New-York tribune., 1872-12-09
Rnsr.coLoREp YIEw on TDIAN AFFAIRs.

prPORT OF TIE INDIAN COMBnSSIONEBS-PROG
REss OF CIVILIZATION AND RELIGION
SUCCESS OF TIE HUMANE POLICY-WHY IN
DIAN TERRITORY SHOULD NOT BE OPENED
TO WHITE SETTLEMENT
WAsHINGTON, Dec. THE following is n
vnopss OF the fourth annual report OF the Board OF In
dian Commissioners After three years OF tie working
OF the peace policy Board 1nd cause for congrotua
tons that their ancpatonso Of success In their attempts
10 ciyze the noInadc tribes Of Indians, which they
pressed in their first annual report. have been far
fulfilled that there is reasonable assurance that
the object in view being rapidly attained The opera
tion OF the system, under which their agents and
the various missionary societies have eyinced per
eopal interest in their welfare has called into life
adeuee in the justice and humanity Of the whites
berefofore unknown, and induced the part
OF the Indians a corresponding disposition TO help
themselves Nearly fyesixtbs OF the Indians OF the
United States either civilized or partly evil
jzed Yet this fact appears TO be but little known and
when a murder tby Indian Is announced the whole
race is held esponsibe. The various fraudulent means
NV which agencies we're formerly made fruitful, from
which large fortunes speedily drawn, are now
nearly II not altogether abandoned and instead of
ig FOR &c per cent than Is received the Govern
Ineut receives full value Tor money appI9Pisteu th
some cases favorable rates than other DuyeIs
and Indian gets all he Is fairly entitled TO ny iaw In
sesd OF sending detachments Of soldiers 70 pursue
Hostile bands, who but rarely oyertaken ana sci
views their numerical superiority, they are now
taken to the East and made 70 iee ro9 seual oDserya
Soa6ted. eSI tSI i"'"'' u VOL - ''''.'' - -
The various religious denominations have expended
large Of money In their ende8voTs 70 Chfsuanze
the indians Their has been marked, the Pres
1yteran Methodist aud Episcopal missions alone hay
% ing c,eos and Nez Perces 10 church member,
clip Tie members OF aboard, during the three years
OF It's existence, have Travelled, Ia the performance Of
their duties, more than z560o inlies. lois hsat the
Chairman and Secretary visited the Crow ana Blackeet
agencies I'm Montana, Fort Hall n Idaho Wlnd RIVER
agency Wyoming, and were present a. the 10 Coun'
eli in Colorado. The Purchasing and Executive Com
ttees Of the Board operated Win az nneh success as
taen. The Apache troubles, which In the begin
mug OF the year assumed such menacing as
pect owing Inananagenent, were by the Judlcions
snd peaceful course pursued, ayerted Even here the
eEects OF humane treatment are shown ln RENAL kae
decrease in the number Indian depredstons during
the last two years sioux and OtheI Tribes on the
Northern Pacific Railroad are generally wei disposed
toward l construction, the slght Opposition
encountered being Ge result Of rather preepltate ac
officials.
obligations BY the Government has met with CORE
spondpg ae0n on The part Of the Indians, and IN some
Board convinced thai s the imperative duty or
tue Government 10 adhere its treaty spulaOns with
are advancing rapidly civilization is shown by official
records. The Indian Territory, with smaller area than
With the exception Of Sew&exseS and rtah ana
greater than the combined The population OF Montana
Idaho, Dakota. Arizona, and Wyoming. II has more
acres oi lana un0ef euhNat0n than any other ia the
United States. and the amount Of grain &C. raised Is
than six times greater Than 4 raised either
U,ah New-Mexieo. or Colorado. This eaectuaIly dis
poses OF the statement that there Is an
Unreasonable aiG0unt Of land lying idle there
Un.ed states Even II there were. although the
Load do believe that the aDOIiginas should hold
rgo tracts OF waste land 10 the xcn0u of civzaon
simply because they the first occupants, all the
sud IN te Indian Ietny,s secured 10 The Indians by
eaty, n0f as gfi but ~ fEeanye ior ample consid-
u for nO Other 10 3ttempf-sbOuld De- made directly
Adasetiy f. eeBl II Nv fo White settlement without