Show EP editorials I 1 T 0 R IA S thle THE INDIAN QUEST lone IONo 2 attreau change 1 in public benti senti ment mont with regard to the indians indiana has taken place during the past few years not long ago whenever news was received ot of an indian outbreak the demand was made mado for the annihilation of the savages and the wholesale massacre of and papooses oses aa as well as the braves engaged in active hostilities by lay the gallant white go ia in the employ of the government ern brn ment was greeted with the highest plaudits pl audits and the most exultant di delight light the re red dekins skins were denounced as utterly destitute of any uy human attribute and heid held up as legitimate game for the military I 1 marksman wherever found the rights of the tho red man were not taken into consideration his jelia claim upon the soil was derided and nod the doctrine va was waa generally gune gone rally held that the inferior race must give way to the superior even it if this lavol involved ved the utter extermination of the former latterly mor ejust ojust and humane ideas have obtained possession of thinking minds the wrongs perpetrated pet rated upon the savage have received recognition the fact that he has some bome claim upon the land and upon the consideration of the white settler who needs or covets its it has forced itself upon the perception of the thoughtful and those Jour journals nEds which at one timo time cried out for the extermination of the red devils now demand a change in the indian policy of the toe government and conc concede edethe odethe the point polut always put forth by this paper that the untutored indians have been more sinned against thans than sinning inning 11 chevery Th the every very sentiments now express ed by leading newspapers in regard to the ute war and the geno gene general ral rai course of the country toward the savages savage when uttered years ago by the deser ET NEWS were interpreted as proofs of gur eur anul atUl affiliation lation ath the indians indiana wo we will make a few jew extracts out of many that might elight be given selected from bome some of at our latest exchanges the washington correspondent of the new now york herald gives somo some facts in relation to the causes of the ute war which nrc arc thus summarized by the omaha herald I 1 9 agent danforth of white river biver agency in his report of 1877 to the commissioner ca ra missioner of indian affairs shows that the annuities and supplies of the utes were about half enough that nono none of their annuities and but part of their supplies reached the agency that thab year yea T that goods purchased in agust august of the preceding year had been lying at the railroad depot miles away for over nine months that flour was delayed many months at raw kaw line that no clothing blankets tents tenta Imp laments or utensils lia ila of any kind had been issued at that agency for nearly two years no flour except once 15 pounds to a family since the preceding may aray that while the indians were obliged to make up the deficiency by hunt ing the government peremptorily prohibited the s sale ale of arms and to them that the he indiana could obtain aln ain plenty tf arms and ammunition jut juit ju t outside their agency the herald hag haa also a statement from mr wolf who lived many y years 8 ra among the utes th that tuat a t X they were among the most peaceable ea ceable ceabie indians indiana in the united and had been defrauded in the most shamale s manner by government traders and hud contractors it is al alleged leget that for years the government utterly failed cohoner to honorably meet its ila obligations toward these indians that for some two yearl years at one time their goods wane were en foitle and undelivered and that finally there was added the unrestrained trespass of the miners upon their reservation stich sueh a si record of submission to shameless wrong has not before been recorded and it places beyond the of a doubt the whole responsibility of the murder upon the indian bureau ay the annexed is epitomized from frem the st louis republic ral tn in 1871 when the ban juan faven fever broke out the tho utes owned and occupied about one fifth of what Is now colorado they made no reb res resistance latance to the tho invasion of treasure seeking emigrants but waited patiently for remuneration from the government in 1872 they entered into a treaty by which a portion of their territory in the vicinity of the present city of leadville was ceded to the tha united stated in consideration of the sum af in annual payments besides the money the treaty secured to them important rights and privileges especially la in relation to td protect protection ion iou from the whites in the land unsold it will bea oca scarcely reely be credited perhaps but not only have the whites been allow allowed ed to overrun this land laud but not a dollar of the has been paid while the immediate provocation of the tho attack upon Thorn burghs command was the enclosing and cultivation of a field near the agency which the indians indiana claimed that attack was really the result ot of the repudiation on the part of the government of its most solemn pledges we take the annexed from the bt st louis louls temes times journal the uto ute war now begun forcibly demonstrates the imbecility wickedness and brutality of the policy which it is sought to put an end to if congress does its duty we shall at least know herg hero hereafter after that the Ind indians latis isris are in charge of men who are not afraid to go among them when they are dissatisfied 11 1 1 this la is from the fame paper another large class of people consider the indian as a legitimate subject of deception and dishonesty to be first cheated and swindled bythe by the civilized method an dafter and afterward if he resorts to the barbarous mode of retaliation to receive a sound drubbing if it necessary to be exterminated the policy of the government in dealing with the barbarians has been shaped from the beginning by this false view nothing more irrational than that policy could be imagined the new york worlds washington correspondence of the ath dinst 13 say bay ay 2 el chief cleric clerk brooks brooke of the indian d ian lan office speaking ecea king yesterday of the ute outbreak paid that not long ago two gentlemen in n mining brought to the in interior tailor de apartment part ment several specimens of rich gold ore gathered from the centre of the reservation and advised secretary schurz to lose no time in negotiating for the free use of that district for mining purposes the visitors tois were informed that such negotiations would involve the abrogation of the treaty which expressly provides that the reservation shall not be tres trea trespassed passed upon except by authorized arents agents of the government well if you wont open a way to those mines for us we shall open one ourselves the visitors replied that said brooks yet erday ays is the spirit of the white people out there with an utter disregard of treaties they raid upon any section that they think will be profitable and no doubt the Ute utes shave have been provoked to warfare by white incursions the new york times thus ironically concludes an article on the same subject it ia Is manifestly the duty of congress to see eee that the indians are i exterminated with all possible poss pois ibie ible tenderness der ness the sacramento accord union faug hus discourses on this matter the more the origin of the ute aleine is examined the plainer does it a appear pear that these indians were gored goaded into rebellion bytho bythe by tho infamous usage they had suffered at the hands bands of congress their reservation er had been encroached upon and stolen from them by white prospectors and miners ao 10 long ago as 1873 congress a agreed reed to pay therna them a bum eum equivalent to about I 1 aa as an indemnity bix bis years have passed and not only has no dollar of this money been paid but the indians have been condemned jostand to stand by and further encroachments encroach ments upon the lands which had been solemnly set apart for their special use the wrongs of the mes utes are ate in truth the wrongs which the american people have inflicted upon the indian tribes with a hideous monotony of bad faith for over a century and a half there may be some varieties of detail but the principles followed are the same bame and the results are identical with those which such principles inevitably produce if we are ever to have any reform in our indian afraim affairs we must begin by realizing and confessing that our sins in ju this regard have been national and und not merely those of party this is from the ban san francisco chronicle ronicle I 1 A washington dispatch of the loth instant reads that the treasury officials have just completed the manuscript of a statement showing the amount of moneyed money expended bythe by the united states government on od behalf of indians indiana from its formation to july 1 1879 and that it foots up kully one half of this expense hab haa bea caused by indian wars the most notable abd and expensive of these warb wara during the last thirty yearb years were those with the apaches of arizona and new mexico the co go manches of rogue bogue river tribes the pawnees Paw nees the Ban Bannac nacka kay kaj the sioux the C Cheyenne h eyen U a and the tho bodocs it is a fact full ol 01 instruction that nearly all these tribes had been at perfect peace with the whites for fon or years before they went to war the causes that impelled them to take up arms are in nearly nearly every case traceable to either ba bad faith on the part of the government touching treaty stipulations or the aggressions of white settlers miners and plo pioneers latest Ija test reports form colorado indicate unmistakably that the same bad causes have stirred up the utes to their present hostilities recent mineral discoveries have sent hundreds of prospectors upon the ute reservation they see eee in this raid the near peril which bab has left the sioux and Che Ohe yennis without any protection ia in their theli old homes upon which the government settled theland the mand they resolve to protect themselves or perish in the attempt the Washington post baye saye If nearly a all nil I 1 our indian wars including tho the present trouble have resulted from aggressions on the part of the caucasian on the rights of the red man 10 it is the old old story how many times will it be repeated the lia Dia lans ians rob rub robbed rubbed d of f their lands defrauded out of their their dues duess driven like cattle upon reservations and left to starve or perish tor lot lack ol 01 clothing in the winter prevented from hant ing and providing for themselves in their usual way lin jin regions where the game they need most abounds naturally become reckless and savage all the baser instincts of their nature are aroused by their wrongs and when they once onee take the war path cruelty ia is anfe bu but a feeble word to express the extent of their fiendish and horrible atrocities but where does the blame reat rest we say emphatically upon the 9 superior race who drive a the uncivilized victims of their greed and dishonesty dishon sty to these deeds of fearful retaliation we do not believe that the policy of the country honestly looks to the redemption of the lower race or contemplates its elevation to a higher plane but that it is baaed rather upon the idea of extermination and extinction of the reds for the aggrandizement of the whites and this is will bring down the wrath of the great J jehovah Jo hovah who Is the god of the dark skinned aa as well as the fair faced races of the earth earths and will hold the professedly enlightened responsible for their acts to ward the inferior tribes of men the Ind indians laris should be protected in their rights the same came as if they were caucasians every agreement with them should bo be religiously fulfilled all that is promised them should be forthcoming in the time thereof encroachments Encroach ments upon them by the whites civil or military should be pre pro prevented vented or punished honest enn eff should be made to teach them the arts of civilization in case ease of any outbreak or overt acts on their part sufficient clent force should be used at once to impress them with the strength and power of the government to crush them and no hesitation or vacillation should be exhibited fair dealing and truth on the one hand band and swift and sum sufficient eiert elent puni punishment on the other would soon bring the remnants of the land into proper relations with the country bm bui while the policy is ift pursued of cheating defraud defrauding n and trampling upon their rig rights e them of feebly threatening or se sending mere handfuls hand fuls fula of inexperienced troops among them as targets for their trained warriors we shall hear of indian outbreaks indian mass maps massacres acres aeres and indian horrors generally millions mil mii liona of the peoples money will be squandered and the indian problem will remain unsolved a vexed and sorrowful question ia a stigma upon the nation and a shame and disgrace before the heavens and the earth 0 1 ato 31 THE SEVENTH DAY OB OF THE FIRST WB wn are la receipt of the following letter from a neighboring state which we publish in full omitting only the name and residence of the writer october 14 1879 dear editor A friand filand handed me a copy of your paper ol 01 sept ath 1879 1871 ana in reading leading a discourse by elder bider geo Q cannon I 1 nind find the following which I 1 quote 69 now this is not required of ua us on this thia day alone the first day of the week the day of worship set apart for us to come together I 1 would like to know who set it apart for us and again I 1 quote and gsand sas as I 1 have said not to be tided today to day alone the first day of tho the week the Bab Sab bath bith etc now what I 1 wish to know is by what authority does he call the first brat day ef of the week the sabbath aa as you the latter day saints profess to have the true gospel through revelation I 1 thought you could enlighten me I 1 have been a student of the holy scriptures for twenty years but cannot find any divine authority for calling the first day of tha tho week the sabbath and now I 1 write to you thinking perhaps you e ean can enlighten me through the columns of your paper on thia this subject please answer and greatly oblige an earnest seeker after truth the subject of sabbath keeping is a very important one it la Is generally conceded that to rest from labor one oner day in the week ia Is beneficial to mankind the law of the sabbath revealed from god in the beginning and established in the mosaic code 1 la founded in uhe the al linow etlan of human feces gitles incessant toll toil wears out the body and benumbs tho the mind physical as well as intellectual vigor la Is promoted by 0 respite from daliy dally routine buethe buu but the tue almighty in providing for the day of res rest thad had bad in view the spiritual aa well as earthly good of his children for this reason he set bet apart the sabbath aa as a day of worship aa as well aa as rest and through ula hia prophets admonished his people not to spend it in i worldly pleasures but in rest and devotion there is no doubt that under the mosaic dispensation the seventh day was held sacred aa as the sabbath Bao sno bath but in the primitive christian church the day was change changed dand and the first day of the week was set apart for the disciples to meet together and break bread in remembrance of their crucified lord the scriptures are silent on the ques question t on of who set it apart but aa as this custom prevailed it Is to be presumed that the apostles who were at the head of the church and were led by the spirit of revelation in all things for the work ol 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