The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-12-01
VOLUME ID.
IMrORTANT MEETING OF IfR1EsDs,
Indian Matters. Investigated.

~ The Associated Executive Committee
OF Friends on Indian Affairs, which has
been in session at Superintendent
Hoag's offcein this city forsfour days
past, closed its business late Tuesday
evening. This committee is composed
OF two representatives from each of the
nine yearly meetings of Friends Cor
thodox)-eighteen in all. Fourteen
were present. Upon Gen. Grants call
upon Friends, in. the spring of 1869, for
aid In the management ofIndian affairs,
this committee was organized TO bring
the society in all parts OF the Union in
to harmonious working, and enable
Friends everywhere to assist the Gov
ernment. All the present Indian agents
In the Central 6uperintendency were
appointed by the Government upon
nomination of this committee. Super
intendent Hoag and all these agents,
viz, John ID. Miles, OF the Kickapoo
Agency; Reuben L. Roberts, Shawnee
Agency, Joel II. Morris, Pottawatomie
Agency, Mahlon Stubs, Kaw Agency,
Hiram w. Jones, QuaWpaw Agency,
Isaac L. Gibson, Usage Agency, John
Hadley, Sac & Fox Agency, Brinton
Darlington, Cheyenne and .Arrapahoe
Agency, J ohnathan Richards, Wichita
Agency, LaVrie Tatum, Kiowa and
Comanehe Agency, have been present
with the committee during the past few
days, and have presented full reports
OF their work and situation. Valuable
Statistics, relating to the industrial, ed
ucational and religious interests, of the
tribes, were collected, and the commit
tee have thus received fresh capacity
and zeal for their work. Their organi-
cation il thorough, including four
standing subcommittee. viz: on In
struction, the religious interests Of the
Indians, industrial pursuits, and the
Washington committee, the last for
conference with the United States au-
thorities at the seatsof government.
One of their number. De-. VIM. Nichol-
son, is also salaried general agent OF
the committee, residentin this city, and
Is employed in testing the qualifications
OF Friends who may apply, or may be
proposed, for situations within the Cen
trail SupeEintendency, and otherwise CO.
operating with the Superintendent and
agents in their civilizing work.
We learn that the most encouraging
circumstances developed at this meet
ing were the peaceable conduct and ap-
parent intentions of the Cheyennes and
Arrapahoes, and other tribes recently
rowing over the plains, plundering and
Numbering settlers and travellers, and
thelprogress made during the past year
in their settlement upon reservations,
and the indubitable proof OF the practi-
cability of bringing the Indians under
the power and into the life of the Chris
tian religion. The restlts in this re-
spect have been especially encouraging
in the mission among the Ottawas and
neighboring tribes, under care of Asa
@. futile and wife, the latter recently
teacher OF public schoolin this city,
yuh q " rnn fn iaf hou
taken place, and greatly improved
condition, morally and industrially, is
apparent. In other parts OF the super
intendency preparations have been
made for similar labor, which will be
vigorously prosecuted as soon as the
additional christian workers required
arc secured. F--a h..
The field least encouraging to the
committee appears to be the Kiowa and
'Commanche Agency, where any efforts
at civilization are greatly obstructed by
the proximity OF military posts, garri-
soned by hundreds of immoral men,
and OF the Texan country, which the
Indians claim has been Wrested from
their possession Observation-Disclosures,
and over which they persistently claim
the right to roam and make reprisals.
But even at this agency. q school of
about twenty pupils has been conduct
ed during the past ten months, with
marked success, and the principles of
christianity taught. Mostof these pu-
pills are from the tribes settled on the
Washita river. The Friends are anx-
ious to promote their workin this dis
trict by securing divorce of the mill
tary post and agency; and as the SOL
diers at Fort Sin are stationed there
not for the purpose of guarding their
people, but to prevent the incursions of
the Indians into Texas, they believe the
purposes of the Government would be
as well or better fulfilled by removal of
the troops to the other side of the Red
river. 80. g.
T We also learn with satisfaction that
the religious exercises of the meetings
OF the committee, in which the super
intendent and agents joined, have been
frequent, and strengthening to all.
The day was opened with the reading
of q selection of scripture, followed by
season OF devotion, in Which vocal
prayer to the Lord was generally
raised. that he would guide the deli
berations and confirm the judgments of
the meeting, and glorify himself in the
work of his servants. - Z
- The dispute between the Cherokees
and Osages, arising from the resurVey
of the line of the ninety-sixth meridian,
which locates it about three miles and
a half farther west than the original
survey, and throws many of the settle
ments. of the -Osages, Including build
ings recently erected for the use of the
agency, into the Cherokee country, has
been referred by the Department of the
Interior to a commission OF these
Friends, viz: Thomas Wistar and John
B. Garrett, Of Phiiadelphia, and Hon.
| George Rowland, 'jr., of New Bedford,
Mass These gentlemen have all been
in the city during the past few days,
orgenized the commission conferred
with Superintendent Hoag aud Agent
Gibson on the subject, and will, il
necessary, visit Tahlequah and snego-
tiate with the Cherokee authoritiea.
HUXLEY ON SPIRITUIEIsM.