The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-17

ernment Of their own. Besides the want
Of legal authority for continuing such a
government, it is wholly inadequate 10
protect them in their rights Of person
and property, or to secure to them the
enjoyment Of the privileges Of other cit
izens, To which they are entitled under
the constitution Of the United Stares.-
, They should have the right of suffrage.
J be represented 10 Territorial legisIa-
ture, and by delegate in Congress; and
, possess all the rights and privileges which
citizens Of other portions of the Terri.
tories of the United States have hereto.
t fore enjoyed. or may now enjoy.
Our Judicial system, revenue laws
Regulating trade and intercourse with the
Indian tribes, and the protection Of our
laws generally, should be extended over
them.
In addition to the inhabitants in that
territory who had previously emigrated
to it; large numbers Of our citizens have
followed them during the present year;
and it is not doubted that during the next
and subsequent years their numbers will
be greatly increased.
Congress. at its last session, establish
ed post-routes leading 10 Oregon, and be-
tween different points within that terri
tory, and authorized the establishment Of
post offices at "Astoria and such other
places on the coasts Of the Pacific. with
in the territory of the United States, as
the public interests may require" Post
Offices have accordingly been establish
ed, deputy postmasters appointed, and
provision made for the transportation Of
f the mails.
: The preservation Of peace with the
Indian tribes residing west of the Rocky
J mountains will render it proper that au-
/ thority should be given by law for the ap-
pointment of all adequate number Of In
, dian agents TO reside among them.
recommend that Surveyor generals
Office be established in that territory, and
| that the public lands be surveyed and
brought into market at an early period.
, recommend, also, that grants, upon
\ liberal terms. of limited quantities of the
r public lands be made TO all citizens of the
\ United States who have emigrated. OF
f may hereafter within prescribed peri
, cd emigrate, to Oregon, and settle upon
r them. These handy and adventurous
citizens, who have encountered the dan
gers and privations Of long and toll
. some journey, and have at length found
an abiding place for themselves and their
, families upon the utmost verge of our
$ western limits, should be secured in the
, homes which they have improved by their
, labor.
| refer you to the accompanying repoEl
D of the Secretary of War for detailed
account of the operations of the variou:
n branches of the public service connected
\ with the department under his charge
Q The duties devolving on this department
have been unusually onerous and re-
] sponsible during the past year, and have
been discharged with ability and success
Pacific relations continue to exist with
:, the various Indian tribes, and most ofthem
: manifesto strong friendship for the United
:, States. Some depredations were com
mitted dnring the past year upon ou
trains transporting supplies for the army
: on the road between the western borde
= of Missouri and Santa Fe. These dep
:; relations, which are supposed to hav
been committed by bands from the regio
>, " Of New Mexico, have been arrested b
y y the presence of military force, ordere,
! out for that purpose. Some outrages hav'
!, been perpetrated by a portion of tn
:, northwestern bands upon the weaker ant
= comparatively defenceless neighborn:
tribes. Prompt measures were taken Il
;, prevent such occurrences in future.
Between one &tw0 thousand Indians
/, belonging to several tribes have beel
i removed during the year from the east q
- the Mississippi to the country allotted t
them west of the river, as their perma
:. nent home; and arrangements have beel
:, made tor others TO follow.
= Since the treaty of 1916 with heChero
! KEGS, the feuds among them appe ar t.
have subsided. aud they have become
more united and contented than they hav,
" been for many years past. The commits
u sioners appointed in pursuance ofthe ac
9 of June 9th, 1876, to settle claims ari
e sing under the treaty of 1886 wit
0 that tribe, have executed their duties
d and after patient investigation, and
e full and fair examination of all the case
s. brought before them, closed their labor
y in the month of July last This is tn
G fourth board of commissioners which ha
been organized under this treaty. Am
IS pie opportunity has been afforded to al
d those interested to bring forward thei
II claims. No doubt is entertained that i'm
S partial justice has been done by the lat
d board, and that all valid claims embraced
d by the treaty have been considered AM
e allowed. This result. and the final set
y tlement to be made with this tribe, unde
n the treaty of 1876, which will be compile
l. ted and laid before you during your ses
l. sion, will adjust all questions Of contro
IS versy between them and the Unitec
o States, and produce a state Of relation
, with them simple, well-defned and sat
y isfactory.
n Under the discretionary authority con
i ferred by the act of the third of March
v last, the annuities due to the variou
l. tribes have been paid during the presen