The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-27
FRIENDS Uf 10,
Who Make Things Wor,. for Nin-Rewar,is
for Faithful ted.Snine,
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| Who Make Thinss WDrSe for llim-Rewarll.
for Faithful 1:ed.sIine,
Sa'cciat Dispatch 10 the InteHtgenccr.
WASHINGTON, y, @, Dec. &c II there
needed any thing to convince the
Washington public that too many
friends Of the Indian 10 worse than no
friends. that proof vas furnished the
other day, when the Indian Defense
Association presented its version OF the
killing OF Sitting Bull. This organization
claims to DO the friend OF the Indian
and is constantly inteTceding between
the Government and the Iadian for the
alleged purpose Of Gecipg that tbs red
man has fair play. 1t always interposes
an objection to measures proposed In
Congress, and is constantly calling the
Governments agents thieves and giving
them epithets which are intended to
prejudice the savage against the Govern
meut, to which he LOOKS for sustenance.
The Indian Defense Association
claims that Sitting Bull was ussassi.
mated !; that the Indian police, or ecou!s,
dispatched TO arrest Bull forincitiny war
and directing an insurrection OF blood
shed and pillage, we're bis mortal enc
mics aud had Il desire TO take his life.
The Associations account of tbs killing
would leave the unin:ormed reader 10
believe that the killing OF Sitting Bull
was an assassination. The Indian scouts,
or police" as they are called, hsd NO
Influence whatever in the performance
OF their duty. The charge OF the Indi.
an Defense Association that these Indi.
ans were selected with view to killing
Sittiu. Bull hae Gisgueted men in Con.
gress who have read tho account, and if
ever the Association had auy influence
in directing legislation that influence il
gone.
AT the War Department and Indian
Office, as well as throughout Congress,
there is the greatest praise given to
tho brave police who laid down their
lives in the performance OF duty which
resulted in breaking up wlia. threatened
to be Il long and serious Indian out.
break. II is lot improbable that bill
will be introduced and passed by Con.
gress, II not at this, then surely at the
next session, Which will recognize in
some way the services Of the Indians
who lost their lives in this outbreak,
and if the Alanderaon bill 10 reorganize
the Army akould be adopted, these In
dians who have come 10 the assistance
OF the Government in suppressing the
outbreak will be recognized in the en-
listment OF troops. It will be remem-
bered that the Manderson bill antici.
patcs the enlistment OF TWO full compa-
nies OF Indians, and it il the universal
belief in Congress Gnd at the War De-
partment that the Indians who have
assisted the Government should be rec
ogn!zed in this enlistment. 1t is not
! lmpre ebab!e that lot OF the red braves
who have come to the rescue OF the Gov.
ernment and scttlerB in the Northwes
will not only be prlvates in the regular
army within q short time, but minor
officers.
The eGortof the Indian Defense Asso.
citation to create dissatisfaction among
the people, aud especially the Indians,
over the manner in which the army has
conducted the cam paign against the say
ages in the North lwest, hae bucn an un-
fortunate effort for that association. II
now appears that quite all OF the work
that this association has accomplished in
the interest Of humanity and peace has
had the effect OF creating dissatisfaction
among the Indians and put them on the
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