Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-02-04

An EMPHATIC OPINION.
While Schurx and Sherman were indulg-
ING in sArcasms a. to the peculiar fitness Of
che Indian Bureau, or tho military to take
chsrRe Of the nations wards, q portion Of
those wards procseded to give an emphatic
cpinion on the subject themselves, and
shswed y desperate fighting and heroic
assths that military rule is hardly to be
Sssired. II Il dificult TO imagine q more
ssathing rebuke Of the i~niquities and
swindles Of our so-called Indian policy
than that the C~heyennes preferred death to
sgain coming under the fostering care and
protection Of the white man and his "In-
dian Agencies" and Observations" They
fought until the last man was killed, and
after their ammunition was spent they
rushed with knives on the troops. The
lesson which II teaches is the fierce scorn
and hatred OF the whites which have been
bred in the Indian breast by the long
repeated swindles and wrongs put upon
ahem by the Indian agents, civic and mill
tsry. II may be well to know what Gen.
eral Sherman thinks Of the Indian ques-
ton, what Carl Schurz thinks, what Phil.
Sheridan thinks, but it is also well for the
country TO know what the Indians them
solves think. The Cheyennes have given
In their answer. 1t is that they have been
defrauded Of their lands by treaties never
meant to be kept; that they have been
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swindled by agents, fed with rotten meats
and defrauded with rotten blankets, cursed
with the white mans whisky and his dis
eases, goaded into desperation by wrongs
Of all kinds, and treated with renewed in
Justice when they sought redress, until
they felt at last that the time had come to
die, 90 they chose their ground, sang their
death songs,a and passed beyond the reach
Of the white mans loving care and pro-
don, Carl Schurz' "Indian policy has
not proven q success, but what guarantee
d there in tho record of the military to
convince the people that they could deal
with the matter more successfully.
TIE Philadelphia North american, one
Of the most influential journals published
in the East, says Senator Sharon's maiden
speech was Liade in . good cause, and asks
il il would not be we'll to first break up the
monopoly Of the Central Pacific before at
tempting, by means Of the Reagan bill, to
break down Eastern companies, in which
the hard-earned money Of the poor and the
sole resource Of widows and orphans is
tied up?
A REPoRr on the subject Of fire insur-
snce in New York State, including the
city, for 1873, shows that while the total
income Of the varions companies for the
year was $2l ,097, 46S, the total of their ex-
penses and losses was $16,571, 719. Out of
The difference thore were paid, on S25, 0O0,-
900 Of capital stock, dividends amounting
70 about So. 900, 900, leaving $1,000, 900 to
be added to the net surplus.
A CHANGE Is announced in the editorial
staff Of the Virginia Chronicle. Any one
reading last Saturdays edition would have
lnown that such was the case, or that the
entire Office had been ON an old fashioned
drunk. Five articles are copied from the
SENTINEL without credit, and another
Josh affair, in which we never indulge,
placed to our account. Another change on
The Chronicle is in order.
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SENATOR LAMAR, Of Mississippi, has been
seen walking the streets Of Washington
with the head center of the old Grant ring,
Boss Shepherd circumstance that has
led Dana, of tho New York Sun, to pause
n his fiery onslaught on the occupant Of
the White House, to afix q brand Of in
hmy on the Senator's brow.
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Hon. HExDRIcK B. WRIoHr, Of Pennsyl-
vania, is threatening now to introduce .
Till in Congress to protect the people from
he adulteration Of food, which is thought
b be sweeping them out Of existence.
The country can stand bad food . great
deal better than bad legislation.
FEED DOUGLAS comts out squarely In
fAvor Of woman's rights. Now let them
bring the old gentleman out a. their 'dark
horse in the Presidential race.
We should like TO see an occasional copy