The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-01

tendent and politely welcomed him y,
n representative OF tho United States
Government amt almost in the tame
breath advised him of the local reguIa-
tions which prohibited the Introduction
Of ardent spirits into the Territory and
the consequences which would follow
any distribution Of either the govern
monts supply or the superiDt ,ndents
private stores with which sooth to say
--the train was well furnished. ir /
remember correctly an infrsction Of the
rules meant conGscation and dsstruc.
tion. There was no infraetion If the
rulos Here was tho Indian at che
best Ia which he had then attained.
Religion, education and agriculture
bad there asserted their supremacy
oscr "tbe nntutored mind Among
many Of the nation however the
aboriginal instinct remaiuel FREEDOM
inant. At Old Fort Towson. long be.
fore tlIat time abandoned by the mill.
tary the expedition halted for repairs
and rest. Here and there could ls seen
an Indian in aboriginal costume, few
streaks of paint, n bnnch of feathers, u
blanket and II brcech eloul. how and
arrows. They seemed strangely out Of
place among tbs active. Intelligent
men who came from their farms aud
workshops 10 offer their produce for
sale or conyer@ upon aif,irA in the ont
side world.
Leaving the IL lian Territory aud
crossing the Rod River of the South
at Preston, Texas, few weeks march
brought uS 10 the heart Of the Comanehe
region Al Camp Cooper bad an op-
portunity Of seeing the Indian At. *.
cept while engaged ia the actual work
OF slaughter, scalplng aud rApinc, bis
worst. a few days before reaching
the last named point "a number of Della.
wares aud CbmaAches had nccae,l,,d
'cyyingtribute upon MeAioI1 supply
train and ia obtaining enough liquor
n madden them. Happily the military
force IN that vicinity had proved sui
iiciently strong 10 arrest the drunken
Indians and destroy their unused sup
plics. The Offenders hal been ''stock-
ade l. and were virtually prisoners OF
war. No one who saw their half mad
denel, desperate, trucnlent and Vindic.
tive tac'r will be likely To forget the
sight. The hundred aud twenty
men who comprised the expedition witll
which ! was connected ~cre all very
glad that circumstances dill not randet
an accidental aud hostile mecting with
them necessary.
In the long liae nf in.,rh from tlie
Mississippi river {" ih. C.l,sa in al
Fort Yuma. ample upi.atnn,iy t., 81,
serve the TIA irisin" i,, - ll,. t,l,as,,s 81
his cxistenc" sss"il-,t.l. T'it. Atsel.e,
throughout The ebtirt. territory fr.s
queLt d by ,hein kept .lu.elves on :.
signt except u,s,n nns secession. A.
Dragoon SPrias, IL Aiihpna, nta,.r
ous bl'til request. j "a eouusilp ~hiel
the superintendent acr.slrd II. A
more sqnalil, ungainly nspi re,,alav.
company than that which gatI,ctr.l 81
the Council have never l,nk.d uiAs,
shall quote word or wo about ti,..u,
or, speaking more properly perhaps
their descendants, from the ReI ort q
the Commission Of In,lian affairs, be
lore closing these notcx
Now, assuming that Indians ON tile 81
lsIz Reservation helong TO the same gen
eral family as those to whom have al
ready rcferred,it may not be- out of l,lac
to take - look at them a. they are a
the present condition of theee S,leti
Indians as compared with what il wa
some years ago ; at what they have &C
complished aud under what system a
what may be expected Of them, aud u
the duty Of the hour as il relates 1
tiem.