The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-16

dun 0uo-aSency, win view 10 provide tor their
removal from their present location and their es-
adjustment in district OF country where they will
be free from the incursions of the whites upon
them
j Governor Dodge has been instructed to treat with
the Onedas Of Green Bay, for the purchase Of their
lands IN that section Of Wisconsin, and their reno
val TO the southwest of the Missouri river. Moth
ing has yet been heard from him the subject, but
hopes are entertained that he will be successful.
Herewith you will find fiscal tables (3) showing.
l~ The amount drawn out Of the treasury between
the 30th June, 1874, and Both of June, 1s45, in.
elusive, on account of appropriations for the half
calendar year ending the 3Oth of June, ls43, and
the balance remaining undrawn. 2. The amount
drawn between the Both of june le44 and the Both
of June, 1S45, inclusive, on account of appropria.
tons under the act of the Sd Of March, l643, for
other purposes than the foregoing, and the balance
tween the Goth Of june 1874 and the Goth of June,
| l845, inclusive, account of appropriations for
the service of the Indian department for the fiscal
year commencing LIST of July, l643, and ending the
| Both of June, 1874, and the balance remaining UNI
drawn 4. The amount appropriated for the SER.
vice Of the Indian department for the fiscal year
commencing July LIST, 1874, and ending June goth,
| lS45, inclusive, and the balance remaining un-
| drawn
| There is likewise annexed an exhibit of the
| amount in stocks, and held in trust for various In
dian tribes, as well as Of the sums on which Con-
gress appropriates the interest annually, as called
for by certain treaties, instead of investing the
in stocks.
The annuties and other payments for the year, to
meet treaty stpulations, have been promptly remit
ted and have either been paid, are in process of
payment, TO those entitled to receive them.
The records of this Office show that large num-
Der of claims connected with reservations and grants
of land to individual Indians, have been disposed Of
during the past year, The greater portion Of them
were those of Choctaw Indians under the 18th arti-
Gle of the treaty with that tribe of September, $780,
which have been the subject of frequent action by
Congress since 1885.
The commissioners appointed under the "act to
provide for the satisfaction of claims arising under
the fourteenth and nineteenth articles of the treaty
Of Dancing Rabbit Creek, concluded in September,
1880" approved 23d August, l642, made final re-
port of their proceedings to the President on the
18th of June last The claims reported on by them,
so far as the decisions of the commissioners were
| favorable to the claimants received your concur
| renee, and have been acted on by this Office with
view of placing in the possession of the various In
dian claimants, the evidence of the admission and
settlement of their claims and that no further delay
should operate to prevent the removal of the claim
ants and their families from the State of Mississippi
to the country occupied by their kindred west of the
State of Arkansas.
According to the provisions Of the act passed at
the last session of Congress, confirming the valua-
tons made by Messrs. Caldwell, Waggoner, and
Justice, of the improvements on the lands in Ohio,
18th Of August, 1912, funds placed during the
past season in the hands of the agents of the de-
partment for payment to the claimants. 1t was
a condition precedent to the liquidation OF the
various amounts, that the sums thus paid were
to be Sin full satisfaction of all claims and de-
mands" under the 5th article of that treaty. This
am informed, has met with much opposition--the
agent on the 18th October last reporting that but
few had accepted the terms, embracing but about
one-third of the sum to be paid over, the balance
tx,Ft latrx
The alleged difficulties among the Cherokees,
regret to state, remain still unsettled. delegation
of the party holding the authority Of the nation, at
the head of which is Mr.. John Ross, the principal
chief, has been in Washington for some time past.
Several of the delegation of the old settlers party
have also been here and delegates from the treaty
party, it is understood, may shortly be expected 1t
is much to be dcsred, and am in hopes that, during
the winter, the questions in which the difficulties
among these people have their origin may, in some
manner, be defnitively settled.
1t is scarcely necessary to enter into an analysis
OF the various reports from the superintendents,
agents, and sub-egents of Indian affairs. They will
be found appended to this report, Numbered from
to 30) Upon referring to them, however, 1t will be
seen that, with a very few unimportant excep-
tons, the condition of the various Indian tribes
under their charge has been peaceabe and we'll
disposed and that but little change has ta-
ken place since the last annual report from
this Office. A disposition to improve their condition
by adopting the habits and conforming to the pur-
suits of the white man, continues to manifest itself
to very considerable and gratifying extent. The
use of ardent spirits among few of the tribes has
been somewhat increased, while with most of them
has greatly diminished This increase arises from
the nadequacy OF the existing laws to suppress the
whskey trade. 1t may, with proper excrtions, be
kept out of the Indian country, where the United
States has exclusive jurisdiction but abandoned
white men living within the limits of the States, and
organized Territories bordering the Indian
try, continue this nefarious traffic, and afford the In
dams ample opportunities of obtaining this liquid
poison injurious to their peace and destructive of
their race. The laws of the United States cannot
reach such cases; and nothing but restrictive laws
passed by the States themselves, and rigidy enfor-
ced, can ever abate or remedy the evil. These are
called for by almost every report received from the
agents of the government and it is to be hoped that
some measures may be taken to direct the attention
of the local legislatures to this important subject.
The cause Of education, destined it ever must
be to improve the mental but also the moral condi-
ton of the human race is gradually extending it's in
fuence among the Indian tribes Its course is on
ward one and to it must chiefly look in future to
reform the character and ameliorate the condition
of the red man. Comparatively few reports have
been received from the superintendent OF schools IN
the Indian country. From the information con-
tanned in these, however, we may reasonably anti |
cipate that, before many years shall have elapsed,
knowledge of letters of agriculture and of the
mechanic arts, will be widely diiused among the
Indians and that they will then see the necessity of
urging upon all their people course of life which
will tend TO promote their immediate happiness and
permanent welfare.
1t has been the subject Of remark in former re-
ports Of this Office, that the Choctaws have earned
for themselves an envable reputation by their at
tachment to the cause of education and the conse
quent improvement that has taken place in the con-
dition Of their people am happy to state that they
still continue highly sensible of the benefits which
they deriving from the schools which they have
established in their nation and the example thus set
by them is destined TO exert i'm portant influence
on all the neghboring tribes. They will see the adj |
resulting from the efforts made by these
people, and strive to follow in their course.
The report of Gov Butler, late agent for the Chero
KEGS furnishes the most hattering account of The
schoolsamong that people. They are principally what
arecaled "neighborhood schools" and represent
ed to be numerous and in hourishng condition. |
Last year they numbered twenty-eight; all sup |
ported out of their funds reserved by treaty and