New-York tribune., 1884-11-13
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FAITHFUL INDIANS IN DISTRESS
aryinAt surnipAN's STORY of THE SEMINOLE
Tpinf'a srfrrniNds

TRinf'a surrrniN0s.
W,suiyGroN, Nov. il.--Ono 0f the minor
sublecta which viii bc officially urged upon the attention
OF Congress at tho approaching session Ia that OF Afford
ing relief % the Seminole Indians, some forty OF
whom representing about two hundred souls have been
recently discharged from the military service OF tho
United statcs In which they had been hired as scouts
and guides fog troops serving In tho Department OF
TcXas
Brigadier-Gencr Stanley, commanding tho Depart
mcnt Of Texas officially calls attention 10 tho deserts
and necessities Of these people, and General sheridan III
his annual report tells their interesting story as
These somnolcs n mixed breed OF indiah. mn niu
negroes mostly descended from the old semlnole ie. w.
Indian Territory owners of aI Upon the
out of the OF the rebellion nearly al OF tne hup
and their slaves espouscl the cause OF the mon pu,
thelrucgnhors the Choctaws Chickasaws Cherokees u
Creeks alms unanimously Joined the sor he semi
federacy II neither agreeable nor sae Ior tno %
noles continue living IN the lnan Sr,orS % made an
agreement with the Mcxcans that II given reservation
III Mexico and permitted TO 1--we quietly uio, ~ 10
hostile Comanches and Apaches Conn eed to leave tne
United states account OF their o!ni 10 our an r"ntn m
Mexico. they attacked by C9nierer"e % sdrate
and their PRINCIPAL chief Nv was KILLED r%,noe ae "se"p
ing the Rio Grande succeeded III reaching '"er
Unfortunately for them however the power OF Maxi
milan. Emperor soon aterward cyerturne!; anJ
agreement giving them reservation was never ratified
by the Government of Juarez. and the senlnoes were
thrown upon their meagre resources Having meu
attacked
Texas was ut that hostile 10 the Government OF inc
United States Seminoles resOrted to depreaat9rr
war upon tho Texas frontier OF Mexico aud cOninncu IL
until long after the surrender of the Confederate army
under Lee 10 difficult for us TO MAKE te Sclhpocs
compie ehend that Texans were again citizens oi tno
United States. but through an invitation extcnieu 10
them by Indian Commissioner Parker. under General la
Grants administration. The remnant o their uloe va
induced return and their surrender was receVeu AZ
Fort Duncan. Texas with the fun expectation that Trey
would he restored TO the Indian Territory. IN treaty
made with the Cherokees IN 1886. what was KNOWN a
the Cherokee outlet Of the Indian lcrfltor was cuu
TO the United states for purposes of settlement on uh
and freedmen. have always Thought that ltee1ms,h
intended by that treaty were the negro slaves heuuins
half-breeds held In slavery by the Indians oi INC
Indian Territory at the beginning of ne war Of tue re-
brlliUn amongst whom this poor banu OF sehocs
now living In and about Fort Clark, Texas. ,
The Indian Bureau has declined RELIEF 60 these ihuirs'
and has never made place for them IN the Indian Ter
ritory The abe-bodicd men having been employer as
scouts for troops their have kept the lnc from
actual starvation during The past ten or Twelve hna
h having been necessarily discharged ftom the ituy
errvic they have lost even this slender means VI
srr port The ,rpn made excellent scouts; none weie
ever better they were good talers ana we're ia, III
action Records of the War Department VIII hear
testimony ~ the many appeals WHEN nave neeh hih"o
fnr "A tt.silnc plape fni this small band