In doing so, we disavow any desire
or wish to be barbarous to our barba
rian enemies, or to involve the coun
try in an expensive war for the sake
of tl)*) plunder which would ensue to
the benefit of a sexy con tractors, and to
the detriment of all other interests ;
and wo do solemnly aver that wo
want peace and protection with the
least possible waste of life ami money.
1. In our humble opinion the causes
of this war are generic, and not specific.
The gradual encroachment of whites
upon the domain of the Indians; the
construction of forts and roads in and
through that domain ; the failure of
the government to keep faith with
them ; the frauds of public agents, to
gether with a few special acts on the
part ot private citizens, pienci.v ..
solution of this immense war spirit,
ready to burst forth on the smallest
pretext. The first exhibition of this
spirit was the Minnesota massacre,
which needs no rehearsal. Early in
1864 the Hungate family, with others,
ten in all, were murdered a few miles
east of Denver. Augusts, 1864, eight
een were killed oh the Little
Blue, north of the Big Sandy.
