| Show the indian war A short time ago general sheridan took occasion to express himself very frankly and fully on the subject of our indian policy he ile chinks thinks there has in reality been no system adopted in reference to these unfortunate people that deserves the name of a policy As a general thing the course has albeen been to leave them alone until difficulties arise between them and the frontiersmen and then to chastise thern them or give them a severe lesson without much inquiry as to which party was to blame blamo in the outset it has become the recognized doctrine in most of our settlements bordering upon tracts inhabited by indians that extermination is their certain do omand that to kill an indian is not murder whenever trouble arises between the heet feet tiers and the aborigines it is presumed that the white man inan is in the right if a horse dimp disappears pears peals it is presumed that an indian stoie stole it and if an indian js is found in possession of a horse to which any white chooses to lay claim judgment Js is 1 pretty certain to goin favor of the latter when we wb speak of judgment we would not he be understood tood as meaning legal judgment whelo the claimant is backed by sufficient force he does not generally bother the courts about tho the matter mattor mattor matter but constitutes ahns and j jury juny uly and recovers lecove rs als ais alleged property by the summary process of the strong hand when the controversy vers verg is upon a larger scale the rifle is the most orthodox as well as the swiftest means of deciding it the first intelligence of the nevada indian war that reached us was truly alarming there had been a general uprising extending through consider considerable ablo abio portions of nevada and utah ranchman ranchmen ranch men and miners had been killed horses had been stolen and large numbers of cattle had been driven away there was a loud call from the seat of war for troops and a demand for vigorous loea Inea measures tt against the savages the exel excitement was great scouting parties went out and wherever an indian was found his arms were taken from him according to the eureka sentinel one indian captured by a scouting party became frightened and tried to run away whereupon he was shot dead he had made no resistance committed no overt act and there was not the slightest proof of his bis guilt another party according to the same authority came upon an in inoffensive old indian near shoshone district and undertook to take his guu gun from him not understanding thata state of war existed the old man naturally supposed that that an attempt was being made to rob him and held on to his property whereupon he also was vas shot dead on the spot it turned out that this victim was on the war path against rabbits which had been very destructive to the vegetable gardens of the ranchmen ranchman rauch ranch men of the vicinity and that the fatten fatter had hired the adian indian to haurand hunt and shoot the pests there may be men who are anxious to get up an indian war in nevada but thus far thero there has been no proof that such a war exists the indians were very naturally au n a state of alarm at the general commotion and excitement 1 for foi they knew know that it boded them no good they are reported to express themselves as averse to fighting with the white men and anxious to live peaceably with them adding that if the white men are determined to kill them they cannot help it there is no reason to doubt the since Bince sincerity rity of this language an the indians understand so well their inability to contend with the whites even in a good cause and in defense defenso fiso fise of their plainest rights that nothing but the desperation that is born horn of intolerable wrongs can drive them into so unequal a conflict general rose bose crans telegraph telegraphs that the indians indian he has encountered aro are peaceable but excited not knowing the cause of the trouble the advices advises that come flom hom every reliable quarter tend to show that there is na no danger from the In indians indian dlan dian unless they shall bo driven to defend themselves against wanton aggression and that it is now only necessary to keep the he troops on the ground for the purpose of repressing the warlike ardor of the nevada militia S F chronicled chronicle se sept pt 14 |
