The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-01
WERE TOO SMART
DAWES COMMISSION MAKES THE
HALF BREEDS SMART.


Ringsters See Now the Mistake They Made
in Insulting and Stumbling the Emissar-
les of the United States, and Wish They
had Treated Them with Decency, or. at
Least,-with Respect-BeIief is General
that the Beginning of the End OF the
Tribal Kingdoms has Set limo Hope
Now.
Guthrie, o. T, Nov. 30-(Special)-
Is the reign of the tribal halfbreed and
the squaw-man nearing the end? VINO
is the tribal halfbreed? Two hours ride
from a railroad in the Indian Territory
will bring You to him. You will see
him on his little kingdom His eyes are
black as the Indians eyes. His hair is
hank and raven. His lips are thin, his
nose pointed, his cheek bones high as
the Indians But he is not an Indian.
The Causca sian blood in his veins given
him by his squaw-Tnan father, shows
only in dark cast of complexion, for
the animal superiority Of the Indian
squaw predoaninated over her white
husband in their offspring, in all that is
Indian, while the white man in the
analgamation, too frequently gives the
offspring all that IS mean and vicious in
the white race, includingff its cupidity.
The tribal halfbreed stands in the
field where you may see him. His tncu-
sers are crowded down in the tops of his
boots. His coat is buttoned tight
around him, and his hat, of ample brim,
is jerked down on his head we'll for
ward over his eyes
He is not progressing Individual
Bue he is a king. an absolute monarch,
ruling with as little restraint from law
with as much tyranny Of will, with as
great cruelty of personal within as a
feUdal lord Of ancient time The feudal
lord lived in the blank history Of the
dark ages. defying governments be-
cause he recognized none greater than
the one that his castle defended The
feUdal lord was amenable TO no law be-
cause obedience to law was unknown,
LIKE A FEUDAL LORD.
But the tribal halfbreed and the
sqUaw-man live in the ninete enth CEN
fury with an enlightened civilization on
tteir every side, and yet, like the feudal
lords, they recognize no government
more powerful than their own, and no
wish. Murder can be committed with
out penalty. Cruelty can be exercised
without punishment or fear of it. Big
amy and debauchery can be unreined
and no question of justice or decency
ntereyenes.
And this king in the braod brfm hat
and top boots, living in the very center
Of the United States, surrounded by its
forts, boldly declares that the United
states Is a foreign power which has no
control over him or hts vast acres sto-
len from his full-blood brothers. And
when a commission of officials is sent
out from Washington to treat with him
he dlsdains to reply to their commune
cations, threatens his trembling s11Q1
jeots with death If they speak to the
commission or dfvulge anything; pro-
hfbtts the hiring Of citizens of the Uni
ted states Within the nation; escorts
citizens Of The United States outside his
kingdom and forbids their entering
again; and prescrfbes death for any
man who is heard to speak a word
against his rule.
This is the king who has robbed the
poor Indian blind; who jeers at the gov
eminent Of the United States and in
suits its emissaries.
ARE SCARED NOW.
but the dawes commission has struck
the half-breed and the squaw-men of
the five civilized tribes in a way they
Will never forget. There is no conceal
ing the fact that the haIf-breed and the
squaw-men are frightened at the way
In which the Dawes commission hand
led them. A man from Wynnewood, in
the Chickasaw nation who is acQuaint-
ed with the tribal politicians and who
mas seen some OF them said yesterday
the politicians are worried more than
they were ever before
He says that if the Dawes commits
snion We're back into the territory again
today, they would not be insulted as
they were few months ago, but that
the Indians, half-breeds and sdua1y-
men who control things would treat
the members Of the commission with
great courtesy. These men are begin
ming 10 realize that the Dawes commits
sion should have been treated with
common decency and not snubbed
They are afraid of the commissions
talk about the restitution of the full
blood and the rolling wealth OF the
ringster halfLbred and the squaw-men.
and they also vince under the charge
OF the commission that witnesses in
trials and even men who talk to the
Dawes commission, are speedily put to
death In this connection the Dawes
commission in reciung the awful reign
Of terror in the Indian Territory said:
In addition to these statistics of pre-
Valent crime taken from judicial rec
ords and other authentic sources. there
is equally clear evidence of organized
force in active operation intimidating
and putting in peril witnesses who ap-
pear in court 10 testify for the govern
ment In these cases In cases of the
most serious character now pending in
these courts the witnesses have been.
one by one. secretly assassinated. In
others they have disappeared. and
whether slain or not is not likely to be
known until, by the failure OF justice
thus brought about, those charged with
the most atrocious crimes have gone
free. This terrorism makes II most diff
hcUlt to obtain in the first instance wit
nesses to appear in court, knowing that
10y 50 doing they expose themselves to
all possible persecution and personal
danger, even TO loss of life. In spite of
The best efforts of the United States
courts, there is for this reason a most
lamentable frequent failure Of bringing
20 justice those guilty OF the most fla
grant crimes in the Indian Territory.
The terrorism and intimidation is
extended even to those who appear be |
fore this commission with informatio
as 10 the condition of affairs in the ter
ritory and offer their views as to neces-
ssry changes. Not infrequently have |
highly respected citizens OF these ma
tons requested the commission 10 with !
hold their names from any connection |
with the statements made by them as
necessary precaution 10 personal |
safety. And in the discussion among |
themselves Of the questions involved |
they Tor the same reason take care that |
II shah be only in the presence OF those /