Show AN indication tim THE late massacre of modoc captives is an indication of tile the feeling of many frontiersmen towards the red man and also of the c character har han acter of the difficulties in tile the modoc country and indeed of indian difficulties generally these indians were treacherously and ruthlessly dealt with no regard to the rights of the de fenceless whether innocent or guilty was paid but the blind unreasoning fury of inflamed pas passions blons had full scope for a time what fret effect will this have upon the indians at large it must have havy the effect to confirm any ideas they may llave ve previously imbibed of tile the treachery ry and cruelty of the whites father and mother will hand down to their children the tradition of this massacre and it will live in their memory an unwritten reality to be brooded blooded over in I 1 the depths of the wilderness and dilated upon with savage eloquence in war councils to inspire to a determination min mi nation atlon of revenge in time of difficulty fi possibly more than one infant captain jack will hear the horrible story of this massacre 1 in his mother tongue may suck it in with his mothers milk and may cherish in his bosom the settled purpose to avenge the bloody deed at every convenient opportunity or at least may be likely to do something looking that way whenever trouble arises between him and tile the white r ace race the story of the captain wright massacre of bodocs a score or so of years ago rankled in the breast brea s t of or the present captain jack and his warriors inspired them to cerp perpetrate in the 1 lava iava ava beds those terrible deeds of savage vengeance which sent such a thrill of horror through the whole country and impelled the capture which has resulted in a counter assassination assassin atlon of equal if not greater atrocity if the indians had been uniformly fairly treated by the whites in the oregon country in all probability the assassination of canby can by and thomas would never have taken place nor the current troubles had any existence and as things are it is not the way avay to mend them by white men degrading themselves in descending to the infamous treachery and blind savage bloody murderous cruelty of the lowest creatures who have the form of man if the white are superior to the red race let it be shown by a more j just u st generous noble course of action there is no other way to prove it treachery cruelty and murder rather go to prove the contrary and lay the foundation for interminable troubles treacheries cruel ties and murders in the future |