Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-03
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lie little disposition on the rar'0,
powers that lie to settle these ui -.
culticz amicably, and with a
regard to the rights and The ~i S.,
of the red men. 4 disFstch ~. ~
Washington, d. C., contains ''''
paragraph:
News contained in a disFa''n
General Schofield spread quite IA ~ ~
over the department this Borii"i-
There * a strong party in fa'oi -
more decided style Of hoSsilitie--
say single assault, with irieh.
kill if necessary, would pTeci'i''',s
battle 50 full of lasting bcnen' ''i
the loss Of a few men wouId not NC "
gardcd. The theory OF tbs ars,iii' a.
seems to be based entirIs on inc .
lief that a dead Indian : much me-
valuable to the Goversneni ih,i' :.
captured Indian, or one ea,oi'i VI
frightened into submissicn-'
We believe this policy has suiue
the course that has been iuisu
from the first of this oaibreas, auu
that when its true hisOry siaii y
written, shame and indis na
will redien the cheeks Of al hs"
minded anu enlighteped Amer
cans.
Read the dispatch refrrrins |" q"
article from Father Crafts III 'i'e
New York Freema,,,s JoDHsf, anu
see how the fnos.s,-Sssnmne>H~~
ceived, knocked, abused AMI ui
coaraged!" Their raiions have
been cut down, false enumera'ionS
Of their numbers have been hiaue'
their condition has been colored anu
the whole situation misrepresen'eu'
Father Crafts says:
interested whites took advantage
of this state Of Affairs and ho"ie"
for troops. The army Indignantly
protested against the ',lse statements,
but had TO so to the scene OF suppose"
danger. The u es,ed whites per-
suaded them that their entire deslfuc-
ton was aimed at, and the Indians
ran away in fear aud despair.
"Just as a tree can be traced iroih
its smallest branch to is root, so can
the Indian troubles be Traced 10 Tue
starvation and misery Ofthe Indians
That the position we have taken
from the first is correct, We oirr III
proof the following letter rom ~
master-General Stanton, which ap-
pears this morning in the edilofiai
columns of the Salt Lake Tribune.
"You are right when you say that
our COURSE Is a great Nsron- afus
;he North American Indisns, Will ~
written by the futurshisioriAns as al
together barbarous. II Is perfectly
true; 1t has been mylo, to see many
OF these people in the last twenty-five
years, as it has been Of mos OF the Oh
hcers serving in the Wes', TO see no"
they have been swiniei and cheated
and beaten out Of even the the poor
recompenscs which our country nas
given IN return Tor what they nave
taken from them. wsare big enough
and supposed to he civilized enough
to be even generous, but leaving ou'
generosity, We can sford to be always
just. Have we bcea. Have we not
taken everything ffon them that we
could lay our hands on. We find
mineral on agricultural lands on the
reservations we have 81. aside for
them. Immediately we want to take
those lands and assign them some
thing else.
Last year General Cook, Governor
Foster, of Ohio, and Major Warner
"t2c Hriil 10 llt SloNA ~ So 49,. -
relinquish II, 100 ol1 ares Of their
reservations in S-dlh D.-c-@n.-....--
white people. g'he Indians finally
surrendered to or opportunities ON
the promise to pay them $50, 600 for
their lands. We .ook the lands, but
we have not paid one dollar of the
amount we agreed TO pay. Now the
army i sent into that country to make
n few good Indians who are starving
by reason Of our bud filth. We have
good officers aud men killei-killei
because they support the Government
in anything it asks oithem. 1t is not
theirs TO ask for reasons-they obey
orders.
AT this writing hear Of Captain
Wallace, Seventh Cavalry being killed
and Others vosna-i. after soldier
than Wallace does not wear tns- ami
form, and hos gfea; the pity that such
men must he sacrificed when we are
in the wrong ourselves"