Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-19
THE INDIAN WAR.

liSheQ IN anotaeI SoioAah wa
intelligence that the hostile Indian
outnumber his command three L
one. With that caution which Away
characterizes the frontier warrior, NJ
has determined 10 await reinforce
ments, and proposes to collect sum
ciens troops, if possible, to close tn
war at one swoop. General Crook II
NO doubt the best Indian fighter nov
in the service, and if his superior
give him enough tether he will man
ace the Sioux without much troubl''
But he must have troops sufficient Il
cone with the Indians. They now
outnumbcr all the soldiers in the
field nearly two to one. aad large &C
QUESTIONS to their lighting force are
promised BY the movements of agency
indians.
II seems that Sherman ought to
draw from forces stationed in peace
full localities until the number in tn,
field against the Sioux would be suf-
fcien. to insure victory in every en-
gagement, and make an attack by the
soldiers less sure of awful slaughter.
II is . needless waste Of life to send
a column ot white men sgdn>i a
double number of Sioux well armed
and equipped, Indian warfare is
different from envy other warfare, and
there is very little satisfaction TO be
derived after battle from . knowl-
edge that \ larger number of the foe
have been killed than Of our own
troops. If IN hunting tigers in the
junglss Of India one white man is
ki..ed and tweaty tigers are captured.
the tigers are supposed to have the
best Of il. Bear hunters in Califor-
MIA would not consider that all the
bear skins in the mountains could
make reparstion for the death Of one
of their companions in the arms OF
bruin. And hunting Indians is very
mush like hunting wild bessts. The
loss of one white man in an encounter
could not be compensated by the
death of all the wild Indians on the
continent. 1t is therefore hardship
imposed upon the soldiers to expect
them to ayht such foe even under
circumstances of equality of num-
bers, equipment and all the conditions
precedent to 4 fair battle. The In
dams should be overcome with as
little loss Of life on the part Of the
whites as possible. 1t would not in
cur any more expense upon the gov
eminent to put 10000 or $4,000 men
in the Asld and overcome the rebel.
lious red skins at once than to daily
with them for months suffer the loss
Of great deal of property on the
borders and the destruction of a great
many valuable lives.
We may justly expect for the next
six months to hear of open hostility
on tie part of the Sioux If not actual
engagement with the troops in their
territory. The record of all other
Indian wars warrants such an expec-
tation.
Although in a republic it is not
necessary to maintain a large army
for the sake Of displaying power, it is
highly desirable that in the Mexican
border and in the Indian country
where white people claim the protec-
ton of the government much larger
military force should be maintained
than ever has been done. Reducing
the display of bayonets in those To-
calities is economy Of . kind very
much like saving at the spigot and
losing at the bung. An inferior race
can only be managed by display of
power and when that power is made
quase advantage is at ouce taken of
the situation.
We hope that Sherman aud Sheri-
dan may deem it expedient to send a
large force into the region Of the
present Indian difficulty, and, when
peace is once more secured, tina, the '
will keep military enough there to
protect tax-paying citizens and keep
the Sioux and all other tribes thor.
oughly under subsection. Surely the
population and wealth Of this coun-
try ough. to be sufficient to success
fully panage handful Of Indians.
HUMBOLDT FAIR.-We ere in re-