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Excerpt from The California Indians: A Clever Satire on the Government's Dealings With Its Indian Wards Neither was it beyond the capacity of the Depart ment to comprehend that traveling expenses on spe cial Indian service might just as well mean a trip to the Convention at Sacramento; that guides and assistants were a very indefinite class of gentlemen of roving turn of mind; that expenses incurred in visiting wild tribes and settling di iculties among them did not necessarily involve the exclusion of dif ficulties among the party factions in the Legislature. In short, the original purpose of language was so perverted in the o icial correspondence that it had no more to do with the expression of facts than many of the employes had to do with the Indians. The reports and regulations of the Department actually bordered on the poetical. It was enough to bring tears into the eyes of any feeling man to read the affecting dissertations that were transmitted to Con gress on the woes of the Red men, and the labors of the public functionaries to meliorate their unhappy condition. Faith, hope and charity abounded in them. See what we are doing for these poor chil dren of the forest! Was the burden of the song, in a strain worthy of the most pathetic ights of Mr. Pecksniff; see how faithful we are to our trusts, and how judiciously we expend the appropriations! Yet they die off in spite of us - wither away as the leaves of the trees in autumn! Let us hope, nevertheless, that the beneficial intentions of Congress may yet be realized. We are the guardians of these unfor tunate and defenseless beings; they are our wards; it is our duty to take care of them; we can afford to be liberal, and spend a little more money on them. Through the judicious efforts of our public function aries, and the moral in uences spread around them, there is reason to believe they will yet embrace civili zation and Christianity, and become useful membersof society. In accordance with these views, the regulations issued by the Department were of the most stringent character - encouraging economy, in dustry, and fidelity; holding all agents and employes to a strict accountability; with here and there some intrinsic maxim or morality - all of which, upon being translated, meant that politicians are very smart fellows, and it was not possible for them to humbug one another. Do your duty to the Ins dians as far as you can conveniently, and without too great a sacrifice of money; but stand by our friends, and save the party by all means and at all hazards. Verbum sap! Was the practical construction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."