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The Massacre of the Piegans.
THE MASSACRE OF THE PIEGANS*
BY SHENANDOAH, AUTHOR OF “ SHERIDAN’S LAST RIDE,” AND “ MOKE-TA-
VA-TA, THE MARTYRED CHIEFTAIN.”
Stern winter flashed its frozen bars
Across the fiery belt of Mars ;
The mountain brow was crowned with light,
The valley robed in spotless white ;
Calm justice, bending from the sky,
Looked o’er the battlements on high,
Her shining balance downward hung,
All solemnly and still it swung
To weigh the deeds of shame and worth,
At that hour passing on the earth ;
On one side was a nation’s ban,
The other held the poor Piegan.
Great was the power, wealth, and pride
Piled mountain high upon one side,
The prowess and the strength of years,
The triumphs over doubts and fears ;
The conquests, sometimes gained o’er wrong,
With Freedom’s name to make them strong;
The other side held want, distress,
The children of the wilderness,
Feeble and faint, with garments few,
The wintry winds could pierce them through;
A nation’s army—Sheridan,
Against the outlawed, poor Piegan.
On one side glittering steel and fire,
To do thejwork of death so dire;
Steeds prancing, banners waving high,
Strong men to conquest drawing nigh,
Such victory as might could gain,
With none their weapons to restrain;
The other but a few souls brave,
Who fought their helpless ones to save,
Women and babes, shrieking awoke
To perish ’mid the battle smoke,
* As rendered at the close of a lecture upon the subject of “ Moke-ta-va-ta ; or, The Nation and its
Wards,” in Masonic Temple, Washington, D. C., March 30th, by Cora L. V. Tappan.
�The Massacre of the Piegans.
Murdered, or turned out there to die
Beneath the stern, gray, wintry sky;
Here, a great Christian warrior’s plan,
There, Pity, and the poor Piegan.
Far o’er the seas, Columbia’s hands
Uplift the fallen of all lands ;
To Ireland’s stricken sons, her voice
Speaks, bidding them awake, rejoice ;
From England’s pride and wealth of state,
She bids the paupered millions wait;
Wakes from her dismal, dreary trance
The sleeping liberty of France ;
Salutes across the golden sea,
Brave Garibaldi’s Italy;
Pleads everywhere for rights of man,
Why not for her own poor Piegan ?
The summer fields of flowery Spain
Give promise of bright Freedom’s grain ;
Far to the distant Orient
A flash of fiery thought is sent,
The dark Mongolian is stirred
With every potent, piercing word ;
To all the races 'neath the sun
She welcome gives ; even the one
So lately bound to shame and toil,
, Enslaved, enfranchised on her soil;
For whom her‘own fair sons were slain,
To wash away foul slavery’s stain;
Oh 1 in this splendid, perfect plan,
There is a place for the poor Piegan.
Justice still bends above the earth,
To mark the deeds of shame or worth •
Each in the balance shall be tried ;
Oh ! not upon the nation’s side
Of shame, let us our tribute lay,
But on the side of truth, alway;
Remember, “Whatsoe’er is done
Unto the feeblest little one,”
The loving Master once hath said,
KThat do ye unto me instead
I look, behold the Son of Man
Bears in his arms the poor Piegan.
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�93
Friends among the Indians.
“FRIENDS” AMONG THE INDIANS.
From a report made by Samuel
M. Janney, Superintendent of In
dian Affairs, for the Northern Super
intendency, in the State of Nebraska,
to a convention of Friends held re
cently in Philadelphia, we extract
the following :
At the Santee Agency, the survey
of the allotments of land in severalty
is well advanced, and the Indians
are eager to occupy their farms as
soon as houses can be built. A new
steam saw-mill has been put in ope
ration, a large number of saw-logs
are in readiness, and lumber is being
rapidly prepared for building pur
poses. The agent expects the In
dians to do most of the work in
erecting their own houses.
He has contracted for machinery
to build a flouring-mill on Bazille
Creek—which affords a sufficiency
of water-power. He has seeded
about a hundred acres with spring
wheat, and intends to put in a corn
crop on the agency farm. The
schools are flourishing, and the In
dians manifest a disposition to help
themselves by honest labor. The
condition of the tribe is very encour
aging.
At the Winnebago Agency, about
three hundred acres of prairie land
were broken by Indian labor last
summer, to prepare for a crop this
year. The agent writes : “ We are
getting along very nicely with our
work, having finished sowing about
four hundred acres of wheat several
days ago ; it is now coming up and
looking well. We are at this time
plowing for corn, and preparing to
build fence.”
The allotment of land in severalty
is well advanced toward completion.
The schools, according to the last
information I received, were in a sa
tisfactory condition.
From the Omaha Agency, the agent
writes : “ Industry and thrift are now
taking the place of idleness and im
providence. The men work well,
and even the old chiefs now shoulder
their axes and go into the timber to
work with the rest.”
The timber they have been cutting
is for their own use, to be sawed
into lumber for the building of their
houses.
The past winter was the first in
which they have had the care of their
own cattle. Though steadily work
ed, these are now in good condition,
and not one has died, so far as the
agent has learned. Only one dayschool for children has yet been es
tablished, though many that can not
be accommodated express a desire
to go to school.
Funds are much needed for the
support of more schools.
At the Pawnee Agency, a disposi
tion has been manifested recently by
many of the men to engage in agri
cultural labor, which has hitherto
been performed almost exclusively
by the squaws. The sum of $4000
deducted from their annuity last falL
by direction of the chiefs, has, in ac
cordance with their wishes, been ap
plied this spring to the purchase of
wagons, harness, and plows.
They have a very large number of
ponies which were of little use except
they went on the hunt; some of these
have been broken to work, and are
�Friends among the Indians.
now used for agricultural purposes.
.Considerable area of land has been
prepared for a wheat crop, and is
probably sown by this time. These
Indians generally raise a large supply
of corn.
The Manual Labor School is flou
rishing, and now numbers seventyfive Indian boys and girls, who are
boarded and clothed, and taught the
most useful branches of an English
education. The boys are taught to
work on the farm, and the girls in
structed in household work. The
Agency farm is cultivated by the
labor of the boys and young men
who have been educated in the
school.
The agent of the Otoes and Mis
souri Indians writes : “ The condi
tion of the tribe is very promising,
and I think its prospects are gradu
ally growing better. A day-school,
under the care of an experienced
teacher, is progressing satisfactorily,
but its existence does not do away
with the necessity of an industrial
school.”
There has been' much sickness in
the tribe, and about thirty children
have died, mostly from measles.
93
The practice of bleeding for the cure
of most diseases is very common
with the Indians, and often very in
jurious.
The fund sent by friends for the
supply of suitable food for the sick,
has been of great service, and in
some instances medical aid has been
supplied from this same source.
All the children of the tribe have
been clothed by the Society of
Friends, and now present a very
creditable appearance. They attend
school with cheerfulness.
From the Great Nemaha Agency
I returned yesterday. There has
recently been much sickness among
the Indians, chiefly from measles;
but a skillful physician, living within
six miles of the reservation, has at
tended them, and the deaths have
been few.
The Iowa tribe is evidently much
improved since I first saw it, and
many of the men who were formerly
intemperate and idle, have reformed,
and are now sober and orderly in
their habits. The school taught by
Mary B. Lightfoot is well attend
ed, and the progress of her pupils is
encouraging.
�
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