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Jay Amos Barrett
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Schuyler, Neb., April 19, 1895. Jay
Amos Barrelt. Dear Sic: I will com
mence by giving my experience of the
Indian as I found him. When I came
to this state, or this territory, as it was
then, the Omahas then, as now, occu
pied their reserve ut Blackbird hill, in
northeast part of the territory. I did
not get as much acquainted with them
as I did with the Pawnees. These I saw
every day, had them year after year
harvesting corn. They camped near my
house half the time in warm weather.
I became somewhat acquainted with
their language, so as to hold a talk with
them. Well did Cowper 6ay, lo the poor
Indian! I think that they were the
worst abused people I ever heard of.
They are called cruel, they 6calp their
prisoners, and 60 on. Ib that any worse
than the Turks have lately treated the
Armenians without the least provoca
tion? Where iB the nation that has suf
fered the abuse that they have without
retaliation? After I had befriended a
Pawnee Indian, I would sooner trust
him than one-half the whites. I speak
from experience. When I came here
the Pawnees were settled south of the
Platte river, near Fremont. About 1853
or 1859, they were moved west to what
was then a small Mormon settlement
103 miles west of Omaha. I will give
you one case of many I know, to show
the friendly feeling of some, at least, of
that tribe.
A young man by the name of Bowen
was crossing the Platte on the ice in
March. The ice waB mostly out. He
broke through and the whites on the
bank did not dare to help him. He was
given up as lost A young Pawnee
squaw heard him crying out and as
soon as she got to the bank she stripped
to the skin and swam out to him, sav
ing his life. This is known to be a
fact. She carriod a rope in her mouth.
Where iB the white girl that would dare
to do the, like? On the other hand this
same tribe skinned a white boy in this
neighborhood, to retaliate for his shoot
ing an Indian girl just for his amuse
ment. This was in the year 1849, thir
teen miles east of Fremont.
I will now describe the Indian agent
of whom it was 6aid that if an Indian
agent could not get rich in one year he
had no business to be an Indian agent.
I think no one not acquainted with
their way of doing business could be
lieve the fraud practiced upon the
Indians. Situated as I was, I had an
ocular demonstration every day for
many weeks after they had received
their payments. Is it reasonable to sup
pose that the government supplied dry
goods such as superfine broadcloth
pantaloons, made in the height of fash
ion, fit for any dude, and other goods of
the same style? These are facts. Also
carpenter's tools of the fancy kinds,
made for the most fancy work. No one
can think that the government had any
idea that such things were sent to the In
dians, who were compellsd to take them
at the agent's price. In the agreement
with the Pawnees, they were to have so
many, lhey received them, but such
guns! They were only another evidence
of fraud. Made in Pittsburg, flint IocKe,
cast iron barrels, a most complete sham.
Every squatter's house had them in
every corner. A squash or pumpkin
would buy one at any time. It is said
that the Indians will alwajs steal. So
would a white man to keep from starv
ing. When an Inaian is without food
he will sell anything. So will most
white men. As long as I
lived among them, I can 6ay that, dis
gusting as the Tndian is, no class helped
the early settler more. Myself and two
or three early settlers had a sharp fight
with the Sioux in 1863. That was the
only time that I was ever disturbed.
To be Continued).
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