| Show E DIT dix TO see BEE THE t 1 RIGHT UNTIL very recently it was the cus ens the press with wim 0 throughout the tho united ignited i states whenever u eve r any apy difficulty oc PC curr edwith the indians iud lud ians lans to raisa taisa the ay cry of nation and antl layl laying 9 all the blame biame upon the heads of the untutored pa savages advocate their utter destruction wot got and branch during hostilities an indian victory was decried aa as a iacre while the ibe exploits of christian boidi soldiers it luf iff killing and scalping warriors and bra braining squads squaws abid and oses were were lauded as of bravery and heroism the pew few papers 6 which set bet forth the fabis a ad dudin had any y word oade of de i f fen e n coor coon e p p q r remnants of the raco race which onte once owned the soil now claimed by the white man were denounced as s tr traitors aitos altos and when the 41 cormons mormons Mor M orm mons 9 either from the pulpit or the sanctum attempt ed td snow enow how the reil red men had bad been driven by repeated outrages to the war ivarda patu and abhorring the cruelty and treachery erlof of the ha natives nat tives ivea traced out the p primary imar lmar caubo causo to the acts of fiendish white men mien they were assailed w with h all kinds of obloquy and accused of bf bein gln gin league indians but recently a change has bas coma como over the tho spirit of the press the thie points points which tha the news HEWS has as nil all along niong maintained are coming into buch budh prominence that leading journals east and west not only perceive but are presenting them with force to the public the I 1 black hills struggle which costee cost the country millions ure and the lives of many brave j m mon men on including the gallant Custer caster was prompted by py cupidity and fraud intent tott iott to violate treaties with the red men imen and aud determination to pay no regard to their rights the present connect conn lct with the ban bab ean originated in ja the rame iame same rame spirit I 1 it I 1 th the red rea cloud and spot ted led tail sioux bioux had gone gomi 11 upon the war fiath path this summer te the blame biame b belonged lon ion lou ged to the whites for failing falling to fulfill fulfil a positive agree nent and an attempt to 10 induce to accept a dlf dif different Ferent ar to thit that guaranteed by the tives of ihie ifie the government f i tho the indiana indians are inhuman in their atrocity atrocity y when addi adds aroused bied to vinda s they then I 1 regard of all white people eop loAs as their foes and maue make no between their real enemies and abd those who are innocent of wrong against them but in almost every eveny avery eavery in stanca it will be found on close and fair investigation that the fint overt acts acta of wrong which have resulted in deeds of horror and devastation have been committed by evil minded whites who with the example bf of the govern mont before their eyes considered that indians indiana had no rights lights which might not be violated upon apparent necessity the thor omaha berald which by theby the by has haa generally acted birly airey fairly airly towards the oppressed red men bays says we have bave lived long en enough in this part of the west tto to know W wa that if every levery murder every atrocity every theft committed by indians on these plains for 24 years except in personal quarrels between individual indians and white niena men ha has been beon due to wrongs perpetrated by the government through its by white men upon the indians lieutenant lee who wets was placed in charge of the spotted tall agency on the summary dist dismissal lial of the agent for fraud gives a it sorrowful account of the removal of the ahe indians from the agency to the th 0 missouri missori mis river biver he says bays of course the indians indiana fri were very much opposed to coming corning that was their country where they the h had abin been boen born lived and where they he y had ka 4 buried burled their dead I 1 they were attached to td it the th same bame as white hite pen ren people quid be they did not ilot consent to go until they tuey ey hail had the most positive promises couched in the very tery strongest language that they should be removed early in the bring spring to landd lands of their own selee A 1 I on it at was wag in the winter it wa was a a L i most inhuman a and d t ba baiba rous roua thing to force torce them to make the journey at that seabon season of the year the ma main n body of them had bad to go in indian etyle style I 1 had hid elili eighteen teen days d by supplies les ies and anait it forty five fave day days to lo make inake the journey old oid wo men walked the etiole 30 miles mileson in the stormy und and inclemency of dr the season ceason it was waa inhuman tind jird brutal to male maie make the journey at that se beason season as op of the year if it had been in irl the summer hey they could have made it without we wp started in a erow enow storm ard and they had no ird jian blankets their abeln supplies being at it the 1 missouri biyer river there was a great deal of sickness more than there ever was in ili the thy tribe before and i a great many died tiled but they made no complaints until the time came for them edgo lothe to the reservation they edt edi anel ancl when hen no word woid came came nna and no to move them they became very much dissatisfied bat hat th they waited until after congress had adjourned before making anch trouble when therl congress had adjourned journea and gone home they began to think they bad had again been dey deceived and they would not be pacified in regard to he reasons why wb indians leave 0 their reservations he q 4 bays their theft supplies have never been issued to them regularly they would have enough for thirty day days s and then they would be left without t anything the indiana would stand I 1 it until they were nearly dead from starvation and then they would go off toll toli to hunt bunt so they will come and go pome and go co all the time if they ghey had been supplied they wald waid would not have left their me reservation rhe rne the new york ment ing on thib thui statement bays says turne turned dout nut out of their old homes moved from place to place and sometimes in the dead of winter and without adequate transportation clotel clothing D g or food lied bid to in the most shameful manner and apparently by the highest officials in the land laud Bt Arved starved their hunting bunting grounds done rone gone their attempts at aft civilization discouraged all these thime abuses have bave one single band baud of int in t deans endured according tor tw officer and any man who bas has lived on the borden border can add to the shameful list had these thebe savages a ti tithe the of the moral sensibility df white men meri 1 they would take the warpath karpath and never lesve leave iland no true man would blame them we will now quote from a western paper on one that has h never been accused of any sym pym sympathy pathy with the red men met the J ban bali francisco says A been ri peping ripening into a settled belief with those who study the indian ludian question from ao ab unprejudiced point that the GoVern government meri peni i is s solely nud and culpably responsible jor for all the indian outbreaks of the past nears years the tho chroni alfoni 1 aze proceed in a long and pungent article to show some of the wrongs sundet sundered suffered edby euby by he reds and the vii vil villainy laidy ef of onn off official lelal whites asa cash eash paper says the most powerful and at the same samia time best beat disposed band baud of warriors in oregon at the present time is ts that of chief moses but if the reverend reve Beve rend gentleman who presides over the umatilla reservation could carry his poin teMoses would have been driven on op the war path long ing ago this thia pious ous emissary up to within a couple of 01 weeks ks had bad been exerting himself NV fo 1 have moses and his band drive driven ii on which they have maintained themselves for generations and corralee corr aled on a reservation ilogon on government fodder 11 the follow following lag is from the lips of the great indian fighter who h has earned for himself the title of the 1 bed ned led red blayer slayer gen crook say says 4 he I 1 tho he indians have nevar had any redress fon for wrongs committed against them then I 1 have haie kno known of squaws squads being leing ridden down lassoed and outraged and jf it an indian had saida salda said word he would have been shot jf it crimea are not punished they will III be committed anywhere aby no white man was ever convicted or punished for a crime crimo cr 1 mg against the Ind indiana fanti lanti 1 I 1 WL hall liall this change in a public sentiment as a token that some justice willyette wili will jetco meted outto arace anace that has ha s suffered great wro wrong egand and oppression which may result in the redemption bribes of a remnant of their tribes and in preventing their thein utter destruction by the superior race I 1 yo nye are af pf tho the opinion that if pro properly lierly treated promises made to them being strictly feli fill filled and prompt chastisement being e ila lea n g administered to them when clearly aly in the wrong the indians indiana may be colonized colonize dj taught the arts 0 of f civili bation instructed r in the laws of i god and the jand land and gradually brought to a condition of comfort and peace pea ceas flashn an integral part of this great nation instead of being a ton continual thorn in its side but this cannot be effected instantaneously instantaneous Y it lur will take time patience and the exorcise of those virtues which ought to abound among a christian people andin and in an enlightened ined government vern ment the united states have a duty to perform towards the native tribes and the great ruler of men and nations will hold bold them accountable for their course in this Import important ant apt matter t I 1 t THE NEW ERA FOK I lor OR JUD JUDAH judae A week agg we noticed the ridicule cast t by the jewish mea awell aa as by many influential Hebrew the reconstruction of the judian na nation tion and the return to palestine and anti showed that the tho skepticism which prompted it was not reasonable nor in accord with the predictions of the jewish prophets on the dinst an international jawish conference was new york at which the rev bev mr mendes delivered an address in the course of his remarks winch wh leh ieh were founded upon isaiah I 1 and jeremiah he said we are passing through tigh a new now era of our history we are eieg prepared for the realization of our dearest hopes our reconstruct lonas ionas aa one nation this spoken in such buch an assembly as the acknowledged sentiment of the people represented shows that there are vast numbers of jews in different parts of the world who follow the admonition of jeremiah referred re erred to by the speaker attye yo that have escaped the sword go away crand not still remember er th zhe the lord eLoid afar off and let jerusalem come unto your mind 1 l enlarging upon the idea of the reconstruction of the jewish nationality tiona lity mr mendes Mend essaid sald bald now as soon as a nation is created it ha has national interests therefore wa we must have toen meu capable of guiding such men who command the respect of all and who have b ave been trained in the arena of the worlds politics and who are ready teddy and willing to take charge of ours such men are vire moses monte montefiore flore fiore the ambassador many a time of peace and benefit to th his peo people pie a cremieux Crem leux once in trusted with the interests of france a lasker JL asker of germany one of the foremost statesmen a jesse jessel of Eng england hind high in legal fame and who doubts but that these whose names are ard almost household words on the lips of the jew east west north and south and others who are rising with them do command our respect have been trained in the arena of the worlds politics and are ready and willing to take charge of our interests when their well beloved nation shall call them but this necessitates mixing with our neighbors of alien faith falth nevertheless although this may be true it does not necessitate succumbing to the evil the n the dispersion of the jews among niong i all nations is a fact that no one will have the hardihood to deny and that it la Is in perfect fulfillment fulfilment of the prophecies of their ancient beers seers very few will have the obstinacy to to dispute but the predictions orthe same inspired prophets concerning the gatherl gathering Dg of the dispersed of judah from the four corners of the earth the rebuilding d of jerusalem an and d the restoration of the hebraic government are just as plain and positive as those that have been accomplished why should the former be fulfilled and the latter fall to the ground and if one class of predictions came to pass literally why should a spirit spiritual ilal lial or figurative interpretation bo be attached to the other we are pleased to note that intelligent jews consider that the time has corn come 0 to prepare for the realization of the hopes of their race for centuries and they will find the key to the restoration and agthe lat atter day glory of judah in the sayings of their seers back to the time of their great lawgiver law jaw giver one of th thelast last utterances of moses was concerning their scattering and redemption and after portraying their tribulation and punishment as plainly as though he were relating the past instead of predicting thu tho future he said f and it shall come to pass when all these things shall come upon thee the blessing ind the curse which I 1 have hive set b before thee thees and call them to mind among all the nations whither the lord thy god hath bath driven thee and shall return unto the lord god and shall obey his voice I 1 according to all that I 1 command this day thou and thy iby children with all ali thino heart and all thy soul that then the lord dord thy god will turn thy cap captivity and have comp comi compassion aRsion assion upon thee and will return and gather thee from all the nations whither the lord thy god hath scattered thee deut axx 1 when judah who has departed from the spirit and also the letter of bf the law of jehovah returns to the lord the most high will return to judah and all the words of moses and the prophets will be fulfilled concerning him this is the key to the restoration let the rabbis and wise men inen in israel lay it t to heart and labor with their people for nor the time is near at hand band and happy will they be who work with the almighty in the day of his hib power judah will sui bul surely ely vly return and the ancient dominion will certainly bere bore be reestablished established re the new era ena to dawn l WHITES AND reds KEDS ANOTHER religious indian agent has come to grief this time it js Is a congregational preacher his name Js Is aiden alden and he I 1 halls hails i ails from minnesota he was appointed for his piety to the th e berthold berthoid Bert hold bold agency near the mouth of the yellowstone liver biver general hammond who is investigating his peccadilloes finds that he has drawn vouchers for Imag imaginary inary inari carpenter work traded bacon to the them indians for 20 cents 15 nrc coals q coffee tor for 50 cents tents that cost coat 20 centa buffalo meat for 25 cents ahat that cost 10 cents and received pay for his eifes zel zei vices us clerk on sworn you vouchers chers that the work was done while she was absent for months at a time aiden alden has baa ruined himself for a few hundred dollars while his predecessor was abie able to retire with drawn on fraudus fraudulent vouchers the question is will anything be done with aiden alden perhaps in a fit of virtuous anger the government may |
