Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-01-14

liquor in the Indian country, is believed to be contrary
only of the intention of the trainers Of that law
also to the principle uniformly acted in respect al
of the tribes of little direct interference possible in
their internal and domestic affairs Hence offences, and
other matters Of greater concern left be set
tied entirely by themselves.
The report further advises dsseverment Of the tri
bal connexion between the Choctaws and Cherokees,
which would be advantageous to the latter and detr
ment whatever to the former. Unhapply the Choctaws
disposed TO continue the disagreeabe connexion
The efforts of the Department effect the emf
grafton of the Seminole Indians still remaining in Fori
da under heretofore fully reported having
failed of complete success they have again been placed
in charge Of the military branch of the service. The
number detached from Florida and removed their
try west Of the Mississippi during the short period they
under the Jurisdiction of this Office thirty six
The Senecas Senecas and Shawnees, and Quapaws are
on the whole, favorably reported of.
The headquarters of the Southern Superintendency have
been removed from Van Buren, Arkansas to Fort Smith
The humane policy of colonizng the Indians of Texas
in separate communities and in quarters of that
extensive State is ably enforced The total would
not exceed ninety thousand dollars for start which
would be gradually reduced to minimum.
The attention Of Congress is called the state of In
dian affairs in New Mexico and the two plans of the pre-
vous and existing Governors for managing them stated
The report decides against the proposition Of the
Governor. The report goes on to say:
At the last session of Congress appropriation of
250O00 made to defray the expenses Of removing
the Indians in California five military reservations
of not than twenty-five thousand acres each and
subsistng them there should the President Of the United
States approve this plan of operations 1t having received
his sanction suitable instructions for carrying into
effect promptly issued to the Superintendent of In
dian Affairs for that State then in this city; but ih
sequence Of the length of time unfortunately consumed in
his overland journey, the requisite nitiatory
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upon the subject have only been recently received from
him, copies of which appended regret say that
these reports make known state of things much less ia
vorabe with respect to the practicaby expense and
probable this plan of operations than
tcpated from the information possessed when it
horzed by Congress and sanctioned by the President 1t
appears that suitable locations be found
properly be made in North California for the Indians in
that quarter. The removal and colonization w there
FORE it is apprehended be attended with greater Difficult
and expense than expected And instead Of there
being ample territory for the purpose belonging the
United States was supposed it also that in the
only sections of country proper for the location Of the In
dians, may be compelled, in order obtain the
say reservations, to incur considerable expense in max
ing extensive purchases Of existing claims to the lands
founded upon preempton rights and Spanish and Mex
can grants Considering the difficulty encountered
in finding suitable locations the wonderful growth of the
State and the consequent rapidly increasing necessity
for agricultural lands, impressed with the painful
apprehension that long before the Indians be domes
caed and fitted to become constituent of the per-
manent population of the State, they must necessarily
again be encroached upon and eusted from their
ons. The superintendent reports that under the
sci and advice of the Congressional Representatives Of
the State he shall proceed to purchase tile individual
rights lands embraced in the reservations subject to
ratification by Congress; and it also appears that in ad
dition to subsistence, he is making arrangements
ply the Indians with stock, agricultural implements,
Seeds and other means of self support and Improvement
These proceedings not warranted either by the law
his Instructions but in conravention of both though
there be doubt that the pan in being restricted
by the law to the removal and subsistence Of the In
dians is radically defective Considerations Of economy
and philanthropy, the interests Of the Government
well the permanent welfare Of the Indians, equally
and alike require that the plan be enlarged to
vide all the essential means and instrumentates of i'm
proving ciyilizing and making them self-susainng
people.
very noticeable scheme is proposed by the report,
the principle of which has been put operation
FORE both in Texas and California but failed Of being
satisfactory in either Could, however, the
men indicated for commissioners be procured and EN-
poyed the plan would doubt rebound greatly to the
advantage of the Government in its control Of Indian af
/ fairs in the remote territories
In view of the uncertainty necessarily attending al
speculations upon the question of the proper
policy to be pursued towards the Indians in
territories and the mpossblty Of forming conclusions
of reliable character from the diverse varying, and
often contradictory suggestions and recommendations
the different agents and Others it is respectfully suggest
ed, wise and prudent precauton, that commission
ersable, impartial upright, and practical menbe ap
pointed, possible, to proceed Texas, Cali
fonia and the Territories of New Mexico Utah. Oregon
and Washington for the purpose of investigating the
whole subject of Indian relations there and of
tatng and recommending such conventional and othe,
arrangements may be required place them upon
safe, stable, and satisfactory footing.
The report asks for code of regulations adapted
the present and prospective Of the Indian ser
vice, the code in being having in many become
inapplieable:
The appropriations for the expenses of our
mote Indian service for the present year being far short
of the estimated therefor and entirely inadequate
deficiencies, probably full the of the reduc-
tons made in the estimates by Congress- viii have be
provided for at the next session Of that body.
The preparation of the fourth volume Of the work on
the history condition. and prospects Of the Indian tribes
of the United States is nearly completed and it viii be
published with as little delay as practicable.
The whole amount payable and to be expcded for and
account of the Indian service the pres fiscal
is Sl0l5, Of which S532 907 81 is for ney
ties for goods and provisions 81 9G 80 for
educational purposes 94,3lS SO for agricultural and
mechanical assistance and S9 so for other miscel-
laneous purposes for the benefit of the Indians
The Commissioner reviews recommendation of his
predecessor in the last annual report invest the large
amounts held by the United States Indian account
being in the aggregate nine and half millions Of
dollars in safe and profitable Stocks relieve the
United States from the payment an annual interest Of
! about half Q million of dollars. He says:
Nor would this be without advantage to the
States whose stocks might be selected and to the COM
munity generally, difusing it would considerable
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