The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-23

still a terror to the frontier, the at
titude Of certain Eastern sentimental
lists was a matter OF peculiar exaspera-
ton to all of the residents OF the West.
These sentlmentalists CLOSED over all
stories OF Indian massacre and out
rage; insisting that the Indian was
the real abused party, whose lands had
been taken from him without compen-
sation; who had been driven from the
homes Of his fathers, and who had been
forced to take up arms In despair, on
account OF the aggressions of the
whites. Every man in the West knew
that there was scarcely the remotest
basis Of fact for this pleasing fiction
as to the wrongs of the poor red men;
that their title to the lands over which
they formerly roamed was about the
same and OF no higher class than that
of the wolf and buffalo; that the In
dams of the West have still today, in
the form OF reservations and lands al
lotted in severalty, thousands of acres
more of fertile land than they ever
have or ever will use and occupy: and
that for the lands. to which they sur
rendered, in pursuance OF treaties, a
title which they had never asserted.
they were paid literally. Millions of dol
lars more have been expended In fur
nishing Indians with food. clothing. ag-
ricultural implements and schools, than
were ever used to clear the way for
the settler who opened the West to civ
ization and wonderfully enhanced the
wealth Of the country.
For the settlers. the victims Of the
Indian atrocities, and whose families
were victims of unspeakable outrage, no
words OF sympathy were extended. The
sentimentalist could see nothing but the
wrongs of the Indian.
II is singular how the same sentiment
continues to exist today. directed into
slightly different channels. The same
so-calied friends of the Indian" fill the
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and their hearts are now wrung over
the wrongs of the poor Filipinos. Now.
as in the case when Indian wars were
occurring every summer. the sentiment
talist refuses to look upon the situation
as Ii appears to the men of his own
blood. who are on the ground. and know
fI.a s.3A, ~
refuge In the quiet city back-street, or
the New England country town. he be-
walls the aggressions of his country
men. and the fancied wrongs of the In
nocent skinned natives. No ar
gument of those who know the situa-
ton as IT exists can touch him. All
who have been on the ground and have
seen the situation with their own eyes
have acquired the unreasoning preju
dices OF the aggressor. and no one IL
competent 20 Judge OF the situation save
~the man who has kept quietly at his
own fireside, and closed his ears to all
testimony save such as would agree
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The people of the West are familiar
with sentimentality Of this type They
have been exasperated almost beyond
endurance when they have seen brutal
savages drunken with the blood Of in-
nocent women and children. partic-
pants In the most ienGish outrsges
upon settlers. who never dealt them
aughs but kindness. held ap TO aamirs-
zion AS heroes aghtinE fer their lib
critics and their homes Al this day.
Joseph. who LETT tran Of blood along
the eastern border % this state. muir
derlng men. women and children, and
burning them In their homes. IS asking
the Eovernmcnt 70 iispossess the set
tiers in one Of the most fertile valleys
Of Oregon. that be may tAke their farms
for his own use. aaa Eastern papers
thlnk that the bjoodthirsty I'D savage
should BE- hamoyed aud granted his ie-
sire.
II is no surprise to the people q the
West that AEainalso should ~ a popu-
lar hero among The Eastern sentiment
tzhsis; neither does 4 surprise them
that the Chinese Boxers have found de-
Tenders and Ap0.a sis,s among the same
class ~ people. Precisely he same ar
sanents, which Justified these people
IN their own eycz for upholdlng the
Indian savage murderers 81 the West
against the settlers. and for upAoldins
Agulnaldo against the American sol
disrs. warrant them in looking upon tas