| Show LU m POOR INTO it hs been the of the a nation has bad to gle way to a stronger the advance of the force which we call mod en civilization has been more te however than the wilu hodes of that overran far italy when the boman was at its height the concessions of civilized oe today to day to a vanquished people have been jess the of athla asser tation wo bavo kimt to refer to the accorded tho of arnerich Arne ly conr powerful nution abo indians once the sole owners of the soil over which now floats the stars and stripes have had no rights which the government sovern ment of the uni id states has felt in duty bound to respect whenever the white men has desired a new tract of land ho has gone and located the same nor asked ought of any one save UNCLE SAM what has the protests of the redman amounted to not as much as the snap of a finger perchance for the sake of formality the government has made a treaty with him but as oft as such has been mad ejust so oft has it been broken to day we find the poor indian an outcast in his own land his game has been destroyed the green past ures of yore are but seen in his dreams and the brooklet in which gamboled gam the silvery trout has been diverted from its course killing tho finny occupants nothing is left for the whereon to subsist the rations which our government should furnish lave in most instances been appropriated by indian agents to their own use with this condition of affairs we still ask the indians to keep quiet by the point of the bayonet they are confined to narrow limits loss religious exercises are quelled their beloved leader shot down on a very email pretext and all because they are a weaker race and have not the power to cope with our civilization who can blame them for resorting to acts of violence treat any particular sect or party in the united states as ibo indians have been treated and they would die to a man fighting for their rights SITTING BULL may have been a bad indian from our side of the question but viewed from the standpoint of a downtrodden down trodden people he was a patriot and a gallant 0 d man the ENQUIRER cannot conceive it right to butcher tho indians simply because they are indians enough have been slaughtered in the past to make way for the advance of the white manthe few remaining should be cared for by the government their wants should be attended to and their wrongs redressed |
