The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-10-01
CITY OF WASHINGTON TUESDAY MORNING OCTOBER l. 1850


Now. sir in my opinion, $4,000 is very little, unde
such circumstances to appropriate for the maintenance
Judcious agents TO among and converse with those In
dams There has been up to this time total neglect
every appropriate means TO bring about peace witt
them. while the itself Is not carried on in such
way as TO tend 10 that result hope therefore. that thu
honorable chairman of the COMMITTEES on Indian Attain
Will not insist upon any change in the amount OF lh
appropriation As to the terms of the amendment, they
may be just well better than those OF the orgna
bl therefore move that the sum be made S5 900, q
DC expended under the direction of the Secretary OF the
Interior II il is desired to keep up continual war
the frontier then let such policy be adopted as the
saving Of The paltry sum Of $4,000 in this way, while
hundreds OF thousands of dollars are at the same time
expended IN carrying on inefficient warfare. which
serves 70 foster rather than to suppress the hostes Of
the Indians The war will suppose be the ultimate
destruction OF the Indians Their policy. even than
ours is peace and il proper steps taken they could
have % e, no doubt be convinced Of T.
Mr.. PEARCE. The Senate will perceive very clearly
the reason for striking Out this section il stood the
bill In the frst place. it was entirely vague II pro-
vdes for carrying into effect certain treaty but that
treaty has provision be carried into effect which re-
quires the appropriation Of any such sum There is no
SPECIFIC sum OF money required by the treaty II s me-
cessary that we should make specific appropriations
late years The committee have thought il their duty,
therefore, to make the appropriation specific and direct
how and BY whom il shall be expended. The senator
from Texas seems to approve much OF the amendment
The only point between us is the amount Appropriated
The committee thought $4,000 enough for the purpose
i the Senate do not think So they will adopt the larger
acl upon our judgment, such as il was.
Mr. RUSk. / will trouble the Senate moment more.
beg leave 70 read letter which been placed in my
hands from the late Secretary OF War; Mr. Crawford to
one OF the Texas representatives in the other House.
"WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, April 4, 1850.
dian agsn. il Texas, Mr. John RoIin., and beg leave
70 express my obligation to for Its perusal With your
wGa% % %
ment cannot Withhold my approval Of the suggestions of
are % ss oa s p
The amount which he thinks Is necessary to preserve
with the cost Of military defence arisins from
the employment Of the Texas militia.
mendcd apart from the positive agreement as disclosed by
Mr. Rollins that in Is46 the commissioners o the United
deed opinion that the sum indcaied by Mr. Rol-
Inns not adequate effect fully the plan paed
verng them into teTs OF the EARTH from their wandering
and predatory propensiiies II is obvious that the first e
every inducement offered by which they may attain
. You will allow me to say that great embarrassment,
would be removed II Texas fix temporary per-
line between her citizens and the Ind IL
Of labor necessarily awaken sense Of right which even
amoang sayages, demands an exclusive enjoyment
have the honor TO be- very respectfully, your obedien
&C, W. CRAWFORD.
Hon. voLsEY E. HowARp, Washington D. O.
Mr.. ATCHlSON. l desire 10 understand whether this
appropriation for the payment for agents who have al
ready performed their duties, or for the employment Of
MIR PEARCE. 1t is for future agents entirely.
Mr.. RUSK. ] move, in the first place, TO amend the
amsndment by striking ou, $4,000 and inserting $4,000
The question being taken this amendment 10 the
amendment. II was agreed 10.
MIR. RUSK. | now move TO add the words ito be
expended under the direction oi the Secretary OF the In
terror"
The question being taken upon this amendment TO the
amendment, il was agreed to.
The question then being taken on the amendment as
amended, II was agreed TO-
The next amendment is:
"s;rike all after the word army in line 1872, and
including the word tribes, sin line 7Sl"
The question being taken upon this amendment il
agreed to.
The next amendments:
"Strike out all afer line 79i TO the end OF the bill"
The portion proposedt to be stricken out is as follows:
"For expenses Of treating with the Mississippi and st.
Peter Sioux for the extnguishment OF their tue TO lands
For expenses oi treating with the Indians and half
breeds. for the extingnishent OF the title their lands in
Minnesota Territory, ten thousand dollars
Mr. PEARCE. will explain the reasons for striking
out this provision II s now so late in the year that il
would be impossible to effect negotiation OF the pro.
posed treaty The Indians go ont in the fall TO their
ana ma VIII W., nos ee a, 70 70 sa ae 20 M
preparation made last They could not find the In
dians They had gone out upon their annual hunt SO,
il we appropriate this money, we shall not be able TO
negotiate the treaty prior 10 the time when they will
leave home. There is another reason IN addition why
we should not press these negotiations too rapidly The
committee have thought that we have OF late been get
ting quite fast enough in this matter OF the extinction
o Indian titles and that il Is time that we should adopt
as our motto ftsina isnk The extent Of country pro.
10 be ceded to the United States by the contempa
ted treaty Is very large II all lies upon the west bank Of
the Mississippi, and will be described as consisting OF
two secions-a northern section and southern The
southern section of the country lies Immediately north
OF Iowa. and consists OF twenty millions OF acres that
is TO say, little than thirty thousand square
mes-three times the extent OF the territory OF the
State OF Maryland. The other portion OF the country
to which is proposed to exngush the Indian title ex-
tends quite up 70 the line of 10 degrees OF north latitude
which is the northern boundary OF the United States
cannot say precisely what Is the extent Of IT, but il
cannot be less in extent than the southern portion 70
less than forty millions OF OF land between the
northern boundary OF Iowa and the northern boundary oil
the United States.
Now the Territory OF Minnesota has not yet been or.
ganized two yesrs, and have already extingusbed
the title TO $4,000 square miles Of land. all on the eas
we should make haste TO sxosush the tile TO the land
the west side of the river II we extngush II now
we shall be called on to pay out large sum of money
as the purchase cannot be completed for less than ter
cents acre know there is an estimate made by
which an expectation is suggested that the lands may b.
that is entirely without foundation, considering the high
price at which the reservations In that neighborbood are
held AT ten cents would cost to extnguish the
title 10 the southern portion OF this territory
The committee have not been able 10 see any goot
reason why we should appropriate that sum Of money
al the present time for that purpose There already
millions OF acres OF land in Minnesota 10 which the In
dian title is already extngushed now three times greater
in extent than the State OF Maryland and which are en-
tirey unoccupied III we make these large appropna.