New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-12-07
.psrRaCr OF TuE REPORT os THE CoNMiS-
ctnNrR OF INDIAN AFFAIRS FOR 1888.


estimated 70 be about $50 600. The whole number o.
tribes ard separate bands - i75; With ~ OF winch We
have t,euiy ebga.ements. Tue number Of T-'iHe1
Ind, 81 trrates the adoption Of the C)ustAI'n
IL 1913 Ieary ali Of which contain PROVISIONS st.i ia
lvTc.. 49, 49, ......
Tie o1antiiy o. land acc hired bJ tbese tfett.es -
shout 5si 1881 acres tue entire cost Oh iiIuuns
ue.e treaties will be $esio,3fl. FROM ptIt 81
these lands the Government received 20 pecih!4IJ
advantages because they we're oedsl To- me Respective
So. within whose limits they |ero SIT lated. From
to,e ol1 the Federal Treasury receive not only the
vi Ole of the expense incorIod for their acqmsl-
tkp, survey and sale, Uut d surplGs Of at least
G,0J0UGO.
Tie nrnoont applicable for the fulfil neu. Of treaties
aud for other objects connected with ths Indian p9hcy
Tor the prese.i meal year sas slsJ! lV' 81 o Hmch
sum s-0I Coz - derived from Investments M trust
funds. The whole aGiOunt of trust inn'' heu GU
Iooian account il slO,Ew,5i9 ~ ~ "mch s,'"E'-
24l 81 has be,n Invested N stocks Vi v+hous Sttr-i
the r,insinc-r viz. s. SS 400 80, - ret inei III the
Treasury arc The interest thereon annually appr1pr-
si.d by y1ess. Ibe Commissioner lninks j. worthy
Of consideration whether II @ll NOT De adVist'e,
when the MAI onal Treasury shall be 10 cpn1lpn 10
aJnlt of IT, also the above amount ri q VS.
iO7 eO Ia like with the other Indian iunls.
The aggregate amount apprOp iiaed 6y Congress Tor
The Indian service during ehe present hscaI year. was
81 tJy3Sq OF which su1i 81 39,OJl @1s required ipr
tie futuept OF treaties, leaving only 81 ,3oj331 for
recognized and established Oojects vi expen1itnre
corrected with ndllD policy over which ecJnUnl-
cal discretion could he cxeicsed.
The ComllsslOneI hopes, by system cf rstrench-
melt already commenced II the colJDlZinS polcy IN
Oregon California and Texas to red materially the
txpenses Of The remainder VI the present. and dur NJ
the next fiscal year. Every item III the estimate sub
nted fol- the laot nen med period has been carefully
syruliDzed ava the sum esiimitei Is less by S'l3,-
s2y 81 than tae amount appropriated ior tue present
fiscal year.
TIE Commissioner points out three fatal error,
which have marked our policy toward the Indians
from the very beginning, VIZ;
l. 1htT removal iIOn place to place as our popu.a-
on advanced.
2 The ossgument Of too great an extent Of country
TO be held by them in comnOn.
g. Tie allowance of large sans Of money as annui-
ties.
lie recommends that the tribes shonld be permanently
located upon RESERVATIONS, embracing not more mId
than necessary for actual occupancy to DIVIDE Tie
lard am. pg them in seveIalty; 10 require that they
should live upon and cultivate the lana tlus gGet
togive them, III sG OF money annutes stock animals,
eyncutuIsl implements, mechanic shops aud nanua!
labor schools; LaennCb moot U TIE older tred-
ties provide for money dhDutes, he recommends that
Congress shall enact law empOgeIlng tue Depart
isbt ~ commute the money andultics wherever the
lndials assent as above set tOrth
TIE Indians in Oregon aud Washington number
shout 1850, and divided into 50 tribes aud bands.
Those III Oregon, who formerly occupied tue Rogue
River, Umpqua aid w lla1iette Valleys al; nov ~
ins upon two reservations; one On the western the
o'r on the eastern ride of the coast-range OF onu-
taios. The country TO which Their ttle was eHtiu-
suirheo hes raploy flied up with al enterpns0g aGi
tbrDty population.
Duiiog The year 1853, the Snpcrintendeu.s Of Ore
troes and b4ncs by which large tracts OF baud were
cedeo the Uueo Slater for which the lndaus were
prvnnaed to benefits enumerated IN saii tiea-
ties These treaties hOxeyer, were not rstlhed, en-
s.queut tue benefits t0ereio stipulated ior by the lu-
.l'ans lot, and could not be, eoDi1red upon
them.
The white population entering upon these tracts,
making settlements thereon, tue Indians believed that
they were to be dispOssessed without receiving the
stipulated beleiits This state Of things perated
,L,lp aud IN the opio,ou If well informed persons,
recommends the ratif alton of the treaties above men,
ti,u lie also recommends, on account O the dli-
cuiiIes Attending the III lnegemeDt VI Indian an rs 10
Oregon and Washington the great e1tont OF cDudtry
ard the vast number of ludl8ns inhabitug It, the az
pointueIt OF tso additional Superlbtcndens. lie also
reiteTntes the recommendation OF last year iof the
empiuymeJ Of sual war steamer along Puget SQUAD
and the waters of Admiralty Inlet.
Tie Iolcy Of concentrating Indians on small rcse-
vaions, aha If sustaining them there for limited
period until they be fitted - sustain themselves,
was initiated IN 1888. Tne number aut location OF
reeeystOus established TO carry ont this policy i -
floxs IL Canurnia >, with II ,239 indians; Ia Ore
gon , with 100 Indians; and III Iexas . WITH ,iS5
Indaus. The whole amount thGs f.r expended upon
the r,servations has been 81 H3OO0 in California and
S30l, e33 70 il Texas. The amount expended in Ofe'
gon ir reservatons has not as Yet been asceraned,
but the whole amount expended soce 1872 IN Oregon
and Washington for ludi4o purp"ses was = ,3}@Uoo
TIE amount disbuIscd in New Mexico tOT the same
pero1 and purpose was 8 5O6i and ia t.ah, since
1859, sl72 go
Tue iar tie operations for carrying out the ressr
Walton ,yst,m have been merely expert mental 'erods
have bceh already detected, which wIi lie ~
future properly remeded. Ia oregon, for instance,
great mistake made in the lOcat o the reserve
In California greater nuubcr o reserves were estao-
hsb.d, and Of greater.eXpepses were ncdrrel
than circumstances required. IL was expected thtt
the e&penGes ~ all the reserves would be dmnlshei
fiom year 20 year. the disns would progress the
arts aud habits IF civilized life, sc. lie also
n,ids al the authorities ut California shOui be APP
pled 10 tor requisite State legislation, that tne
intercourse laws cOuld be enforced upon the resyva
tions If that STATE and the Indian orphans could be-
bound cut Tor term If wears To upright Gd hintno
p.,sous to be tsu 4by tradcS and occupations.
The Commissioner recommends that the finos
eDO Mrrc1pa bends OF Arizona should bc iurul-isi
with agricultural imple .urns, &C., as recannended
by Special 5eLt < dart Rluey, from waom alone 81.
aoouOns information since the last Ancnal Report
ceIuug the lholins IN Arizona has bceo Ob.alnei
The lnoians IN New-MeNicp, with tie except ga OF
the NavajOes, have been peacsablc during tLs year.
The citizens ot mat TtIntory have severely scd-rsn
from lran deprcdati1ns snce is ac4pii ION ty the
United States aud clasis have been sent in mOuatng
10 $5i6,l6J g.
There appea-s to be q naterio, Improvement in the
conduct OF the ludians ia Ltah caused by the pres
81 ouI army in the, Territory.
Measuies have been adopted 10 lcale 6 third T.
serve Tor the Iadian in Texas. No progress. has bre,
made in carrying out the provision IL the act o. March
p 1871 for cole Ting the Southern CpulauChes aud
WioI1s on resrs ATOMS south OF the Arkansas River
AID uouc can be made until the War Depart Lent =
enppN, red - fuVh efeq g'e force Tor protection.
\ bitter controversy sroug the CooctaWs, grO"lug
out Of @ reorganization Of 'neir Government, rcQLT-
ins the Interference the Wan Department, has been
a,cably orreuged az setiel by tic juiiJus course
pursued by Supt rinteudent Rector, ac-ng under In
sTacons by direction of the Secretary OF ths Int
ror. The same officer effected also, ut very small
cont ths Jenoyal Of nearly the whole Oi TIE semloes
of FloTica TO west Of Arkansas.
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