The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-21
More Indians But hered

go -iHtS Ittellas a bc4n- lmIO>
>Ible because or his known human.
character. and which 1t i to j.
hoped for humauItys sake. VIII no.
be confirmed. \ gentleman - 4
TO be prominently connected with
the Hayden expedition, gives a,crk
iifercnt account OF Gen. II Ic>'
victory over the Bannock Indian,
from any that mas heretofore found
~ Nay into print. lie states that
the Bannocks wanted TO surrender.
ana sent a Crow scout. accompanied
by TWO Bannocks. TO General Nile,
g arrange terms Of capltulation.
Niles was AT the time escortlng Il
pleasure party through the Yellow
Stone Park, the party consisting Of
4 large number Of his friends Of
both sexes. guarded BY a force OF
soldiers. When the arrival OF tn,
two Bannochs was announced.
Miles ordered them to be put I'm
IRONS, and, leaving enough soldiers
TO protect his civilian friends III
their luxurious frontier life. he set
out with the rest of his men for the
Bannock camp. The poor Indians.
seeing the soldiers coming, ioyfuliy
turned out TO meet them, when
General Miles ordered his men to
tire, which they did, killing men.
women and children indiscrimi-
nately. Seeing that they were to
be mercilessly butchered. the IN
dams showed resistance, but were
soon overpowe,ed. Such is the
story. If rue, another most afro
clous outrage upon the Indians has
been committed. Miles is the man
who put the manacles on jefferson
Davis while d prisoner at Fortress
Monroe, and who afterwards lorded
1t over North Carolina in Recon
struction days with such q HIGH
hand.
General Pope was interviewed the
other day IN st. Louis, on the sub.
ject Of the flight Of the C~heyennes,
and III reply to a question rs to the
cause Of The trouble, he said
The failure Of the Government
to keep It's promises with them. |
cannot. OF course, attempt to place
the responsibility, but when the
Government puts a tribe Of Indians
where they cannot subslst by hunt
ing, II should keep lts promises TO
provide them with the neccssarIes
of life. received the report of the
Indian agent, two or three days ago,
and forwarded It to Washington. |
had no right to require it Of him,
but | sent and he gave 1t to me.
The agent, Mr.. Miles, comedies in
the statement that the promises Of
the Government have not been kept.
lie couldn't give the supplies to the
Indians, because he didn't have
them. lie says that supplies Of
provisions of various kinds, to a
very large amount, were not even
advertised for. Who is responsible
| can't say, bat | know that the
Indians nave suffered more priya-
ton and hardships, and endured
them more patiently and with less
grumbling, than the same number
Of white men.
i have written to Washington !
times Ia the past two years,
stating these facts. Like the same
number of white men would do,
when they found the Government
was not keeping its promises in
issuing them supplies Oh which to
maintain existence, and that they
could not subsist by hunting, they
resolved to 20 back to their old
grounds in the North. | have
0een on the plains twenty-five
years, and have never known an
outbreak to OCCUR among the IN
l:ans which was not caused by bad
on the part Of the Govern
nent, Il want Of the moral sense Of
,bligation-a failure o carry out
IS agreements. Ii this last out
Freak on outrageS or murders were
committed by the Cheyenncs until
lfter they were attacked.
Il am told, though | have not
rot it officially. that when the
roops caught up with the Chey-
.nnes the commanding officer rode
nto the camp. and calling Dull
Knife to one side, he said i don't
want to attack you !: | don't want to
ngage in Il battle in which some Of
nv men viii necessarily be killed,
ut YOU must 90 back to your re-
eryation. and 1t would be better
II around for YOU t. come without