Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-12

in 50 short time, accomplished more for
the benefit Of the red man during the
comparatively short time hs has had the
management of the Government 5 affairs with
them, than has ever before been effected
That is; he has induced many tribes to
treat on terms involving many guarantees
for their rapid Improvement, which, under the
influence of the traders and other interested
parties, they have all heretofore rejected. In
these new conventions, the civilization and
consequent preservation of the tribes has been
the main object cared for by the Government
all the payments stipulated to be made to
them being to be made either in money,
goods. implements, labor, provisions, instruc-
ton, &C., as the head of the Interior Depart
ment may judge best for the condition and re-
quirements of the particular tribe.
Their heretofore unconquerable aversion to
agree to take anything but money or gew-
gaws in exchange for their lands, was over
come in this case by the perseverance and
prudence Of Col. Manypenny, only after Sc
we're indirect contest with parties in this city
representing the interests of the traders in the
region inhabited by the particular tribes, who
were in the habit Of hunting up the Indian
negotiators nightly, at their boarding houses
and doing their best to poison their mind.
against the wise and really philanthropic adj
vice of their protector and guardian under the
laws. Indeed, tho sinister labors OF these
parties are understood 10 have TED
nearly all the difficulties which were encoun
tered by Col. NJ resulting in his harrassment
to the great injury of his health. as above dc.
scribed -f
We have reason to believe that at the sug
gestion and under the superintendent of the
Secretary Of the Interior, on his recovery, he
will essay the work of 80 initiating our rela
tons with the New Mexican semi civilized
tribes, as that they will very soon be prepared
to become citizens of the Z nited States, as they
should be, with every prospect that they will
discharge the duties identified with that higf
privilege most satisfactorily
Nebraska and Kanzas.-Wo undersi and tha
all the Indian tribes in these two new United
States Territories have concluded treaties witt
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for tn,
REIMBURSEMENT Of the lands al present oceu
pied by them within the scope of country pro
posed to be included under the two new gov
ernments. These treaties are, one and all
before the Senate, and will doubtless b.
promptly ratified, that body being quite anx
ious to expedite the formal organization of tn
new territorial governments. We have befor
taken occasion to explain the loading princi
pies on which the treaties above referred t
have been made. That is, wherein they diffe
from such conventions heretofore entered int
by the United States
A New Route to the Paciic.-We lear
Governor Stephens, of Washington Territory
has very recently made a report to the Secre
tary of the Interior Department, wherein b
urges the necessity of holding general coun
Gil with the Indians of his territory, in WI icl
the latter have already signifed their willing
| ness to take part Among other reasons 70
so doing, he is said to urge the fact that YER
| shortly, the great current of the overland emi
grafton to Oregon must take new char lei
That is; must 60 up the Missouri to the fall S c
that river, and from thence to about Waw- "a,
on the Columbia, by land; from whence 81 tn
Pacific coast by water, according to data ait
which he accompanies the report to which W
| refer-it having been ascertained that the Mis-
souri, can be navigated to very near the all
| with eighteen inches of water at the river
lowest stage, and for much the longest porto
| Of the year with twenty -four inches of water
parties are preparing to place there iro
| steamboats, similar to those drawing onl
| twelve inches of water with which the Acce,
cessory Transit Company have been for MOI
than year successfully navigating the Sa
Juan River, in Nicaragua, transportin: o
them probably hundreds of thousands of pa:
sengers on their way from ocean to ocean
| From the falls Of the Missouri to Waw.Ia
ION the Columbia) the distance is but G ! on
FIVE hundred miles. At present the Colun. 81
is only navigated by steam to the Dalles. b,
those running the boat, are already Us
| with preparations to extend their operat or
to Waw-waw, using suitable boats for the Ia
lover water. Governor S. is said to ext
his conviction that there cannot be the s'ich
est doubt Of the entire and easy succe y {
the enterprise.
| The shortening of land-travel portion of tn
overland route to the far west to but five bur
dred miles in length, will be the great In du,
trial achievement of the times stirnulntin
overland emigration almost beyond conception
Our enterprising fellow citizens of NewYor
who have demonstrated the adaptation of @.
tremely light draught iron steamers for 81,
cessful navigation OF difficult rivers in Unset
tied countries, have done at least their ss al
in this good work. They embarked their ca,
ital in what was thought at the time 10 b
| almost hopeless enterprise, all previous al
tempts to use light draught iron boats on lon
rivers difficult of navigation, having prove
utter failures. Their entire success, howeve,
besides having reduced the cost Of Il passag
| TO and from California to less than one ba
the prices charged when they started thei
enterprise-and thus saving millions annual
to the travelling public--and also economizin
full one third the time requisite for the tri
before they commenced the route, has prove
that hundreds of thousands Of miles of rive,
in the United States caa be successfully nav
gated by steam, without improvement to spea
| of, which, previously, were deemed who'll
unfit for that purpose by scientific and pract
cal men.