| Show mistreated PEW there are a few newspapers of the country that are bold enough to cload the indian cause from a correct stand point and of this number is the st paul pioneer press it truthfully remarks that wo now baye on our hands the most serious war of recent times it can only result in the des of vast amounts of property the expenditure of great sums of money by the war department part ment the slaughter of a large number of indians and the killing of many of our soldiers who is re for this in calmly reviewing the situation the answer must be the government our then conti the story of our dealing with the indiana is not a bright record in our history we have violated treaties and broken promises by the hundred tho answer sent by the hostiles ho stiles to a messenger proposing submission is worthy of study in this connection go back and tell tho great father that be has made ua many promises and wo have relied on them only to find them broken now wo will make him a promise that shall not bo broken we will die and die they did at wounded knee while many brave soldiers went down with them the government is responsible for all this by recognizing each tribe and nation as independent sovereign ties and making treaties with them only to be broken it has undertook to corral and keep them together within cartain limits furnishing them with food and clothing proud and freedom loving as the indian is galling as these may be when the promised food and clothing were what was to be expected t marauding Ma pillaging plundering killing of the whites that is the true situation finely depicted the indians have boen foully dealt with by our government for a less cause than that which has prompted them to go on the war path warriors of alil have gained the proud distinction of heroes when s i f they have perished on the battle field might maea right andi of course the indians will have to submit to whatever terms the united states will grant but still there are many who look at the question from a moral standpoint and can see that the indians have not been given fair play |
