The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-22

~ needed to Ike suits Tor ssi boys and girls " per
ninth article same treaty, t22,71p
This is S011 per suit. In 1872, for 2, 400 suits
for these Shoshoncs. s13,si was asked, or
fj.73 per SUIT. In the usual debate upon
the items of the bill, December 10 ana H.
1872, Mr.. BECK called attention TO the fact
that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
while he was asking clothes for 2,4O0 Sho-
shoues, including 700 boys and girls, was
officially reporting to Congress that the
total number of the confedcrated tribes,
Shoshoues. Bannocks and all, was exactly
l .037 persons. Eight hundred boys and girls,
eight hundred grown men, and eight hum
drcd grown women, in II total of one thou
sand ana thirty-scvenl
In the same bill was appropriated for
the Crow Indians (2700 in all $1,000 for n
teacher, $1,000 for blacksmith, $500 for
carpenter, miller, and other function-
aries. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs
reported in 1872 that there were just nine
scholars in the Crow Indian school, so
that the Government paid 1888 "A head for
their instructiou-just about the actual
cost of West Point cadet. These Crows,
the same who lately ran away from Gen.
CRooK, have a reservation OF G,2'20OO
acres, or 2,3s3 acres apiece, and an annual
Income from Government of 100000,
or s70 apiece. Mr.. BECK, IN commenting
upon the general subject in connection
with such details "a these, said:
thc truth are carrying on, what are called
treaties. fa'ils anuuilv tifre ur ar millions 70
be sqYanGc,,u upon mcn VINO are dong ihcse IN,
S taatc % ncgr AIR. eaie me r. atcs Tady made
them and sac, n az an ihe s'le nnols pl cei MN
cltrru any Others II nominated. AUD there trey are
9tor' d'aNin~ thsT sa"'is. "1a alike
an act OF, CON- requn9s s some gg o, eo,
tracts by oean ui ,na 9e Pr9cs om na nsn,er
sh.rl re Ia 1usnt ,n"s Wa VA rcne tgsi
NOV i0l. and N whole ter now 10 ne uanls OF
pori a az Ge I pssa, a % S' wx
ssl shows ne isacy a. a IL s,es Snd the
Ia. ilns Iwouli no have mu, Ii apprehension, II tae
The ocplriEeni tha It would he propery administer,
ks Place and /, vii follow, as surely as nght follow.
u.y tia, navuf g0t rd % this vi<ant onccr and OF
powef enough Ia ne senate aud 10 the bbY to force
IA, No ~ s Sn AZ he piaader u ke nd,ns anl Se
taSpayers"
Ii many Congressman were rs able to
speak prophetically rs JAMES B. BECK hero
proved himself to be. it would not be an
unfair inference that Congress Is an in
spred body.
Here before MS is the book OF estimates
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1877. In
1s72 Commissioner WALKER reports 200
Mountain Grows in all, of whom nine go to
school. In 1875 Commissioned smith de-
mauds for clothing 900 men $500. or s1i
apiece; for7OO women. 8, 400 or Sl2 apiece;
for so boys aud $50 girls 80 more boys than
in 1872 S5,923, or $s46 apiece; for 1000
roaming Indians, $4,000. or $40 apiece
Here is tribe OF Indians that has Increased
500, or eleven per cent, in four years, ard
clothing that cost ss.i5 m 1872 estimated to
cost Sll.l1 in 1s,6. Only $1,000 is asked for
the teacher showing that the nine little
Iujun boys must have declined and fallen
off to six; but, for doctor, miller, cnrpen-
ter, farmer, engineer, and blacksmith
1890 Is demanded. Here, too, is a curious
item:
"seycntho ten ins,glmcnis to he used by the sccre
OF the Interior the purchase Of such articles
rVm tine 10 zine the condition and niece si'es he
each In a1 eugaa in agriculture as per article
OF the same treaty, suh not exceeding t@ocoO''
That is to say, 1000 Indians engaged in
agriculture, and 1000 roaming, in tribo
Of 5000 all told, the confession being made
in preceding clause that there was only
clothing wanted for coo males over four
teen years old.
For the 1857 Shoshones and Bannocks
sl3,s7i is asked for clothing, exactly the
Same sum that was demanded in ls72,
though goods have fallen at least fifty per
cent since then. In this Same book Of es-
81. l., r,,. ~
| against Sl0,5G0 appropriated last year /:
100000 for agency buildings, against $4,000
last year; 5000 for presents, nothing last
year; SjQ.000 for contingencies, t30,0O last
year. For the kiowas and Comanches $13,-
700 against sG, 200 given last year, for the
Cheypnnes and Arnpahoes 60. 200, against
1920 last year; for the Chippewas S222,-
500 against 81 $50; middle Oregon Indians
ss 100, last year s7,GO0 Greeks s7i,67s.4O,
last year s52,,7s.l0 Crows Sl72.GS3. last
year SlG7,C23; Flathcads $4,000, against
Sls,5O0; Navajoes is3,l75, against ssl,l75;
Ncz Perces S.s 800, against s25, so; Poncas
s25. 800, against $4,000; Shoshones So. III,
against s7s111; Sioux s1,9552Oo against
sl.552, COO; Utes s;sO2O, against $4,000.
There is also asked sl5O,0OO for indus
! trial schools among the lnulhns ana Tor
teaching them the "arts of civilization; -
10000 for Indians on the Maiheur rescr-
walton, against $4,000 asst years $751;
against $4,000 last year for civilization"
at the Central agency $4,000 against
nothing last year for the same dose Of civ
ilzation to the Minnesota Chippewas;
! for incidental expenses, over and above
the sums appropriated last year, $4,000 in
| California, 5000 in Colorado, $4,000 in
! Montana, $4,000 in Washington, $4,000 IN
OREGON (the truly good Gen. Howard is
out there now. $1,000 at Central Supern-
tendency S4,00J in Indian Territory, 5000
in Minnesota, $1,000 in Michigan, and $1,000
| in Wisconsin. There is also demanded
! $1,000 extra for expenses Of visiting dele
/ gatlous - 600 more for expenses of Indian