The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-20
PEACE POLICY.
What Hon. W. u. lyon says about civiiizina
The Red Man.

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Following is the condition Of the
''good Iniuns" according to the report
of Mr.. Lyon of the Board of Indian
Commissioners: The summary of Ie-
suits under the peace rolicy Inaugural
ted in 1879 is specially valuable, and
will surprise those who have been I'M
acquainted with the workings of the
policy in detail. OF the 27s, 900 Indians
now in the United States, not including
those in Alaska, the peace policy has
induced liz, 903 to doff their furs and
blankets and don citizens dress, which
is a decided advance in the direction of
civilization, If not of grace and beauty.
They now occupy q, l99 houses, and
have $50 schools with 437 teachers, at
tended by 11,5l5 scholars, against Ill
schools, 134 teachers and 4,7lS scholars
in 1868. In many other respects they
show a great advance during the past
ten years. There are 4O,397 of them
who can read, whereas, none of them
could in 1868; and 5000 of them at
tend church regularly, and as good
Christians, let US hope, rs those of their
white brethren who spend SO much of
time wrangling over dogmas. Indus
trially also they make a very good show
ing. They are cultivating 292, $50 acres
of land, and, not including the five civ
ilized tribes, 34,692 of them are engag-
ed in tilling the ground. They have
raised during the past year 6SS, 278
bushels Of wheat, 4,65G,6 92 bushels of
corn, 349,247 bushels of oats and barley,
556, 975 bushels of vegetables, 148,473
tons of hay; and they own ZIG, 2S6 hor-
SEES and mules, PIT, ss2 cattle, 121, 35s
swine, and 537, AL head of sheep. The
remnant of Captain Jacks band are on
what is known as the Quapaw Agency.
There are only about one hundred of
them, n third having died since their
removal. They have given up the In
dian dress and are working about 300
acres Of land around which they live in
log houses built in clusters. Their To-
cation Is quite ear II of the border
towns of the Missouri, to which they
have free access; yet they resolutely re-
fuse to drink whisky. One of the men
has learned to read without going to
school. Bogus Charley is the recognized
head OF the tribe, but Steamboat Frank,
Scarfaced Charley, S~hacknasty Jim,
Long Jim and others of the massacre
notables are there, including Captain
Jacks widow.
The Cherokees are doing magnificent
ly. They have a well organized state
government, and q code of laws suited
to their wants. The principal chief is
Governor, the second chief Lieutenant
Governor. They have n Legislature
composed of two branches, Senate and
Council. All trials are by jury and
there are several courts, the right of
appeal from a lower to a higher juris-
diction being always granted. They
have a national treasurer, a solicitor
general and district attorneys. Also,
e~ighty-fve district schools, and male
and female s%eminaries, the former cost
ing about s100, 900 and the latter, S75,-
600. There are about one hundred and
eighty pupils in each. A well sustain
ed orphan asylum costing about $500
is also In existence there being about
two hundred children in attendance.
The attendance at their schools in pro-
portion to the population is better than
that Of either Missouri, Texas or Ar
kansas.