New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-09

No,hing ese will As the work advances e'h head OF
family should be encouraged 70 select ana e. sew
homestead Let the women be taught to weaV\ 10 sem,
and TO knit Let pOygamy be punished Encoa bo ose
building Of dwellings, and the gathering there o.
comforts winch endear the home. ..to
The annutes should consist exclusively OF ooh Tn th
animals agricultural and mechanical npiements nv
ing and such Subsistence only Is absolutely necessA
tOsuppor them in the earlier stages OF inc
Money snpes here aha else nave corrnpted
the Indian service, and brought INTO disgrace Oeais
connected win H. IN Ig also NAV hs dnensed
with Mechanics and artzans will spring up among them
and the whole ORGANIZATION, unoer ,e me oder
Indians, at first will be unwilling TO c9niine themseNes
to these districts They Injured TO the chase aud they
will net leave it, The work may be of slow progress, but
il be done. II our ancestors had done IT. II woua
meet It, Aside determination, this is the only alter
native left us We must take the savage as We nnd
him or rather we have made hun. We have spent 200
wears in creating the present state Of things II We can
civize in years, 1t win be vast improvement on
force the older Indians from the chase, it viii
involve us In war. The younger ones will follow them
coed When the buffalo is gone the Indians will cease TO
hunt few years OF peace, and the game will have dis
MI have formed nucleus Of civilization among the
young that will restrain the old and furnish them home
these old Indians Is irresistible They say: we Know
nothing about agriculture We nave yed on zane ipI
which the vast herds ofbnifao roam IN tne sprng
they pass from south to north ana IN tne ran rei haye
travene thousands Of miles Where they go you haT Cg
settlements and You had there Is roo eo b rof
IL
which shall not follow the game II y9n ws, , ths
lands for settlement, come and settle tneu We WI. O
disturb you. You may farm aud Ue VIII hunt 1ob iofS
tho one; ice love the other II you wan. gns, W. ~ 80
share II with you. II We want bread ana you h4ve ~ "
doors be Kind to u.s. and we will be kind to YOU II we
want ammunition, give II or sell II 10 US we WIN Dol use
that at the risk our own, will defend your lives"
II Congress should adopt these suggestions, the Only
question remaining is whether there shall be one or TWO
territories Under all the crcnipstanees we would
recommend the selection OF two and locate them as io
JJ,f . he bounded
east by Arkansas and Missouri south by Texas and west
by the Tooth l0st meridian In TINS tetrl'oty' .nd
Cherokees Creeks, ChOcaws and other OF tne cNIHSu
tribes already reside In process OF time, Others might
gradually be brought in ard, III the course ol ~
we might safely calculate concentrating there the io
lowing tribes TO wit; ,,ooo
CherOkoes, present population 800
Creeks present population isSoo
Ch0ctaws, present population ls'1 80
Chickassws, present population 800
Scminoles present population 100
OsaCee present population 9'uOo
Wachtas various tribes present population. 5Soo
Kowas and COmanches present population .is''V'
Cheyennes Arapohoes. and Apache', present pop ooo
potinTatomcs present population 1881
Kansas Indians various rbes) present population l059
Nayajoes Of New Mexico, present pOpulatlon. '''Vo
Toto, .................s s,495
II will be seen that We Include in this estimate the
Kansas Indians and number them at their full population
We learn that treaties are pending before the Senate
for the removal Of all the Indians In that State Among
men and our policy "a already indicated would be 10
have them take lands in seyeray on their present rese
yatons selling the remainder ana becoming incorporates
among the citizens OF the State.
The second District might be located as f9l9ws w:
Tie territory bounded north by the 46th parallel east Dy
the Missouri River south BY Nebraska, and west ny the
i0lth meridian. -
the Powder River hunting privilege may Do EXTENDED
to them for tme while the nucleus OF settlement NAY
be forming on the Missouri, the WhteEarh or Cheyenne
River. To prevent war insisted on ~ me si1nS inc
western boundary might be EXTENDED 10 tue looh vi
the forth meridian for the present 49,, A., =,
The following tribes might IN REASONABLE tihe' DC
concentrated Oh this reservation, viz; .n,.,