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Show Itl.l.llVt 1 II K I.MlUNS. 'A century of dlehoaor," aa the United Htalei Indian policy for the Bnt hundred yeara of tho Kepublle'a eilileucehai keen aptly termed, doei not opiiear to ba tha Ural! aa to time wheo lha ahorlgluea of thli couutry ara ta he aubjeoled to Innuraeue afUolal treatintnl, Il Iba alalemenl of the Durango, Col., board of trade le true, aa It probably la, II ehargaa that the ludtan department egain h.a broken feitb with Chief Ignaolo and the lioiilheru flea, and aa reaull the ladleua are now In a atarvlug oondl-(leu. oondl-(leu. Trie people of Durango and vicinity have raudered themaome relief, but are uueble to hoar lha burden alont; aud aa tha Indian department hat turned a deaf ear to the atpeala of tha itarving native!, the ifureuto board ol trade colli ou Ilia oouuiry at large to come to tha aid of the tutlirera. The itory of tfUclal perfidy in can-ueotlou can-ueotlou with loulau attain In tlili country laaiold aa lha government. Of lata there baa baea a promlaeef better bet-ter treetment of tba red men, both under l'reildent Clitvland,a admluli-Iratlon admluli-Iratlon and lhat of oleere who have held Ibe poelllou of chief magtatrate; aud there le baali for Iba belief that If the aolual condition ol there Indiana ware tuode known lu high oOlnial quartan at Waahlngtou there would tie e ohange, Al Ibe people of Colorado, New Meiico end Utah ere emel directly direct-ly lutvreited, the repreieutaiivai ol luoie natal ilinuld give tha mattwr mere than paealng attention. The grnuud el humanity aloua thould be aufhotont tu luiplre prompt action; uud the dauger lhat tnhuinaue Ireatnianl may drive the Houtheru Utei on to the warpalb lu the Bute aud Territonea named eliould be ample eicute lor apeota! Inlarlerunce ou the iart el Ihvlr repretoututivea at tha national oaplial. The attitude of Chief Iguaalo, aa dvacrlbud In the buraairu addrvia, eboul I awakiu lively admiration aud tymiathy lor I tilt noble InJIan ami nla tribe, aud will glv aituranae of a poacetlll aeltleuieut of preluul dirllrul. tiea II humane malhode ara folb.wet:; fur luimc o wlelda a pcwerful Inrlu-.11,0 Inrlu-.11,0 wltn lilt Irlbennen. At the tame tliue,ltcauuntbebXiected thet thotnao. date of any aavaKectilof will real rain the avenging bnnd of floroi lallan war-riora war-riora when their loved onei are doome I by tlio white niitn'a p-rfl ly lo.uMrrii,k ai d death. At the e.tdr..i ralerrtd lo atatei, the Indian brave will retalla'e at Ibe aiht of hla dead iqnaw mi l pappiiun; and who cn blame hlnV Hurely the white mau would not ei-poet ei-poet to do leti hmielf, for the good repululUa of the ni i lion, II W illi I bo met de.irahle If an unwAverlcg rue ol humane, pMgreatlve,edut'ailenal conduot toward tha Indian were made an lotegral pert of government policy. That euoli a rule cen he followed with aucccii haa reoelved amtda demnni;ratlau lu Utah. Vet we can hardly hope fur III general application now; the con-II con-II let between the pilt-faoe aud red man aeemi not to have reached lla culmination In thli land. Hut nelwith. landing the eniagontem 1 1 tho abiiiigitie which la aa eicreacence tl Amerlcaii civil ntlon, there will come a lima when H e Indtani will hold a Irout place among clvliiied racei ai Mn deluhtfume leople." Thuln la a race of deatlny on th.a ountluout, ai clearly ai that whloti bni maraed the Jowieu race, lu the pri..eiit ailuatlou, If the gcmrel governiiiMit duet not give Immediate Im-mediate relief, ihn ople of the Inter-mountain Inter-mountain rtglou ehould,for liuuianlly'e eke, do lo; and In a lime lo come the urvlvluii leiuiiauu ol the lend will reriy their prctorvallou by their potency po-tency lu ruaiiilalnlug the einplr.i of clvil iid man In tha Ureal Wcet. Tiik Ji.au greeli the Chicago Tribune through Hi aiieelal repretenta-llve, repretenta-llve, I'.. I.. Il-rtran I, win baa been at out by Ihe ureal paper to Pa prea-ent prea-ent at the Hte'e Inauguration Day oeramonloa an I to tell the Trlbuoe'a readara anmelhlog of tha people and re.ouroei of the Htele of I'lah. We Iruel Ibe gentleman will ba able tn ae-oure ae-oure full and correct lulnrmatlnn on all toplca ha mat deal with, that bia pie-lure pie-lure of the uaw Htele may ba ha accurate portrayal uf whit Utah Ii ar.d proml.ee to be. Now conn tha telegraphic! an. neuricenieni of what tha Nrtws elated mme w.eki ago nilgiil be anllolpated aaaruault uf Ihe litigation with tha Wttteni Unlet Ihe eilenalou of the I'ollal Telrgrapb llnee to lha leading olllei nf Utah. We welcome the enlerprlie, aud all otheraof like character charac-ter to facilitate Coimnrclal and luiui-trial luiui-trial .leiaate. "Tun KKoi.ieti preaa la grnwieg more conciliatory In Hi attitude on lha Veueiuelan ipietllon," aay the die pa'chca ftotr. London. Thai wai lo be exp o.ed when our IrlenJ John Hull dlicovered Diet tha other fellow wai willing to fight whether or not he waa thooirhl In he prepared. |