Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-06-21
THE SAD SIDE OF THE IN.
DIAN QUESTION.

oil We have from time TO time published
At ports of the good results Of honest, pr
official efforts to civilize the savage, Al
while no sentimentalist in the premise
lat We can but endorse tho assertion of Il
a. Benton Record, that "The theory tn
"a Indians cannot be civilized 10 Is false
the assertion that they cannot be subdue
# but that it is true they cannot be ciyiliz'
D.. while enabled to retain their peculi,
., habits and crafty their british instinct
he Bring oil the tribes of Northern M0ntar
together and place them under tho charl
Al Of the military; take from them the
,e| ponies, their arms and their ammunition
at give them land to cultivate, and expen
SCI the money now wasted on agents an
agencies in stock ard agricultural nipple
it ments, punish them when guilty of crime
le and afford them justice when abused
70 this Is the true solution OF the India
n problem a. indicated by the present stat
|of affairs IN this section, and it 10 th
a most effective and economical course tia
a can be adopted by the Government.
e And not only do we believe such poll
b cy would adapt itself to the tribes o
Northern Montana" but that it would
f with time and patience and honest Chris.
a tian endeavor, reduce the hostiles of tn,
y plains to Observance of the foundation
f arts of civilization at least.
: HUNTED from pillar to post - to-day
e fearing the Government; tomorrow fear.
|. ed BY is-robbed, deceived; robbing, de-
? cs'ving, the so-called policy of the Unit
States cries to heaven for shame, while
the Indian of to-day remains tie Incian
of . century since; and the white man
dies an inglorious death at his hands IN
the effort flor It is nothing else, in fsc,) to
keep the red-man the savage that he was.
For years the cry has been, "put them
al 10 the Indian Territory" and now
because surrendering bards are being NOV
ed to that location, in accordance with tina,
cry OF 80 years, there comes an Directing
wall from the orqueror-which finds ex
preston in the Republican" Of St Louis.
thus:
THE removal of the Northern Chey
enEes is part Of systematic scheme to|
prevent the progress Of civilization TO-
ward she Southwest, 80 that its tide NAV
DO forced to the less promising recionl
along the tributary to the u. p. railroad
The Indian Territory is . Chinese vail
that blocks the pathway to New Mexico.
Arizona and Mexico proper. and tie in .
terests which would suffer by develon
mens IN that direction have conspired to
keep up this wall by packing the Indian
Territory with savage Icdians. Missouri.
Kansas, Arksnsas. Louisiana and Texas
will especially suffer by this plot If il,
succee0s. and it remain to be seen wheth
er they do not represent enough combincd
20 wer to defeat it,
Will the greed of the white man never
satisfy-bas he no bowels of compassion
left? "Alas!" said Hump. the Cheyenne.
when surrendering to Gen. Miles, ''Alss /!
Tor my race; it 10 passing away, and the
last Of tho red men must soon perish
under the setting SUM-"
A more pitiable story never was told
han that By the New York Herald oil
Humps capitulstion. "He sat down on
chair, and for the space Of two or three
minutes was silent, and seemed to be
then he arose, took off his /.
'elt, looked at it for half q minute, and
handed 1t to General Miles. Next he
ook up his gun, held It out at arms
eIgth, looked it oil over, and with a !,
IGN handed 1t to Miles. Leading the
General to the door he pointed to his DO
lies, and SAID: Take them, am mol
ongsr either chief or WARRIOR It was
eally pitiable sight to see this Indian
i've up oil he had in the world and sur
cnder even bis manhood in order that he
hight be at peace with the Government y {
When questioned regarding his warfare
eainst the whites, he replied: II never p
rent TO war with the whites. The SOL I
i-rs began chasing me about, tor vha, o
ause do not know to this DAY. IN
edged ~ long IS l could and hid nv p
lllage away, but at lsst they found II =
nd l had no alternative but to fight or G.
erish. ] fought the white chief McKen. o
'e, and would have whipped HIM and his O.
orse soldiers If fresh troops and his u
llies-the Snakes-had not come to his u
just when they did. AS it WIS. "
. were beaten, and lost most of our G.
'dges AID bedding. We had to retreat o
yer hundred miles, and the weather m
- bitterly cold. We almost perished b.
ut at last reached Tongue River, where d
leFe was big camp. We had not been Y
here long when General Miles came d
it'll his foot soldiers, and We had to fight "
rain. That was all had to do with the Il
ar" In reply to . question, General 81
lies sad one half of the Indians did
Ut know what the war was about. HUMP 81
ked . group of officers rhe question =
Why did your soldiers come after us!"I "
ID not one Of them could tell him.
Have We not here the whole question q
. nut-shell : And what 10 the duty of %
e Government IL it not the subsection v.
the surrender TO military control OF