Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1851-01-04

were SO. YUHF Opponents, uo%tNsl' W"
not clamor for secessiot--a separate con-
federacy, or a committee Of safety. But
they remedied WIN. they afterwards COLI
sidered an evil, at the ballot-box. 600 ye
and DO likewise -
In my next communication, I will notice
that portion Of your message, which re-
lates to the admission Of California, etc. l
must, however, embrace this opportunity
to congratulate you upon the prospect OF
the early completion of the Insane Asy-
lum Of Mississippi. Press forward, my
dear sir, the good work, for it is, | fear,
much needed in your State.
Respectfully, i
RICHARD A. STEWART.
70 his Egce11eney! JOIN A, Qu1raAH.
For the following interesting synopsis
Of the report Of the commissioner of In
dian Affairs, we are indebted to the Wash
ington Republic:
INDIAN ArFAIRs.-We present orr rea-
ders this morning the weII-dlgested and IN
teresting report of the Commissioners of In
dian Affairs to the Department of the in
From this report we are gratified to
learn that among the less remote tribes,
comprising q large portion Of the red race
within Cur borders, an unusual order and
quietude have prevailed; and that peace has
been preserved, not only toward our own
citizens, but, with tic exception Of the
Sioux and the C~hippeways, among them
selves. These two tribes are hereditary
enemies and it is difficult to exercise any
effective restraint over them, Or to prevent
the occasions which their proximity to
each other affords for aggravated mutual
aggressions. During the last spring a
general war between these tribes was only
prevented by the prompt interposition Of
Governor Ramsey.
There is only one policy by which the
Indian race may be ~regenerated. The
wilder tribes must be placed where they
can bo controlled, and compelled to choose
between agricultural labor and starvation.
There should be assigned to each tribe a
district adapted to agriculture, where the
Government should supply them with
stock, agricultural implements and cloth
ing aid them in securing comfortable
dwellings, and secure them the means of
education. To these purposes their own
funds might be applied more advantageous
~ than by the present system Of money
~annuities. The time is at hand when
these views may be practically applied tc
the Sioux and the ChippeWas.
Since the last treaties with the Cbippe-
was, a portion OF them have continued to
reside on the coded lands in Wisconsin
and Minnesota, where they have been in
iured by contact with orr population
and corrupted by the u~nrcstrained use of
ardent spirits. It was determined, con-
seqnently, early in the present year, TO re-
move them northward to the country be.
longing to their tribe But from the de-
lay Of the requisite appropriation, this par-
pose has been, as yet, but partially ac-
cofnplislled. Their entire removal, how
ever, viii not relieve our citizens nor Sc
cure their own well-being. Their va
grant habits, and their pnrsuito OF the chase,
would exhaust the wild products Of their
country and bring them to q state Of des-
titution. Concentration west of the Mis-
sissippi, education, and the Introduction
of agricultural and m~echanicarts can alone
from them a fate from which policy
and humanity would alix desire to pro-
tect them.
The commissioner recommends that
Congress be asked for an appropriation to
meet the expense Of negotiating a treaty
for acquiring so much Of their country on
the east side Of the Mississippi as we may
require; to provide that, their lands and
means shall become the common property
Of the whole tribe, and that a portion Of
their funds shall be set apart to secure the
means of civilization above Indicated
Such a system pursued toward the Chip
peWas, the Wlnebagoes, and the Menom-
would soon plolaee d change IN our
Indian relations at the North eorrespon-
ding to the general improvement now
manifest among a number Of orr c~oioniz-
ca tribes ii the Southwest. The destruc-
ton Of the b,lfEulo BY the h~alf-brceds from
the British side of the line, an the intro
Of ardent spirits among our In
dians by the traders OF the Indsons Bay
Company, arc causing serious evils and
and threaten serious difficulties. Meas
ures sbosald be adopted to put d stopto the
arising fron the latter source, for
Which tie establishment Oh 4 military post
mi Ildian agency III that quarter will
"a indispensable.
The President has given permission 10
MefaoalIless To gernaia in Wisconsin,
Until the first day of june next.