Year: 1867

occurred his experimentation whose modest salaries
Congressmen &c. are too small to support them in lux


Our Seminole has four times raversed on foot the en-
dIe country from the Arkansas River TO Hudsons Bayq
not at some time seen And ali along the frontier the
same evils exist common to say that the dstribu
great ev is the prostitution OF the Indian Al
soon as they arrive at the age Of - H. tho Infamous
Work is begun; All classes Of frOnersmen engage IN IT,
Officers and soldiers of the army any others


teTpreerG G ma di their account in becoming procurers Of
The whole frontier ,f, Is one grand unroofed brothel


This assertion fully confirmed by the evidence daily
sent back by correspondents accompanying our yaos
commissions at present wasting their in the Indiar
co untTy.


TO the plosophc mind there needs no further expa-
nation of Indian sagnation, anprogression brutality
or whatever one may call IT, Debase the women of ma.
ton you the whole people Such Infamous deg
radiation would drag down the very angels out Of heaven
brute beasts will hight for the chastity Of fheT femaes
II The Inan dores 10 rase roe or hand in defense Of h
pe his statement trftom cifiy lying. The presence
OF habreeds IN large numbers IN every section Of the
dcnce that cries TO heaven, testimony that cannot be
mpeachcd stain upon the skirts Of our boasted cvza
ton that will not ont even though we wash 1t IN floods Of
red boOd-impious lbations TO the Coo who sent down
fire from heaven and burned up Sodom for RIGHTEOUSNESS


We scken Of the tale Let us turn for moment to @
brighter picture Let US see what can be done by one
single Indian agent who Is the true friend Of the Indian


Kooweskoove the celebrated haforeed Cherokee. bet
ter by the of John Ross born IN $780, In
frandIc ntv obtained by j. scherinerhorn an agent III
the United States from Major Ridge, John his Elias





were aienaed for song. and which scandaous treaty
was enforced by the United States against the
thrilling protest of John Ross and more than
5000 of his tribe, the heartbroken Indians were
removed to their present ErGua ~est h Of Ar
Boudnot and the Ridges were put to death for their
Infamous completely in the treaty OF New Echota Asa
poned the chief John Ross be also Indian agent fos
the United States and the Cherokee Nation Under III.
wise the Cherokee rapidly TO the hcaA
nTadceG E r 1e Schools and churches were estabshed
"a
was formed The Indians multiplied and replenished the
earth. They grew prosperous and happy


soon the ustfu eyes 0f an ambitious politician nghed
this paradise. Here was noble chance Ior specns-
What pity such fine field for enterprise should go un-
powed. SO he hed him TO Washington and easily re.
the nation dd not even pretend 10 court the authorities
at Washington Then he set out on the ROAD 10 iortuho


But he did not get there On the frontier he mes
by deputatlOn OF leading CberOkees, who warned him
knew that tIey could not yet heir annues unless they
would consent to deal with the authorized agent But
they also knew the agents and fully c0mpreheDded the
evils that part and parcel Of the agency system
other tribes might be runed their tribe should not SO
they went without both agency and annuity Ana they
fourished nightly From that day no Indian agent ex
cep their chief, has set foot within their terri
After little the agent threw up his position In dis
gust, He could not make anything. The poor ielisw
case and did not know how to deal with it, Then John
Ross was reappointed Sometimes some shrewd rascal
the same old story Whoever gets soon throws up
What Is the Use OF being an Indian Agent one cannon
steal And how steal from the Indians II they
Will not dead with him so resumed the Office every
time and held il till his alaton with the Rebellion liz
lsG AT that time the Cherokees were noted through
the whole world for wealth and intelligence.


There two or three men in the country who can
make peace with every tribe OF Indians. But why send
heml Their treaties would be Immediately broken by
the white devils upon the frontier. IL would be simply
Infamous 10 abuse the simple faith OF the Indians IN the
few White men who have never deceived them. Better
the old way II the world does not burn up very
soOn the scouudreis who work their deyry under the
protection Of the Government VIII one after another
essay the yGctiiS deSceHSHs and burn up n detail