Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-17
Indian Statistics.

In his report the Commissioner OF indian Al
~. rlaseifes the Indians under three heads, MS
lows: .,s ,ro.,o
.,oGgb 10 the Government Agent to receive ra-
nns and blankets. This class numbers about
si3 and may be cataiogued as Ioilowsi
S5t ont of about $1,000 Sioux; 40 Mandans
feso (,ros Ventres, 400 Crows, $3.50 Black
.et Floods, and Piegans 6,l63 Utes In Colo
dn IItah and New Mexico; 9O57 Apaches in
Fcw Mexico and Arizona; 4.g75 kiowas and
{omanches in Indian Territory; ,524 Cheyennes
Iii Arrapahoes in Indian Territory, wyoming
nd Dakota; $500 Chippewas in Minnesota WIS
lin and Michigan; 800 Nez Perces in Idaho;
snn Shoshones and Bannocks in Wyoming; LOO
{boshones Bannocks and Piutes in Oregon:
/ Ser0nd-Those who are thoroughly convinced
the necessity of labor and are actually I'M
lrtaking it, and will more or less accept the
Erection and assistance of Government Agents
this end. These number about so pi,tss ana are
mpnomonees in Minnesota and Wisconsin,
\ Sacs and Foxes in Iowa. 4,622 Sioux 80
oncas and s73 Rees in Dakota; r sSss
Nebraska; 1890 Flatheads in Montana
nd $500 mixed Shoshones and Ban
ocks and Sheep-eaters and 40 Nez Perces IN
IDAHO; 295 Kickapoos, 33 kaws and 2372 Osages
I the Indian Territory; 100 Pah utes on reserva-
Kan in Nevada, 515 Utes in Utah, 1,450 Mohaves
nd lIaulapaes in Arizona, 9,06S Navajoes in New
5exico and 1906 among the different tribes in
Washington Territory. Oregon and California,
/ THird-Those who have come into possession
h allotted lands and other stock property in
took and implements belonging to landed es-
he This class comprises 8, 40 Senecas and
nd other Indians in Michigan, Wisconsin, and
Minnesota; ESQ Sioux at Sisseton, Santee and
Fandreau agencies; 266 lowas and LBS Winnie
agoes in Nebraska; 750 Pottawattamies and
xws, 1900 Creeks, 500 Chickasaws 2,43s
emnoles, 1877 Cherokees and 4,l4l
eonging to smaller bands in the In
3iau Territory: 100 Eastern Cheroknes in North
carolina; 1897 Nez Perces in Idaho; 5,1l2 fako-
has and others in Washington Territory, and
COS Pueblos in New Mexico. Within the above
Justification, modified somewhat might be IN
luded 4,3J0 pimas and Maricopas and 5000
Mission Indians in California, who have al
avs been selfsupporting and only within
hort time have been furnished by the Govern
nent with an agent and few employees.
A fourth class OF roamers and Migrants IL
Enumerated, consisting of 500 Winnebagoes in
isCUnsin, $50 Kickapoos in Kansas, known as
t0kOhoko's Band, 5000 Diggers and others in
alilOrnia 1000 Inc ans on the Columbia River
les in \ cvada, Utah, Colorado and Arizona 1850
IumaS and Others in Arizona and ,2O0scattered
ldians in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia,
Iorida and Texas.
/ The Commissioner SAYS decided advance has
cen made during the year in the direction of Sc
bring control and influence over the Indians
Embraced in Glass |; and the way has opened
ne perceptbly for much larger and more
knpeful work among them d ing the coming
EAR. The first requisite IN the treatment of all
Indians of this class is frmness. Any outrages
depredations should be followed up promptly
ud punished at all hazards and any cost. Any
3Diency which comes in to prevent this Is an ex-
tusive and mistaken kindness.
The 81 ,429 people embraced in Glass 2, the Com
ssioner says, may be properly CLASSIFIED as
dian novitiates in civilization. They have
lgely broken away from heathenish practices,
.re generally abandoning the medicine dance,
md have come directly under the influence and
)ontrol of religious teaching For this class OF
Indians, the beginnings of civil government, a
Urge increase of school facilities, lands in sew
balty, and generous assistance in furnishing
fachers of trades and agriculture, together with
trming implements, seeds and stock. are needed.
/ The third class, composed of Indians who,
3ithout violence to the term, may be called civil
Jed, is most numerous. All of them have been
featly assisted in attaining to this condition by
e direct and long continued religious teachings
3nd influences of missionaries. They need some
rm of civil government and the inauguration
! process through which they may cease to be
Indians by becoming American citizens,
Ufthe roamers, numbering about 14,0O0 little
3 an be said, except that they are generally az
3rmless as Migrants and vagabonds can be in
yiized country. They are found in all stages OF
eIadation, produced by RIGHTEOUSNESS, intemper-
3ngc. idlcness and poverty, without a land, I'M
pom a reservation, and, scarcely in any way
lated to or recognized by the Government they
ag out n miserable life.
The report states that the Sioux number 10000,
Ne greater portion of them yet unreached by
}iiizatiOn" Four thousand four hundred and
ry-iour Of the more tractable received rations
hom the Government at eleven different agen-
le, and from 5000 30 10000 Of the wilder class
/ consented to visit the agencies when on IAN
Casiona raid for rations,' The wildness of
he Sioux and the non-adaptability of the coun-
they iuhabit TO their support in a civilized
lode Of life make the future of the tribe seri-
us problem.
In reference to the Black Hills the Commits
oner says that all legislation looking to settle
eh OF this region by the whites should be
owned down, as it would create decentralization
|monE the Sioux. The REIMBURSEMENT Of the
-ht given in 1868 to the Red Cloud and Spotted
all Agencies to hunt in Nebraska, it is believed,
W pc obtained by paying the Indians $1,000.
heir night To roam in Wyoming still exists al
Dough their repeated violations of the
ATTY made with them would justify the
g'tfhment, the report states, in abrogating 1t.
I uncut calling for vigorous operations by the
MARY, II would be impossible. Commissioners
NTH asserts, to put stop to the constant and
/ 0fderOus raiding by Indians belonging in the
uhwestern portion of the Indian Tarritory.
ul me necessity of fighting these Indians would
ave been obviated by frmness and promptness
procuring the punishment of the crimes of in
Iqnal Indians and of white marauders in their
Territory.
The question of the future of the wild Indians
ht indian Territory, he SAYS, is very serious
,t az their deep ana avowed aversion to any
,''sN HE cannot be overcome so long as they
on Inc border of vast, unoccupied plains, and
"usl within sight of herds of buffalo and makes
,"elEuigh impossible to secure settlers
Norihern Texas and New Mexico from pilfer-
AAN murderous attacks by small parties or
u1lFidnals of these tribes. The remedy
--s'led Is to procure from the Cherokees,
avs and Chickasaws a sufficient quantity
'A1' IN ave different tracts, suited to herdng
A-Heulture, disarm and dismcrnt these wild
.aAN ana remove them to these localities, fur
""- them cattle in return for their ponies
~ .al9ns and clothing in return for their
-useEes
E commissioner concludes by stating his
"''g,gh of the feasibility of Indian civiliza~
d. ana mat the difficulty of its problem is not
LLIlL tui IN the race, character and disposition
lNolan, great as these obstacles are, rs
4.nmaious relations to the Government
~ n.s surroundings affected by the influence
H.. -4i..e'tst OF white people; that the main
80 Jar as the Government il concerned,
.u ne fact that the Indians deepest need is
Hulth the Government, through its political