Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-02-08
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10th Month; 18th, 1871.
To the Gonzention on Indian Affairs ei
Friends sIepresenti1g The Yearly ]
Meeting of Philadelp lphia, New York,
Baltimore, Ohio, Indiana, and Gene
see. .7htSs5EsS1 ,Ef J5a 'A Ofta
Three Of fSfhetribessir1rthe Northern
SuperinteRdency, ,namei W the onaahas,
the Pawnees81 the 0toes, continue to
hunt the buffalo and generally go twice
in the-zyear- to their hunting grounds,
situated south eff the Rattes fhTthe
western part Sfl zNeiHs skaand KANSAS.
In these excursions the hunters take
with them their women and children.
They live sumptu0uSly on buffalo meat
and bring home from their winter hunt
as much meat and as many robes as
their ponies can carry. The: SIMMER
hunt IS H0r the purpose Of procuring
meat feEsubsi6tenc and skiDsfor moe
casins and other purposes.
These hunts are not favorable to In
dian civilization, but cannot well be
discontinued until those tribes. become
possessed of fiocks and herds from
which a supply of meat may be obtain
ed. Their most thoughtful men are
well aware that the time is not distant
when the white man viii occupy Their
hunting grounds and the chase will
have to be relinquished forever.
The Winnebagoesi and the ASantee
Sioux zhage eabaRdOnedq the chase as a
means of subsistence, and are supplied
by the Government with beef and
flour, which are paid for0ut. of the tri-
bal funds. Il, deem it very desirable
that this practice shalhoeasen as soon as
those tribessare settled on their farms
and supplied with "a sufficienef Of live
stock t-4render them seif4sustafning.
To settle the Indians on their farms,
to assist them in building houses, to
break .thespfairie sod, to ferice thefI
fields, to furnish them with live stock
and implementSo OF agriculture, and tc
establieh 1adusfIjsl and other sch 6ols,
will reQaife.A AlarEe amount of f1Ads:f :
In mF-ARRaal- -RePeEts- for 1883 and
1870, / recommended that some Dor
tions of certain pxreseKat hons, i which
contain more land than the Indians
need, should with their consent be sold
at their fair market value, and the pro-
ceeds applied to the Proposed improve
ments. With this vieRs the Omahas,
who have 205, 900 acres, have Petitipned
the President to sen 30 900, acres thf
Otoes and. .Missodrias, who have 160, ,00C
acres, have expressed adesire to sell
about $4,000 acres; and the Pawnees,
who have 208, 600 acresfEoQld Se4abeQt
10000 acres. Ddfine the list Session oj
Congress the Presiden OF the United
States, at ne request ola committee OF
Friends, sent message to the senate
and House of RepI asentatives, submit
ting the draugbt Of a Bill intended to
elco5 the object -Qfsifed. At did not
pass, owing as y Is .bslieyad to- its be-
ing too vide scope and applicable to
Indian lands in general. I have, in my
report OF this year, recommended that
Especial Bill, describing the lands to
be offered for sale in, tine Northern SUI
perint4ntSeney "a be submitted to- Con.
gresS at its next session, authorizing
the PresidenttOappoint'C Commissioners
to effect the sale. xssss xsi e. .s-,grr,zsIE
During the last two years very liberal
donations u CLOTH AZ, sati taIy supplies,
and money have been made by mem
bers Of-the Six Yearly Meetings in con-
nection with US. Nearly all the school
childreHil in the, 6ortherp, Superinten-
dency, except those at the .Santee
Agency, have been cIothedifi this sway:
many garments forthe aged and infirin
have been furnished, and suitable food
for the sick has been supplied. .fFThe
children ip the Mission Schools, at the
S2nfes :. :..skgency, have been mostly
clothedhijy contributions from members
of their respective ciirrh hes. 80. - ~. ~
Having q been + engaged during two
years and four months 10 the, indian
servicen d1eeIn it a ptiate to give
the result of my Observations, and re.
nectioIts Oh Indian. izaticn. z. II is
well knsHnstaat in all cases of advance
ment from savage to. civilized life the
progress has been slow and that. the
transitions has usually occupied several
generations. IT may, however, be .ac-
celerated By bringing the subjects to be
acted on intofainiliaf intercourse with
enlightened and piaus persons INTEREST,"
ed in their welfare. - 1sssgs hrszasqgG ~
The peculiar adaptioti of women for
this worlzihas beel1o0 much overlook
ed in thes efforts that have been, made
to civilize the Indians. The Indian