Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-06-24
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Saturday last. On hat day General
Csook and his command lad IN sngags-
mont with the Sioux. In which. although
he captured no important position OF the
enemy. he gave them . taste Of the
hehting quality Of our soldiers. Indian
war; are. al the bsst. bat . ssriss Of
skirmishss. and . continual attack upon
NAKED batteries The savagss will lead
NJ into ambuseadss. and before the
struggle 10 over many . brave American
soldier vill fall beneath the unsrring
aim Of . hidden foe. II IL not . pleas
ant fate TO contemplate. sven BY the men
who are accustomed 10 lace death - .
businsss. The soldier Who meets his
enemy face 10 face. and has some show
for his life. can die with soms degree Of
~complacsncy 10 the fate Of battle 10
against him; but 10 b shot down like .
dog by . man whom he cannot Ne. 10
somsthing which every true soldier
breads 10 look forward 70.
Yet such must b the fate Of very
many Of the brave men whose lot has
been cast 70 take part In this latest In
dian war. They will have u eonsola-
ton a. they march 10 THAR graves: they
will know and feel that eventual victory
10 assursd. Civilized warfare in the end
is sure 70 triumph over savage strategy.
The only advantage which the latter has
Il that . few men can successfully
struggle against an army for . long
time. sooner or later the army will
prevail. bat not before every man Of
the enemy 10 killed. There can b but
one result 70 this var in the Black Hills.
The Sioux will BE- sxtsrminatsd; but be-
fore their determination many . brave
warrior Of the nation will kick the dust.
and the nations treasury will Be drawn
ON 10 an alarming extent. II 10 sad
picture, this Of . little hand u savages
arr.ying themselves against the power
Of an entire nation. knowing - they
must know that they are simply signing
their own death warrants. But the
Sioux have decided to invite thar fate.
and II they are satisnsd the whites
have no reason TO complain.
There are two sides TO this Indian
question. a. 10 all questions. We can
easily undsrstand the outraged feelings
Of The sioux at the occupation Of the
territory which vas solsmnly decided 10
them BY a treaty Of the United States.
Il 10 but . few yssrs ago since this entire
country belonged To The Indians. The
white man came. and little by little he
vrssied from them the lands over which
their fathers ruled supreme. II vas
only In accordance with the dictates Of
human nature that they should rebel.
But now. whom they are reduced to .
nero rsmnan Of their former selves.
human prudence should b allowed TO
override the dictates Of human nature.
They have begun q hopeless struggle
against . power whose q are
almost i~umsasunbls. The question OF
justice seldom enters into variiks con.
tssts. Il will not enter into this. The
only element Of importance In war 10
that Of strength. and certainly the In
dams. 10 they have any common
left. must know that In this respect they
cannot cope with the Government Of the
United States.
They have invited The contest. and
now. 90 far a. the Sioux nation II con-
cerned. there 10 but one solution to The
Indian question possible. They must
Be wiped ont. Had they bssn reason.
able and waited for . little time. Con;
grs-s would undoubtedly have made
provision for them By setting apart an
other reservation. which would have
been ~ Satisfactory TO them - that
which they have 9 long occupied in III.
Black Hills. They have ehossn not 10
wait. bot 10 kill and scalp white men
vhensvss they met them. We must pro-
tect our citizens. and TO do this there 10
but one way. The Sioux nation must
be wiped out. Il will b wiped out.