, 1876-08-18

year after year, gel cl,sse'l occasionally, have
thelr ho.sca stolen, aud, byand-by. brotlier os
relative killed, and they vii hoon betome ~
bitter Indian hatcrs As anybody"
What nakct the indians 30 haaf'' =
=. B." Utter c'ltsedness, p''rs a1u sim pc; p;;
# h born ninl bred N them, AMI
stenl aud murder ID encouraged by the Gurcrn.
inent- It sends mt men who are 10 act ss
Agents Of tho lnl!ans and curry ont trcus stp.
lattons, but must Of these n,cn spend their ttms
indian. In avsrY conceivable n,arnor. DO not
believe orc-lalf, pDasihly moi l1,urs tltan ono
fourth, al the supp1iss annually voted by Con-
gress over reach lhd Indians.
THE AnusRs THAT Anr rHnrErNATFp
BY these Agents are perfectly shu,nefnl, and
still It xucs on tram ytar 10 year, and there nu
pears to 10 no relief 1run these pub!tc thieves
Why. Il ~cre an Indian, l would whet M
llrss whl.s man n,ct II one hns 70 cl,nt'tc
whethyr he will die hy starvation Or Tall AEht-
Ing, he hasi better light for. hts rights like I
nun than starVa like dog." -,
B." Yes, sonic, dare gay, but there arg ten
thieyrs for every honest Agent. Personally,
Anow Of but ont rcally honest Agent, l}r. Jauies
Irwin, for the Slloshoues and bnnnocke. Many
yeAn ago wss In command Of tho Wind Rlycr
DIST riot, and fheso indiana had atlne reservation,
90 BY 20 miles. On one occasion they rendered
stg.lal service 10 tho Government ard eettleta bJ
helping the troops 10 drive out the hostile s'onx,
and resolved that - ioug ~ lived they should
noyor used friend " ratlress their wronge
They hul : dishonest Agenh ard wrote 10
Washington and urged his removal. hftcrwa1d,
when In Washington, . certain Senator pitched
s,o IT. e ssy9s ts ~ II. HEsat Enn Tas ' friend told
sCuttNpRHL AND 4 THIEF,
and he onght not to sustain him. 1t wns long
time hefofe tho d':,,ooest Agent eould b % r.
WIS Up there in .ne Wind River country sne
Chief, WushRktc, ca,1nc to me one day aud said
aosnc white fnun Wnte cotntng 'upsn his la0d,
sotltng whisky, and acmoraltEng his people.
whito men wcrc not sliowod 10 sottls upon Or
even travel across the reservation without pcr-
mission Of The Government. There were then
forty.stx while men upon the reservation who
order giving them fftccn days in which to leave.
One baud of dcspefa1oes on the North Fork of
the Popoaeie dotcd Inc aud sent Mai. Gordon
With Ills cavalry to drive them ol the rcserya-
t1ou and told flim II they rce'stetl "a cui them
Ut command Of the Wiml KIver district, though
I wn. insured my being relieved Ind nothing do
do with my ctf0rcatnctt Of the troaty. Edo
not know that ! asn right 10 supposing 20, but
rxpBLI1No THE wu1rR TnrRvra
from rhe reservation would hnvc bean left
tiere.n
"Arc there uny noble Indians, General, such
os we read about In tho honksl"
b." Yes, plenty of tlletn, and greater Cliefa
now living on tho rlnins Atn ever were Pow
hattan, Logan, Rcd jacket, ar Tccumaet'. I
aan than has ever nppca4cd In Amestca. Tho
late u,tnpaigns on tho Yellowstone show that
la In equai II not superior to the best Generals
in managing battles. A few years ago he MAS
and by bis own energy he has raised Mu,eolf to
tho hcad OF the moat powerful Indian tribe On
thn Plains, and ~ the acknowledged lcadGr Of
oil the Iostiles. Red Cloud will compare favor
Spotted Toll Is not fur bohiad him in ability. l
rcmemher Wasllaltie, Chiuf Of tho ahoshones,
wto, II he bad hcen born whtte instead Of rod,
would have been a leader Of tho people IN any
appearance th!s Chief strongly resembles tha
strujght, whlte-haircd, aud digutaod. he is
THE PRNsoNiFicATloN or NOBLE RED MAN,
entertained moro agreeable old man. Hs vii
not cat till he has washed, dressed lla hail. and
pared his malls. lle is polite to indies, and
children ase hIs as'g gol1g to hi lnstinct
asys s +. speso ssa wa 4 J. IT, aSs se Pss'ss P1sps
council would 10 credit 70 the most dlguiilcd
| Senator, Tic has great abilities, and trnats
ovcty question presented to him with such coin-
lie Ia brave - Julius Caesar. aud in every senso
q savage statesman, orator, warrior"
"What do you think should bo done Ftth tho
IndLansr1
giyo tho Indians to understand they are part Of
| The people Of tho United 8tates, and not sep
| asatc nattonalltlna. They should bo made sub
trct to the laws the same a. white men, trcated
Justly, and punished whom they, offended The
Ereat sRatlons shouid be allowed to sead
their Chiefs to Washington, aud he heard before
| Congress ut every session when they desired to
represent the wrongs or wants Of their tribes.