New-York daily tribune., 1859-12-28

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for 20 ,ba, here can be for each of thoS tribes
And, for the ssre reasons there should also be An
other aper, for the Gmahas and Poneas they being asr
seraried so far apa that one person cannot perform
the necessary services required for both SO urgent
have been the circumstances requiring additional a.
anee for the management of these Indians and Their
AFFAIR." the Department has been compelled 10 avoid
difficulty and breach Of our treaty engagements
toward hem TO employ special agents for the Pawnees
and Poneas.
Tie great and sudden influx Of population into Kan.
sas embracing large class Of persons having but little
regard for the obligations Of law, and none whatever
for the rights and welfare Of the Indians has rendered
the administration Of the affairs Of this branch of the
pubhe service in that Territory peculiarly embarass-
ing ard onerous. Constantly recurring COMPLAINTS and
difficulties growing out oflawess conduct of the whites
toward the Indians, rendered it expedient and adys
bic that should yst the Territory in order become
personally acquainted with the actual condition Of
thrgs 10 ascertain what remedies could be devised for
the better protegto Of the Indians and their rights
and what further Measures if any could be adopted
for their more sapfsnd certain domestcaton and i'm
provemenf. TIeatisk not having been consummated
with several Of the ibes alsO became necessary TO
erain whether they could not be induced to enter
into conventional arrangements pursuant to the act of
1888 which had become the more necessary because
from the increase Of population no longer pos
sble in their scattered condition, to protect them in
tleir rights.
From want of sufficient time, was able 10 visit in
Nebraska only the confederate tribes Of Ottoes and
Missourias. There Indians, not having yet bad the
lands in their reservation allotted to them n severaty
have made DO progress in agriculture; but the chiefs
are now in favor Of H. and should be done as soon as
practicable visited most Of the tribes in Kansas and
wss grafed to find better state Of things exciting
smorg them than had anticipated They all fa-
vorably located and many Of them making COM
mendable efforts to improve their coBdton by adopting
agricultural and other industrial pursuits rgid and
determined adherence to the system Of policy adopted
in regard to them, 10 which have already referred
WILL think, result in greatly improving their cond
ton in the Of very few years, provided they
cen be eeciUsly protected from intrusions upon
their aIds. and other acts of wrong and injustice by
lawess vi hite persons. For this purpose, strn
gent laws necessary, also the transfer Of juris
dicon over offenders under the trade and Intercourse
laws from the United States Court in Missouri where
it now rests TO those in Kansas and Nebraska; which
urged in the annual report Of last year.
And in view Of the probability of the admission Of
rev State embracing tie great body Of these Indians
within s limits would suggest the necessity in that
event of the General Government retaining exclusive
jurisdiction their reseryaiOns in order to preserve
that full and entire control them and their affairs
which is indspensaby necessary for the protection Of
their rights and the promotion of their prosperity and
welfare. In conformity with the spulatons of trea
ties they were specially excepted from the operation
Of The law organizing the Territory, and they cannot
unless with their previous assent, be brought under
State jurisdiction and laws, without violation Of the
honor and pledged faith Of the United States. While
in Kansas succeeded in negotiating treaties with the
kanFas, kaW tribe OF Indians, and the Nacs and
Foxes Of the Mississippi by which they cede large
portion Of their reservations III trust 70 be disposed Of
for their benefit The quantity ceded by Kansas is
200C0 and that by the Sacs and Foxes 800 900 acres
These treaties made in conformity with the pro-
visions of the act Of ls53 under which convention
al arrangements had been consummated with these
Indians: and from the extent OF their reservations
and the large quantities of land which they could not
occupy and were Of to them, II impossible
to prevent settlements being made thereon. As many
two hundred and fifty persons had settled within the
limits of the Kansas reservation, This was source
of constant complaint and difficulty, which, it hoped
can hereafter be entirely obviated far these In
dians are concerned if the treaties are ratified.
Tie efforts of the Department to provide for the
Christian Indians required by the act of June ),
1855 have resulted in conventional arrangements by
which they are conedeaied with the Swan Creek and
Black River bands of Chippewas in Kansas, and Sc
cured comfortable homes among those Indians.
The great Southern tribes located west Of Arkansas
and Souihen Missouri continue to present N their or
derly conduct their regular, stable and well admins
tered Governments and in their general prosperity,
the sane marked and gratifying evidences of advance
ment and improvement that have so repeatedly been
noticed IN former reports
also placed these Indians separate and apart by
themselves, but had they not become i'm
bued with the impulse and adopted many OF the
habits and pursuits Of civilized life in their
former Southern homes, it is doubted whether
tbey would now be any further advanced than when
frsi removed. Civilization not TO be taught and ae-
ouired by preeept alone, but mainly by practical OK
annie and immediate and constantly recurring eyi-
dence of it's blessings and advantages. Could there
have been mingled with the tribes so mistakngly so-
lated an ORDERLY industrious and enterpusIng white
population all theOrzing speculation as to the best
means of accomplishing their civilization would 10y
this tine probably have been at IN end. That de-
srable result would at least have been 70 far realized
s TO relieve of our present anxiety concerning their
future condition and welfare.
The fatteripg accounts in relation 10 the adoption by
H. Of
aotments to them in seyeralty, OF portion OF their
tribal country has induced this office TO suggest 10 the
Superintendent of the Southern Superntendeney tha
the fact be communicated t. the Indians within hs dis
trict, with view to the eons1nmaIon OF similar
policy among them. ~
carIed out by the Indians themselves, with littls as
distance from the Government Ii would be necessary
a their lands should be regularly surveyed upon the
saIn plan ar those Of the United States This beng
done Il would he advisable for them 10 select reserva
tons for themselves which would al once give 10 all
cassea An idea OF separate properly IN lands and, IN
nv Judgment stimulate them TO greater eXeriions to
become practical agriculturiss, and they would pro-
erets more rapidly in al the arts Of civilization Tins,
TOO a prosperous and thriving community would be
formed which would soon be in condition to come IN
closer contact with the white race.
The removal of the remaining SeminOles from
Florida with tho exception OF the aged Chiei, sam
Jones and very small number OF his personal sd-
heIents " as successfully accomplished last spring by
SuI Rector who was charged with te exc
euton Of this onerous and difficult duty. AFTER bis
return from Florida, that officer, under Instructions
hom the Department, made exploration Of the wes-
torn norton of the Choctaw and Chickassw country,
iyira between the 9sth and 10th degrees Of long-
rude for the purpose of selecting site Tor an agency
ard suitable locations for the Wichita, and other In
diane for whose accommodation that strip OF country
was leased from the above mentioned tribes by the
treaty. OF 1855 special report giving an interesting
account Of his expedition, and describing the locations
selected by him for those purposes, Is herewh suo
nitted His selections appearing 70 be suitable and
rroper, ard the best that could be made within the
ann of country to which they bad TO be contned
tf -, co,krued and the Michitas and number