The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-11-29

Washington, Nov. 27.-J. ]. Saville,
Agent Of Red Cloud Agency, having
telegraphed for definite instructions
Is to the course to pursue in case the
Indians refuse to give up the young
member of the band who, without
provocation, shot ut Geo. NJ Bosler
while bringing i'm a herd of cattle,
Commissioner Smith has sent the fol-
lowing reply: The Indians must be
compelled to surrender the guilty; if
the military will stand 10y you, stop
ratinns until the surrender is made.
Washington, Nov. 27.-The appoint
ment of new Commissioner of
Indian Affairs, in place of Smith. has
been rendered to Edward S. Tobey, OF
Boston. Tobey is here tonight at the
request of the President and Secretary
of the Interior. There is every reason
To believe that Tobey will accept and
be appointed on Monday
The vacancies, caused 10y removals
in the Indian Bureau, will be filled
after consultation with the new Com
missioner.
Just before the close of business, this
evening, at the Interior Department,
Secretary Chandler signed formal
notification to the chief clerks of the
three divisions and seven other prin-
cipal clerks of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, that their services from this
date will lie dispensed with. The re-
movals are based upon the recommen-
dation of Commissioner Smith and
make clean sweep Of all clerks asso-
ciated for any considerable time with
the past history of the Bureau. The
desire, as the Secretary and Commits
sioner express it, is to begin anew.
sioner of Indian Affairs Smith, in his
annual report, says that the reports of
Indian superintendents and agents
convey unmistakabe evidence of a
year of advance in the civilization Of
the Indians. Their testimony is al
most uniform, to the fact that the
civilization of the Indians is not only
entirely practicable but fairly under
way; 1888 Indians are self-support-
ing. Their corn crop last year was
over two million bushels; potatoes and
other vegetables, 421 600 bushels; fields
under cultivation 323, 900 acres, a
larger area by seven hundred thousand
acres more than ever before reported !:
nAarlN- htInIraI
more than in 1871. There are nearly
ten thousand more Indian families
now living in houses than five years
ago. The Commissioner expresses the
opinion that a general Indian war will
never occur in the United States. In
reference to the Black Hills country,
the Commissioner recommends that
legislation be now sought from Con-
gress offering fair and full equiva-
lent for the country lying between the
North and South Forks of the Chey-
enne River in Dakota The true equi-
valent to be offered the Sioux, as
helpless wards of the government, for
the Black Hills, to be found by esti
hi'''ihS "4@I elSuJ nunureu square
miles of gold fields are worth to the
United States, and what three thou
sand square miles of timber, agrfcul-
tural and grazing lands are worth to
them. The Commissioner says that
the need of the Indian Territory is a
government of the simplest form
possible, and suggests government
similar to that provided for the terri
tory of the United States northwest of
the Ohio River Preliminary to the
organization of general assembly, it
would be the best adapted for the terri
tory at present.
He recommends that the matter be
again brought before Congress and