Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-11-29

dams IAvtoS ON ~eSefSAssO
Only Tenants Of she Govern
mems- Catholic Priests Mesldsi"s
with Arizona Indians War De
parsmemt Appropriations Ne
ports Of the tienerals-Gesfer"
0chOe0eld's Report from sh<
Pacific Coast General CrOOk
tom plimenssd General Emery
Of m Departments Of n Gua
Asks that the Duties Of Troops
be Dennei-The Invasion Of ttt
Black Hills Investigated No
F~rO~pectOrs ON she Reservation
told found outside the Indian
Country.
CHICAGO. Nov. Is.
s. c. Scoon, better known by his pro
fessional nanie of =. L. Campbell, dice
at the residence of his brother. in thi:
city, on Thursday. aged Al years. He
was at the time of his death on thu
professional liSi of the English hraru
Troupe.
a Washington special says the SUI
preme Court of the United States has
just rendered a decision as to the rights
of Indians in the lands of their re>er-
Walton. The decision. which WAS ref
dered hy Chief Justice Waite. is that
Indian tribes do moi own the tee to the
lands within their respective rest rva-
tions and are only tenants OF the Uni
ted States. To whom lone the fee be-
longs. The decision also holds that
timber and minerals are portions of
the realty. and that Indian tribes can
not sell the II nor lease the other.
The case came up from the reservation
of the Oneida Indians, i'll Wisconsin.
where one or two Indians had disposed
OF a quantity of pine logs. The In
dian AGENT. on behalf of the tribe,
brought suit for replevin to recoverthe
logs on the ground that the lands and
timber thereon beiongedto the Indians
in their triba. relations.
r. A. Wilbur. agent of the Papago
Indians of Arizona, in a long cotninu-
nica ion to the Commissioner of lndi-
an Affairs. complains that Catholic
priests are attempting o establish HER
archY among those Indians and seek
TO reiuce them To 4 sta,e OF vas>alage;
that they have declared Il against the
public school system. and in every
possible way are depressing and i'm
posing upon the Indians. The agent
particularly explains that these priests
are no Americans, but Mexicans,
and that they differ entirely from
their American brethren.
The Committee on Appropriations
has nearly completed the War Depart
ment bill, in which it has closely fol-
loved the bill of last cal. The army
l. still 20 bt- maintained at 5000 men.
There l. no deficiency in the War De-
partnlent estimates for this year.
HE Secretary 4 received the an
nual reports OF all commanders OF di
visions and departments. General
Schofield, commanding the Division OF
the Pacific, says: ''Since my last re-
port satisfactory progress toward the
final settlement otthe Indian question.
so far as it depends OH military opera
tons, has been made under the wise
and vigorous administration of General
Crook. The few Apaches who obstin-
ately refuse TO submit to necessary re-
strictiOns have been hunted down and
killed; and General Crook thinks that
if the Indians of various reservations
in ArizOla are now properly managed.
kept to work, furnished with seeds and
implements and their present interest
i'll agriculture and stock-raising en-
couraeed, no further trouble need lie
NSlSNh'us o''Ni NJ ~ HIbNiAtiliN bSE
come seif->upporting. The business
OF the department has been conducted
in Il satisfactory name with Il due re
gard to economy and the general inter
est OF the public service. | take pleas
u"e in renewing my previous com
inendation of General Crooks manage
ment OF the ditiicult Apache problem,
and cordially approve of the admins
tration otthe Department OF The Column
bia by Colonel jefferson G.. DaviS.''
Gen. Emery, commanding the De-
partlnent of the Gulf, in his report
says: Il beg leave to call attention to
the delicate and underlined nature OF
duties imposed on troops serving here,
an | to suggest that a general rule OF
action be defined. and that persons per-
forming such duties be protected by
law in the execution of them. At
present troops are expected to keepthe
peace without having any power Ia
correct abuses however llagraut. or
power to arrest parties for the mos,
criminal otlen>e>, and vet their pres
ence in case of riot or disorder render>
them liable TO civil suits il casualties
should occur even by accident, Vet il
can not be denied that their presence j.
necessary 10 the conservation of IeacC
IN the Southern country, and in my
oplnlOn TO the existence OF the country
Itself. ! therefore do not consider ii
too much 10 ask that the " hole subject
Of these doties i'll the Southern country
may become a subject Of considera-
ton.
Reports having been published re-
Gently in several Western papers and
reproduced elsewhere, purporting 10
give from parties of white
men who fitted out at Laramie CITY
n Fort Sanders, and who had pene-
trated TO the Black Hills countr AN in
vestigation vas ordered by General
Sheridan. through the officers CON-
manning at the different points on the
borders OF the Black Hills territory.
The result OF these inquiries proves
that so far no white men have entered
the territory since the expedition ofGen.
Custer. Colonel Palmer, commanding
the post at Fort Sanders. reports thai
he was informed that a company OF
~prospectors, under Colonel Grow. left
Laramie City some time >ince and sue
ceeded in finding what they believe to
be good placer dig"ings within forty oil
nifty miles from tAi, place up the Lara
ME river. This is not in the Indian
country.
The Safe burglary Trial Ended
The Verdict Of the Jnry-No One
Convicted.
WASHINGTON. Nov. %.