The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-13
coon INDIANS GOING.
The Deluwares, Always Friends of the
White Man, Will Remove to Mexico.
From The Ckicono Record.

FROM ~ IhtCu0o NtcOTU.
1T is likely" saws Walter s. Logan, attor-
ney for the Delaware Indians. that the United
States will soon see the last of them. The
Delawares have a peculiar history. They met
William Penn unon his arrival and with them
he negotiated the famous treaty. They stood
as a solid wall between European settlers on
the east and the ferocious Indian tribes on the
west. They were known as peaceful Indians,
ever ready to defend their rights. II necessary.
when attacked. but never provoking trouble
nor making an attack themselves. It is doubt
full whether the early English settlements in
this country could have been maintained il Il
had not been for their friendship. Logan. the
friend Of the white man. was a Delaware chief.
Originally the Delawares and the kindred
Algonquin tribes occupied more than two
thirds Of all the territory which constituted
the original United States. from the Pen OBJ
scots to the Savanuahs and away beyond the
Alleghanies toward the Mississippi. and they
numbered nearly 100000 souls. European
civilization. ever pressing them on the east,
drove them westward and westward. until
finally what were left Of them were peaceably
settled in Kansas. where the treaty was made
In 1853.
THE Delawares had been loyal through tie
civil war and many Of the tribe served with
honor and distinction in the Union Army. The
Cherokees, on the other hand, sided with the
South. The White men wanted the Delaware
country in Kansas. and the fact that the Della
ware braves had stood side by side with them
in defence Of the Union was not strong enough
to protect them. But this land had been SOL
EMMY, guaranteed to the Delawares by the
United States and the faith OF the nation was
behind the Delaware title. Again the Della
white man, Fertile as was their new-found
home on the plains Of Kansas. much as they
move again: So the treaty Of 1866 was made,
states s Gour i Of fo GIatn psna ah5 win II Il the ,r,s United lied
under the contract. The Delaware claim
that as they bought and paid for two things
they are entitled to both. The Cherokees
claim that the Delawares must put their land
Whatever The result Of this; suit" continued
Air. Logan. the D~elayares have determined
States from the spies OF their moccasins. They
f@oresee that the Indian Territory is soon to be
strons enough mo ~ the To r wsiss the Rsi terr hlbhley an Sae c oS.
stoRA pressure. They have the best lands in
Ia SHited states "a and the white man is bound
the privilege, Of voting contained in the recently
passed Curtis bill have no allurements for the
with the white man. The MeesSiicaasn repubiie'
our sister on th } south, asks The Delawares to
t tbs% ,a fhslr jatilS6giabbe on and offers TO welcome
around the mouth of the Yaqui River on the
Gun OF California, in the State Of sonora, fer
tile as the valley of the Nile. aud In o climate
where lie Is worth living, has been offered II
theY VIII come and cultivate II. The leading
men OF the tribe visited this country and re-
ported strongly in its favor. There seems to be
little doubt that they. will move to Sonora as
last rs they can sell out their interests in
THE republic Of Mexico has dealt more kind.
Esid TiS Mr h fcg Indians aot than i. ths United aia"t states"
dams on the face Of the earth. la Mexico
here are more. men Of Indian lineage to-day
than in the time Of Montezuma. English
colonists in America brought their wives with
them. and the civilization that they planted was
tho European civilization. In Mexico the
Spanihrd came along. and the first thing he
ala was % marry an Indian girl. And SO the
present Mexican race is the result ~ the union
OF the strongest men Of Spain and the most at
%traetive women Of the A2tecs.
To-day u the United states the, Indian is
gnd the equal OF every other citizen. Benito
Jllrez. the great liberator of Mexico. was a
Iull-3loodcd Lapotec Indian. Porhrio Diaz,
MeNico's present great President. combines
indian with European blood in his veins. Ma
tias Romero. for almost half "a century MeNi-
cos representative In the United States. has
the best blood Of both races in his veins. And
the men who are ruling Mexico now are of In
dian ancestry. The Delawares think that In a
country where the Indian is a citizen and an
equal, where he holds the principal places Of
proht and emolument, whore IL is held an honor
and not disgrace 70 have Indian blood in ones
aud duiet for their footsore race"