Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-01-11


thousand and hinety-iwo, known to the U. States
contiguous 70 our borders, and entirely independ-
eht OF the vast and numerous tribes that roam
through the more distant forests of our own ter.
ritory, and whose wandering habits and propepsi.
ties render it impossible to make even rem o.c
calculation of their force.
| Such likewise, are our intimate connection and
fiscal concerns with those tribes under our imme.
date protection that, by the estimates of the In.
diah bureau Tor the coming year, demand will
be made upon the governments for the estimated
annual appropriation Of 81, 1913 629 IA A por.
ton of this sum, amounting to ST., ,l55, exclusive
private contributions made by various rel igious
denominations, impelled by the pure spirit of
christianity, Is dsbursed for the purposes of edu
cation among the several Indian tribes, agreeabIv
to treaty stipulatons.
Some OF the tribes, under the benign protection
and efforts of the general government are rapidly
changing their condition, and assuming a charac.
ter which entities them 10 higher consideration.
and must speedily press upon Congress the neces.
s'tV OF deciding the question whether our pocy
must not undergo an essential change, and, in.
stead Of guardianship. incorporating and extend.
ing over them the blessings of our own ins,i,u
uons' as their moral and intellectual improvement
advances. and encourages us to do so. without ex.
posing their present rights to imposition and plum.
der.
In the course Of the progress under our moral
enterprise for their civilization, they must eyen,u-
ally attain the sagacity to look out for individual
and social rights. and that degree of general intel
Igence to entitle them 10 the full extension of all
The privileges OF American citizens. When that
Time shall arrive, there will be no obstacle 10 DO.
iltical association by reason of any natural or
acquired repugnance to the blood of the original
American.
Among the various schemes and theories sup.
gestcd by Phanlhropc men for the elevation Of
the Condition of the aborgineso, is empha .icalv
.o, L;. r '' :.'i" raGa ms hv which that
great object OF humanity can be attained. It is
also very obvious that education mast bo diff
fused as equally through the mass Of the tribe rs
capacity and aptitude will allow. by the establish
heht OF con'".nn schools within their own limits
l he education and intellectual uuransamen, Of ,
lev individuals of a community in a college or a
school, at distance from their tribe do not pro.
mote the just and liberal design of the government.
of ihnS9p hanSprehended that the superior requirements
the mass of their trbah bh9m so much in advance of
monopoly and selfish acquisition if not "a ,is IN
preston of their more ignorant and untu,orct
brethren. Y
At the present day there is every encourage
ment TO indulge the hope that the Indispensable
and only means have in.imatod OF ciyi ization
will be gradually and Voluntarily adopted, and ef.
hcienty carried into practice by the red men them
selves. Thlsgraifying encouragement, rests upon
the TACT that even the incomplete returns trans
mittod TO the Indian bureau furnish evidence of
the establishment Of siXty-fve schools among tho
omigraled tribes Immediately along our Western
border. May we not $50 hope that those schools,
under the guidance of moral and Christian in
strucIors. will speedily expel from among the
tribes the vile spirit-house of the reckless Indian
trader whose evt profits depend upon the destruc-
tion Of every human being with whom he deals!
| have so fr proceeded in execution of your
earnest instr uclions that this department should
meet and satisfy the wishes of the people Of the
State of Mississippi and Indians, in reference to
the Choctaws and the Miamies, as TO have made
contracts for the removal and subsistence of those
tribes. The emigration of the former to their
new and chosen home, is to commence within the
present year and my information enables me to
TIM the Minn.i.,. :Ii " frcrr iudi-
ana IN the carlI r>f .i------.-
When these contracts and the instructions to
which have already adverted in relation to the
Seminoes of Florida shall be fulfilled, there will
then remain, certainly, not an enemy. but mere
iy, a few and very inconsiderabIe remains of the
vast and powerful actions which once we're the
sole and waril6e possossoss of The enlire region
east OF the ; issa,IPpi. --sH d.
regret to bo Obliged to refer to tho conlnu.
ance OF the serious dlsseHslons unfortunately ex-
is'ing IN one OF the most enlightened Indian tribes
tho Cherokees. had hoped that the return to
their homes Of the several delegations who we- 1
IN attendance in this city during the luy' ~'so"
OF Congress, representing the ai@,,a.aIh r",''oS
which distract the nation, yYfa,o,v us n ~
disposition to sit down ,;ns, al n, e''' '"e'i