The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-29


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WILL 10 BE FORCED FROM THE INDIAN
TERRITORY.
Annually to semi-SnnuHlly' this question
Genes up, lives o few days.and then dies Out
till with this difference each recurring time
it a trife more violent and longer lived
than before. That land has by treaties more
or less solemn been coded by the whit1 mfn
to the..red%one. 1t is stipulated every lime
that no pale face shall from tho date Of the
document until Gabriel blows his horn, own,
settle, occupy, or otherwise modest tho des ig-
mated ground. But the history Of such
treaties from tho days of King Phil
lip and Powhatan, Oceon Motacomet, Tie.
cumseh, Logan, Pontiac, and all other great
names which shins tbroua gloom ofsRv-
age darkness surrounding no Aboriginies Of
Ameroa, is the history o. Jroken covenants
They hold good until the white man needs
the ground the Indian encumbers, and ne
longer. Thus has he been driven from cast
Of the Mississippi, driven from the north
western territories, driven back from the Pa
cihc slope, driven from the Lord knows
where. A small remnant are collected Just
north Of Texas, and tho covotous
eye of the white man, even now, rests upon
it. 1t would seem there is growing less and
less room on the whole face Of this continent
for the Indian. lie is a lazy, sulky, triaing
worthless vagabond. He won't work. He
won't accept civilization save in homeopathic
doses. He will take it SO far rs II goes in
tho direction of drinking, lying and steslinc,
but rejects that portion which covers and
addresses itself to manual and intellectual
labor. lathe hands OF the whites the lands
of tho territory would long since have been
converted into state rs fine as Kansas
Or Arkansas. Under the control Of the In.
dian it Is lying there almost rs untouched as
when it came from tho hands of the Creator
And did tho Creator intend to mako Il for
the purpose of fishing, bunting, and poor
apology .at farming These are queatioas
which enter into.the philanthropy division
OF the subject Our opinion is he Intended
it for the purpose Of raising sixty bushels
cora or one bslo of cotton per,acre. The Inf
dian Of song,and story has played out. Sen.
timOnt exhausted upon him Is dull li!era-
turo. Every, eleneat ia this earth and
air We occupy teaches the practi-
cal-teaoheS that it was made for q people
who would work for the glory of tho Giyer of
all good snd make plenty Of hcgand hominv
for His children in lasa favored sections OF
the world. What does tho Indion contrib
ute TO thSt end? What doss no EXPORT?
What does ho import? Does he even suppor
himself. or does not the government have
that to do? Does not every citizen have to
chip in part of his. hard earning to keep
these creatures.alive? We pay them an annual
subsidy in money, provisions and clothing,
and thoy manage TO hunt and fish
little, and thus keep.them from dying out.
Ia what manner would they suffer il the
territory was thrown up, and. christian men
and women allowed TO acquire land. teach
school, and build churches among them
The only result would bo, gamo would be
killed out and they would have to 90 to
work blowing and sowing like our people do
for living. And would it be morally
wrong If this would come about ? So far
as our State. of Texas is concerned,
she suffers greatly from these
Chinese walls reared by, foolish
treaties. There are no less than six
railways leading up to them from the north
awaiting permission, which they connot get,
I o cross tho country and coma here. They
are barred out for the reason tho Indian
cannot stand but two roads, ono leading
north and south and the other tho reverse.
its impossible for the government to main
tain this state Of affairs lon. That hao Sec
ton, now Of no service to the coustry at
large, will very soon be brought into mar
ket and turned into beautiful,
prosperous and rich state. Nor in doing 80
is tlfcre any necessity Of expressing its pros.
emit inhabitants. They can all the more DO
better cared for than they caro- for them
selves. To suppose such a race will DO for.
ever suffered to live there as they nOw live is
preposLerous.