The Red Cloud chief., 1884-10-31

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rearsr ;o aha; mar .scuad n-mnnls.
physically perfect rrza4 IN chS1rrr
AMI : tn ihs tn>tlrrfs os ks 60
s~1-ar.-tsza any other ne nt b~aEN
eEvlix~l or uscislsr~i Hhx-v - -
hear suca Ecb}s NrIDrns. 81 m~es
~Hts su~h examples ~ Arrussa AT ~
sA--Eo- a. The history 81 -. Ans~~rAa
Ina - f1ru shr.s Nk~rr shall 80 -
81 h~zr agAR Euch orators a. tba' %
Back HsSk aadl<-zss Cerxuiy 80
records o. our 90 - cissl4Eztua -
De-, iurutsh Z aae the prvecnt Csat2y
= t"Eofd - T.
They Ners the true rhllar~a of ;hs
GrsA, spirit Ih.s lE~i n.a-vr 81 10
gTvAt hear % toe ,reztH than DO shv-
pals-ta Vd congucru-. II so-tA4 40
mOu over The los; AID ualoss cs,adi
tlOn al the .aYAE- t~ogrs-~ous b-ssv
ant tie sO1l of honor. the ~-U~i aud
a~.ul d~e-trucl4nn y n the iA-~ @. 80
eArEa ). a u such mAsu .ads Lat
the relics aui the p--ypls of Amc- ;
Gas ~el shrink f7un ihe lusi pun 80
Gncnt whics !. sun go ia.Iow tie 49,
-aat4ou 81 a. urAVr = r@cr ss evc;
brca.nei the air o. Heaven
sro.e the above -ra:hsug -~bukc g
the Apcl~an people ws~u ! was uii-en
years 81 az. | ran acTus- the di~srrfA-
ton ye>teriay. ~ a general rai~ So
iakes = Nou;h tticea - 40 10 ~
n - Cong - AMI 81 he Admin.
tratipa u~ald-hea3ci The .ess . know
= out thing. generally. tn more rhecr
sr| q. ar.f ~ .E-a rH.--.aH..m 800 -
left
81 the time | wr,;- The above rude
attack upon the t,OseTument | hai Lot
seen any Indiana. bat / hal rad murA
Nv blood boiled when ] thought 90 The
wrong> which our rae had m-:-t out
10 the red man IL wAs a. a ume sh-a
nv blood MAS li,st coming - \ boil that
| penned the above paragraph. Ten
wears later | had changed my views
somewhat relative 10 the Indian. and
frankly wrote 10 the Government 81 tn
change. When ! am doing the Admin
lstratIon an injustice. AMI | Lnd II out
! q 10 the President cand div and SAY
Look here. Mr. President. | have b--cn
doing yoIawrong. You were right aud
! was ! am no, ~pig-headci
and stubborn. | Iu,i admit n is that
hare been tinderiug the Adminis,ra-
ton. and | do not propose Ia do 80 any
more
~ | wrote to General Grant and told
him that when l was hiL'en ycrr> ui
age | wrote a composition n syhoA n
which | hal ARA gned the people and
the Administration for the cour~. taken
toward the Indian. Since b a I me !
had seen some Indians IN the mount
aims at a distsnCe-and from what ]
had seen OF them ! was led 10 believe
that | had mis- judged tho people aud
the Executive. | told him that - far
as possible | would like 10 repair the
great wrong 50 done IN the srdor Of
youth and 10 once more sustain the
arm of the Government
He wrote me kindly and said he VA
glad tha; | WAS friendly with the Gov
eminent again. aud that now he saw
nothing in the way ~ continued Ma
tional prosperity. He said he would
preserve nv lett in the archives as n
treaty of peace between myself and the
Nation. He said only the day before
he had observed to the Cabinet tina: he
didn't care two cents aboat n wal with
iOIt III NdttcA>. phN III "puiu n - ~
on IA peace footing with me. TIE
try could stand outside interference
better than intestine hostility. ! do
not know whether he meant anything
personal by that or not. Probably not.
He said he remembered very we'll
when he first heard that ! hal attacked
the Indian policy of the United States
in one of nv school essays. lie still
called To mInd the feeling Of alarm and
apprehension which a. that time per
vaded the whole country. How the
cheeks az strong men had blanched and
the Goddess OF Liberty felt for her back
hair and exchanged her Mother Hub
bard dres, for "A new cast iron panopiy
of war and Roman hay knife. oh. We.
he SAID. he remembered II ~ though II
had been Yesterday.
Having n heart the welfare Of the
American people a he did. he hoped
that ! would never attack the Republic
again.
Aud | never have. ! have been
friendly. not only personally. but Of
tic ally. for a good while. Even If !
didn't agree with sone OF the Official
acts OF the President | wouId allow him
TO believe tina, / did rather than har-ss
him with cold. cruel and adverse crit
c;,m. TIE abundan; success of this
policy i written IN the countrys won
der.ul growth AMI prosperous peace
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