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


no acquaintance swhateYerzand follow it
up so persistently in such strength as to
endanger the army officer who does his
duty in trying to save the lives Of his COM
mand instead Of thelives OF. these blood.
thirsty women violators and babe muir
derers to court martial. We heartily
wish the whole clan Of self constituted
guardians Of humanity who are screech-
ing at the heels,of the army, to spare the
poor innocent Indians (no matter at what
expense Of Write men, could be brought
in direct contact. With their mode Of do
ing business when they are masters of the
situation, we don't mean to be understood
as wishing personal application, God
forbid, the wish for such fate to any
thing that even creeps. or crawls should
choke the author, but we would like to
have them eye witnesses of some of the
scenes. which are SO common on the from
tier. The legitimate fruits of their pet
offspring this outstanding policy Of
peace. We think after reviewing few of
the instances of the hacked, hewn,a torn
and mutilated forms of wives, mothers
and sisters which the army and frontiers
man has been called upon to endure go
often there would be many healthy con-
versions from the idea of the utter docili-
ty and reliability ofthe Indian character.
If they could listen to- a few of their
blood curdling yells, as they close on their
prey, you would hear no more of the liq-
uid, limpid soft undulations of the Ian
guage of nature breathing out tales Of
love to Indian maidens in shady grottoes
and their conception of the beautiful
Indian maidens of the West might be
sensibly modified if they could see as we
have seen the dirty, greasy things sitting
in the sun searching each others wolfsh
locks for nits and the fathers of nits to
crack in their teeth, which they seem to
relish hugely without the aid of Halford
sauce. The true state Of affairs in the
Indian country has never been obscured
SO but what any man who was willing to
be convinced might be, of the utter inu-
tility of attempting to control british ig-
norance and barbarian blood-thirstiness
by anything but brute force. But dis
tance seems 70 lend enchantment, and it
is so beautiful in theory to think of over
coming savage natures with appeals to
their most loving kindness that the ex-
pertinent must be made, and to-day we
must look the existence of that fact
squarely in the face. For four years and
more we have been enjoying the varied
experiences growing out of this new poll
cy and the result has most emphatically
damned the entire movement in the
minds of all sensible men. There has never
been so many savage murders of unof-
Tending people, SO many bloodthirsty
slaughters Of the families of settlers, the
sickening details Of which make us wish
we could draw the vail Of forgetfulness
over such damnable diabolical fendish-
ness, never so many general slaughters
save in the uprising Of sixty-two when
the country was almsst entirely unpro-
tected. The entire policy has proved an
utter failure and no wonder: it was con-
.ceived IN indiocy and brought forth in ig-l
norance and never possessed a single prac-
teal redeeming quality. It has been the
means Of sdering premium for Indian
barbarity. by petting and pampering the
red devils with nick nacks and blankets
and calling them ''good Indian" etc., and |
at the same time culturing their natural |
desire to murder and cut the throats Of |
innocent people by placing in their hands
the most improved instruments Of modern
warfare. And our soldiers who risk their
lives continually in their line Of duty, and !
heretofore without murmuring, are con-
tinually finding these docile christian red
theirshide eoouus oouusta var paint ana
armed with rifles far better than he is
furnished with by his government to fight
these same Indians, who few days be-
fore were at their agencies, demonstra-
tive worshipPers At the shrine Of peace.
No wonder our gallant soldiery think it |
strange; no wonder our frontier citizens
are growing restive under this suicidal !
rule. Here we are told that Sitting Bull |
is across the Canadian border and the
agency Indians stripped Of their ponies
and arms are doing homage to the God
dess Of Peace On their reservations, and
yet the settlers and others in different