| Show SAD PICTURE or OF THE CONDITION AbI AMADOU AIDOR COUNTY OF till THE INDIANS ix A correspondent of the jackson sentinel tinel draws the following s sad ad picture of the condition of the indians in amador j j county it rains and ana throbs through my window I 1 look upon the squal lid wretchedness ind and almost perfect destitution e ution of the I 1 P poor ind indian ian I 1 know not what if any provision has been made to render tolerable his present state ahe he lingers about the graves of his ancestors tic estors but the is is from his hunting ground and no helping hand seems to be e extended x e d for his relief tire the steady tread of the white man is upon him the trees from which alch he once gathered acorns for food have fallen and the green pastures once spotted with game are not his now nov driven by destitution he seeks refu refuge g ge 1 in crime and in sullen silence stands to witness the strange formality by which he is doomed to death necessity makes him barter the virtue of his companion as a commodity in the Tn Tri arket and the bitter contemplation b bums a nis in in bi his bosoms the stern reality of his fate he shows himself unsparing bemuse because lie he has been indian agents getts and reservations are tobia to him matters of melancholy lan choly interest the rays of hope that once started at the mention of these terms and penetrated his eq eu soul with genial warmth start no more Is there not some asylum for the degraded and degrading di digger dier er some secure retreat some isolated S home where ho he can be free from the alig and withering curse upon him in in Ar amador nador the mortal atmosphere about him is deadlier than death and still no interest is f felt ell to put away the pest missionaries Missi owrie go abroad while at home no effort is Is made to dispel the dark mental glouid of the red man mail in our midst the indian agents scarcely notice the objects of their care |
