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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-09-03

The Indian wars of 1857, 1852, 1864,
1866 and 1866 in Minnesota and ad-
iacent States were bloody and costly,
being conducted by the Indians with
frightful barbarity. Three military
expeditions were required to stop the
Sioux massacres of 1896. at cost
of S10,O0O,O00.
From 1866 to 1879 there were fre.
quent engagements. The most i'm
portant were the war in Southern Ore
gon and Idaho and northern parts Of
California and Nevada, 1665-6S; the
war against the Cheyennes, Arapahoes,
Kiowas and Comanches in Kansas,
Colorado and the Indian Territory,
ls6S-69; the Modoc War; in lS72-73 !;
the war against the Apaches of Ari-
zona, 1873; the war against the
Kiowas, Comanches and Cheyennes in
Kanse S, Colorado, Texas, Indian Ter
ritory and New Mexico, 1S7475; the
war against the Northern Cheyennes
and Sioux in 1876-77; the Nez Percez
War, 1877; the Bannock War, 1873,
and that against the Northern Chey-
ennes in 1879-79. These include the
Fetterman massacre of December 21,
1866, and the Custer massacre of June
%, 1876.
The Utes in Colorado and invading
Indians from outside that State caused
three wars prior to 1890, and the
Apaches in Arizona and New Mexico
| were frequently murderous and de-
| structive. The removal of Geronimo s
band of 3S4 Apaches as prisoners OF
war from their former homes to
Mount Vernon barracks, near Mobile,
Ala, effectually stopped their depre-
dations, however.
The number of actions between reg.
ular troops and Indians from 1866 to
1891 was 1865, keeping an average OF
16, 900 officers and men actively en-
ployed.
The total cost to the United States
forpensions to the survivors or widows
of these Indian wars to June l, 1890,
was estimated at S2S, POI. 632.
The following table shows the mum
ber of Indians in every State of tht
Union, both on and off reservations,
from which it will be seen that more
than half of the Indian population O.
the United States is dependent upor
the Nation. The first column of fig
ures comprises the reservation Indian
not taxed the second column include
all the Indians off reservations, self
supporting and taxed:
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-09-03
many who can by no means be called
old timers.

many who can by no means be called
old timers.
During the past twenty years, how
ever, the Government has been en-
gagged in trying to civllize and control
the remnants of these once powerful
tribes on reservations, and with re-
1arkable success. In fact, the Indian
of to-day can only cast a longing eye
over the old hunting grounds of his
foreIathers. for. although centuries of
living by roaming, war and the con-
sumption of the wild products of ma
ture have not especially fitted him for
readily accepting civilization, he has
been compelled to accept restraint.
The Atlantic coast Indians, the
Cherokees in North Carolina, most OF
the tribes on the northern lakes, and
the remnant of the Six Nations in New
York and Pennsylvania have long
since ceased to be troublesome, while
disease and other causes have helped
to destroy the great mass of the In
dians from the Atlantic coast to the
Mississippi River.
The Creeks, Cherokees, Choctaws,
Chickasaws and Seminoles, in the In
dian Territory, once SO warlike and
fierce, having intermarried with
whites and the colored people and
adopted others into their tribes, have
almost entirely lost their identity, and
are now progressive people.
The Sioux, Comanches, Apaches,
Nayajos, Kiowas, Bannocks and 9TH
ers are on reservations, and, even il
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WOMEN IN CAMP.

ment of the United States have been
more than forty in number. They
have cost the lives of about 19, 900
white men, women and children, and
some 1000 indians.
Fr.m 1889, the date of the adoption
of the Federal Constitution, to 1916
thsxe were seven serious warA as fol.
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NO. 2S.

AFRAID OF 1t. An anti-prohibition leader
in our town says it's all right for they
have dispensary in every town where
feller can get purer whisky at lower
price. There is another plank about
the state providing free school books.
That is the best vote catcher in the
platform, for as Sam Jones says, pa
ternalism is run mad and almost every
poor man in the land, white or black,
wants the government to support him
and educate his children. It takes
an average of S. year for books to
each pupil and tbsxA are LOO. 900 on the
rolls and that makes $750,0O0 q year
for books. Well, of course no sensible
man like Seab. will stand on such
plank as that. It is only a little
molasses spilled out to catch flies, and
it will catch 'em. It will get every
darky in this town and some of the
white folks, for it is a fact that the
people are tired of buying new books.
Seab can straddle that plank. In fact,
it ought not to be expected of a candi-
date to cover the whole platform. No
man can build a platform that will
please every member of the party.
There are many men of many minds
and We all want as much latitude and
longitude in politics as in anything
else. Seab knows that neither he nor
the platform has any power to furnish
school books, and that the legislature
will never commit such an outrage.
The public treasury is a thing to be
sucked, but property is going down,
down and of course the tax rate must
60 up, up, up to realize the necessary
money for running the state and now
people.
Another catching plank is the
promise to the school teachers. There
are now over 5000 of them and they
want their money, and ought to have
it promptly, whether it is in the treas
ury or not. If every teacher can con-
troll his own vote and one other that
will make 10000 or $4,000 votes on
that line.
But the plank against railroad passes
is bad one. Every law-maker and
public official likes to have free pass.
It magnfies mans Importance and
fiatters his conceit and rides so easy.
The law makers will never prohibit
them. On the contrary, the tendency
Of legislation is to increase their pay
and their privileges. The last con-
gress voted clerk to every member.
This thing of picking and hawking at
the railroads has got to be O
chestnut anyhow and healthy
reaction has set in. If the rail-
road commission doesent understand
railroading in all its complicated details
Mr.. Thomas does, and so does my
friend Joe NJ. Brown. His late reply
to Mr.. Crenshaw was not only admira-
BILE, but unanswerable. heartily en-
ioyed it, and so did all impartial men.
You can't pick up politician out of
the woods and make a good railroad
commissioner out of him. It takes a
long railroad education to fit man
for that Office.
But why should Seab Wright chal-
lenge Governor Atkinson, or vice
versa? What issues are there between
them? Upon what great principles
do they differ? Atkinson has made a
good governor SO will Seab if elected
so would thousand others I could
name, one of whom am which, and
80 am contented. Let the process
sion proceed. BILL ARP, in Atlauts
| Constitution.
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DOG WITH A WOODEN LEG.
''Boze' Limps Like a Veteran, But
Manages to Cover the Ground.

A&oES AAkAO q DNS
Manages to Cover the Ground.
A living dog, even with a wooden
leg, is infinitely better than dead
lion.
That is what Mr.. Garrett, of Pulaski
County, Kentucky, thought when his
watchdog, ''Boze," limped into the
house one day with his left foreleg
barely hanging by the skin.
"Boze" had foolish antipathy to
railroad trains. and the inference was
that he had scraped up an argument
with an express which had gone
through about half an hour before.
Mr.. Garrett, who is something of a
surgeon-like most good Kentuckians
decided that he might better keep
three-quarters of "Boze" than to lose
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reservations there are at least 10000
Indians who are self-reliant and indie.
pendent. These having already
learned that it is to their interest to
be like other men are already on an
equality with other races in the
United States, and furnish a striking
illustration of the result which may be
attained when the Ignorance, inabil'
ity and fears of the Indians are sub
dued.
The Indian wars under the Govern
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-09-03

disposed to belligerency, are SO sur
rounded by white settlements that a
war would be of short duration.
The Pacific coast fish eaters and
root diggers are peaceable, progress
sive and almost entirely self-support-
ing.
Xhe reservation Indians, 1873, AIT in
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-09-03
CHIPPEWA INDIANS IN CAMP.

engaged IN two wars, that with Mexico
and the Civil War, in both of which
the Indians figured extensively. Dur
ing this period also there were some
fifteen to twenty Indian affairs in Cal
ifornia.
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usy Life It's Fluctuations and its Vast Concerns.


lcws: War with the Northwest Indi-
ans, 1790-1795; William Henry Har-
rison's expedition to the Northwest,
1911; Seminole War, 1878; Black
Hawk War, 1882; Creek War in 1918,
1914 and 1887, and the Florida War OF
1889.
Between 1916 and 1866. period Of
twenty years. the United States was
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-09-03

number, according to the census of
1890, are located in twenty States and
Territories and form about lat tribes
or parts of tribes, occupying about
IS, S,5O0,0 900 acres of allotted land, but
much of the area of these reservations
is desert.
The present policy of the Govern
ment, the eighth which has been tried
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-09-03
Mayflower's Tiller Still Preserved.

1t is not generally known that the
tiller of the Mayaower is now at
Plymouth, England, and is owned by
a Mr.. Mortimer, of Devon. The de-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-09-03

Progress in the settlement of Min
nesota was never SO marked as at pres
ent, the sales of State, Government
and railroad land being very heavy.
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scendants of those who left England
recently visited the historic town and
made a special pilgrimage to the
shrine OF the tiller. 1t is said to be
in an excellent state of preservation.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-09-03

A Congregational church is to be
erected in Gainsborougb, England, at
a cost of 100000, as memorial OF
John Robinson, who gathered there
his flock of Pilgrim Fathers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-11-28
Toys Held for Future Delivery.

A white boy while playing marbles
with some other boys at the corner of
King and Royal streets this morning
narrowly escaped being run oyer by a
wagon and killed. AS it was, he got
under the horses feet and was struck
on the head, but was not much hurt,
The wonder is that some of the boys
who are constantly playing at that cor
ner are not run over by the electric cars.
Capt. W. H. Smith, City Sergeant,
has received q letter from u woman
named Frances Folsom denying the
statement made in Washington paper
this week to the effect that she had
said immortality was practiced in the
city jail. She says she never had oc.
oasion to suppose any such thing was
carried on while she was prisoner
there, nor did she make such an asser.
ton.
A juvenile surprise party was
given Miss Cora Heintz last night at
her home on upper King street. Among
those present we're: Misses George
Hudson, Lena Posey, Mamie Faulkner,
II. Savage, Madeline Jones, Dottie
Devaughn, Maggie Pierpoint, Bertha
Heintz, and Masters NJ. Milburn, S.
Robey, S. Pitts, H. Poss, H. Smith, c.
Ayres, +. Ohlert, h. Atkinson, H..
Stansbury and j. Schwartzman.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-11-28
81 a5suhzs.s;, Je@5%s,v

PERsoNAL.-The Warrenton hsdea
says Col. Jno. S. Mosby, of California
reached the home of MIR. R. R. Camp.
bell Thursday in splendid health to
make glad the hearts Of his children
and grandchildren.
Mrs. DR.. Kilmer and daughters, oil
Palm Springs, Fla, are visiting rela,
tives in this city.
Mr.. Charles H. Mcknight, secretary
of the Joint Traffic Association of New
York, is in the city on short visit to
his old home.
As heretofore announced, Rev. E. L.
Wilson, of Loudoun, will preach at the
Second Presbyterian Church tomorrow
and declare tie pulpit vacant.
Miss Jessie Armstrong very pleas
antly entertained number OF her little
friends at a party given at her home on
Thursday evening.
Mrs. J. H. d. Smoot has gone to
Philadelphia to visit her daughter,
Mrs. Burch.
Mr.. w. B. Waddey, formerly of this
city, is extremely i'll at his home in
Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-11-28

SENT ON TO THE GRAND JURY
James Reed aud Mat. Williams, who
broke into and entered the house OF
Mary Springsteel yesterday and stole
furniture, were brought before the
Mayor this morning and sent on to the
Corporation Court. \ number of wit
nesses testified and 1t appeared
that the two men had been in the
woman's company during the day and
while she was out they hired a wagon
and entered the front room by break
ing the fastening OF the middle room
door. They took six chairs and a
small table and carried them into West
End where they sold them to Mr.. BAL
lenger. The price agreed on was six
dollars, he to pay them one dollar and
the remainder at a subsequent day.
They told Mr.. Ballenger that the
Springfield woman had authorized
them TO dispose OF the furniture. When
the accused were asked if they desired
to make 81 statement Williams arose
and said the woman had requested him
and Reed to dispose OF the articles.
When he was asked il he gave the dol
lar TO the plaintiff, he replied that he
had not. he and Reed having spent it..
The dollar, he said, was the commits
sion they were to receive on the sale.
The evidence showed that the two men
fixed upon time when they knew the
woman was away to take the furniture.
They entered the back part OF the
house and in order to gain access to
the front room they had 10 break the
fastening OF door, which makes the
act q felony.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-11-28
LOCAL BREVITIES.
A broom mandatory is to lie started
in the old shoe factory.

A broom mandatory Is to lie started
in the old shoe factory.
The NJ. w. Grand Lodge, of Masons
of Virginia will hold its annual COM
munication in Richmond next Tuesday.
The schooner Elliott L. Dow, with
plaster from Windsor, n. S., for Messrs.
VIM. A. Smoot & Co., arrived here to.
day.
Mr.. Alonzo Travers, who left his
home several weeks ago, returned last
night. Mr.. Travers stated that he had
been TO North Carolina.
Robert Lee colored, charged by Ella
Washington, also colored, with seduc-
ton under promise of marriage, was to.
day sent to jail by Justice Lovejoy.
A committee of the Ladies' Auxiliary
to Lee Camp met yesterday evening
and made further arrangements for
furnishing the new rooms of Lee Camp
John Thomas, who stole gun from
Alfred Grimes, of Shepherds, has been
arrested near that place. The gun was
found in this city yesterday by Officer
Deane and was to-day returned to its
owner.
The funeral Of Dir. George Swain
took place this evening from his late
home at the corner of Lee and Wolfe
streets, and was attended by many
friends of the deceased. The services
were conducted by Rev. F. T. Benson
Superintendent Power, of the Alex.
andria Water Works, discovered yes
terday that tramps had set fire to the
tumblipg dam of the water course some
distance west of this city and had &C
damaged the dam as to make it useless
To- day men have been engaged in re-
pairing the dam.
A resident OF this ely who for some
years past had been in the employ of 8
Washington coffee firm, was recently
discharged because he voted for Bryan
Yesterday when a drummer from the
same firm came here to sell goods he
met with "cold shoulder from sey
eral merchants who had heard of the
Alexandrian's discharge.
The revival services at the Methodist
Protestant Church last night were again
we'll attended. Rev. F. T. Renson
preached on the awakening of the con.
science, and there were two converted
Tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock there
will be meeting for men only. It il
hoped there will be large attendance
The subject st night will be sFrom
eurbstone to gutter"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-11-28
DRY GOODS.
L.EiicIIvry&So|l

In anticipation of the change
of business we will make, we
are offering everything at cost.
Never have goods of time
merit been sold at such prices
as we are offering them during
this gigantic sale. The assort-
ment of styles is simply inn
mense, and two full pages Of
this paper would not suffice
to enumerate one-fourth the
varieties shown. We mention
below a few sample items in
order to give the public some
idea of the immense values
offered.
One lot Dress Goods plaid and figured, were
121Ac, during this sale Sac.
One lot Dress Goods, plaid and figured. were
15c, during this sale 101hc.
Gne lot Dress Goods, brocaded, were 25c,
during this sale 15c.
One lot Dress Goods, plaid and brocadcd,
were Doe, during this sale zoe.
Bcucle and Cancels Hair, were soc, now
39c
Cancels Hair Sergcs, were 40c, now 29c.
A lot Of Novelty Suit Patterns which sold
at sc for soc.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-11-28
The Ideal Panacca.

James L. Francis, Alderman, Chicago,
says: II regard DR.. Kings New Dis
covery as an Ideal Panacea for Coughs,
Colds and Lung Complaints, having
used it in my family for the last five
years, to the exclusion of physicians
prescriptions or other preparations"
Rev. John Burgus, Keokuk, Iowa,
writes: 81 have been minister Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church for 80
years or more, and have never found
anything so beneficial, or that gave me
such speedy relief as DR.. Kings New
Discovery" Try this Ideal Cough
Remedy now. Trial Bottles Free at
E. l.. Aliens Drug Store.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-11-28

He GERMAN.-The first of series
of dances to DE given by the Alexan
drla German Club occurred at McBur.
ney's Hall last evening, and, as was an
ticipated, the affair was success in
every particular. The attendance was
unusually large, many out-oftown Wis
itors being present. The costumes OF
the ladies were noticeably beautiful
and added much to the charm of the
scene. The german was led by Col.
l.. G. Barley in his usual effective style,
and other arrangements incident to the
occasion were in the hands of d COM
mittee who spared nothing to render
the initial dance one long to be remem-
bered. Several debutantes made their
first bow to society at this dance and
more suspicious occasion could not have
been selected. The music, under the
personal supervision of Prof. Donch.
was exceptionally fine. Among those
present we're Miss Ellen Lee, of
Lexington; Miss Moore, of Little Rock,
Ark Miss Randolph, of Washington;
Miss Crsighill, of Washington; Miss
Spillen, OF Wytheville; Miss Hurst, of
Warrenton. Miss Hay, of Wash
ington; Miss Lucy Lee, Miss Lucy
Minnigerode, Miss Jennie Minnige
rode, Miss Rebecca Daingcrtield, Miss
Kate Uhler, Miss Alice Acton,
Miss Bessie Lee, Miss Nina Johns, Miss
Wat,les, Miss Ida Wattles, Miss Sadie
Taylor. Miss English, Miss French, Mrs.
d. J. Howell, Miss Critcher, Mrs. NJ. i.
King, Miss Mary Daingertield, Miss
Hattie Taylor, Mrs. E. c. Damn, Miss
Smoot. Miss Carter. Miss Sue Herbert,
Miss Scott, Miss Lizzie Wattles, Miss
Josie Robinson, Miss Thomas, Miss
Mason, and Messrs. Stirling, Buckler,
Harrison, Pendleton, and Carr of Bal
timore; Mason, Tunstall, Harris, Johns,
Rogers, Breckenridge, Lewis, Davidson,
Payne, Poe, Tayloe, Cook, Scott and
Roberts, OF Washington, ID. c.; +. G.
Dunn, Chss. Stuart, Thomas Cochran,
l. G.. Barley, G. l.. Boothe, VIM. Bryant,
Edward Campbell, Joseph Cochran. NJ.
NJ. Davis, r. w. Fuller, G. S. French,
c. r. Howard, d. ]. Howell, NJ. L.
King, T. L. Cockrell, Gordon Thomas,
A. c. Murdaugh, G. H. Rob-
inson, r. F. Knox, jr., c. H. Smith, G.
?. Minnigerode, T. l.. Rust, John Jam
ney, Barbour Daingerfield and many
others. The chaperones were Mrs. G.
f. Lee, Mrs. L. c. Barley, Mrs. Beig,
Mrs. w. 3. Smoot, Mrs. Geo. Uhler,
Mrs. S. B. Davis, Mrs. G. S. Taylor,
Mrs. Ashby Miller and Mrs. w. B.
DaingerGeld.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-11-28

TIE STRAsBURG AND HARRISON
UEG KoAD.-Commencing on Tues
day, the Southern Railway will operate
through trains from Washington and
this city to and from Harrisonburg via
Manassas, Front Royal and Strasburg.
che train leaving Washington daily,
except Sunday, at p. M, for Stras-
burg, will be extended to run to Har-
cisonburg, arriving at 9:45 p. NJ, re-
turning, leave Harrisonburg p. M,
arrive in Washington 1910 p. m. No.
8. leaving Washington at a. m. daily,
connects at Manassas daily, except
Sunday, for Harrisonburg, arriving
$50 .. M, returning, leave Harrison
burg p ~. arrive in Washington $40
p. m. This will give two trains a day
between this city and Harrisonburg
and with the proper efforts on the part
OF the Alexandria merchants should
bring much of the valley trade back to
this city.
In speaking OF this railroad change
.he Harrisonburg Register says:
"Itis probable that the present freight
and passenger service ON the old Ma
nassas road between Alexandria and
Strasburg will be extended from the
latter point to Harrisonburg. Such
an arrangement would in a measure
restore some OF the old business rela-
ton that existed between this section
OF the Valley and the city of Alexandria
prior to 1878, when the B. & o. secured
possession from Strasburg south. 1t
will to some extent also divert the
Valley trade from Baltimore. With
the surrender OF the road by the B. Il o..
the United States Express Company
will probably retire completely from
She upper Valley, as the Southern
Express Company is in operation on
ali parts OF the Southern Railway"
The Business Mems League commit
mittee on railroads and transportation
have, at the request of the iesgne,
taken in charge the proposal to see
now the trade interests of Alexandria
may be especially promoted by the
direct trains TO Harrisonburg which
will operate next week. The chair
man has called meeting OF this COM
mittee au3 of all interested in the sub
iect. at the ieseue rooms next Monday
night, and action On the subject will
then be taken.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-11-28
POLICE CouRr.-The following cas-, S

POLICE CoURT.-T'he following cas- {
were disposed of this morning:
Sanford Thomas, colored, arrested
by officer Lyles for stealing trowels
from Alfred Lane and napkins from NJ
B. Harlow, was fined 81.
Ada Jones and Fannie Washington
both colored, charged with indecent
conduct, were fined So each
VIM. Washington, colored, arrested
by Officer Knight for assault on his
wife and breaking up furniture, was
fined 80.
James Reed and Mat. Williams, ar
rested by Officers Young, Hall and
Deane charged with breaking and en-,
lering the house of Mary Springfield
md stealing furniture, were sent on to
the grand jury.
a young whiteiman. arrested by Off
Ger Young charged with trespass and
contempt of court, was fined 1886 by
Justice Sinclair.
Night Report.-Last night was clear
and mild. Seven prisoners and four
dodgers were at the station house.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-11-28

No INQUEsT.-Coroner Purvis yester-
day evening viewed the remains OF
Sandy Hodge, the old colored wood saw
yer. who was found dead in the cellar of
Mr.. j. Z. Burke's residence, and deemed
that an inquest was unnecessary, as
death had resulted from spoplexy. The
old man had been working about the
premises during the day and was found
in the cellar by another colored man,
who had gone there to arrange the
furnaces. The finder Of the dead body
was almost frightened to death himself.