Daily Republican., 1880-04-15
THE INDIANS.
Another Chapter of Their Griev'
ances-wby the red men are un'
educated.


Another Chapter Of Their Griev-
Why the red men are un'
educated.
The West Presbyterian Church was
not 30 well filed, last evening, as 1t
would have been had IL been Announe,
ed earlier that bright Eyes" and J.
II. Tibbles, Esq, would lecture; as 1t
was, however, a gooi-sizsd congrega-
tion assembled in the main audience
room.
Mr.. Tibbles spoke for some moments
upon the helpless condition OF the In
dian tribes whieh have to engage the.
services Of any4atsrprster who is P.p-
pointed by the Goesrnmsnt agent. The
Indians are forbiddsn 70 sell tao pre-
ducts Of the soil. AL gold, silver,
iron, wood, ceal and wheat~hich they
cannot use for their immediate wants
are secured by the Government as its
property. Several years ago some In
dams saw white men telling trees in a
forest which were sold at remunera-
tive prices. The Indians attempted to
do likewise and after they had gotten
some lumber and floated it down a
stream, it was seized by the Govern
ment agent, who sold it at public sale
and gave the money TO the Govern
ment.
Another grievance which causes trou-
BILE among them is the frequent removal
of the Indians to reservations. Just at
the time when they are about to har'
vest their crops they are ordered TO go
to some other part of the country. At
the conclusion of the Sioux war in Min
nesota in 1862, according to the peace
treaty, they were TO be sent to new
reservation, and the Government would
appropriate 5000 900 for their support.
The nleuey appropriated was not sent
until year and half after the In
dams went to the reservation. In the
meantime they came near starving and
the agent offered to sell them goods on
credit until the appropriation came.
This offer the majority them rejected
Finally commission came with the
money and the agent presented bill
amounting TO $lSJ, 900 when the In.
dians had only obtained $4,000 worth of
goods.
Red Iron, the chief, was told by the
agent, that If he did not pay the bill
he would depose him from the chief
tiauship The chief firmly refused and
was placed in irons and taken TO the
guard house. At midnight he was
brought forth and consented to pay the
bill If the accounts wers examined by
three good men. The agent would not
consent to this. About this hour forty
or fifty warriors were holding a c0un-
Gil upon the prairies. One of them
arose and said: "Our chief lies down
there in irens and We are here. Are
We towards or are we men p? Will We
stand here aud see him murdered ~
That night the agency was attacks.
and that was the cause of the devasta-
ton of Iowa and Minnesota, which
caused the governn lent loss Of mil
lions Of dollars aud many lives.
The Bannock Indians we're peaceful
and were srderd by the Government to
go TO a reservation in the mountains
The soil was unproductive and the
Government offered to feed them, bat
they nearly starved, and when they
went to hunt buffalo word was sent to
Washington for troops to prevent them
from leaving, thus causing useless
expenditure Of thousands of dollars.
During the Sioux war the Ned Perces
wished to Join the Sioux but Chief
Joseph by his manhood and dignity and
the aid of two revolvers forbade them
to do SO. Shortly afterwards he was
ordered to leave the reservation within
three days. He took his tribs across a
river and afterwards returned for his
cattle, but as the three days had ex-
pired his followers who Were then with
him were shot. The Indians then
became hostiles and in campaign were
surrounded by the armies. General
Miles told them if hey surrendered
they could 60 to a reservation and
netling would be done detrimental to
them. When they surrendered the
Government took their property and
sent them to the neighborhood Of the
Indian territory, where one-fcurth OF
the tribe died within three months.
The speaker spoke of number Of inf
!starees, relating to the care which the
| Government extends to the Indians.
The Cheyennes wanted some medicine
and Col. Hayt sent five ounces of
quinins for 5000 people. The Indians
naturally are brave and rather than
submit to tyranny they will fight.
Their cause is peculiar one and is at
.ractipg attention all orer the world.
lie did not favor Furnishing awhole
tribe for the mtsdemeanor Of one indi-
vidual. The way to help the Indians
will be for Congress to give them lit
tie for their land and to gain the pro-
tectiol of the United States courts.
|. "B right Eyes" made brief address
and answered the question "Why don't
the indians become civilized" About
twenty five years ago her tribe sold the
Government some land, which was to
be paid for in monthly installments.
W ith the money thus obtained, "a school
ht use was erected. Only fifty or sixty
sc holars could attend the school. Sew.
ersl years elapsed, when the Govern
,.nsnt agent ordered that the school be
closed, as he did not favor boarding
schools. The missionaries were sen,
yay and day schools were established.
Every few years new agent would be
appointed and he would have new
theories. II the Indians did not agree
With him he denounced them as rebel
Ilious and uncivilizsd. Many OF the In.
dams were better educated than the
! teachers. For five years one mar
1 Taught the school and this is q sample
of his grammar: "The boys is coming