Show mith humanity repeat tb a lest iest restoration oration of the lost one was effected various propositions have been submitted to us by uli uyi unthinking thinking men which had they been carried out would have plunged this north country into an indian war permit me here to say not boastin boa stingly 0 tyly erly we are abt afraid of indians as some vain scribble scribblers rs have asserted they say we feed them I 1 say leowe yes we do feed them we have fed them thousands and thousands of il dollars ollars in wheat beef flour vegetables et ot gee gge fec c ac not through through fear but through a sense of humanity real realising realizing rea lising laing that they look upon the very lands we occupy as a portion of their inheritance bequeathed to them b by y their forefathers consequently our policy y has thus far secured to us 1 through fh the e blessing of god that peace e which enables our boys to roam over these mountains and kanyon sand our women to travel from place to place unmolested I 1 will conclude by saying should it really be proved that a vagabond among the red men has stolen a white child let us look at the cataio catalo catalogue guA of crimes perpetrated by the whites themselves and ask aak who should cast the first stone yours truly PETER |