The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-05-14
This Indians.

During the pendency of the In.
dian Bill in the House of Represent
ativcs, recently, and the debate there
on. our member, Hon. James Viii.
son secured the passage oil an amend.
,nent TO the effect that 1920 be ap.
propriated to build school house
Tor the Indians In Tama County,
Iowa, and that no salary be PAID the
Agent unless lie lives near enough
the agency to teach aud care for
the tribe every dry.
1t seems tina. the report OF the
Supe, intendent OF Iudiau affairs was
not confined strictly to facts. We
quote what he says about the Sacs
and Foxes:
A portion OF the tribe numbering
fi6nfs 'ribe ssisgla. Scars ago 90 ah u.
are row located in Talna County
Iowa. Since their location there SOM
Iottawatamics, Winnebagoes. and
dissoluie citizens, have amalgama,cd
with them until they number upward
OF three hundred They have pur-
chased about four hundred arres of
land-.he title yesting ia the United
S:atcs-on which few OF them raise
some produce. but INSULT sient for
their support. They subsist mainly
as vagran. bcggars, and would be
amenable to State law on this account
il they were citizens. The Govern.
mcnt long ag' established a wise pro
vision that fragments Of In iian tribes
should forfeit their shares OF anuui.
ties while absent from their proper
reservations. An unfortunate excep.
lion was inserted in the Indian ap
prcpria.ion bill OF 1865. by which
these Iowa Sacs and Foxes are al
10 ycd TO receive their proportion Of
annuities SO long as they remain
pcacealle and have the consent Ut
the State Of Iowa TO remain within
itslimi,s. This exceptional provision
las been continued from year to
year, and while the money thus with
drawn might have benefited them
had they been with the tribe in the
Territory, its effect IN their present
location has been TO increase their
habit OF vagrancy. Believing that
they will not improve under their
present circumstances, / recommend
rho suspension by Congress OF their
amenities while off their reservation,
aud that they be removed with an
other remnant oil the tribe in Kan
4as, 10 their proper home in the In.
dian Territory.
This report did not suit the views
OF Mr.. Wilson. aud he spoke as toll
lows:
Mr.. WILSON said: II | can get
the ear OF the committee ! will
say something about this. And it l
hal any idea that the cars Of thu gen.
,lcmca composing this committee
were hall as long as suppose the ears
Of the man who wrote that report
10 be-, I would not say anything that
would come SO near home. The way
in which these Indians have been
treated Ivy agents OF this Govern
,ncnt is simply shameless The 70
port. made by this gentleman is moth
ing moro nor less than a SANDER both
on the Sac and Fox Indians and on
the people who live in thelr vicinity.
! can tell you all about how these
Inlians came TO be. there. They are
lie descendants OF Black Hawk, Keo-
kuk, and Powiesl,iek and the other
Indians OF whom the United States
Government originally bought the
territory embraced within the State
81 Iowa. The Government now
owcs these Indians for tina: purchase
some $500, 900. AMI those Of them
who are il Iowa and in the Indian
Territory receive interest on that
amount now.
Al one time these Indians Tired on
|, reservation in Kansas but It was
.ery unhealthy there and great
many OF them died. Those OF them
sl,o have wan Tered ba;k To the old
.srixl srounl Of their fathers have