Year: 1859

The Gla campaign, undertaken to punish the murjerers of Mir. Dodge, the agent of the Nav ajos, did not effect the object for which it was undertaken, and as the troops wsre suddenly wthdr avn, without even the usual farce of treaty making being enacted, it is needless to dwell on it's glorieS. Col Loring, who commanded the mounted rihes has received the credit (amongst the people) of having done the most of that which was effected, and it is also the general belief, that if the management of the campaign had been entrusted to his hands, the result would have been different, yet Mir. Winslow 'chose to forge" that he was worthy a place with the "elect" We now come to the Navsjoe campaign, and I differ with many as to the pro priety of commencing war on account of negro boy believe that no act of aggression should be allowed to pass unnoticed, that the perpetrators of an outrage should be followed on the instant, until overtaken and punished, and if such a course is not adopted, we shall re- main ss we now are, the prey of every red-skin on our border do not object to the cause of the war, but when we consider the number of citizens previously murdered, and the amount of stock sAept away by these same Indians, and that it was allowed to pass unnOticed, 1t shows too strong a contrast yet even this would have been overlooked, had the campaign been car ried on with energy, and brought to successful conclusion Was this done Let us see As Major Brooks negro boy was killed. the next question is, who killed him ? We have been led to believe that he was some vagabond, or some nameless warrior, but on inquiry am surprised to finl that he is the son of Colletano, power ful chief, and chief himself, and that his home IS only very easy day ride from Fort Def ance, aai, as . natural consequence, he must have been as we'll known at the Fort as the commanding officer himself Now, it strikes me, that an energetic officer would have made a forced march the same night, and by a morning call at the break of day settled the whole affair at once, and avoided the necessity of a war, which has proved so disgraceful to our arms.- But instead of this time was given them to | make preparations, and at their request 1t was till further prolonged. in the vain hope that the friendly bands would force the surrender of the murderer. That is, knowing the murderer, snd his residence, they wished to force these friendly bands to do for them that which they despaired being able to accomplish themselves, and, as mi 5ht have been expected it proved failure

 These bands desired peace, and had done noth- ing to forfeit it. They offered to pay any price brought in substitute, smeared with mud which they hoped to pass off as the actual murderer What stronger proof of sincerity could they l give Yet 1t was of no avail, and they were forced into war for an outrage with which they had nothing to do

 Whaf unconquered tribe will give up its chief until it is nearly exterminated? and how could these bands be expected to wage a war of exter- imitation against their own people for our grati- fcation The result of this masterly policy was, that war was waged against those friendly bands, while the actual transgressor, although within striking distance, was passed by. Enor- nous masses of typographical information were collected. The army was disgraced The Noun ted Rifles were reduced to footmen The ob- ject for which the war was undertaken was as far from accomplishment as ever, while the terms of the final treaty were far more disad- vantageous than those first offered, and not even pay was exacted for the murdered boy, which before the war they freely offered. The descent into the canon, the Chelle, which has rung all over Christendom, is feat which the 1 Mexicans have been performing for God knows how many years, and have never considered it worth boosting of, the relative positions of each party being such that no particular injury can be be done to either

 It is true Col Sumner once made a famous night retreat out of this same canon, which rem dered him the laughing-stock of the whole copn- try and, as the intruders in the present case, slipped out again as easy as possible, without attempting anything in particular, the amount of glory acquired must have been small indeed. The number of Indians actually killed during the whole campaign will not exceed ten or twelve, from the best informotion have been able to obtain, and the Navajoes themselves ac. knowledge to eight If there were any more am heartily glad of it, but suspect that all over and above that number will on examina- ton, show nothing more serious than the pen

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