Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-02-22
THE GENTLE SAVAGE.


has aroused an intenss feeling throughout
the country. Nov that the gentle savage 10
10 be tried for the crimes committed on this
border, We shall look for q superabundance
of gushing sentimentality mawkish
feeling that overtskes those who know
but little of Indian trait or character.
1hs trial of the seven bucks that will soon
take place will be looked upon with good
deal Of interest To accord the Indian the
same privilege fair and impartial trial
Is q white murderer, is certainly as much
sympathy as could be asked for. We be-
leve there savage, who are incaroeratsd in
the Ford county Jail, will have shown them
the same degree Of fairness tina. While man
could reasonably expect.
We confess to having no sympathy for the
murderer and marauder. The condition Of
the creature in human form is no paliiation
in excuse Of the crime. The numbering
savage that marks his trail with the blood Of
innocent white people il governed by no bet
ter instinct than the bowling coyote that
would devastate chicken roost.
The question Of identity will add to the
ympa,hetic fsrvor that ends Judgment in
many minds; but that identity is already
confirmed in those Who know . Cheyenne
buck from prairie WOLF The particular
Indian may have smo,e the earth at Forl
Robinson. The seven Indians now in jail,
hoSever, are accessory TO the enormous
crimes committed on this border last Sep
TENDER. The proof lies in the bones nov
bleaching on the plains, in homes made des-
olste, and the number Of women ravished, BY
the incarnate 6end 90 long nurtured and pro.
tecied BY the Governments being Who de.
serves no more human sympathy than any
form in human shape.
That fair and impartial trial will be
given these seven Cheyenne Indians, We
honestly believe. We regard this move o.
one that will forever protect our border from
tho rsvages Of the savage red man. To
know that the people on this border are
brave enough to defend themselve. and their
properly, and generous enough to give an
Indian proper trial. will keep the msraud.
ing savage 4 safe distance from their lines.
The enormity and atrocity Of the crime
would in some measure require leas pains.
taking retaliation; but brave people are
generous. The savage is to undergo no woree
treatment, in arranging for his punishment,
than that given to men who have instinc,
and reason.
We do not enter into the discussion Of the
wroags to which the Indian has been sub.
jected. We are dealing with our own
wrongs. The life, the character and the
saiety Of the people on this border demand
tina, punishment shall be melted out to the
wrong-dcer. Retribution is no respecter Of
persons. All fall alike in the vengeance that
surely and swiftly overtakes the thief, the
murderer and the marauder. The raid last
September is too fresh TO admit Of any pal
liation. The cowboy. whose unmarked
grave on the desolate plain has neither How-
er nor tear, the gr.ef-stricken mother who
yet suffers the shame and disgrace Of the
Indian brute, and the LOIS Of her innocent
babes, and the dead father. whose body has
fed the worms and whose bones lie bleaching.
cry out for vengeance, 4 swift. determined
and speedy retribution.
As We value the honor, the glory, the pur.
pose Of our lives, ss We cherish the memory
of departed ones, rs We rympathise with
heart-stricken mothers, as we honor virtue,
- We pride our own courage, let us be peo-