The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-15
INC snrylyIpr War.

General Sherman goes South and ia
handsomely received-nowherc better than
in Georgia. which he marched through"
General Fitz.Hugh Lee goes North aud is
received with civic honor and military pa
geant, partly as kindly testimonial to
himself and his people, partly in fraternal
remembrance OF the great Confederate SOL
der whose name he bears. Northern men
aud Southern men have shaken hands
across the mine, the forge, the field, the
mill-engaged in the same enterprises,
drawing dividends from the same Golfers
Surely, it would seem, the cruel war is over.
But it isn't.
Out in the Indian Territory they are
keeping alive the embers Of the old hate.
The Creek Nation is divided on the old
Gthting line. The Treasurer OF the Nation
has yielded, not ungraciously, to a news
paper interview, in which he describes the
origin Of the civil conflict that is raging
among the Creeks, and adds some other
very entertaining information. During
our great war the Greeks took sides, some
Of them sympathizing with the Conteder.
acy, some with the Union. Appomattox
did not settle their contention, but later
they patched up truce, adopted Consti.
tuition and in 1868 held an election, Chi
cote, candidate OF the Southern faction,
being elected Chief to the great disgust oil
the Northern faction.
The discomfort was so great that the
northern men refused to support the "goy-
eminent" declared it to be too much OF a
"white mans government" and some Of
them declared they would not live under
il. There was open rebellion against the
aboriginal authorities, riot bIoodshed,
murder. The Government" put three Of
the offenders to death. Then the nation
divided into two armed camps. The "gov-
eminent" forces, at Okmulgee, were four
hundred strong, under command OF a gen.
eraI; when the Treasurer left home they were
recruiting in the hope Of raisinga thousand
"warriors," armed with repeating rifles and
Colts revolvers. The "rebels," the Treas.
urer says, number four hundred men,
women and children, commanded by a
full.blooded Creek. The Indian agent,
representing another government" failed
in his efforts to make peace, but it is
reported at Washington that order reigns
again. But the Northern men demand the
abolition of the constitutional government,
and to that the other side will not submit.
Here we have peculiar state OF affairs
imperium in imperiO OF very bad kind.
The government Of the United States is
supreme over the Indian Territory, but the
peace OF the Territory may be disturbed by
civil strife-the strong butcher the weak,
and the government OF the United States
will not interfere, If at all, until the harm
has been done. The same thing may hap.
pen among the Cherokees, the Choctaws,
anv OF the so.caIled Indian nations. The
kind OF sovereignty permitted to these In
dian tribes is anomalous, inconsistent with
the theory and spirit Of our government,
and not well for the Indians The mixed
population OF Indians and half-breeds lives
on soil which has neither State nor
Territorial government-a political condi-
ton found nowhere else in this country.
It can hardly be said that these Indian
nations live in the United States, yet the
government Of the United States is supreme
over them. Our Indian policy is about the
only thing in this country which shows no
growth. It stands stills in all its vicious
ness.