Col. Edward Wanshaer Wynkoop, after his resignation as Indian Agent for the Arapahoes, Cheyenes, Camanches, and Apaches, was invited by Peter Cooper, the founder of the prestigious Cooper Institute in New York City to air his feelings about the situation between the Indians in the West and the Federal Government and to suggest ways to cure the problems that were occuring on a daily basis.

     Ned delivered his speech on December 23, 1868 in front of a large crowd, including reporters from a number of the nation's largest newspapers. For unknown reasons, none of them chose to report all of Col. Wynkoop's remarks. However, two of the papers, the New York Times and the New-York Daily Tribune, each chose to report on the sections of Ned's speech that the other chose to ignore. So, by reading both of those reports, you should get a pretty good idea of what Ned Wynkoop had to say that evening and even, perhaps, why this speech of his caused him such political headaches over the years and kept him from finding another government job for another eight or nine years.

The Indian Difficulties.
     The General Committee of the United States Indian Commission asks Col. Wynkoop to speak before them on Wednesday evening, from the New York Times, December 22, 1868.

Col. Wynkoop.
     Col. Wynkoop before the Committee of United States Commissioners, from the Daily Kansas State Journal, December 24, 1868.

Indian Affairs.
     Meeting of the United States Indian Commission--Report of Col. Wynkoop, from the New York Times, December 24, 1868.

Our Indian Difficulties.
     Col. Wynkoop before the American Geographical and Statistical Society, from the New-York Daily Tribune, December 24, 1868.

Col. Wynkoop and the Indian Question.
     Col. Wynkoop, in an address to the American Geographical Society defended the Indian Bureau, from the Daily Kansas State Journal, December 25, 1868.

The East.
     From the Quincy Daily Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Friday, 25 December, 1868.

The Indian Question.
     Peter Cooper addresses the American Geographical Society, from the Daily Kansas State Journal, December 29, 1868.

The Best Yet.
     From the Colorado Transcript, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, Wednesday, 6 January, 1869.