, 1874-11-20

IiiuHk "a tub I1bul gwen III 4bU0 10 4a4 Nto"A
and Spotted Tail Agencies to hunt IN Nebraska,
IT ia believed, can b. obtained by paying tho l1'-
diana f25, 900. Their right to roam In Wyoming
still exists, although their repented violations OF
thB treaty mRde with them Wontd Justify the
Government, tho report statcs, in abrogatiig 1t.
Without calling for vigorous operations by tho
military, 1t would DO impossible, CommiBaoner
Smith asAorts. to put stop to tho constant and
murdoroue raidfng, by 1udianR belonging in tho
southwestern portion Of tho Indian Territory.
But tho necessity Of fighting those Indians
would have boon obvinted BY frlnnoHs and
proulptnesa III procuring the punishment Of tho
crimes Of individual Indians and Of white
nlarRudorH In their Terrttury.
Tho question OF the future Of the wild Indiana
in tho Indian Territory, le HaYs IL a very seri"
ous ono. ~ their deep aud avo"od aversion to
any Settled life cannot bo overcome 40 long aH
they arc Oh the border of vast unocoupod plairs.
makos It well-nigh impossible to Hccuro settlers
III Northern Tn1aa and Now Mexico from pilfer-
Ing and murdoroua attncks BY small parties or
by individuals Of these tribos.. Tho romedy
Angeostod Ia to procure from tho Ohorokoos.
Choctawg, md Chlckaaaws sufficient quantity
OF land In five difterout tracts, aultcd to herd
ing and agriculture aiearn and dislnouut those
wild Indians, aud remove them to these loca!i-
ponies, and rations anu clothing In return for
thoir labor in building houses and opening Farms
for theu1solvoa.
Lawlessncss and vio1onco still continue in the
1uGian Territory. Ihe two or three United
stasos Marshala sent to enforce the intercourse
lava BY protecting Indians from white thiovas
and buffalo hunters have boon entirely inadc-
quato to cover country OF 81. 900 Bquaro mi!os,
and out Of this inadequate administration Of law
have coma the irritation and retaliation which
hnvo led to the present hostilltics. Tho Indian
Territory hns population at present averaElnEn
litt!o over one iuhnhstant 10 tho square mile.
Tho unoccupied portions Of this country are suf-
fcient in oxsont 70 furnish oven homestead to
3r3H fn%, ftt lin ind
has heretofore boen considered feasible ovont-
ually to domicile large majority Of, tho
1udians in this Territory. Experience how
ever, ehows that no effort is moro un..
which proposes to remove him from tho place Of
bis birth and tho crayea of bis fathers Though
barren plain, without wood or vator, hn will
not voluntarily exchange it for any prairie or
therefore, that tue prospect Of inducing any
largo number Of Indians. and especially such
tribes OF Indians ns wuuld bo most benefited by
removal, to settle IN tho Indian Torrltory+ il
not encouraging, and cannot 8afely be made the
basis Of any general plan for future rolitf or civ.
ization Of Indians. 1t Ia not impossible that
hereafter luis I0rritory, 1t kept open, may fur
niRh ho1nesteads for Huch Indiana A. hare tried
the way OF tho white mans life aud failed in the
severe competition to Which they bavo been sub
juoted.
Tho necessity for seekiug the assistance Of
Soldiers In furnishing and roetraNtE laHlcSs
Indians has been cuuhned almost exclusively to
Arxona,. Nov Moxico. Wedtorn Indian Terri
30 promptly and efficiently met the emergencies
which have arisen as to make It probable that
acquisitions upon the military for the pnn,nl-
ment and restraint OF Indians hereafter will be
ploynleit Of less force With tho appointment
of 200 deputies for duty at tho several agencies,
with proper Legislation providing tribunals for
trial and punishment tao use of tho military IN
may be ontiroly dispensed "it., e::c. pL for tue
sioux, tho Apnohcs, aud Tho ifld lrlues III the
lut1lan TorrItory.
The relations Of thu Bureau TO the several
religious societies. it, accordance with whose
nominations Its agents hnve Ieen appointed,
have been harmonious, and, il ia believed,
mutually helpful.
Tho report recommends that the pay Of the
1ndian agents ought to BIZ at leaat $4,000 yoar,
instead OF 81, sou.
Additional legislation on behalf Of the Indians
was dcoucd necessary, from tho fact TINT the
ouly statutes under Which Indians arc managed
aud controlled arc substantially those enacted IN
1884. known As the Trale aud Intercourse laws,
whone main purpose waB to regulate traffic In
fars and prevent the saIo OF ammunition aud
Intoxicating drinks aud intrusion upon an
Indian reservation. This meaero legislation
was In accord with tho theory then pre-
ya,ling, that tho Indan tribea nero related 10
the Amorcan Government only as sovereigntleB,
who naturally would provide thsir owo Laws.
aud that tho rod men, being people essentially
wild aud untamable, needed only to be kept
aa remotely as possible from al settlements, to
be assisted NJ hunters. to be forciby preo}uded
from an uudne supply OF gunpowder and rum,
and to be n,ade as peaceablo as possible BY the
presence OF MI agent aud the distribution Of q
few auunities in cash aud blankets. The Com.
missioner recommends such Legislation As will
secure:
!" "Fir5t-A suitable government Of the Indians
BY providing that the criminal laws Of tho United
States shall be in force upon Indian reHerva-
t,ons, aud shall apply 70 all ofonaes. making tho
1ndians amenable to tho police laMs Of tho stats
or Territory for auy net committed outside Of a
/ reseryatlon; comforting upon the President
authority to extend tho jurisdiction Of the State
Courts, or any portion OF tAom. to auy
Dsputy Malshas % to oaforee s01s isw Gss and
order: giving authority to tue Secretary Of the
Interior to prescribe for all tribes prepared to
roceivo 1t, an elective Government, or providing
District Territorial Government, or United
StateH Court, wherever indians are In number
sufficient to 1ustify it.
"Second-Lecislaton for tho encouragement
Of individual Improvement aud providing a way
Into citizenship for such ss desire it; for hold
Ing lauds in soveralty By, allotment for oocnpa~
tiou, and for patents with MI ultimate fec. but
iuaenable for term Of years; that wherever
per capita distribution provided by trehty has
proven injurious, OF without benefit to IT'D ie-
oipients, distribution OF tia aame may, in tue
turn for labor OF 8onl8 sort"
Tho Commissioner concludes by stating his
conviction Of the Feasibility OF Indian civza~
ton. and that tho difficulty Of Its problem ia not
80 inherent in the race, character, aud dispusi-
tlon Of the Indian, great as these obstacles are,
in liA anomalous relations to tho Government,
| and in hiB surroundings affected by the intu-
enco aud interest OF white people; :hat the main
difficulty, so Tar a. tho Government is concerned,
lies in the fact that tue Iudan's deepest nood ls
that Which tile Government, through its political
organizations and operations, cannot well be-
stow. Tho first help Hhicl. q man in barbariam
re4uiros ID not that which 10 afforded through
political party. but hut which IL offered by q
ally and extending baud OF sympathy aud
truth; TINT no amount of appropriations aud no
governmental maohuery call do much toward
aa It 1orks through tue willing hands OF men
made strong aud constant by their love for thoir
fulluw-n!uu.
NOT VALID,