The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-04-01


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ton place Casst Lsso ~ - lfnisas. named
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ufned adiih 70 sh ~ elssyss basi hey could,
people has saved tho lives - iaa,t 4 bsm, s lnases
could not have lived msoaE such weather - We have had
IL dnnbaicd AZ he vii amos families aruand. @ho
are % red eoite, eud aoUci hrl 80 tuat asnss sdrit
TO inform ycp, show ne gt5d cbatscirt u hese indians,
hst even when savi"r. sd surrounded ssih hsrss sna
people could ealy bs made ssppa themselves. aud
helt condition g sasea or ne brsr III psad is'y of
the county has tuund GAs asaitt tAcse urn Eaa prs.
sune their trai will oome term"
MIR. SEBASTIAN II need BE- read 10 iarther There
in other parts OF II letters slaisg iha -
practice among part Of The population Oi iha, couais
would be sorry 10 say thai u vas any " the Americans
California; but tits common practice Ter persons %
make system Of catching The lndans, and etrlasIng
them, Frequently cases of that kind known,
specified in the report Of The superintendent heisye.
fortunately for The reputation q American citizens, 'hss
thnga yl,a wt.I IL
But will not 20 on, Mr.. President 20 drme Tie alar
OF things prevailing iheret - bad enough "a all coz.
science II is, suppose, whai will not be disputed
merely wish 10 say hat the plan presented ls besv.
the only that practicable o the condition o! lhoxs
which prevails there II is certain that II the present or
der OF things long remains, the Indian population w,il
sarve and die under the cruelty TO which they are
subjected; and If there IL any necessity ior saving Ne
remnants OF them that necessity appeals 10 Congiess ist
prompt action at the present session A large portion oi
them are falling every year The present superintendent
OF Indian affairs there has tried limited scale the
plan which propose IN the amendment He has eonsre-
gated round about him, upon small reservation with
out interfering any rights o property occupancy of
any citizen IN California over one thousand OF this sm-
pie tribe OF Indians who are mild ~ Their ehascles not
wild like the Cumancbes other tribes east oil the Sierra
Nevada They have Hooked around him the only pro-
lection which they could gel against the misery which
surrounded them The present supernte Rden has made
that experiment the last expedeni 10 which resort could
be made He has collected about him something over one
thousand OF lhs plan, simple people, who are anxious
for work. He finds them easily adapting themselves TO
the change in their condition Of Affairs and such has
been the Of that little experiment. that he is al
souley importuned by others TO lake them under his
tecion thai they may be allowed 10 work and live HA
says there are patient tractabe labocfs
10 be found the world There be no doubt Of the
of the expeme upon the scale which has been
tried and all The superintendent asks IN this amend
ment is 10 be allowed sufficient amount OF money TO ex
tend the system California Five reservations
proposed by il. Ii is believed that the entire Indian
population can be congega,ed in small districts OF
try, under the system OF sub-agency which exists there
which will not interfere with any existing white settle
ht.h. ha clad .nrn
supposed that $3.50 900 will carry on, the plan III the
system be worth anything and think will be success
full will be self sustaining when Il Is once put IN ope-
ration and only so, but am assured by the supern-
tenden-and we all know that he Is a practical man-
that will not only be se-sus,aning but It VIII be an
auxiliary in sustaining the expense OF the qnacrmas
teT's department OF that country.
have gone further into the details oil the plan II
to do because we propose TO grant The
money and let the superintendent oil Indian affairs carry
The details have briefly submitted these remarks.
length than intended, merely giving the outlines
of the system which we propose TO adopt shall say
nothing more.
/ The amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. SEBASTIAN IL now remains TO fill the blank
propose TO fill il by inserting twenty-five thousand
/ each That ~ about the size OF township OF
land
Mr. DAWSON desire TO ask the chairman Of the
Committee on Indian Affairs whether all those Indians
in the bablt OF performing agricultural labor, or DO
4 they rely on hunting and hshng
i Mr.. SEBASTIAN | am informed that there are very
few Indians in California OF the description 10 which the
senator alludes They are nearly all them agricultural
people, il they permitted TO work in tllng the soil
We have heard great deal said about snake and bug
eaters but there are very few o that class there large
majority OF these Indians puebos Such understand
TO be the
/ Mr. DAWSON. The quantity of land proposed will
be much smaller than is necessary II they agrcultu-
rists.
Mr. WELLER | am afraid that il is rather too
large reservation There - very limited quantity OF
land in California susceptible OF cultivation, ~ propor-
ton TO the whole amount ol land there. II there be hve
reservations Of twenty thousand each II seems
to me wa shall be Withholding too large an amoun, OF
land which ought TO be occupied by Our citizens and
besides that, will say 10 the senator from Georgia Mr.
DAWSON that the great body OF Indians there never did
engage in agricultural pursuits suppose that the In
dams who have been brought upon the reservation by
the superintendent, as named, are what are commonly
known the Mission lndans-that s, Indians who have
been attached 10 the dher ent missions OF that county,
and thua have become civilized and made what ac
quaned with agriculture but think IT may be safely
said that the great body of Indians did engage IN
/ the cultivation of the soil
4 The question being then taken, the amendment was
agreed TO.
| The amendments were then ordered 10 be engrossed
and the bill ordered TO be read hIrd time IL was Fcan
third time and passed
message was received from the House OF Represent
a,ves by MIR HAYES it's Chief Clerk, announcing to the
Senate that the House had agreed to the report o the
committee of conference the bill 10 establish certain
post roads, and for other purposes
INDIAN AFFAIRS IN CALIFORNIA
Mr. SEBASTIAN. move that the report of the su.
the use of the Senate.
he WAS IN