Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-12-09

and he stringent regulations adopted BY The Department Ia
restrain this pernicious traffic. have sensby diminished the
Of suffering anong the frontier tribes arising from THAT
prolific If evil bu, eectual check cannot be
applied unless thu States lying dacet the ndan county
will cooperate in the by restraining their citizens
from bringing intoxicating liquors within the reach Of the I-
dams The policy OF paying annuiles sem-annuay and OF
distributing them per capita, has been attended by the hap
pest results The new regulations in regard 10 licenses
trade with the Indsns ard the rigid supervision the
conduct OF those 10 whom this privilege has been granted have
NJ, end many evils and abuses which formerly prevailed
and highly detrimental to the interests and welfare of the
Indians,
No subject connected with Indian affairs has SO deeply
int rested the Department and received much Of
socitude ard attention that OF education and happy
to he able say that its efforts 10 advance this have been
crowned with Among most OF the tribes which have
removed to and become settled the Indian country the
blessings Of education beginning to be appreciated and they
generally manifest willingness 70 cooperate with tho Gov
eminent in dusng these blessings. The schools already es
abkshec have increased number of pupils and preparations
making for establishing many Much credit is
due many excellent missionary societies OF different Chris
uan denominations for their sid and contributions sustain and
advance the o. jucan among the Indian population
There sixteen manual labor schools and eighty
boarding and district schools successful operation
among the various Indian tribes, and the number of nds
yodlhs attending them, according TO the reports received
he DEPARTMENT, three thousand hundred and eighty -two
OF which Two thou and hundred and fifty males, and
The remaining thousand and hir'ywo females. The
schools generally in charge Of missionary societies. and are
well conducted. These facts aor the gi aving evil
dence that nearly all of coonzed tribes rapidly ad
vancing in civilization and moral improvements and trust
may not he improper occasion for say, that for the
highly improved and rapidly improving condition the
Gus Indian tribes which the guardianship Of the Govern
ncnt Is extended not only in regard elulaton, bat
other respects snted Of credit he ascrbed
the ability Industry, and ahness cf that branch of this De-
pornentio which he OF our diversified and diff
cult ladian affairs is assigned.
Withn the newly acquired territories there is numerous
Indian Popuaton over which our supevision and guardian
ship must necessarily be extended but this be flee
uay done without tie action Of Congress the subject Ad
donal agencies required lnage Indian affairs in these
territories and extend 10 them Indian system control
and management, which, in other parts of country
already Produced such happy results and full of promise
for he future.
Ircspeculy ask ycur attention the following subjects,
mentioned n my ast annual report the settlement Of clnins
in California, retired list OF officers Of the army, and
asylum for disabled ard WORKOUT sode IN regard each
Of these the views Of the Department fully orh in that
report, aud again recommend them your favorable
sderaton
have the honor be, very respectfully, your obeden
servant w. T.. MARCY
10 the FRESHMEN. secretcry If War.