl-
edge of Indian character, the " En-
terprise" man probably alludcs to
his intimacy with the peaceful sons
and dusky daughters of the tract
able Piutes, who have so long in
habited his native sage brush. To
this, also, we low in most respectful
submission. To Mr.. Daggett's final
proposition to hang few con-
tractors, we shall not particularly
object, if it gains the object sought;
but, for choice of victims to be
sacrificed, we should prefer to select
the red gentleman with speckled
narrative, and few others like Red
Cloud, Setting Bull, Professor
Marsh, Vincent Collyer, and old
man Bruno. Perhaps MIR. Daggett,
will be shocked at our heartlessness,
but that is the way we feel about it.