Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-08-03
80 BISMARCK, D. T., FRIDAY AUGUST 3, 1877.

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begin to look after the interests of the
white people of the frontier whose rights
have been completely buried out Of sight
in the insane desire to make a few con-
verts of these worthless barbarians. We
believe white men who have the bone,
nerve and muscle to be pioneers of civil
ization are at least entitled to as much
consideration as filthy, lousy Indians, and
it is time these rights began to be regard
ed. It is time our government began to
deal with this question in practical way.
Millions and millions of dollars are annu-
ally thrown away upon their worthless
carcasses, and these are too hard times to
afford to do IT.; there are too many poor
white men cut of employment and to
whom few dollars would be as a boon
from heaven to permit us longer to con-
sent to a continuation of this folly. There
are too many destitute families in all of
our large cities to whom a warm meal,
even at the hands of their government,
would encourage hope in their desolate
hearts since they were even remembered
by, their rulers, for us longer to consent
to the squandering Of millions on millions
of dollars annually on these lazy filthy
murderous red devils. Let us Of the
Great Northwest set our faces. as a flint
against a longer, continuance of this chris
tianizing policy; let us exterminate every
devil of them found off their reservations
and christianize them afterwards. Our
fnacial interests are suffering from this
state of affairs, the settlement of the coun-
try is seriously. retarded, and will be un-
til radical change is effected, which
must be done soon or war of extermin-
alton will be inaugurated by the settlers
which will never rest as long as there is
possibility of an Indian drawing annui-
ty and arms from the government to
murder her own citizens which she, as a
government, is bound to protect. It cost
Minnesota millions of dollars and FIVE
years of valuable time to recover that
which she lost through the massacre of
sixty-two, and it is costing our govern
ment many millions of dollars annually
to continue this policy of nourishing and
protecting few worthless Indians, of no
practical benefit to anybody, at the ex-
pense of our own citizens, and not only
that but at the expense of the agricultu-
raj and commercial interests of the great
Northwest. The sympathy Of some of
these Eastern Indian lovers had better be
expended on tn: families of some of their
poor strikers in their. midst, who would
have had no occasion to strike if some of
the money squandered upon Indians had
been used for their benefit. The poor
strikers were condemned as ignorant and
criminal for demanding greater remuner-
alton for their labor. What pity they
had not been Indians when they would
have been put upon farms, and then they
might periodically kill a few people just
to remind the government Of their needs
in provisions and clothing, with a few Of
the latest breach loading rifles, to do their
future killing necessited as reminder to
the government in..the highest style Of the
art, and instead Of being condemned As
poor, ignorant white man, be called one
Of "natrres noblemen," a veritable lord
Of the soil, brave enough to mutilate any
woman o. cut the throats Of all the babies
in creation. We are aware: the present
administration has had many complies
ted questions to settle and as it has prov
ed itself equal to, the occasion in those
considered, We have faith to believe it
win also deal in q practical, common
sense way with this criminal policy Of
temporizing with savages, but sweep it
out Of existence with every relic Of its
rottenness that it may be no longer a
barrier to the settlement and develope-
ment Of the territories Of the West.
Living O1a ooa&.ta "a. a@ j :
The Cumberland (hd.) Alleghsnian
says: San incident. illustrating the
pressnt fssrfuIs depression among our
working class illustrated by something