Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-04-02

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and He Indiaas, wss pnsssns bssa 10 .
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just 70 the Iadisns 10 sssir th<n eoadi-
tieu 70 nss1ns that shsy bad sssAfneo
the dkenity Of indspendsnt nafssu~.
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nsasuss o. afs wiiline v admit Whsn-
svsr : posslon Of me lands rosmsd sves
and partially osesptsd BY sosse savage
band of Indiass wss wanted us Exssn-
tive Dsparsmsus woaid Esd ss@s
ahsswd snd inslnnasanG aRsEs 70 neGo-
tzsks treaty With Me bsnd-
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ro9ious u sbs aesnt. fhe Indians
uslther eomprshsndsa The vsiss o.
tbslr psapsssless nor rssi'zsd vesa
wcaid ~ . ssitAhls % bsnsnsiai rssnrn-
psnss and equivalent. LAKE. children
carried sway vita sseetnesfs and eat
dies, % we're thsss ehisdEss 81 the for
81 induoed ofssntImss By bsads %
other mere haables te sfz,x their marks
70 treaties. ths mere psoduct Of . one
sided nseotiation. the psosisisns Of
which have scarcely bssn explainsd, or
II explained we're hardly naderstosd.
And thsn when the preliminary fafee
was osnplsss, the treaty. smbelisshsd
with sosas crosses sandsschsd To amona
sons pen pons. anpronouuessbse and
sftsntimes invented names. wss laid
bsfoss the American Senate and ~ u
ras5fied In secret session With ell the
fersnaiify, posnp and dignity OF treaty
with shs courts Of 81. Janss or 81 Pc
tersbure. I5y treaty after treaty, made
with tribe after tribe, the treaties being
ooneladsA sometimes In the manner
above reported, and sonesimes By fefcs
Al Oh. eoaclnsion of military cam.
psien, the Indiana have been gradually
driven from the Atlantis 10 the region
wsss Of The mississippi river. where, In
tbs Indian Territory, In the northern
sisr Of Territories and elsewhere. The
10000 Indians occupy ths aggregate
area Of 10000 square miles.
The Action Of an independent nation
and tho pasaphsrnaiia Of . treaty we're
hsld 10 be- decent excuse and APOLOGY
for 4 vast Aad ever growing land grab
hing policy. aud between the wars and
the treaties No gradually bat steadily
enero&ched upon and pressed the Indian
back farther and farther into the vii
dsrness. and there Is no telling how long
ihs process would have csniinaed had
rot shs supply Of wilderness given out.
And ~ long ~ We eould press the In
dian back and keep him on. Of reach
and sight, 10 ware content 10 let him
remain In bis savage state and paid no
attention 10 bis education and civilixa-
ton. During all this period Of Indian
msIadmiaistration there was curious
variety Of pablo sentiment In regard
10 the Indian. Those who lived on ths
verge Of civilization and came in dali,
contact. more OF ies., with the Indian
we're prone 10 regard and treat him 8,
little better than the savage beast Of
the forest. To the froniiersman there
vas no Iadlas 20 good a. the dead In
dian.
In the older States, aad among those
Who chiefly knew the Indian ihrougt
the novels Of Cooper and others, thsr,
WA q tendsncy 20 ascribs the noblesi
virtues and the arandess Of human sym
pashies and aspirations 10 him, and thai
she~s. though Hlxays Inherent. we're no,
alxays active and visible owing solel,
10 The communicating intIusnce of rama.
cious white rasn. The badness Of Ii.
Indian vas wholly an absorbed bad
Ness absorbed from the whites. Re
tween these two ertrsme Views the lori,
Of event. drove 10 10 a sar,r. jasss,
and more rational basis. when the In
dian haa ,.anhaa ,ha ,..s ,assh ~ vii
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