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Show THE INDIANS. How Tlwy Are nnd How Thoy Should lie Tiwit d What L. Kdwlu Dudley Hits to Say of the Rtulskius. j Salt Lakk City, I August 'JM, tt75. j UervU: A well wisher of this territory would surest the pnxluctkm in your paper of extracts irom au article writ-' writ-' leu by L. Kdwiii 1 hid ley for the August number of A-nbner't Monthly. The holiest etTorts of the Mormons to win by kindlier the Indiana and instruct in-struct Ihrtin, has twu so iniare r-scntod r-scntod that 1 feel in justice to that people thai you should let an ex perienevd agent speak; and if the Indiana are provoked lo riweiilnuut by the assaults made upon them let blame fall where it belongs, Tim g gitatoni btvtu to glory over the fact that they have iutluenced lien. Sheri-den, Sheri-den, iu his brief viait and aitli his knowledge of tlie f.i, la only gaitutl by the enemies ot the Mormon church, to order more trooje and defy tho Indians, thus awukening a spirit of auimoaity, when only peace and will wen brought by them. Follow-, ing are the extracts : HOW TO TUKiTTUE IM'IANS. First of all, ttKwe Indians believe that (lie country they inhabit ia tlirirs, ' and tby truth fully u-U ua, "Wo w.rv i here U-. 'ore you came." Tney find, ' ihemsolv. crowded lack year alter, year by the onward march of civiliia-tiou, civiliia-tiou, their Uwt lands appropriate), thrir Ramo killed and driven away, j and tlieuwelve forced into tlio hkhiu- i tains and other portions of coiinlrv aa yet unavaiiable to white men. liny go, Uvauae they are Hie ntuker jx.-1 pie. They altaudoa the horn us oi their fathers, tv- me they he not tun tii,r t,i i i " r,,.,w (..n ba.-k blurt Hie a I vatu-in a Into man, Uvauae he exxuea with s.ipTUr nimiLvrs and wtperior weam. Would the piviple ol New York abandon their homes, ar.d retire U-lore U-lore uie ad v a nee of aiKat.fr pie, ia matter h.w U$u their claim to wipvnur ci Til ; i.t th .n, wuinxit a .-tnn.e I am I ad to belli-vn n S"in.i-.1 such a stnii; e i-e h-.a i.-iiiv CotiUUxJ: would iU dural.on ! marked bv Ua-i crueity, :,d ait.iiii iu pr;r-as pritu ut .iso nl toe h.'rnira ol war l:iau.lhe one n.iw pn ri-ui on our wttern border? 1 it ir n--(. Vne death ri:l wm d te Mr in-n ad of ! shorter, the dainn tKMi of pr perty I woiKd greater lut a-1 I. !a, mi A U-.e sutler: a,; of the .ir,xT n- li-a i tireat aod Hard to t-r-ar, ti.aii ami ol ttire wtio survive an Indian outbreak. out-break. From my orervaii..n, I am h-d t adopt Ih opinion that Cu-re i- a ,nat dal of .uj.. h stu m the I i-diaus. i-diaus. I nnd them eo:.trol .-d m their actions by t:.e same mjiive9 which govern ail outnl c iied men. In fart, there are with our rwd bremreii a with ourst-ive, three wavi l.y wuioh they can be manaevl: K:r-t, they may bo governed by fear, il thr-y can le sothi-ur.lly fr i;':ileinl. Stcimd, like other pojjjie, lai-y r open to the arum.-nt or aoli-murre.-".; and if tne price is suiik-ienl they (teeraliy act from thai mi t.ve. lUirvt, l.ke a:l other mutniKT ol in-h'imn in-h'imn fa-'.i'j. thry httf f,-f-! t :i f love and ailtcti 'n, ai.d tnroun t.n ;n ihry can be ei:!y governed, Ttiere are few ctr,hid pcop'.e u-t open to the cUim of se.I-int-'r.Tl. Belter a p It-'s oonj.'in, and lin y will give you their gratitude, and, what many American phiianinropits think cf more value, the:r votu. Mate it the interest of the Indians lo go and stay upun their rtaervationa, and they wi:l gn and stay. I Love and atleciion, the strongest springs of a'ti n in most human beings, actuate ail colors and conditions condi-tions of men, and are not leas strong among the ml savagn than among tne must civihi.-d people. Holding those views, I believe tiial violence suo.! Id not be used agaiont I ndian. except when they become intractable wittiout cause, and leavu their rervations to commit deprivations; depriva-tions; txc'Muigt of count, tthrti crime u commutfi among thtm. I believe the government can, and is in duly hound to ailoni subsistence and clothing cloth-ing where nettled to Indians wuo will remam upon reservations; and that the expense of thus providing for them is far Iwa ttian the coat of carry ing on a war against a people living in regions often almost inaccsaible to : troops. ! My opinion is, that the salary of1 the Indian agenUt should be increa.-ed t te such an amount as will secure men of first-class ability to discharge the; delicate duties intrusted to them. Tne present salary ol agents (til- j teen hundred dollars per annum)' bnngi into the field three classes' ot men, not auy one of which furnishes furn-ishes the kind of men needed,! vix.: worthless men with too little ability to make a living at home, who have no idea ul the real duties of their p -ition, and who fail to gain the confidence of the Indiana, and, at the 4iiue time aru too weak to protect pro-tect either the government or the In- frontier, who think it no sin to rob the public treasury, to steal from Indians, and too often to take such as will lead to Indian outbreaks, in order that they may profit by the increased in-creased expenditure. The present tlary of ageute opens the door to another class, who lie and cheat to gain their positions, too often joining churched for no other purpose. pur-pose. Such men hike the placet) make money out ol it, and aro entirely en-tirely unscrupulous about tho means they employ. Certainly Indians will nut be improved by bucq agents. Another class, and by far the beet, consists of men whoso health has broken down, in tho cast, and who accept theso positions to secure a change of climate. But this is not the kind of men needed. Among so many, there are, of course, some suitable suit-able men. Tho position requires men iu the full vigor ot manhood, well trained in business affairs, with mind, heart, tact, and judgment sufficient to understand un-derstand the people placed under their care, and to secure their goodwill good-will and cooperation in tho reforms they are charged with making. Such men can lo found, but they do not Work for fifteen hundred dollars pfr annum. I believe the troops stationed upon Indian reservation should hive no duly to perform, except maintaining order upon tho reservation and protecting pro-tecting the government property. All hostile dcmoiutratioiid tthouid come from the outride, and when the Indians have- lieen eolleeled upon tiieir n serves, th. y should hi-in.de hi-in.de lo u ml l r.ititnil I Imt thev aro not i - fe oulitidu Hit t-niiidariea, ttud il fo i. a! there, tl.ey should 10 driven bm k hy tro-'p-t. A f- w micli li8sonn --uld iii.iko the work of tlio agent in. .re ey up.n his reservfition. Hut all do iionatralion made by troops upon reservations only servo to unsettle un-settle m it It era, and nmko it more d illicit It to keep the Indians nl home, a a Tim employment ot l.idhim, n fed by the governinenl, n.nild nMiti in great eci;omv, beeaiine nervi. e would then be rendered tor hum-tilt reeeiviii. t'pon moBt reservations no miMi-viaiona miMi-viaiona of the land ainong iiul iviiliiu'ri has ever been made. This nhould Ui done rtt unco, and till encoUrae,e-inenl encoUrae,e-inenl given to thoae wlt will build permanent homen, and retiort to ulhng the soil on their mvn acctiunt. All pontons with tixrd pmpertv aro Conner vat ive. It id generally tho Door, atarving, and uakixl men of any community who ntir up strife and firing Umt hostilities. hostil-ities. Itut lew Indiana now have more property than they can put njkm tiioir horMH and carry awny. Lot ilium acquire property iut port-able, port-able, and they will Ih iu alveroUi war u we could denire. l'ongrid otiKht at once to provide lor the nur- vey ami antAlivmioii ol ltieo Indian lands; and the ag'iiU should do all in their xor to bring about tlifir division di-vision into families, o.u il having a M parato homo, a Mont Indian reaervaliona aro now i ideated Willi bad while men, wlm Ira I lie with the Indiana giving theru w uiaky, fire-arm , and atniniitntiou in exchange for oui, hides, blankuts, elc, etc. Snmmarv pun iBliment ought to he met-d oul Ui tlnvo ra-ai.1. It- ji lting tho Indiana Ind-iana drunk lliey endangi-r loo lnea of the ap'iit, hi emploj o, and the ur-rounding ur-rounding aetlh-ra l'n!-ibly a abort trial and a abort rope would not !o Uo harah trealnieut tor these tiends in him .n h.'. '1 e win- ul ratios uj, clothing and ollu-r artK'l.a to Indians ouglit to niaile, alien pMw.i le, in paj meiil lor, aerU( perlorinid, Mid neer aj gratmly, il it can bo avoided. Ihw tllorU Ui vilueale Indiana an now inoflly Cv liliui-d lo eiivlravora la Iraeo tiiem U-1 1 e ; a and chr il:an:ty. There ia an-tln r kind of dhn ation w.iuh ahou.d l-e ean-lully !o k-it after, Vix : ttiey lifu!J to traiul in kiniw!ixle ol Low lo work, and how J loprcatrte tUc truit ol liinr iiid.is-j try. " " ' Lin ing the Indians an . .mO .m,... .,!), t), .rU. and I leaching llieni how lo preaerve (or inU-r'a Usit tho pndiieU of Ihur aummur'a lal-or, ill give them au occasion tlii-y ilo not now have for J lienors. j In conclusion, I rvard the cen-1 . l:al point in (he proper treatment of . hiilianato t-e fuiii.d in the "iio'den , Kuie." " Whatever e wouM that men should do to yi-u, do e tveu j Ui litem.'' I'nvo from the reat-rva-Ik-na ail while int'll who have no bidniwa tlierc. r.iiui!i with severity ail who i:l-lrtat l!;e Indians oraellj thi-ni Whi.tv. Set thc:n the eiamp ei of nuiing l it jiij'.sce Ui the real otT iidir, ituti al of in:h--t'.ng retaliation retalia-tion up hi one man d-r the oileuae of auoiixTi Stiin.ilate tlo in to Ihimmk' Urun-ra, herd, r a:i ! arti-iu, by (H.uiing to each in diu.Lial the frnt of ir.a own r, and t-v rewards judu kWv dtr-.b i. d. '' Kr i P'"-"' ' "' ' -,-r (rift, and then, if ever, lh eivi"i.tivn ul lite rd no u w.U tx-gin. |