Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-27
0UTslNDIAN NEtGHB0RS
Why II Is the Indian Territory
Has Received 80 bad
Name.
United states citizen Trlln The Truth
Abnat tho rave Tnbtt aud
Thrh Actions.


sperlRl Correspondence Of tho Gazette
NiN1A, + r., bee 70 Having icnd
many articles iu the various papers OF The
stntos in roiofrncu tu Che general cuud
tiun 50 The Indians o. the Territory and
srainy That they prc very often mi7upro
senAliuus, felt more Inclined 10 write
The ,iuNH ot an appropriated aud I'm.
partial observer auI ylRitOr IN tho Terri
tory,
IN The Hfsl place people Judge tho In.
dams ton hne9ly because nHCdcfa
occur. and frequently too, The uutsldr
world is ready 20 raise Tho cry, "bur.
bir0us aud nucyili1od people, Asthoro
~ always an inclination un the pnfl OF
people, or most Oi them az least, 20 talk
ipuet about thc bad qualities Vi man or
mec " people, SO II ~ IN spending Of Ia.
diane, They arr Ike all other races of
people, iu na much nr they have Some bad
rhAtactpfH among lhcm, hut u is u re-
mntkublg fact chat There are not the snmo
proportion Of copWtod Wrutrhph among
| ludhus thai thVte arc umopE lhc whites
| This article refers b. the dive civilized
mhag, u course, Then whore they are
most common Il Is o sllil more temnrka-
| hln fact that they are rendered more dos
pomto and greater degree Of drpmylty
( b. reached By thtif nssGciaNGH with
whites Who, 20 avoid the lHw, have sought
( shelter in the Indian Territory Tho pro-
/ poytiln ~ uscals among ihc whole nun.
lb,r 81 whites who have sought homes Ia
| tniF 1ofntofy, ~ q subject NAT no paper
| IN the knowledge ul the writer has ever
| considered, neither have they referred 70
/ the bad influence Wiuldcd by those HGtprr
p1aia. ThH ~ q serious inct that is
very apparent 80 the better class Who have
| been educated and taught thH iull
meaning aud force ~ thr honor Of their
people 1bia huH cauBcd many serious
/ ifuW backs IA iiir Indians lp Oils way
| AaHy tcouudtois hnye come 90 tho YArlyug
naUpna iu lamb's clothes. nA " were
ghrn lnAardy lhrY Wrru wolves, SOD
fae iutiaus bolrg anything else but fools
/ srrg soon found mis- out, Hu1 iuf tlini
| reason hove bcou f1fcd 10 suspect FcB
Imnu that has come into thoir midst tbs
.u4plriou has prevented many good whites
| from coming Hmunaat thtm and llinf
/ u,oy ave robbed 81 ihr good Influence 81
/ "a hrttuf class 90 Wbtos, ton toy conFid
ryAbIr tgtpnt OF cuutfe there are many
tnnd ana honorable whites 10 thrir midst
I bot thefo would have been many moro
I be- 10 not been FOR this great lnliur 81
faFcals. Another remarkable fact iH lhat
when apparent dRtafliy murdefH
/ haye been cuIuultttd IL NJ trace
I able directly 90 some irud caused
/ OF in some WaY AbctiUd " houg white
scapcgDpt Hho hna probably been kDied
$40 long that Dec " aimoHt forgotten.
/ These rascals faro lgsihg thtlr influence,
I however, MS tho INDIANS in thc Interior oi
! tho country are being more Thoroughly
Ieducatod, aud thus prepared, by q NOR
extensive knDWledee in RcBenaL W eOpe
I Win this class ~ people u ~ waA not
1 Br the 8ay me lndinna hays been treated
I ia the paa tbey WOnil not be ~ Husplt-
I iOus 0f their white brethren npWi lhot
1 say. Jtst tull one ~ she heilef Glass tnal
I I'D whites dp nor iHteud 40 dEiluUa them
lnut VI ihoir iauds ana DC VIII ger} prompt
I ~ IAN YOU that the whites hayr dane 20 10
( tho past What argument tan pe bfugRu'
lp bcGf On people who are hothnfoNHhp
cunduc as thai their ideas arc epifect ~
/ phft eApoIienou with crooked dealttH Aph
lenmb.nAls9 Tho laws Or rules Of thc lp'
/ dlsf,a ate iust aud Intelligent ~ inl
ns they 20, aud thry arc mhkinl
lfapld s,Jides ln ihh Way ~ feH
protection from tiOse While Yul'uifi
a, 10 are rrady 40 rWry opportunity e
akb lfoin thom thelr honor thelf proper
~ mir liberty and even thpif ilYcr
n 10 nDi strange that my endure ~
/ much N lhiB ~ they dJf Has abi WAt
faes III ptoplo ihis amount 81 ~
laursnaeY 10, iY no neanas or u ihe
, ihafe. t,,oy SIS nof practlce y Indian
I aeyer 81 ihcy hardly tfef, 40 ~ one w