The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-07

.snt until Asy CA be trained 70 such habits OF indus-
tsy 81 thrift win enable them b ssslaia Then
selves 1hh sy.tem Is in progress N Cshfsrnia with
In Texas, and ats adoption In New Mexico and Utah
should be longer delayed Though expensive at 6rs
1T cost win not equal the amount Of the Losses sus
tanned by our citizens from the Expectations OF the In
dians.
The Governor Of New Mexico estimates the cost put
ting this system in operation in this Territory at $67 500
and $4,000 for each Of several succeeding years.
He reports the amount Of losses sustained BY the white
81 the The, tho the
well the dictates Of humanity demand the efficient
action Of the government must be too obvious to
sion OF the lands of these Indians driven them from
their cherished resting places and destroyed the game
their only means OF support We should now aid and
structi0n is inevitable.
Appropriations were made at the late session OF Con-
grbs enable the department. negotiate treaties with
the Indians of these Territories in which provision
should be made for the inauguration OF the policy
feed to- is TO be regretted that these appropr atons
were DELAYED until il late in the to send
out goods and other presents without which the
tatons BE- attempted with reasonable prospect
Of They had, therefore, necessarily to be de-
ferred TN next wear In the meantime the Governors OF
the Territories have been called upOn in their capacity
Of Superintendants of Indah Affairs for information as
to the extent and nature of the various Indian Claims
with maps indicating the boundaries Of EACH and such
other information would enable the department to
ractcr and description Of the articles most useful to the
Indians and best suited to aid in the accomplishment Of
the object in view.
The reasons which prevented the accomplishment this
season of treaties with the Indians in New Mexico and
Utah apply with equal force to the Backeet and other
Indians OF the Upper Missouri and adjacent to the Ter
ritory of Washington Measures win at once be adopted
to council with them early the next year.
Appropriations having also been made for the like
purpose in tho Territories Of Oregon and Washington,
The articles intended for presents were promptly
procured and shipped BY way OF Cape Horn, and the
in those Territories instructed 70 pro-
hoped that these will result in satisfactory arrange
ments the settlement Of the Indians and
in the establishment of such relations between them aud
the whites, will prevent the Of such in
human and atrocities have taken place in Ore
son during the past year, and in which il rs due to
the ggressors and shown themselves to be barbarous
and cruel the Indians. Indeed, the usual order Of
having had invoke the aid Of the military for the pro
lection Of the weak and helpless Indians from the per
seeutions and cruelty OF the whites,
In this connection would refer to the report Of Su
perntendent Palmer Of Oregon, and to the elaborate
report Of Gov Stevens, of Washington containing
much valuable and interesting information in regard to
the tribes and the condition OF Indian affairs in those
Our Indian relations in California begin to wear more
encouraging aspect No serious disturbance has
red there during the past year. The system Of coonz
ing the Indians reservations located not to in
thus far been attended with happy results in withdraw
ing the Indians from the injurious contact with the min
ing and agricultural population from which the painful
collisions and disturbances that have occurred
While its tendency is to satisfy the whites that
they will hereafter be secured from moestation and
.! me a, ai,n popma"n gives promise o.
held under proper control and gradually improved and
civilized. One reservation has been established at the
Tejan Pass, to which about seven hundred Indans#
have been removed and considerable quantity of land
put in cultivation There numbers Of other Indians
ready and anxious to take up their residence upon this
reservation, who will be removed there ~
as arrangements can be properly and economically
made for their support and employment. The result
thus far encourages the belief that the Indians Of Cali
forna be made peaceful and self sustaining peo
pie and it is hoped eventually useful population They
easily controlled manifest much interest in the sys
tenn and arrangement for c0lonizing and giving them
employment and have with readiness devoted them
selves to the agricultural and other occupations assigned
been so successfully and developed on the TETON
reservation that there will be necessity for any mate
rial expenditures there after the present year Sc
cond reservation has been selected six hundred
miles further north FOR the Indans.n that region and
to which they viii be removed with all practicable des
patch These two reserves will it il expected accom-.
modate and dispose of all the Indians in and about the
present mining and agricultural districts, 80 that time
and be taken in the establishment ut the third
and last reservation.
On the 18th of August last, a train OF Mormon emf
grants passed en:ampment OF certain bands OF the
Sioux Indians who were waiting near Fort Laramie for
their annuity goods. One Of the cattle belonging to the
train made its way into the Sioux village and killed
and consumed by the Indians The Aormons complained
to the conmandant of the fcrt who despatched Lieut.
Cratfau, with twenty nine and interpreter to
demand the person Of the Indian who killed the animal
he was not delivered up upon the refusal failure
to do So fight ensucd in which the Lieutenant his en-
tire command, and the interpreter, were killed. The
particulars OF this melancholy and heartrendng occur
will be found In the repors OF Agent and
the documents accompanying II.
The Sioux belong to bands in amity with the United
treaty tpulation; and the Mornons should under the
provisions OF the ''inercourse Act, have applied to
the agent who in the vicinity, for redress and he
could under the law have paid out Of the annues for
parment was my opinion, authorized to arrest try
the Indian for the offence charged against him.
immediately after the perpesraton Of the
the Indians repaired to the
houses of the trading company near by. in which
tractors their transportation, and without awaiting
the arrival of the agent to make distribution, took
possession Of and appropriated the goods among them
selves.
Occasions frequently arise in intercourse with the
Indians requiring the employment of force, although
the whites be- and often the aggressors. The
Indian Bureau would be relieved from embarrassment,
and rendered efficient IL in such cases. the De-
partment had the direct control Of the necessary
Indian service than any employed could it is be-
leved be readily organized But careful attention and
kind and humane treatment will generally have more
influence upon the savage than bayonets and gun.
powder.
The wonderful growth Of our distant possessions and
the rapid expansion Of population in every dircc
ton, will renaer II necessary at no distant day. to re
strict the limits Of all the Indian tribes upon our
frontiers, and cause them to be settled In fixed
be disturbed The policy OF removing Indian tribes from
time to time, the settlements approach their haba-
tons and hunting grounds, must be abandoned. The
emgrants and settlers formerly content to remain
in the and thrust the Indian before them into the
wilderness: but the white population overeaps the
reservations and homes OF the Indians and is beginning
to inhabit the valleys and the mountains beyond Hence
removal must cease and the policy be abandoned. In
jury win not necessarily to the Indian race from
change. BY the operations Of the former system
tribes have become aSfyhN and the reduced numbers
and enfeebTd and demcrslized condition OF many of
those who rest upon the frontier, furnish unms-
taxable evidence Of the effect OF the system upon 4hem
il is believed that by the proposed change advantages
viii also result TO thewhite population, while the heavy
drafts heretofore made the national treasury, for
removing Indian tribes viii be saved
Experience has proven the law approved June 30.
1854, o regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian
tribes, and to preserve peace the frontier to be in
adequate 10 meet and dispose Of all the varied
questions and difficulties which frequently
arise under and grow out Of the existing
state Of our Indian relations. II does
al in order 10 the proper administration by the govern
mcut Of its Indian affairs, that further and immediate