The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-01-13

HCbaots for SuluSSS S0A' - AOOA'
reported for tbs PROGRESSIVE F~AHHHR-l
~ dream of universal peace is yet
IN War, grim and hideous, is
Ia with us. Again has he pressed
SUI. .od foot upon the threshold OF the
1s atorn settlers cabin, and thrown
M0SoIIiob shadow across the doorway
~ the Indian StePpe.
o. NJ NJ GREAT American nation, sixty.
millions strong, that boasts
anoIf the mightiest nation of the earth,
declared wal upon a race of brave
: dosnerate Indians hemmed in on
On Western reserves. The chances
!a that we will crown ourselves with
az Ianrels of victory. Truly we are
'n rroat people. We have already
the foe, succeeded in butchering
Io thief of one of the tribes while
normed, and while disarming two
Snndred and fifty braves succeeded in
EIIinig them all by bringing the can
~ and Hotchkiss guns into play,
18th a loss of only about twenty five
mon Wonderful Glorious Truly
- ara a mighty people Who is
there like unto us in all the earth?
True, we number sixty-three mil
rons-the hostiles only two hundred
tbonstand. We are rich and powerful,
Nth wealth enough to buy half the
known world, and present resources
so ~inexhaustible. The enemy are
NOR. half naked, half armed ana half
starved. without homes or food or
shelter in the driving storms Of an
awful winter. 1t does look a little
like an army come out to hunt a flea.
Rut then we are a brave and mighty
neople Only see how we moved
them down with the Hotchkiss guns,
-souaws, children, braves and all
Il was magnificent 1t is true we
profess to be a Christian nation, but
then victory must be sweet even to
the Christian, and especially such a
sweeping victory.
It is true We were the sgressors
and began the fight without a cause
had only a ghost for a pretext; put
then you see it S now upon US, and
when the Christian finds himself IN a
fight which he provoked and wrong
fully provoked, he must fight it out,
trusting to the doctrine of the final
perseverance of the saints, for his
salvation. Besides, these troublesome
Indians possess some lands out there
we have been needing for the hungry
boys in the East for a long time, and
this was just as good a year as could
be found to go in, kill the possessors
and take our own. For the earth is
ours and the fulnes thereof, and it is
im]pertinence for any other race to
presume to live with US on the same
continent, especially a weaker, more
Ignorant and helpless race.
Besides, we had really good cause
for war in the minds of some. These
foolish people believed in a false
Messiah, and were dancing in religious
ecstasy waiting for his coming. We
told them to stop. AS a matter of
fact, it was none of our business.
But We told them to stop, or we would
make it our business. We had a
suspicion that this new religion was
not orthodox. At least, it was not in
accord with the views of the President
Of the United States, and he is good
member of the Church. They paid
no attention to our friendly warning,
and then, while taking their arms
away from them it became necessary
to turn the Hotchkiss guns On them
and NOW them down, which we did
in magnificent style. Yes, sir, we did
not spare even the squaWs or the
children, so in spired were we with
holy zeal
General Sherman says, that these
ghost dances have been kept up for
years and have never had the slightest
hostile significance. But then this
year We had a specially inspired reve.
latlon as to the meaning of these
dances. We we're too shrewd fol-
the willy savage. One of our honored
Indian Agents, a tried and trusted
political thug and dead -bsat, who had
proven himself unfit for any political
ONCE within the gift of his pals any
where IN a civilized neighborhood, and
was therefore most eminently quail,
ned TO fill this offce-he informed us
this man, our honored agent, was
pursuing quietly his trade of swindling
and starving the Indians he had
sworn to protect and feed. He got
INTO a difficulty with a stubborn
saVage-who must have been very
unreasonable at least, and unac
qualntod with politics-and was com.
PEELED from his point of view to run.
ne a'd run; in fact, he few. He left
29nlnd the Office, agency, and all.
When he reached a place of safety
outside MS domain, he summoned the
o.0' Army into the reservation and
.sVealed to them the true inwardnesa
VI THIS ghost dance. Thew saw the