Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-11

by congress shall be issued to these
Indians, excepting at some point or
points en- the Missouri river, where I
those agencies shall bcgpermapcntly
located, If this suggestion sgeg hEall-fe-
Tcelve the favorable action of7cong gross, t
a proper location will be selected, and
those agencies removed prior 10 the
beginning of the next fiscal year.
TUE BLACK I1IiI.s PROBLEM.
The failure Of The negotiations for
the relinquishment &c the Black, Hills !
Ineccssitatcs the adoption of some
measures to relieve the department of
the great embarraSsmcnt resulting
from the evident determination of u
large number oi e's,l< l<,es 10 entcrupon
that portion Of lhl Sioux reservation
to obtain the precious metals which
tho official report oil ithc geologist scnt
out by. the goeernment shows to cx,
ist therein. The very measures now.
taken by the government to prevent
the influx OF miners into the Black
Hills, by means Of the display OF mil
litaly force. III that ncighholhood,
operate as the surest safeguard of the
miners against the attacks Of Indians.
/ The army cxpcls the miners, aad.
while doing 50, protects them from
Indians. The miners reiuin as soon
as tie military surveillance is With
drawn, and ,kc same steps atc taken
again and again. some OF tic miners
i have f-.=t' sitE against s lliittlT,f
officers ia i' Imprisonment, ayd
mueh efnist;i,irnt.tit - 5-bolh TIE army
and lhs i, department, is tie re-
suit. The preliminary report Of Pre-
lessor ,lennev, which accompanies the
report Of the Indian commissioner. in
regard To the geological and agrical
tural wealth Of the Black Hills, indi-
!. Gates clearly the great temptation
e held out to miners and cln;grarts, to
/, occupy that country, and wll1Nreatly
enhance the difficulties which have
alKcudY- surrounded She question Of
II protecting. the Sioux in their treaty
rights to that territory. ea'hc opening
OF the next summer, scasou wall nn-
!, doub,clly wiuress ;r great increase OF
" cmigration5tlithcr, aud the question
urges itself upon the attention of the
department and OF congress for early
solution. 1t is true that the Indians
u occupy that reservation under the
provisions Of treaty with the InitcC
States. 1t is also true, as a general
i. proposition, that treaties should BIZ
maintained inviolatc, and the Indians
protected in their rights Hereunder
But for two years the government ha
o been appropriating about Sl,2GO,oo'
for the subsistence Of the Sioux 9
various tribes, which amount is
q gratuitY-that-the government is uade
no obligations to give them, and fo
r which 1t receives no compensatin!
advantage. The amount thus appro
7priated is five per cent per annum Q
s25, ,O00,O 900, which the government il
giving without an equivalent. Thi
amount must be given them for som
y years 10 come, they will starve.
is submitted, therefore, under thes
circumstances, for the consideratio
NJ Of congress, whether it would not b
3 3 us,iiable and proper to make futur
II appropriations for supplies to thi
\ people contingent on their relinquisl
or men, Of the gold fields in the Blac
=! en- Hilfs and the right of way thereto.
u. 1t would be. beneficial to the India
OF service, in my opinion, and woul
s. s. tend to promote its efficiency, if II
IN laws preventing the detail of arm,
Is, officers for civil service were so {;
Is modified as to allow their employ
DIS mcnt in the Indian service at the di
s,G cretion of the president. in cases
'le,' emergency. Such a change wou
sly place at the disposition Of the exec
-o' tive corps Of disciplined, intclige
Vcs officers, whose familiarity with II
IS entire Indian country and the nee
I'm, I'm, OF the service would render them j
lhu valuable in an emergency such as h
lux ariscn during the present year, a
pa' such as is liable to arise at any Ii,
I'VE in the treatment Of large bodies
'as wild Indians.
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