, 1877-07-21

tribe is liable at any time to murder one
of his former foes, and that instead OF
Justice being meted OUT TO him, his tTlbe
protects him. and tribal war Is begun;
that this is the condition OF Indian tribes
that when hoStilities have once begun,
they continue Till one or the other tribe
is annihilated hence the frontiersman as
n matter OF safety, insists upon eontln-
uance Of war once begun till a tribe Is
annihilated. Thus, no treaty can be made
with these Indians, but what viii be soon
followed by their committing other out
RACES and murders of the whites, while
IS to those Indians not now hostile, they
can be kept at peace, simply by extend
ing the laws over them, and allowing them
the same liberties to ramble which all 9th
ers have und-r the same law
To coniine the Indians on a reservation
would take greater army than we have,
and endangers the whole surrounding
country by their continual outbreaks
Oregon was settled without treaties and
without Indian wars, except the Cayuse
war which sprung from the antagonlStlc
occupation of Great Britain and the
United States of the country. After we
commenced 10 treat the Indians as Inde-
pendent nations, wars soon followed and
have continued.
The system of treating Indians who
murd n men women and children as ex-
empt from the penalties Of the law, be
cause they commit the crimes under the
pratence of war has the effect to make the
friends of the murdered ones deSpiSe the
Government which condoneS the murders
and strive to themselves enforce justice
When the MQdocs had murdered men
women and children IN the State of
Oregon, and the muderers were indicted
by the Oregon courts, the all powerful
Indian Department rescued those murder
ers from the hand Of justice and exported
them ont of the country.
When a few of the band murdered Gen.
Candy, these few were tried by court
marital and hanged Thus II was conclu-
siyely shown that while the military and
INDIAN Department condOne the murder
Of settlers they do not cOndone offences
committed against their own class.
1t is comparatively easy for men remote
from the frontier to forgive the murdlrers
and outrages committed on frontiersmen,
and to allow their christian charity so far
as to make compacts with the murders
that they shall be protected from justice
Blay make bribes of the murderers
under th II promise to commit no more.
Wh-n they commit more murders they
AGAIN forgive and protect them, give them
more bribes for further promises to be
again broken ia the same manner; and
TINS practice IS understood by both the
Indian and fronti,rsman until treaties are
considered by both as equivelant to pay
for Indian murders and outragcs.
The Government IN effect says to the
Indian You must he imprisoned Tor life or
fight II you fight with good success We
VIII forgive The outcaSes yoa n4ay commit
and We viii pay you large annuities- All
We ask Of you Is topromise to murder 10
more and 70 remain on a reservation. So
the Indian goes ON to the reservation to
rest and recuperate and, when he Is tired
of confinement he leaves, commits more
roberies and murders fights awhile till
winter approaches, makes new treaties
and obtains new annuit. eS This thing Is
repealed until the Indian has learned thai
the penalty for murder Is to fight awhile
and then make treaty
Frontiermen who suffer by this prac-
tice, and know thai it produces murder
Of their fellows, condemn peace poi
icy" which produces war. No treaty
should be made with indians, Tor if for
mcrly peaceabIe, it produces war; not
with hostiles, for it continues war. Let
the hostilcs be killed n BATH, cr be
hanged for their treason, murders ard
;.betting OF be tried, convicted,
and sentenced, and pardoned only cn con
dition that they shall not retain 10 TIE
territory, whore they committed their
crimes, under penalty thai the sentence
VIII be executed. LIX