The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-11

twenty years standing; but never until
| HAYES issued orders TO the army was 1t
sought to settle the treaty dispute ut
the point Of the bayOnct. Under HAYES,
orders were for the first time issued
to cxpcl the non-treaty Indians by
force from their rightful homes, So
cured TO them alike by treaty and by the
executive order of President GRANT. when
Chief JOSEPH had at last been conquered,
HAYES, who had brought ON this wantOn
war ly his own acts, spoke of it to Congress
a. "a series Of most deplorablc conflicts.
the successful termination OF which cannot
lessen our regret at the occurrence" Again,
nearly twelve months ago, HAYES had be-
fore him the official evidence Of the pro-
trncted neglect, fraud, msmanagement, and
semi sturvutiUn which had driven the
BannOcks from their reservations, and
threatened to drive them to war. Never
theless he did nothing to preserve peace
with them, to fulfil the Governments en-
gagements with them, or to carry out any
OF the promises OF his message.
The country would be- comparatively fortu-
nate were these two wars the only i'll results
Of HAYEs's official neglect and dupicity.
bands, including RED CLOUDS and SPOTTED
TAILS visited Washington to protest
against being transferred to unhcalthful
reservations ON the Missouri. "You would
not like to see your children die, said one
chief "ncithcr do We" II will be rcmem-
bored that ut that time Mr.. HAYES procured
their acquicsence in removal by distinctly
promising that IL they would go to the Mis-
souri, for the winter, in the spring" thoy
should select other reservations to suit them
selves. This promise HAYES has broken,
and now these powerful bands, controlling
thousands of brave warriors. who had been
at war with US for years, but whom HAYES
found friendly a year ago, threaten another
war to grace HAYES Indian career. "Un-
less the Government removes these tribes
soon. according to its pledges" said Gen.
CROOK, not long since "they will remove
themselves" II HAYES had no authority to
promise the spring removal, why did he do
it, II he promised, why did he fail to keep
his promises II was he alone who made
these promises, as the speeches during the
Sioux visit will show.
HAYES lamented, In his message, that the
Indians have been so driven from place to
place; when they had settled down upon
land assigned to them by compact, they
were rudely jostlcd on" He has this year
given an order TO jostle the Utcs Off from
the land assigned them by compact, and tho
pending consolidation OF Utes and Apaches
may yot drive both tribes to war. in which
case the Navajos would probably go with
them. 1t is solely because the HAYES Ad-
ministration has taken no notice Of the COM
plants OF red men and the warnings Of
white during the past twelve months. that,
instead Of a war with one tribe, we are now
threatened with n general outbreak in
Idaho. Nevada, Washington Territory. and
Oregon. Since the first shot on Camas
Prairie, last May, HAYES has sat In imbe-
cilty at Washington, or has travelled with
his circus about the country, in neither case
doing anything whatever to check the OK
tension Of the war. Never were promises
SO fair 10 tho Indians followed by 50 foul q
performance.