Show MAKE SOLDIERS OF THEM Wo suggested several weeks ago that a probable solution of the Indian question would be found by making soldiers of the remnant of our aborigines that have sur ived our steel The policy of the first governor of Utah SRIGIIASI YOUNG was embodied in a favorite favor-ite expression of his to the effect chat it was better to food than to fight the red men His policy has been more or less adhered ered to by the people of Utah and as a result we have had very little trouble with he Indians though surrounded by several of the most warlike tribes Weare not among those who believe there are no good Indians but dead Indians Were We-re not in love with the Indians either but we are not ashamed to record that the red men have good qualities in their makeup make-up and certain heroic virtues that challenge chal-lenge the admiration even of their hereditary heredi-tary foes the whites The mind of the Indian is bright and keen his will power enormous his friendship slow and sometimes uncertain his hatred swift and lasting He can endure fatigue make long marches on short rations and amid appalling exposures to tho wind and sky His delight is in war or the chase Manual labor doesnt suit him indeed ho looks upon it as degrading and as an unfit occupation for the warrior ho takes himself toy be One occupation and one only seems to fill his ideal of what he should en gave in and that is war Peace enervates and in our day generally debauches him His faculties are fully awako only in the forced action of march or battle and none of the dull tame sports of peaceful industry have any charm for him He is a soldier his martial ardor being of a different differ-ent kind indeed from that of the drilled automaton into which tho perfection ot military science has turned the white soldier sol-dier but he is a soldier nevertheless It will take several generations more before he can be induced to take up the arms of industrial warfare and engage in the battle of agriculture manufacture or commerce for the support of himself and family Then why not we say make soldiers of thelndians Why not use regiments of these native sons in exploring Alaska in penetrating the mountain fastnesses in the interests of science in making surveys oft of-t e western plateaus They would bo just as serviceable to the engineers or scientists or explorers in charge of these expeditions as any other auxiliaries Then too if there were any killing to be done among the border Indians these regiments could be utilized for that purpose so unpleasant to white man There would bo found abundant opportunities oppor-tunities to keep the Indian regiments sufficiently suffi-ciently employed during each season to prevent them from becoming restive Unless Un-less something of the kind is done the red race of this country and with all its faults a race composed largely of stoical heroeswill soon be exterminated and wo shall have completed our own dishonor in dealing with this remarkable if inferIor l11CP |