| Show THE INDIAN TROUBLE carl schurz has an idea that the main cause of the indian uprising is the rascality of the indian agents he thinks that they have been driven into their present defiant attitude altitude and says if dr who was the indian agent at pine ridge while I 1 was in the interior department were there now I 1 do not think this trouble would have been precipitated he had bad the confidence of the indians indiana he gave them what was wall theirs and saw that they always got justuce and fair dealing little acts of kindness invited the indians confidence they looked up to dr believed in him and were willing to listen and hear his advice aj judging from accounts that have reached newspaper readers there is little room for doubt that the present policy of dealing with the indian wards is largely responsible for the trouble and bloodshed occasionally an honest man like dr mcgillick McGil licu addy issen is sent tto to deal with w i th etheln the indians but in the majority of iDeta instances now the agents are rascals who deprive the reds of a part of their rightful dues and pocket the margin the red man has no a lovely disposition he to is not a being to hold up as an example for civilized people to pattern after he be is often dirty lousy and idle sometimes drunken and vicious yet he generally hais ha a regard for a contract and naturally expects the agreement to be fulfilled when the government makes betm a promise awl an i the agent breaks it the indian naturally blames the government ern ment and rightly too the govern mentis ment is responsible for the agent being inga a savage yet living in a sava savage gestate state the indian naturally turns to force and bloodshed as a remedy for his bis wrongs in fact he is not allowed to leave the reservation except by special permission he ts to na n t allowed to plead his cause to the courts when he goes to see the great father at washington and tells his story the agent says he lies and that settles it he to is not used as a human bet being ng he h is treated as a beast in a cage and naturally he remains beastly let the indian be treated as a citizen cit izea as a free and responsible human being and his warlike disposition would soon disappear when they are brought to a realization of the fact that the ways of civilization are necessary to their happiness and comfort they will become peaceful and industrious transferring the indian affairs from the in perlor to the war department would not solve the problem if we are to meet force with force and savagery with savagery then as a rather matter of course the indians indiana should be under direction of the war department but if the government desires to abolish savagery and bloodthirstiness blood thirst ness it can be done under direction of the interior department as well as aa anywhere else all that is needed is honesty and fair dealing coupled with a resolve to lead our indian wards into the paths of peace and usefulness but the chief need of all is honesty duluth iveas |
