The Red Cloud chief., 1885-08-21

Trees Haht been ca HoNb ipt Wv 'Hts
Of Russian functionaricS. Tn. Traveller
may now Journey for miIc- anu Ind On
his WAY only destruction AMI waste.
alh.: .liirt, wear, have .!lrs'd >nce
the conquest of "a. Caucasus. iGc pep
rle. 50 far from bccom NJ ~recoac.iri IN
the Russ An yoke. cont ne - cave
Their homes -. UI~St AM AZ" rcfu-" IN
Tu,k.y. Tn history o this en- FRA; on
i I'm ncn.lS character $50 Of he 50
ten of colonization pur-.cl hy tn nus
: IN Government IL mi-ht ais seem
~ il Is Oh cct were ~ dpo; U.H'e the
country. 'or 10 - 4 = mnu u n
r. e max their submission thai the au-
. ,ho-.tirs offered them the alternative,
: q! descend n INTO valleys and p.ac-
in themselves i rcCtly Uul'r Rus N
rule W cmieratin-. Most ~ The mount
aiu,ers pr fcrrct sm ga Oh. though
in quitting their home t"vy L&d -
lra.- behind them their crops and cat
IL. all ri which b. ans the pro- 'Fiy
OF the Crs>IrN co.Oul-t>. They madl
in crowd. 10 one or other oi TIE port,
on the Black Sea. iucdrr i ~ NJ on
the WAY o. sheer want auJ pTNa:t,n-
Eu, IN $50 the pc! y 81 the Govern
mont underwent a sudden caa1gc -"
irr Z 1t tie and wa> .al. n ont al .U!-
t.yat.o2 and tn country becoming IL
Iopul-,ct. the author '.r> ie-Ia ~
throw IN cd mcu.> in tn" Wv of tho
EMIGRATION iLc. lad formerly crcuGJ-
.rri. and in i>6. L Wa furb l5cn hy
special ,nartment In lN.i. when two
mour'a u tribes demand i rcam s-.oE
II EN- r L aui ATTEMPTED - carr oU.
their vurp5c without waiting for "a
au,w =. the, were for , back b. S".-
Il - and tie leaders AK ~.cd and cN-
d - Siberia.
On many ocCaN on. moreover. ih"
Government has not kept "a ih " ia TIE
Cir.a-.arS. When the Tea. tcHcut~V
were conquer 4 tn Russ 81 Command
cr-in-thi-f. Prince Bar ~ n-ky. issued
/. proclamation in which h" s0lrmnIy
Guaranteed them in the uuli>.urLcj
io--cS-.uu ii Their properties Yet.
despite this promise, thu greater part
IF their land WAS COZ seated and be-
slowed upon the to>-1ch and Russian
f~luct.uuar!cS. and the unfortunate
Tchr;chcnt,v were driven INTO 4 corner
Of their ancient domtin. there To lv'
IL best they could. Smar n under
the Injustice inflicted on tiym. these
men took Ia by~igania%c. aud became
tie terror If tn country.
The object OF thee In,aSur wa. -
course. To- ''Ru-,iJnIr' thu eau a-ue.
and. ~ weakening and impOycri~hing
the y. Oplr. 20 keep them ~ complete
subject IN and Ir-ycn, future rebellion;
bat Their iHc. liable elect Wa to- citsc
= feeling OF bitter hatred AGAINST every
thing iI,>.aa. above all against thu
Russian Governmental hatred which
>u,'Sc ucnt proceedings Of tn AdminI-
tra'.on have rcndcic / Still more bricr
aud iLve crate. Here are one mra,-
axe aHd one law for the Russian colon
lists AMI another mcaSur" and other
laws for tie CircaS~IarS. For Instance.
thu former have the privilege of elect
in" their own VILLAGE Mayor, and com.
mon ch cfS. while the ~ vmnli >>ion-
- 50 set over Circa>>isn villages are
chosen 10y the police. who natural " APP
po.nt their own crcaturc>-mcn for IT,.
most part utterly ignorant %; the wants
and WAYS OF the people anil hostile ~
their religion. Justice l. equally par
tial; there is 10 such thing - equality
before the law. IL a CoSSrrk Kill u
native the authorities always pretend
that the act was committed n self d.
fence. and the ag@rcSSor generally gets
Scot-frcc. When a Russian i tho
il i very different. IL that case,
whether there be proof OF not. the an.
always assume that the muir
drrer must be \ CucaSSian AMI punish
An cntir. district for the fault of "A sin.
yic individual. Whenever a crime is
in a villag, the pcrprtrator
which can not be- discovered. the cn.
tire commune. sometimes several nri~h-
communes. arc held responsible
and ii alt with accordingly.
another cause of heart burning and
strife Is the question of disarmament.
d~i>honOrcd. and n the Russian coloni,ts
alway> carry Weapons . native without
IS AZ the mercy Of the first tOSSack he
meets. Hence every attempt 10 enforce
the law in this regard j, i~iercely resisted
and often attended with riots. bloodshed
and rebellion. The ill-te-linr arising
from this state of things is by no means
united 10 the tircas>ianS Its no less
on one side than the other. A
Co>sack LOOKS urOn 4 mOuntainecr asa
whom il is his duty to keep in
order. and whose life he j. no way
~ r spcct. while a m~ountainc-r
regards = Russian rs n worthless eur,
whom. when occasion offers. he NAV
till with IMMUNITY. -.SteDni1k, ~ Lon.
Times.