, 1879-03-08
Chief Hoses TO General Howard.
SIMcoE INDIAN AGENCY. VT.
February 10. 1879 (

Chief Hoses TO General Howard
SINcoE INDIAN AGENCY, W.T.,
February 10, 1879. I
To General O. O. Heoard:- q
ALL wish to say you have always beel
good to me. understood you correctl,
at Priests Rapids, and took vou 20 m,
heart. The talk which Won had with n
there was taken to our hearts. Afte
that interview all the ewes of the Indian
IN this upper country were upon Genera
Howard; and they came to me saving
when, when. when is that paper comm.
hack Z Now, this day this paper ha
come back and there is no land given
We have understood to-day that there i
no land for us-for Moses, Hiachenie
H"lnIly and all the others therefore W,
must think the situation over. Now. thi
day, l have a hard knot given ms II
unite. 1t is an awful undertaking fl,
ME to 60 back 10 all these people and Tel
them that they have been refused.
have nothing for them. 1t is hard ,ask
We lad s" thought upon this reservation
ma Ger and talked of it ST. often that ou1
hearts had become rs one-the peopl,
were unit Now, when / tell them this
fear they may scatter in many directions
according 70 their interests; and .hey vii
laugh at me, l am afraid. because | tolC
them General Howard will surely get thi:
tor u.s. For my part, | am ashamed: ant
expect you, Gen. Howard. are ashamed
for We are defeated men, and the Iudian:
will laugh at u.s. We are both beaten
and those that opposed lis have Won W.
have been outwitted
| have been looking to y,u heretofore
and Though yol have nothing to do with
lis now, | want you TO use your influence
| 10 let MS work slowly, and do not drag us
on any reservation. | always, always,
always had peri CT confidence in You,
and my heart loves you now. Happen
what will, you and always viii he good
friends; | will never, never take arms
against yon-
1t ems very strange that the bad men
are always successful. | have kept my
riae behind me, have tried 10 be good
hut the had are in the lead they 90
ahead of the chiefs and generals.
With all the humiliation | have been
subjected to-draeged away, disarmed,
malirea,ed, thrown into irons. disgrace
heared upon me as dirt-my heart 10 its
very bottom has been fnithful TO General
Howard
There are many, many, many Indians 4;
they won't all come to this reservation
LIZ there were Two reservations, properly
arranged, they might divide and part 60
on one, part on the other; but am not
at all sure of their coming here.
You Americans have many means of
communication, and the newspapers bring
the news 10 all of you AT once but with
lis, We have 10 such things Soon, now,
this news you have sent me will begin to
spread. II will flv from camp 10 camp; it
will il time travel far and Near; some viii
hear 1t and say, 81 VIII go and see Moss
myself" They will come TO my camp
To all such will tell The truth. All the
rarious people that speak my tongue will
talk it ryer together. Some will curse.
The good will Try L. pacify the bad.
They viii weigh it long ia their hearts.
They viii look at it on every side, to see
what they world sais by gong to war :;
they viii decide rs seems best 20 them
and according to The persuasions of the
chiefs This cannot De done i'll day; the
whites must he patent and give us .ima-
1t is by hurryins such things that they
bring on trouble.
As long as You remain sener"'' 1
ih nix we can manage rhese t''h2s very
Well The India"--Ehe you, an" thcy
,:'-o-nae, ont yen ought to have Some
power and con rol over the people.
| wonder if the whites know what l
have done for thcml know they don {;
hut You do. During your war with
Joseph | worked as hard as you did.
My people We're crazy. held them back
with both hands; last Y ar the same
they abus d me | had almost to fight
thea; they showed me what they c"ull
make, hut held them down. Now. what
have I for a reward Not what | asked
for-nothias hut ou;rages that humliia,e
me
| have but one mind but one speech
i will not fight my rife must say be-
hind me all he time
General Howard, that is all | nave to
say. his
CHIEF Moses
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Witness: C. E. Wood, \. D. C.
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