The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-13

with the treaty.
We IN this country might better have
settled our sectional dif1cu:tiss By arbitra.
ton than BY the thrust Of the sword.
Philanthropy said to the North: Pay
down . certain amount Of money for the
purchase Of the slaves and let all those
born after . certain time b born freq I"
Philanthropy At the same time said to
the South: "You sell the slaves and get
lid OF this great national contest and
trouble" The North replied: II won't
pay q cont" The South replied: Il won't
sell" War! War! A million dead men
and . national debt which might have
ground this Nation to powder.
Why did w not let william H. Seward,
| Of Now York, and Alexander b. Stephens,
Of Georgia. 60 o and spent . few days
under the trees on tho banks Of the
Potomac and talk the matter over and
settle it. a. settle It they could, rather
tina the North pay In cost Of wal four
billion seven hundred aud fifty million
dollars and tho South pay four billion
seven hundred milliol dollars. the de.
stroying angel leaving the first born dead
in D many homes all the way from the
Penobscot to the Alabama. Ye aged mon.
whose sons fell In tho strife, do you not
think that would have been betterf Oh.
yes! We havs come to believe. I think, in
this country, that slbitration 10 better
than battle.
Imay b mistaken, but I hope that the
last war between Christian nations is
ended. Barbarians nay mix their war
paint and Afghan and Zulu hurl poisoned
arrows but I think Christian nations have
gradually learned that war 10 disaster to
victor - we'll ~ to vanquished, n that
almost any thing bought with blood 10
bought at too dear . price wish 10 God
this Nation might b . model Of willing.
ness for arbitration. No need Of killing
another Indian. No need Of sacrificing
any more brave General Clusters. Stop
e~xaspsratinx the red man. and there will
be no more arrows shot out from the
reservations.
A General Of the United States army, In
high repute throughout this land, and
who, perhaps, has been In moro Indian
wars than any other ofacer, and who has
been wounded again and again In behalf
Of our Government In battle against the
Indians. told me that all the wars that
had ever occurred between Indians and
white mon had been provoked BY white
mon, and that there WAS NO exception to
tho rule. While We are arbitrating with
Christian Nations lot us toward b, bari.
q carry ourselves In . manner unpro.
vocative Of contest. l inherit . large es-
tate and the waters are rich with fish and
the woods are songful with birds and my
cornfelds are silken and golden. Here 10
my sisters grave. Out yonder. under the
large tree my father liss. An invader
comes and proposes to drive me OF and
take possession OF my property. He
crowds me back, he crowds me on and
crowds me into . closer corner until after
awhile I say: 'tStand bach, don't crowd
me any moro or I'll strike. What right
have you to como here and drive me Cd
my premises? I got this farm from my
father, and he got il from his father.
What right have you to come here
and modest me:" You blind.
ly say: %. I know moro thar
you do lifelong to . higher civilization. I
cut my hair shorter than you do. Icould
put this ground to . great deal better use
than you do" And You keep crowd,ng |
me bach, and crowding me on into .
closer corner and closer corner, until one
day l look around upon my suffering
family, and, fred by their hardships, I
hew you in twain. Forthwith all the
world comes to your funeral to pronounce
eulogium, m to my execution to |
mathematics me. You are the hero I am
the culprit Behold the United States
Government and the North American In. |
dian. Tho red man has stood moro wrongs
than I would, or you. We would have
struck sooner. deeper. That which IL
right In defense Of . Brooklyn home or .
Now York homo il right in defense Of q
homo on top OF the Rocky mountains. Be.
fore this dwindling red race dies com.
pletely out I wish that this generation
might BY common justice atone for the in.
humanity Of its predecessors In the day
Of Gods judgment I would rather b .
Modoc than . swindling
United States of1c " on an Indian reser.
walton. One man vas . barbarian and Q
savage and never pretended to b any
thing but . barbarian and Q savage. The
other man pretended to b Q representa-.
tive OF . Christian Nation.
I ind another ray Of tho dawn in the
What . slow. snail.like. almost impossible
thing would have been the WORLD. recti.
with fourteen hundred millions Of
PVR0A0ssOsA ~ AAsOoA1o " CO01O1US /
nication? Blu now. through t~elsersphy
for the eye and telephone intimacy for
car, and through steamboatinR and
tho 5000 miles Of the worlds
are shrivsling up into in.
brevity. Hong Kong 10 nearer
to New York than . few years ago Now
Haven Was; Bombay, Moscow. Madras,
Melbourne within speaking distance.
Purchase . telegraphic chart and BY the
blue lines SO the telegraphs Of the land,
Ind BY the red lines the cables under the
ocean. You see what opportunity this is
going to give for the final movements of
A fortress may b months
Or years in building. but after It IL con.
It may do all its work in twenty
Christianity has bssn planting
it, batteries for nineteen centurisA and
may 60 On In the work through other Cen.
bat when those batteries are
planted, those fortressei
ITO fully built they may do
heir work In tweaty.four hours
| tell you all these thing to show you It
% not among the impossibilitiea or even
that Christ will conquer the
whole earth, and do il instautsr when the