Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-03-09
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Trons fils Earliest Days.
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Philip, Of Mount Hope, organized
great Indian confederacy In 1875, but
he and nearly all his adherents were
killed On the 18th Of December the
Narragansett nation was annihilated IN
the noted Rhode Island swamp; more
than one thousand warriors were slain
and nearly all the women and children
burned to death and taken into slavery.
But it cost New England a thousand
lives, thirteen towns destroyed, and
over $500, 900 The Pequods tried it
In Connecticut; 600 warriors, with their
women and children, were slaughtered
in one fort and roasted in q hideous
heap. In Virginia the Indians sur
prised Braddock. aud IT'S British and
Americans were killed and wounded
The tide OF civilization and settlement
rolled on from New England to New
York and the IrOquois COnfederacy
made the next grand stand. Sullivan,
"The Long Knife, literally swept
their towns with destruction. A great
native American civilization was COM
pletely bloted out The whites suf-
fered in like manner at Wyoming and
Cherry Valley. Pontiac had previously
formed his great cOnfederacy in the
Northwest, and been defeated and slain.
Tecumseh, the Shawnee, was the next
to form the design of uniting all the
Indians against the accommodating
whites; but after many minor battles
and massacres, his confederacy was
broken Nov z, 1911, at TippecanOe.
He went to Canada to renew the war
against the Americans. and died fight
ing the battle of the Thames. Since
his time there has been no extensive
confederacy; but there have been many
Indian wars, many awful massacres.
Indeed, every step in the long and
wonderful march of American ciViliza-
ton from the Atlantic to the Rocky
Mountains has been on bloody battle
grounds.
The long peace after 1915 was broken
by the Florida war, which no American
/ considers a matter Of pride. After the
Seminoles were hunted down, another
and much longer peace endured, till
civilization invaded the Rocky Noun
tains; then Indian warfare was resumed
under new and peculiar conditions. Be
tween the whites Of Texas and New
Mexico and the Comanches and Apaches
war never entirely ceased for thirty
years; but further north was still the
exceptional state. The great war with
the Navaioes began in 1857 and was
only ended in 1864 by the destruction
of all their crops and herds Of sheep
the Zunis and Utes helping the Ameri-
cans. By war and starvation the Nava-
! joes were reduced One-thiId in num-
bers. Meanwhile the Sand Creek
Indians of Eastern Colorado had given
a little trouble. A force under Col
/ Chivington fell upon them while in
their home camp and unsuspecting, and
massacred men, women, and children.
/ The tribe was annihilated. Early in
1865 Gen P. E. Conner fell on the
| Bannocks and ShoshOnes in their win
ter camp on Bear River, Idado, slaugh-
tered some hundred and brought the
rest to terms. In 1862 the Sioux of
| Minnesota rose and massacred all the
( border settlers for 200 miles, save those
who escaped to the larger towns and
military posts. The Indians were sub
dued and partially punished The
/ slaughter of Black Kettles band IL
their winter camp by Gen. Custer, and
Of the Piegans by a force sent by Gen.
! Sheridan, next excited attention, and
the latter was severely denounced
Both these, however, were forgotten IL
the interest excited by the famous, o.
infamous Camp Grant massacre" il
Arizona. After this the monotOny was
somewhat broken, and it was the
Indians turn to have some revenge.
In 1872 the Modocs of Southeastern
/ Oregon refused to go to a new reser.
walton, and war began they fought al
winter, and in the spring of 1873 tool
position in the noted @lava beds
region Of wild gorges aud hidden val
Ieys, the remains OF a volcanic field
and there withstood the troops till mid
summer. At a conference with tn,
Indians Gen. Candy and DR.. Thomas
we're treacherously killed, and Mr.
AIeachann, a member of the Peace Com
mission, wounded. For this the noted
Captain Jack and other chiefs wer,
hanged On the 25th of June, 1876
occurred the noted Custer massacre
which provoked long and angry con
troversy.
Sitting Bull and Rain-in- the-Face
the Sioux leaders, became men o
national fame. The war resulted Il
their retreat into British America
whence they have since returned; anC
now that particular band is among tin
most peaceful, and several warrior
who took part in that massacre are nov
quiet farmers on the Sioux Reservation
I at Devils Lake, D. T. Fort Custe
THE SINE Old SALTS.