, 1879-07-10

been lAs,icd. and had l,c Indiana h IN permit
ted to roam a1nnK the AEisaunrI 1.scr they
would fn short tlmn hnvc Ealtcd confidence In
the Americana. and ina abort Tina great many
of them would have Rono into the different
Agencies"
"Aa Ico,uc up The river, ,fnlor, rol. Macleod
was I'll tc boat with humber Il! ocrA III the
Mounted Police. In The eDlirtc of a general
conversation, onc day, this remark was made:
in HE event or d war between t.,c Americans
as1t sn Indians Il the hitter sto,ikt nttcunt 10
cscaEH 10 The Canadian soil, It Hi]l he tccrs.ary
70 throw open 'b.: border nnd ret.ni. the United
s,atcs troops tu follow ths iagttiycs.' What do
yuu lsllticrstu.nt tlIat to mcan!"
"Do Understand 1oil to sny tl1at our border
IL to be thrown Hten to your aofilurss" de-
tnantlcl tho Major, In astontshmcnt mud indIg-
"'rhnt was the wuy in which interpreted the
remark"
"1hcn.'' exclaimed ,he MINOR, "if this be 80,
AM! II these .po"r people, WHO have t,cen forced
atnrYing children, arn attacked hY Euicl Ssatts
fro1p. at,tl when driven Hyrr ftc line, are still
u he pursued and murdered, | hopo that The
day That dawtls III
sGcll AN OUTRAGE
will SIC the no longer n Anlinte ell Policeman.
ata'Hl. / MN lesI l., understand that the United
States Government has issued tnstrur-
ilons IT, its iroUps on the frontier 10
make psisohess-of.wnr any 1nllans. known
as aostilc. eTosS'ug IT., from ,l,t. Canadian
Of Canada has sent 1ncssnre tn lie officer
co,nlandinr t1.c police, which mas read to In.
Chiefs Of III. Sioux, nfil Which informed thrln
tAt thu sliclt,r they enf1sed during their resi-
dcncr nprth Of tho frontier limo must not be
uset for hostile prcparat|s's against the Arner-
leans. II nsu snd that, II they Ill! not nrt in
uceoslancc With thrir Instructions. tho Fnfetr
they have hitherto fnslt!l rlll NJ longer cxIsi.
Nuw, they flayr not tlispbeyctl those inktsur-
tt,rn t1tnt nf,f tf,H hrrr rEf}t 1fnIift
intent. Yet, II they nyc 'attarSed, as the urtlrr
Of your Government demands they shall he, and
tticv ntlcn,nt to regain thtir refuge, It ts prn.
posed tn open the cato tg your ,troops, aml
IL do! The bu!talD have left anr tttsntFynill
Cune south tt the Missouri. The l1aliaus were
obliged IL follow thrni Ut ssarrc. They declare
tint ll.cY hnso no hostile Intentions. They told
vol 50 It, their uwH cl1np; a1id you were cGr-
tany h, position to judge whether or nut ;lry
told lie truth. They hare asked ac to request
your Government 10 let them lnsnt III pence.
lliis shows tias tier art not lH,stlc, and vet
cartt, II your people attack them. II all these
contingencies Should nsHc tile rcspcct iii Which
the Canadian llnnor is held hy every red man,
from tile Atlantic Ia the Pacitlc,
Will M pE*rno1ED FOREVER,
autl the Canadian Indian ta,l longer bonst Of
tatlgilt tiIut the red mid .tlu wllilo man have
"qual slglts.'
ty ot governing Indiana by tI,u military, ant!
yet that Is ths Canadian policy, as illustrated By
your t.ollcc.h
II think IL Is all wrong, nntl fur the same
rrason. ttas gave you in hrcalIns Of -FOUR own
army"
"An,l yct we llcar Crrat deal nbout tlie a,l-
vantage OF yUtlr aSstcm OF managing the lntllnnS
OYER Dlir Ay4tcm."
"Ycs, great amount of credit IL awarded us:
but over r0tlr pcopla We deserve nunu. III the
frat place, nil our frontier Indians nCHlhcr less
Than half the Sioux tribe alrnc. Tlpu wc l,nye
nu Agencies, ITO weekly Issue OF ratto,,E, nor
ANYTHING that should lratf tic Indian to be Ills.
cuntcutctl. up to last winter our ltdians lIat
pirnty OF buffalo TO FURNISH iErn, Mi3 plenty Ut
robes to purchase ammunition sIll stores. They
wrre phid their nnnuity yearly, n,rl werc rer-
nnittesl 10 roAnl where they p1s;sesi. They wcre
Instructed In tic laws thu: ga7crn the white
n,rsi. nna wcre Inalc alncnahs tltsrtu But. il
ever hunger does come ampn. them. our uDliry
It will bc severely tried. C0:rittristx the nnl-
bcr vi lndlunB that yonr Go'crnucnt has lla'l
tlcrful."
''Do you think /. possible 10 reconcile the IT.
dians tH agricultural lI,rsusGf'
II certainly d.. Luuk a the AassInibotna
| Agency at Wolf Point, uudc- the auperntc1,d-
| cuce OF afr. Thomas llrnde:son. Tie extent
10 which tle las educated tn 'se people III fnr.n
| Ing III the last TWO years :.
HAS nEEs MARVELLOUS,
and proves clearly What raj be done With the
| lndlan II properly tantl!c.. honestly beilcsc
lint. II left IN charge Of tt,fsn fur four ycnfh
longer. he will mako sarr'er Of every tatsinl'
bo!nc,"
| Of thu Northwest IerrltorYl''
ayes, II Il. The atl,lLsioa Of ao0 or sgo mel
woi,ld NOT prevent Ill outbreak, 1t tho Ind!ans
wnutcd one. The Wood7tNountan post, wlifct
Is si.natct 1T tfc mast exposed part of the Ter,
.fk.,