The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-11
GRANTS INDIAN POLICY.
A scathing Hcbuke from Bishop Whipple-
Oar tountry's Disgrace.

WASHINGTON, Aug 10.-Bishop whipple
OF Minnesota has written a long letter to the
President, in which, after lamenting the failure
Of the Administration peace policy, he says Of
tho treaty:
A violation Of its plain provisions was an act
OF deliberate perjury In the words OF Gen.
Sherman (see reportl. civiliz itiou made It's own
compact with toe weaker party 1t was violated,
but not by the savage Ii was done by acIyu-
ICED nation. The treaty was approved by the
whole nation: the people ana press approved IT,
because IL ended "a shameful Indian war, viii d
had cost Us S3VDJ,oOO. and tue lives Of ten white
men for every Imam slain. The whole world
knew that we violated tnat treaty, anu the reL-
son OF the failure Of the negotiations % last
year WIS that our own Commissioners did not
have authority from Congress TO offer the ln-
dams more than Une-th,rd Of the SUN they were
already RECEIVING under the old treaty.
MY own convict On Is that the indian Bureau
ought to bo an independent department OF CIV
llization. with one OF the best men In the ma
ton at its head. IL this was done and We then
gave TO the Indians tho protection OF law, per-
sonL rights OF property, place where they can
live by the cultivation of the soil II required TO
labor; II provided with necessary aid In the
WORK OF CIVILIZATION " Christian SCHOOLS and
missions were protected, nd phguted faith
kept sacred, we should solve the Indian pro olem
aud oring down upon ourselves tho Dle-slDg of
uod. here are two pictures on one SIDE Of the
line a nation hos spent tJOo.UJJ.U,O IN Indian
wars teopIe VINO nave not Que nundred miles
between the Al dan Ic aud Pacinc which has not
been the scene Of an Indian massacre a Govern
ment wnicn mas not passed twenty Years without
an Indian wal MT one Indian trii'e To whom II
has given Christian CIVILIZATION. ana which cels-
nrates Its Centennial year by another bloody
| luuian war.
" rne end may be reached by a simple method.
concentrate the Indian tfiOes, va: Place
all Of the luuians in Minnesota on the W III @
Earth reservation; the Indians Of New Mexico,
| Colorado. and sioux In the Indian errtory the
| Indians on the Pacific Coast upon two reserves.
| The SIOUX c mot be removed AT once, but prou-
| ably twenty oanus would consent to 90 at once,
| ana their prosperity In Their new homes would
| oraw others. Secoud-Whenever an Indian III
| good falth gives up his wild lfe, and begins to
i've bN LABOR, give MIN an honest title by patent
| Of leo acres ol Land and make II inalsnaole 30
long 40 the reserve l. neld by he tribe, II Offers
premium TO the greed Of white men. The
| certificates OF occupancy are not titles,
Mortn the paper upou which they are printed.
| Tnird-Provue government for every Indian
trloe paced upon reservation. Congress
mlglt authorize the President TO appoint any
| missioner with fun powers TO administer law
Ou the reservation. The United states Mar
shal In whose district thus reservation is,
| misht be authorized u appoint the requisite 9
| number VI civilized Indians or men OF mixed
blood to act as a cpnstaouIary force. The United
| states Judge might De required TO mold one ses
| sion 81 his court on the reserve each year "
| requires no new machinery; no great expense
| There arc forty reservations where IN plan
could be tnhugurated at once. As II II now, the
| clVllLed ana Christian Indian Is pitt ably help-
| less. Two wears ag1 a brute Killed an Indian
| woman on the Nhite Earth reserve in open day
| The Indians arrested him he WAS taken to L lri
| kp.ey; alter TWO months the Score arv Uf WI
| ordered MN To lie discharged, because TIERS
was no law to punish an Indian. | believe | can
| count one hundred murders bV Indians, which
have taken place IN Minnesota IN tue past seven
| teen years, No one ASKS any questions any more
| taan II ,hey were swine. lhey nave almost uni
| fOrmly been committed wulie under the innu.
ence OF IRE water turnl-ned III Violation VI
| law oy white mon. When an Indi,n hos become
| perfect lsnmhelite We quietly allow MN /,
Join some hostile sovereign, like sitting Bull, tC
murder our soldiers