Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-20
mr. sW1yDLED SIOUX.

About aii inc P"PoiS III 4N0'"""
with the exception of the TIMES, have
countensuced by its publication the
long rieamuole of Prof. Marsh, of
Yale College, concerning the abuse
of the Sioux Indians. The astute
Professor chargesa great many things
auaiust the whites, the gist Of all Of
which is that the Sioux Indians are
,cipr constantly swindled by their
agents. The statements of the 'slob-
bering Professor are set down as
facts, and many are the saline drip
pings thersst by men who know as
little of the Sioux Indians and their
characteristics as they do oftlte chem
zeal ANALYSIS Of he elephants, milk.
We can pass by in silence the blub-
behring's of eastern "humanitarians"
over the aabuses of our. noble red
brothers of the plains" because the
ignorant, psalm-singing, ragged
edge" hypocrites Of the Quaker and
wooden nutmeg countries, have had
no practical acquaintance with their
subject: but patience ceases to be
virtue when western men, who know
what Indian gratitude and honor
amount to, begin to pirate of "the
poor swindled Sioux" ''dastardly
conduct Of the whites" "front'er
rufiians" etc. etc. In the first place
there is not q Sioux Indian living be-
tween Iowa and Idaho that deserves
now, or ever has, pound Of flour
from the government OF patch of
government blanket large enough to
cover up the bullet holes that should
have long ago been sent through their
painted hides. We know whereof
we write, and unhesitatingly claim
that for every ounce Of powder and
for every penny's worth Of annuity
goods given the Sioux, the govern
ment is guilty Of a damning crime
against humanity, and a gross injus-
tee to the pioneers of the western
frontier. Be he Republican or Dem
ocrat, no good man, knowing the
facts, will publish word Of sympa-
thy with the Sioux Indians, no mat
ter what the circumstances. The
Bloods, the River Crows, Piegans,
Blackfeet and many other Territorial
Indian tribes are just as bad as the
Sioux, only less powerful for harm.
Abuse a Sioux Indian! Bosh. As
we'll might the blacklist lemons of
Hades claim the sympathy of angels
because they are not permitted to
steal the keys of Heaven and receive
q regular annuity from the Throne of
Grace. Wehave an article before us
which is clipped from the Helena,
Montana Herald of the 18th inst, de-
failing long list of depredations and
murders committed by these very ex-
cellent christian Sioux a few days
before in the settled valleys of that
Territory. The valley of the YELL
lowstone and the basin of the Judith
river are to-day teeming with thiev-
ing, numbering Sioux. On the 7th
of the present month q war party of
Sioux surprised a party Of three U.
8. soldiers, who were fishing in a
trout stream. These pious Sioux
Stayed them without mercy and mu-
tilated the bodies of their victims.
On the same day another band Of
Sioux attacked a freight team COM
ing from Carroll, on the Missouri river,
fired upon the drivers and ran away
their stock. These Sioux outrages
are Of daily occurrence, and have been
of our own knowledge for the past
ten years. We have more than once
heard the whistle of Sioux bullets
1.-THE gift Of the government which
pretends to afford protection to its
citizens, and more than once helped
to bury the victims of the murderous,
government-presented repeating rifles.
For the sake of all that is humane,
if you cannot say anything that will
help those frontier men, don't say
anything at oil. The old hunter who
was about to engage in the bear fight
exclaimed: 20 Lord, I am an old
sinner, and l don't expect l deserve
any mercy, but thar's tcw be q big
''bar" fight here now, and eff you can't
help me, for God sake don't help the
bear" That is just what those brave
'front.' crsmen ask. They have no hope
of sympathy from the government,
but they think they are entitled to
square fight. And so do we.
The Phoebe "Daily Journal" has
been lately enlarged and very
much improved in appearance.