The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26

OF wnicn rs the possession OF considerable property
acquired by considerabe industry and hrlit, shows
that he may safely DO nrusted with the rights oil Iuii
citizenship To graut cniraachisemont 70 the nieili-
gent and well behaved Indians would probably tram
them still further selircaDce and encourage their
brethren wno are tagging behind TO make greater ex
ertIons TO oycri3ke the Anglo--axon IN the race OF
progress Accompanied with acknowledgements tnoy
should cbain probably, at nrst an allotment OF ther
proper share OF the to VIII CHI they belong tLen
after four or nvc years OF good behavior, the fco
simple SAID share and perhaps event uaiiy alter
sti longer probationary period, they might receive
proportion Of the invested capital funds Of then
band.
RELIC OF Az INDIAN MASSACRE
Among the Indians who IN the Northwest
are several OF the chiefs and head men OF that portion
the Sioux who ncd the British territory alter tho
Indian massacre OF 1865 The testimony Is that they
working in the harvest helds 81 The settlers. and
people although they fully sensible q" their post
ton as cxies, aud seem TO eel that. having no terri
toriai rights In the country, they have been kindly
dealt with IA beng assigned There is no
danger that, under existing treaty supulatons, the
United States Indian Will be permitted To live perma
nently on this soil unless he shows by an experience
OF years that his intention 10 become peaccabe
and contr butiye member OF society Even the local
half breeds, who have lived nearly all their lives rs In
dams and among tacm. nnd matter OF difficulty TO
be recognized aud embraced IN the privileges which
extended TO tho proper.
uOsriLEs AND BrFPALoES
Another reason why the hosiilcs IRON the States
are not Likely to be welcomed warmly by
their unprecedented brethren this sido
OF tho line is that The former arc trench
Ing upon The hunting grounds that supply food
and ralicnt for the families OF Crccs Assnibons
and Backtct, now the most powerful OF the Canadian
tribes There i no question which has more sorciy
disquieted The MUD OF the Canadian Indian than tins,
How shall he ind subsistence when tho buffalo -
destrovedY Until within the last two years this ami.
NAL has roamcd the prairie In apparently K.
haustlcss herds but another decade of years, unless
prompt measures be taken 10 prevent the catastrophe
the buffalo supply OF iood
VIII be extinct THIS Is subject which
ere long VIII occupy tho attention Of
the Canadian authorities Recalling tho name
OF tho Backieet TRIBE am informed that
twelve dtecn years ago they numbered upward Of
ten thousand souls and then remarkable as u
warlixe and naughty nation; but they have since been
reduced by onehalt OF their number, partly In conse-
qucnce oil tho introduction Of bad whiskcy and partly
by the smallpox. They were pressed bysSitting Bull
and Crazy Horse during tho last summer to take up
arms against the whites but declined to do So for
which they officially received the thanks Of the Queen
From The foregoing remarks 1t will be observed thai
Canada the lndan entitled to rights which the white
bound to respect nnd that TO the fostering
OF the government the honesty OF It's officials and the
generous sympathy which the stronger always
afford TO bos;ow the weaker due the peace prog
and welfare OF her dusky coiored Inhabitants,