The Red Cloud chief., 1880-03-25
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thanks given in oar hearts. / sm
pleasantly seated. 70 recount in
words Of sffcc,ion the incidents or our
migration and settlement here. tuder
ordinary circumstances. dates. places and
time, may be forgotten, but under the
one noble and grand event, for wLieh We
as a people have settled, memory does
not loose track Of the time when a country
becomes changed from . savsse and
barberous state to that Of . civilized one.
the broad and wild acre Of waste land,
turned TO countless fields Of culture,
profit and gain. We follow down the
stream of tine numbering each ~receeding
year q they have passed, until We reach
the year 1870. In that year the FRS. year
Of our courty's settlement, the memory
Of every pioneer settler reflects back
clothed with the garment Of thong mt. to
bis early pioneer life. To the family
circle ia tina, rude but not 10 its time, un-
welcome stockads or covered wagon,
there in our early history, either surroun-
ding the campfire, or bsdsd 10 our
blankets upon mother earth, with nothing
save the broad and starry heavens for our
roof, did We niDgle words aud thoughts
with words and thoughts Of other
minds, as to how we should cut our pio-
neer garments, and make our pioneer roads,
that each garment might ft unto the least
cost, and each road lead 70 brighter and
more prosperous day. Oh, | can never
forget that long and tiresome journey,
how We worked and toiled to get over
that mountain Of obstacles, which sccu-
mulates on every side of the epigrants
path, until distance was overcome, dlth-
culties s~urmounted, hunger appeasel, sGd
the inner man reinforced till the star oil
empire had led our tired and sore feet to
this beautiful, this hospitiable spot. W.
came not to a wilderness to grow up il
ignorance, we came rather to the seat
of a mighty empire, that near future
which is TO unfold the grandest POSSIBLE
ties ever offered to man. In the fullnes.
of tune the Valley Of heMissouri is to be
the seat not only Of empire, of trade, o.
population. but Of political power. ana
the capital of this great republic, where
the tides of migration shall have forced
through the heart Of this mighty basin
aud fortified the yet untrodden fields be
) yond the mountains, with the sweat o
the husband-men's brow will east it
shadow in close proximity to our be
loved Nebraska. This prediction is b!
no means the bubble Of a visionary brain
You nor | Mr.. CHIEF, may not live Il
see it, but there are millions in the woml
of time who will. Let us again through
l the minds eye reflect back to the earl.
spring of 1870. Just about ten year
] ago, only before the pioneers camp fir,
WAS kindled, and the burning blaze kisse'
the gentle breeze that tracked the sign
of deeds of awful woe; committed nea
where some of our little band had pitche'
their tent or marked their claim. 1t wa
, in the early spring, that upon the bank
of this then almost unknown river, who's
. laughing waters could only be marked b
the hideous and hell bound yells of tn
most cruel savage, whose highest aim wa
. only buffalo meat for his bread, and whit
=, mans scalps to compose the numbers i
e bis addition. 1t was there upon IL
1 banks Of this river, near the town site 0
y your own beautiful town, tired Cloud.
In the early spring Of 20, just before lh
first pioneers tent was pitched, that fv
d noble and brave men of our race, wer
;, most crually murdered by the hands
savaees. OF one Of the Eve nothing bu
the schulz, the boots and part Of his clothes
e did mark bis last resting place. To hir
|, there was no tender hearted mother I
0 sceth. and sympathise with; no kin
father or brother to assuage hi, thirst an
pain caused by the hand of that unciv
v lized savage; no loving wife or sister I
caress him; no friend to tell the awfi
news of his death or even mark th
ground, the earth upon which he fell. A
;, this told tales of deep and lasting woe
h the carly pioneer, as bone by bone vs.
d brought to his camp, and only to remin
him that perhaps in the near future. /
n and his dear wife aud children might pc
haps be the victims Of some savage ient
With all the tracks of savage life that ":
1t then yet visible. not one of this noble an
brave hearted crew turned back.
y, Mr.. CHIEF. l mus. close this part
my article for the present, as l fear tn
re some of those Argus fellows who are
D. well educated might get after me.
10 Since l commenced writing this con
a munication the rreasurer's inanciatrepo
N has been placed before me. The stat
" ment shows considerable tact, ard abiiit
CT and is really ccmmendable to Mr.. Jone
We shall be charitable in all things, al
l while we are assessed an eight pee cen
g. tax, and have it to pay, MIR. Jones,
10 County Treasurer, certainly is not respo
u sible. He takes the county records
o, they are given him, they are all compil
l by the clerk, placed 10 bis bands, aud
G. tue record is 4 written order which sig
lis 6es 10 60 many words: You as Treasul
I'd shall collect this tax" which order is
&c tested by the clerk. Let this be asst ms
Ut but let each one of US walk up to .
captains Office and pay q tax, as
v; have heen commanded to do. The sta
'm ment looks well on paper, and it show
lin floating debt Of only 1881. l6. hs
'h somewhat examined it and have stric
IN, applied the rules of geology to the VII
Ike statement from my reconins By the ~
Ike of eeoloc7. The same statement she