Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-11
THE CAUSE OF TIE 0UreRrlx

|. TIE CAUSE OF THE OUTBREAK.
For much of the Indian rapine and OUTRAGE
upon our frontier, the rebel bripadiers
are responsible. In their fear that the
government might Interfere with the
home amusement of killing Radicals
and whipping ''niggers," they have re.
duced the army to figure which makes il
utterly inadequate for the protection IF oul
border. Perhaps a feeling of sympathy NAV
have something to do with it too. The white
Otes OF Mississippi, who killed Dixon and
Judge Chlsholm's children, naturally feel that
there is a bond of sympathy between them and
their brother murderers who paint and wea,
feathers, and they don't like to have them dis.
tnrbed. The same tactics which the Indians
originated to get rid of the settlers, the briga-
dlers have adopted-to free themselves from Re-
publican supremacy in the South; and the
union OF interests makes both equally DESTROYS
ri keeping the army down to as small num-
Der as possible. s-:IG.
Thus speaks the Denver Tribune. II
would be hard to compress into less space q
greater amount of untruth and idiocy. That
the strength or weakness of the army has
had anything to do with the present Indian
outbreak is simply absurd. Our armyis now
large enough for all practical purposes -
much larger than is necessary for the pro-
lection of the frontier. The incompetent
chiefs of the army, however, have taken the
trouble to place the troops where they can
be of no earthly use. A large force is sta
toned at New York to guard that city from
attack from some foreign foe; another
heavy force is at Detroit, where it is watch
ing lest the sacred soil of Michigan should
be invaded by our Canadian enemies. while
there are several thousand men located at
Fortress Monroe. If these troops were
placed where they would be of service there
would be do danger whatever of Indian
massacres. 3anHt >s.- -
how man can be fool eno1gh to charge
the "rebel brigadiers'' with the responsible
ty Tor this Indian outbreak passes our COM
prehenslon. The facts in the case certainly
DO not bear out any such assumption. The
only cause of the disturbance is the rascalitv
and dishonesty of the agents placed in
charge of the savages. These have
been systematically engaged in
plundering the Indians of the supplies voted
them by the "rebel brigadiers,'' and 40 pre-
vious have the burdens they have imposed
become that there was but one resort open.
and to that recourse was had. In proof of
these statements we give some extracts from
the report of E. h. Davenport, Indian agent
at White River, Colorado, made two wears
ago. He says:
notwithstanding some minor complaints th.t
have been made against some of the Indians.
L tnlnk may justly say that they are disposed
to be friendly with the white settlers in this
nelghborhood. During the past year no white
person has been either killed or injured by In
dams, to my knowledge; while have learned
OF four cases where Indians have been assaulted
and injured by white persons, and the Indian
ana ms trends have not retaliated by doing
personal violence 1 am satisfied
that some of the complaints originate in the
desire of certain parties to create sentiment
un1aVoraole to the Indian and precipitate q
trouble which may be made the occasion Of
deprlvlng the Indians of some of their RIGHTS
On the other hand the Indians have
already had reason to be apprehensive that
their country is coveted and threatened hv +hs
whites. n An unusual numher ~ IT,
dams have been off their reservation dnr;no
tue past year, and have remainsd awav for
some time. There are several reasons for this.
The annuities and supplies furnished these In.
dlaus amount &c, at Iberate estimate not over
one-half that required for their support. None
Of their annuity goods and but part of their
supplies have reached this agency during the
year. Goods purchased in August of last wear
have been lying idle in the railroad depot. l75
miles away, since November last, a period Of
over nine months. Flour purchased the first
OF June is still at Rawlins. No clothing.
blanket, tent, implement or utensil of anv
KIND has been issued at this agency for nearly
two years. No -four, except once, fifteen
pounds to family, since last May. With the
exception of few families, the only wav in
which the Indians here know how to provide
for themselves is by hunting. BY peremptorv
regulation of the department the sale of arms
and ammunition upon the reservation has been
prohibited. At the same time the Indians have
had only to go off the reserve to obtain all the
arms and ammunition, both loose and fixed.
which they desire-a number Of trading posts
being accessible, and no white man refusing to
furnish these articles to the Indians. A very
good evidence when there is no feeling in the
community against it, that the people do not
stand in any great fear of the Indians. MANY.
OF the settlers have made it their principal
business to trade with these Indians the past
year and have offered every inducement for
them to leave the reserve.
1t may be further added that medical
stores purchased for this agency in Novem-
Der last have not yet arrived, but are at Raw