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Show would be worth several pounds of cure. Congress is probably is no mood to transfer the Indian bure.au to the war department. It is,perhaps too late for that. An emergency like the present is not likely to arise again in the history of the United States. Tho hostile savage was eliminated with the elimination elimi-nation of the 'old frontier lines as a perpetual menace to our peace. But some authority should be vested in the war department to co-operate with the Indian bureau in supervising the reservations reser-vations and prevent accidents. A double dou-ble responsibility would cusuro bouest treatment to tho wards of the nation and greater safety to the border settlements. PKBPAKE FOKXEXT SI'KI.VO. Slowly but surely the sanguinary war correspondents of the rear guard concede con-cede that the Ind ian war whoop is over. As it becomes colder in Dakota and the blizzard sweeps over the endless plain the valor of the young men will likewise like-wise cool down and they will lleo from the scene of tho ghost dances precipitately precip-itately Any one who has ever encoun- tered a blizzard of the renuine Dakota variety will admit that the only way to meet it successfully is to avoid it get out of the country. So we reiterate that the excitement, vastly exaggerated by interested parties from the tii, is coining to a speedy and bloodless end. But next spring when the grass grows and the pony fattens and game becomes plentiful, the prospects may be more serious. When the Iudians grow excited over the comin g mossiah and imagine that the crack of doom is impending over the paleface the notion may take possession even of the friendly or semi-civilized tribes to expedite ex-pedite the doom by means of an uprising. up-rising. When ignorant people become fanatical to the extent of believing that the Lord would drive their enemies from the face of the earth for their special benefit and glory, they are liablo to cast discretion to the wind and do something unwise. To prevent that should be the care of tho government during the coming session of congress. The authority of the army should be extended in dealing with the red men so as to bring the latter under reasonable reason-able control of the military before an actual outbreak is in view. At present the army is helpless until called upon by the Indian agent to interfere, in-terfere, when it is often too late. An ounce of prevention iu such cases |