Show th tha e ji indian policy P ims ilby T F tin yin tir tin CAUSE cluse d arndia dr Z vars A vinar cirar tibey COST 1 new yew 1 mv yoek Yot tic may 3 1573 the c orra ilof lipf ident bod hod an interview td id day with felixa bru n nota ludian t cha eha chairman irmah of the board of indian in tb indian ill in gen Ige geA efti epil brud huud in particular in 14 relation to the pres ehat efat policy ouy of the government toward F ahe indians and rumors of indian preparations fon foe warIn war in the southwest As will be seen tur tun Br supports grant gnant til ril indian dlan dian policy mr brunot remarked may mar aay say s not to be considered red boffl official elal dial in any manner alil alfi and whatever opinions I 1 nia may y express toss hobs ame are to be considered my own awn individually jthn and d pot not thosa those of the board of bindl an bonim commissioners lwi Iri cieply reply to a question as to ane ther he considered the peace policy of f the president had tended botho modoc outbreak mr brunot said the presidents indian peace poli poll ey forthe fortha for the modoc war the war originated in alli to drive the indians froni were coveted by the whites this policy would have flave given them the thel small reservation in their theirl own country which they were eli bil entitled titled to and the bloodshed humiliation and expense of the tile war would woul d have hav e been avoided 11 1 correspondent ide adf z DO TD you place plate axy belief bellef in the threatening ro re mors of other indian ind ian fan tribes MR AIR BRUNOT burners fro from inthe the west of a threatening general indian war are sensational sensa dional and ground grou nd less A league for offense among the indian tribes is impossible nearly all the lat late rumors of indian out outrages rages hages and threatened hos hostilities in the west have ao tio foundation in fact correspondent what do lou jou you sou consider are aro the objects of the he sensational sensation aland and reports MR alil BRUNOT lilu lnla bub but men inheres in ln meres teres ted fed in the profits of war and speculators ul aei greedy dy for Indian h lands an attempt to incite war against peaceable tribes for their own end endl and they win circulate any reports t to jmj injure uro ura the indians under cover of the modoc aarand war and public indignation against that tribe it is however to be hoped that the modoc lesson will not mot be lost upon the nations and all bich sich attempts attempt i will be frustrated it is a common thing in some market less lees region regions s of the west westi to get up uli an indian e excitement ae eim cit so that troops may be sent to eat up and pay for lor the settlers surplus product in soma eoma eases cases actual war is made for this and similar purposes in proof of this awill I 1 will say eay that a letter from the commanding ofil officer co of the military post where the indians have long been harmless lately received says bays 1 vil I am daily in fear faar that some jot tot these ruffians will kill an hn indian pry grf purpose to bring anwar on war var 1 CORRESPONDENT cail calt calf cail you give me pye any instances of such wanton and criminal outrages by the thu whites MB MR BRUNOT yes A short time itne ago whistler and another pious loux chief were killed in cold I 1 od by the side of their camp ore fires s by kya bya a desperado who publicly boasted of having committed this murder murderers like these go and tib the deeds excite no i horror ehe the public do not hear of them they are only known in official edir elir circles cles cies but when as will burely surely happen tile tiie savages avenge the blood of their cliplef chiefs sy the whole dhole press opposed to the peace pence policy will ring Ting with cries for their extermination mi nation correspondent mr brunot you think of a v vigorous campaign against the hostile tribes would it not have a beneficial effect upon other tribes disposed to be unfriendly and be tiie tile cheapest IV way ay of establishing fw general wm and permanent peace peate MB AIR BRUNOT Previous to the tile pea peace i ce with red ked cloud the government eveir U M nt had sixty years war wan warin h trying to exterminate the sioux every indian killed cost us more than ten whiten white mn itil thirty millions were erm ere expended and lom miles affron of fron i tier desolated transporters con i tractors teamsters whisky trad traders ers drs schouw and army followers flourish nourished at the tile expense of the nation tiie the same elass class of would like ilke to lee see another sioux war correspondent what is your opinion regarding the isolated casses calies of or murder and outrage by India indians hg and liow low they could be possibly prevent prevented td s bim nim MR depredations or murders 1 er s by individual indians or b by small smail 11 bands are to be expected it ly tj is beald ld murders in your own city of f leyork We lew york average one dail dall yand assaults robberies pilfer ings and other crimes count coun by hundreds we cannot expect sata sava ravages g e s to tb be better than whim white men 1 it t 1 is r only the tiie opponents of the presidents policy who abo seem seim seam to iq expect thi thid degree of virtue from the In indians didris four nan years rs of general peace with the indian a tribes tribe have proved the presidents policy to be od a success with the exception jofh of a few of the Apache sall sali the and previously hostile tribes have been at jab peace of indians in in the united states and territories about are civilized partially so and the r remainder in a wild condition HOW many of hese support theriL themselves selves it MR BRUOT about and ig orom from the government except interest on their money or payment for their lands about more chiefly support themselves by hunting and fishing the deni denci cleney ciener ency bel bei being fig supplied 11 ec 1 by the government those agur figures s show the folly and wickedness of the P fitce responsible for the acts of a few individuals divi duals of a single tribe iribe theat the attempt in berti certain kin tin quarters to seimu sti mutate tato tate bad dad feeling bet between keen Veen the supporters of the President presidents 8 I 1 indian polio policy V and the mill military i tary is the work of men in whom the wish breeds tho thought correspondent Is the board Boar doar dof of indian commissioners Commissi onera aware of any such attempt As far as the board has any uny knowledge oris concerned I 1 no such feeling exists the lamented general canby was cordially in favor of the president presidents policy of humanity and justice to the indians and nearly all the gre general officers have expressed t their irie 1 1 r op opinions I 1 ul Tons 1 0 n 9 s substantially fi Us th il t hil ekl I 1 y I 1 in n accord with the board of indian commissioners ners nors correspondent T Is it not said that general phil sheridan is and has been appo opposed ed to the presidents ants policy i mir MB BRUNOT brunon no general sheridan ingils in ids ida official report to the war department printed in 1872 I 1 last year said 1 11 I fully indorse the efforts now being made bade to civilize and christianize tbt th wild indians jand and think that the xe reservation system and f the government toward t the 6 wil wll wild y tribes is the abe most liberal and humane b heen been ee adopted by any government I 1 toward savage people these are general shern Sheri dans words in his report jor 1871 and I 1 have no reason to believe that he has changed his views since sance r N den T do you think this modoc massacre will cause muse any change in the presidents policy or inthe antho in the opinions of tho those ae who support jt MK AIR BRUNOT president grant knows he ia la right I 1 in liis ills indian policy and those who seem to think they can move him from the right tight by personal denunciation k fencers n aers at quakers and peace commissioners or flings at poor lo 10 red devils 3 I 1 humanitarians aj may as weh well weli give up chi dabro times |