New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-08

hcbsss and other improvement r. A. rapidly constructed
as they might otherwise have beep Iie,passes ehd
eprejstiols Of eyery conceivable Kind have been
committee en- u. lnoins They have bseo p-rsonaiy
maiea'ed-ts i property stoen-their timber destroy
ed b.r poe ssions sehed upou and divers other
srongs end iouriss deue them. Not~ithstsnding AZ
~h.h, they have afforded prssew orthy example, OF
COED uct under the mot Try ing crcamstsoccs-
They have At tine, that am sw are Of s,tsmptetp
tdiess iher wppgs, bot have pa'iea'ly submitted
70 ujuly reiyirg % IN. COED faith sad Justice Of TIE
GOvtun.ut TO ind. mpfy them. In the din and srise
between the Anti Slavery Pro Slavery parties with
reertIce to ibe ecpd,r IF the Ac thea and
which the rights end ib,.re~ If the red have
been Ct m .ely oyero, he'd and diseganted the god
ooIorct end pa'n' subnssion of the latter conrgss
avOTably with the choriery and lawess conduct OF
many Of their White brethren, sho, While they have
a, srre ed about the African have uoed upon the to
Of ansas il rore doing tc~srd the Ind an
He insists thst the reserve icts eth TO the.e II.
disns ought to be regarded scored, bot in ts. We
fear be viii be disappointed: ..r. ,,,
In n lsicp TO tse euigrsted and partially civil ised
tribes in kaDsas-.be circumstances under which they
apsplaptsd 10 thst county, and the pledge OF
tbs CoyerLu cit that IL should be 10 them and their
po.,eri,y permanent home for ever-the dlsuss snd
doubt under which they sssented TO the sale OF por
ii. their respective tracts to the lnfed STATE tor
tie ps~ and occupation Of our Own population, heve
in ruer REPORTS treated fully, and have likewise en-
dssvorsd 10 imp'ess upon toe minds OF all persons,
n at The sn all tiscs which these toes have reserved
in K.nsa. as their permanent homes must be % NJ
esrded. They canro' sgsin be removed They mast
meet their fate upon their preseo rserv atoms IN that
Territory and there b. made civilized people q
crush,d md blotted out Their condni1n Is cricN,
simpy becanse their rights and Interests seen mus i
10 have been enely lost sight Of and disfgarded oy
their new pe,ghtoIs. Tty may be preserved aud
civilized ard will be- II the guarantees and sepaia-
items Of their treaies faithfully fulfilled ana en-
forced and the Federal Government disehsrgs its
Obligations and redesms its pledged faith towad tnen.
Az ~ ace ana oIder now 70 be restored In the
Territory it is to be hoped that the good citizens there
- h.sf. IA. MAR he
VIII Oh the red men of karsas have suffered by the ass
of their ~bte peigbbors, and that hereafter they vl
not only the lpdips fairly and kindly BAT that
all good citizens will set their faces agsnet the con
duct of any law,ss men who may attempt 10 respsss
uron the rights Of otherwise niure the Indian Popa
lation there
Upon the wild tribes Of Western Kansas We have
the following remarks:
below the Arkansas, and commit depredsnons Oh the
Texas frontier proceed norhw srd'y IN the Spring, IN
pun nit Of buffalo. They well supplied viii horses
and enrich themselves b, plumber They receive their
Al nuities on the arkansas al regard them .
pcpsa:ion pod them by the United States for the use
Of lie Santa F6 read by emixrants: Lake the Mo-
ways cy are osolent and teat their agent with con-
"'rhe Chevepucs who reside higher up the Ayka1-
ses have genorsly b Gu rega dcd a. quiet and
peace bic lndsns. They are good hunters, and fur
nish large quantities OF robe ans peltiies. hceny
| tley have been charged with being accessory 10 the
orders coz miited the Platte near Fort kesrney.
T. is ,aid that the Camsnchcs Kioways and Cheyenne
who am uay assemble in the tboroughfares near the
borders If New Mexico hold in bondage many hexi-
| cans and some American citizens, and the agent 70
powe rless TO free beu. Every year these Indians are
becoming ns oltnt and go ous consequences may
be spprtbended unless soae tfhcieat ana sde-luste
mode be adopted by 'beGovernment 10 enIoiee among
| them respect to It's authority.
Tn the district south of Kansas the Osages detest
| labor practice pol, gamy and decreasing. Tse
Cherokees continue to improve, especially In sgr'cul-
| ture; but their educational funds exhausted, and
nothing remains for them except to abandon their
schools or to cell more lands to the United States to
raise the means to support them. -.
The Chickasaws hitherto united with the Choctaws,
have formed Gov eminent OF their Both tnbes
are improving The Choctaws left in Alabama, his-
,issipp and Louisiana about two Thousand 10 number
are represented as scattered great extent and
| though som. Of them nomnaly citizens, as being oil
Of then, in very hopeless and degraded condition.
| TIE Seminoles. hitherto united with the Creeks,
| have also formed a separate Government, and 1t b
thought that in conequeDce of this change the Semi
| n, lee in Florida may be induced to join them.
| Upon the pending wars with the Indians Of Calfor-
MIA and Oregon, the Report throws new light The
| policy Of the Government IN both Territories " TO
collect the friendly Indians and TO induce
the hostile tribes to surrender their arms and Join the
| friendly Indians. -
"Snee the 9Th Of March, 1853, ffy.two treaties with
yari us Indian tribes have been entered n'o. ThAss
tire aties may with but few exceptions OF specific char.
acter be separated into three classes first repiee OF
peace and fierdsbip; second, treaties OF scqustou,
with a vie~ Of coionizing the Indians on rser-
yations; and third, treaties Of scquisiu,p and pro-
yding for the permanent settenent OF The indfvA-
u.ls Of the tribos at once or n the future on sop
arate tracts Of lands homesesds and for the gradual
abolition Of the tribal character: The quantity o. .ed
acquired by there treaties either by tho eIuaguish-
mept of The original Indian title by the rescqusdcD
Of lands granted Indian tribes by former treaties u
about ia 600 900 Of acres Thirty t~o Of these treaties
have been ratified, aud twenty are nov before ne Sea,
ate for s consideration and action In 90 former equal
period Of history have % many treaties esac nAde
ar sucb vat acceseons of lard been Obtained Within
the same period the Jurisdiction Of this Office sad N
operations Of its agents hove been extended over an
additional area Of from 400 600 to GO 700 sqaere miles
Of teritry embracing tribes about which before toai
time but little was kno~n and BY authority Of several
acts of COpgress thirteen new agencies and nine sue-
agencies have been established
| The report closes With the following appeal on be-
half of the Indians and the reservations s left 10
| them; goo ..H
"To preserve the small reservation already made,
end hereafter TO b. made by tribes who have or may
resolve 10 settle down and till the land and 10 presve
mend such pen al and other legislation a. nay DO ~
oured 10 effect these objects But any measure Of pro-
lection short Of this will fail 10 guard the lndAns
against The stfu ,chemes VI those bed mea, whe an'
either their lands their money. or both Upoa sash
protection depends the question Of their futare EXIT
epce for when stripped Of their property, ams would
only rapidly sink, not permanently elevate and pre-
| serve them. Humanity, Christianity national honor,
unite in demanding the enactment Of such laws a. VIII
not ony rot. Ct the Indians but shall efectaalfy
put il out Of the power Of any public officer 70 ao.
bepe poor creatures be despoed Of their ands and