New-York daily tribune., 1859-12-28
NEw-YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE, wEDNEsDA1 DECEMBER 49, 1859

60 ~ .e "o" oeheut. lhis was considered aome what
ooubuui as they had already been paid for the land
nnder the amendments Of the Senate 70 the treass ~
AZ I0e rate OF ten cents per acre. Thev commanded
however, that these lands were given baok 10 tba ~
t neu oi, ana az an equivalent for the home contem
plated by the Senate's amendment IN he as.;,,aJ =,
them outside Of the limits of the cessions NJ lSiI ~,
Whlch was not done, and for no fault on their nar.
ana ihat consequently, thoy owned them. and yere
en'iued to be fairly compensated for any portion Of
them which they might re1noush under tbasa c;rc,,
stances and as the difficulty arose ont Of the amend
mehis oi the Senate to the treaties of 1851 Il was
agreed and stipulated in the treaties with them of 1853
osubmt TO that body for decision the question Of their
ue TO- ana what compensation should be made 10 them
ior the lands which they proposed TO renquish,
whether they shall be allowed specific sum of mo.
"ney therefor, and if 20. how much OF whether the
same shall be sold for their benefit they to receive
tne proceeds 81 such sale, deductng the necessary
expenses incident thereto" / would respectfuIly
suggest the Importance 10 the Indians of an early de-
clen upon these questions in order that they NAV not
remain IN state OF suspense as 10 whether there will
be additional means from thia source to aid in mprov
ing their condition In my Judgment, equitable ar
rsngement would be to allow them the proceeds Of the
saes OF the lands, deducng the cost Of their survey
and sae and the te. certs per which they have
received for them under the Senates amendments to
the treaties of 1851.
The Nnnebagoes reside in the same region with the
Minnesota Sioux. Discouraged by frequent changes
OF location, from any efforts at improvement and de-
moralized by the perncious system oflarge money
nutles they had sunk almost TO the lowest depths of
degradation but, influenced doubtless by the earnest
efforts OF their agent to impress upon them the por
tsnce of change Of life and habits thew seem to have
caught the infection of spirit of self-improyement
from the example set them by the Sioux. Having
been won to the idea of severalty in property they
desired q division Of so much Of the lands in the
reservation assigned them by the treaty Of 1855 as
necessary 10 give farm 10 each and TO have the
remainder disposed Of in order TO obtain the means OF
Improvement, and Of freeing themselves of load o.
debt which has been hanging and harrassng them
for some years Il being also very desirable
the renq qushment of their surplus and them useless
lands, for the benefit of the whites who are rapidly
filing up the country around them, final treaty with
them for the accomplishment of these objects
consummaed on the 18th day Of April last which now
awaits the constitutional action of the Senate and
President Of the United States.
AllusiOn made in the report of last year. TO the
discomfort Of the Yanctonais band Of Sioux, and their
bad conduct in interfering in our relations with the
See-see-toan and Wehpaytoan bands Of their Mime
sofa brethren and sso TO their rejection of friendly
overtures for council with them for the purpose Of
coming to some understanding in regard to their al
legged grievances growing ont of the treaties Of 1851
with the Minnesota bands, which they contend ceded
large portion Of country belonging to them, and for
which they claim compensation. regret to state that
like effort the past Summer, though accompanied as
that last year. with the offer Of valuable presents
intended to sOOthe them, also entirely failed. Further
friendly measures toward them seem 10 be useless,
and if they persist in their lawess and reprehensibe
course it will become necessary TO chasse them into
submission.
From the report Of the agent for the Ysncton Sioux,
il appears that those Indians quietly submitting to
the obligations Of the treaty made with them last year
by concentJ ating and settling upon the reservation
the Missouri River assigned to them by that treaty,
where il is hoped they hereafter be controlled and
gradually domestcsted.
Nothing of interest is known to have occurred among
the numerous Indians within the upper Missouri
Agency.
The agent for the Blackfeet reports fayorably of
their deposition and conduct and he states the inter-
esnQ fact that through the energy and enterprise Of
Mr. Charles p. Cbouteau of St. Louis the contractor
for the transportation of the annuity goods for those
Indians, they this year taken TO Fort Benton by
steam--six hundred miles further than the Missouri
was ever 80 navgated before and being distance by
the course of the river of three thousand hundred
miles from its mouth.
Though suitable reservations have been allotted to
the border tribes in Nebraska consisting of the Pow
cas Pawnees Omahas, Ottoes and Missourias, and
every effort made to induce them to cultivate their
lands for subsistence they still continue to persist in
their customary expedition to the plains to hunt the
buffalo which, this year have brought them into hos
tile collision with some of the wilder bands Of the
Sioux Cheyennes and Arapahoes, resulting IN the oss
of number Of their people slam by those lndians'
Another unfortunate result was the shortness and IN
sufciency Of their crops IRON the want OF tne neces
~ cultiyation.
1t is to be hoped that this bitter and fatal experience
will Immediately tend r. convince them of the folly OF
their old habits and of the necessity and advantages OF
different mode of life and occupation.
The situation of the border tribes in Kansas and Ne
braska continues to require and to occupy the anxious
attention of the Department.
Most of them were removed there from the States
east Of the Mississippi River under assurances that
should be their permanent home while TO some speci
fc pledges gwen that they should never DC ans
turbed in their new possesslon nor Dc ncuueu WIN
in the limits or brought under the jurisdiction OF any
future Territory or State The country was set aDart
and dedicated to their special and exclusive use thus
isoated il was hoped that they could be shielded from
the VICES attendant upon civilization, until they could
,ll,.t nd
co 10 nrepared 10 meet successfully the uncertain con-
tingepces of the future. Various causes operated to
render such hopes futile; among the most mischevous
and fatal OF which their possession OF TOO great
an extent of country held in common, and ;ho right
40 LARGE money annuities; the giving them ample
scope for indulgence in their unsettled ana Vagfah.
habits and preventing their acquiring kno"edSo Oh
individuality in property, and the advantages OIL SET
lied bones.the other fostering ideness and want OF
thrift and giving them the means of gra1yhg tne'5
depraved tastes and appetites; and thougu 'oe-'eu
separate and apart by themselves, Iney "ere ~ "a
contact or within easy communication, WIN
horder population and constantly exposed 20 the
exampe of the very vices from which was ntehaea
10 shield them Then came the acquisition OF our pew
possessions west Of them, and the consequen' iosa
he and continued sweep OF emlgrsnoh lnore'o
through every portion of their country mus was lhe
barrier of separation swept away, and they became
snbect 10 constant contact and to all the eVh OF an M
and lavrless intercourse with sll classes OF
ur popuation Their best Interests II not their very
evidence rendered entire change OF pohoy l"aiu
them necessary viz: their concentration on suian oo
,;nns 10 he divided among them in severalty,
SbSre thew could be protected and be compelled to re-
nam and adopt habits Of industry, with such c0ntroi
by the Department their annnitles as would en-,
ollie IL in the exercise Of wise dscreuon' 70 ssppy
t;Ds or the whole thereof to such objects and pur
noses rs would tend to promote their welfare and IN
pp,ovemept. The acquisition of their surplus lands
wonA of course throw open the country 70 seuemen'
leading in time. to their being surronnoeu oy sceu %
% stable population from which il was hoped they
Srcid soon learn the advantages of industry ana the