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Show Tree, from the Stale penitentiary was pending; but since their release there is little doubt that some of the Kiowas have joined the Comanches in espeditious for plunder and murder. I XISTAUEN LENIENCY. There can be no question but that the necessity of fighting these Iu-dians would have beeu obviated by firmness and promptness in procur-. iiig the punishment of the crimes of individual Indians and of white lnaranders in their territory. For a long time past it has beeu tbe prao-tice of the Government to solemnly promise I<iowss, Comanches, and Cheyennes that any further raiding in Texas would he promptly and severely punished by the military, but when the Cheje~lnes and Co-manches, having continued to raid with scarcely any abatement, have beeu again arraigned, the promise has been redeemed by a second issue of the same tenor. Under this impunity in crime these Indians have become bold and defiant. Added to the demoralization produced by this mistaken leniency was the aggritvation of frequent loss of property by white thieves from Texas and Kansas raidiug ul~on their herds. Some of the well-disposed Indians, who had induced otllers of their tribe to surrender stolen stock, were the parties who suflered most from this white thieving. Taking adrantage of this demorali&ation and ex-asperation, it was not difficult for some of the wilder and more unman-ageable braves to inaugurate hostilities by assassinating the clerk at the Cheyenne and Arapahoe agency, and by the murder of teamsters and the plunder of a train freighted with Indian supplies. PUNISHMENT OF HOSTILES BY THE XILITARY. Kn July, Agents Haworth, Miles, and Richards were directed to call in and enroll a.t their ageilcies all Indiana who mere prepared to remain peaceful and law-abiding, and the n~ilitarya uthorities were reqnested to bring to punishment all wl~ojo ined themselves to the hostiles. Thiv has resulted in a vigorous campaign against nearly all the Comanches and ChesenneCand more than one-half of the Kiowas. Bv the latest; to submit to Droner re~x~lationansd restriitions. So far as the-Ofice is the punishment directly and almost exclusively ipon the hostile per- SOUS. PROPOSED EADICAL CHANGES FOR TEE HOSTILES. The question of the future of these wild Indians has been seriously considered. . Their deep and avowed aversion t.o any settled life cannot be overcome so long as they are on the borders of the vast unoccupied plains and almost within sight of herds of buffalo. And while they continue in this unsettled life by the chase it will be well-nigh iu~possi-ble to render settlers in Northern Texas and in Nea Mexioo secure fmm ~~ - ~- ~~ ~ ~ pilti.riug nn~ln ~~~rnleraotut:slv ks by an~nllp arties of indi\.i~l~r:o~f ltsh ese tlihes. 'J'l~ei l~teresrs,t herefore, 110th of citizens and i ~ ~ d i : ~rencsl ~~ire the a~lot~riuooi rt111ical mea&llres. Their h ~ s r i l ~ r ~de11dr i11~th' e I I ~ I S L soulmefare a practical abrogation on their part of treaty &ht. %he Gorernment, having snbj,jogated them by arms, will be at liberty in deal- |