Democratic banner., 1847-12-27

Post Offices have accordingly
oern established, deputy post masters aP-
pointed, AMI provision made Tor the trans
portation Of the mails.
Tire preservation Of peace with the lndi-
IN tribes residing west of the Rocky Mum
tains viii render it proper that authority
should he given by law for the appointment
Of az adequate number Of Indian agents
TO reside among them.
recommend that a Surveyor Generals
Office be established in that territory, and
that the pablo lands be surveyed and
brought in;o market at an early period.
rcchmmend also. tina. grants upon lib
rral terms. of limited quantities of the pub
tic ianti<, be made to all citizens of the u
States w!io have emigTated, ar vhn may
hereafter, within a prescribe! period, emf
CRATE to Oregon and settle upon i've land.
These hardy and adventurous citlSsns.l
who have encoagsvxi tbs dansers aud pri-
Is ae..-sS Nf as -~-csome Journey and
have at length found an abiding place f.r
themselves and their fdmilits s, upon the ut
NEST verge al our western limits. should be
secured IN the homes which they have ian
proved hy their labor.
refer you 20 the accompanying report
of the Secretary of War for a detailed &C
count of tie operations OF the variuus
branches If the public service connected
with the department under his charge
The duties devol,ing on lns department
have been unusually "nerous aud RESPONSE
bic during the past season, and have been
discharged with ability snd success.
Pacific relations exist with the various
Indian tribes, aud most Of them manifest a
strong friendship for the U. States. Some
Idepredsti0ns were comni ted during the
past year upon our traders transporting
supplies for our army on the road between
the western border Of Missouri sud Santa
.Fe. These d.~prcda:ions which are sap
posed I" have been committed by borders
fro:n the regions of New Mexico have h-."
.erEes'ed by the presence Of q military farce,
ordered sut for that purpose. Some oat
RACES have been p. rpeira,.d BY I"ri"ms 81
the North Western hsndE uio" their veal
er aud comparatively ~d.frnc.less nsig!.bo.
lag tribes. Prompt measures nave k~rn
taken to prevent such occurrences in fu-
ture.
Between one and two thousand Indians
have been removed during tie year f,"n,
the east of the Mississippi, oti.e cou"'ri..
Allotted 10 thc.n, west of that river, as ;!.iI
permanent home. Arrangements have bces
for others TO follow.
Since the treaty Of 1876 ~ith tic Chero
KEGS. the teuds among them appear to has,
subsidized, Hnd hey have become s,ore v"i-
ted aid e"Htentcd than they Lave brrH En
many years past. The Commissioners ap-
pointed, in pursuance Of the act Of Jun,
I22d, 1886, to settle the claims sriang Nh
der the treaties Of I645 and 1886, with
tllst tribe, have executed their duties, snG
after q Pa;ien: investigation, and q full and
fair examination Of ell the causes brought
before them, closed their lsbors ia the
Month Of Julylsst. This 10 tie fourth board
of commissioners Who have been orcsnixrd
under ts,is frosty. Ample opportunity has
been offered. 20 all those int.-~">"' 'oi
entertained that impartial Justice has been
done by the board, and that valid claims,
embraced by the treaty, have been consid-
cred and allowed. This result, and tie f.
nal settlement 10 be made with this tribe,
under the treaty of 1886, which will be
completed and laid before you during your
session, will adjust all questions of c~on,ro-
between them, and produce q state
If relation with them simple, well defined
md satisfactory.
Under the discretionary authority confer
ed by tie act Of tie 81 of Msrcl, last, tie
due to the various tribes Isvs
'een paid, during the present year. 10 tho
'eads of families, instead Of their chiefs, or!
o snch persons as they might designate, i
Except as by tie laws previously existing, 4
nd tits mode of payment has given grrcr-
f-satisfaction 10 the great body of tie In !,
Justice las been done 10 them, and,
hey are grateful to the government for it. :
few chiefs and interested persons may !
Inject to this mode Of payment, but it is {
elieved to be the only mode Of preventinelr
rand and imposition to be prac,ised upon r
he great body Of common Indians, ~consti-
ltirga majority Of all the tribes, e