Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-18
NUMBER 1876.
THE ABORIGINEs.


Secretary Schurz on the Recent Exposure.
at Grow Agency-He Declares the Irrepp-
lar1ties Have Been Known a Long r,,,.
His Opinion of the Manner of cond,o,,n
the Indian Service.
AGENT HUGHES.
WASHINGTON, July IA telegram from Col,
oariin' dated Standing Rock, explains the case
VI ihdian Agent Hughes as follows: Agent
hughes having broken the bands of several
cn!ets' ofoered them to be enrolled under other
chiefs, which they have refused to do. He
sIoppeo tnelr supplies. Suffering from hunger
ones sist!eo the agency, seized the agent and
carried MN to point near the river bank.
rescued h tne agent and arrested the Indians.
VINO are all under guard. If Agent Hughes he
not removed at once will not be resnnns;hIs
lor sne consequences. All the principal and
. ueau Men participated in this affair Their OBJ
tne reservation, not to hurt him nor did tbs,,
hurt him. ~ "ie' 'ies
BELIIGERENT UTEs AND APACHEs.
band of Ute and Apache Indians hor;n.
manifested unwillings to be moved to the new
ieseiVation' Gen. Sherman has instructed army
officers to render the inspector all assistance he
may require to carry out the provisions of the
law. " tue
LIvINGsToN's LoosENEss.
secretary Schurz to-day, on being asked his
opinion as to the result of the consultation he
tween the commission recently sent out to Da-
kota, accompanied by Commissioner Howl.
says: Mr.. Hoyt's mission has not failed as
has been asserted, and all the objects men.
| TONED In the letter of instructions have been
complied with. ought to add that the removal
OF the sioux Indians would havg taken place
long ago, had not Congress SO long DELAYED ap-
preparations for that purpose. The depart-
ment asked for these appropriation.
at the October session, and
tnen curing the regular session several
times by letters addressed to the speaker of the
House, but without results All promises
made TO these Indians have been and are being
complied wish. The Sioux chiefs have repeat
edly expressed satisfaction with the manner in
which supplies are delivered to them, and also
10 .he quahty and quantity of the supplies.
Q-Has not the discovery of the swindline
operations at Crook agency by DR.. Livingstone
been surprise to you?
A-Not at all. l knew all the details of it
several weeks ago. The fact is that had the
case transmitted to the department of justice
some weeks ago for the prosecution of the
offenders, and it is now in the
hands of the district attorney of Dakota I
notice that some newspapers speak of Gen.
hammond as IT he were an officer of the army,
and as IT these discoveries and disclosures had
been made against the Indian bureau, Gen.
Hammond is an officer of the Indian bureau
appointed last year by the President at my re
quest, as superin tendent of the Dakota super
, lntendency. He got wind of the transactions,
, and reported them. He came to Washington
where the campaign for the discovery of these
things was planned in my office by Gen. Ham,
mond. Commissioner Hoyt and myself. 1t
! Is, therefore, the Indian service,
f under it's present management, that
. made these discoveries, and great credit is due
/ to Inspector Hammond's sagacity, courage and
energy. l notice also that whenever by the eff
forts OF the department these crimes are dis
covered, that instead of giving credit to those
who make the discoveries cries made about
the lnethclency of the management of the In
It dian service, while these very discoveries, ex-
g posures and prosecutions proofs of it's eff
, course of years. Many of them have
! been discovered and laid bare by
y :. the present administration and no offender
has been spared The Crow Greek
a affair is not the only one. We have quite
d number OF persons connected with the Indian
d service as agents and contractors under indict
; ment in several parts of the country. Wehav,
it not divulgcd all of our operations because it il
g necessary to carry them quietly until the,
= are ripe for decisive action. There are othe
similar Investigations now going on will
I. promise of like results. All those affected b,
a fear of these operations exceedingly anx
g ious to get this blu. mess out of the hands o
k, those who manage Indian affairs, ant
rs are on the track of evil doors. The polio,
ar towards Indians which humanity dictates ant
-, - which is now followed, is to gather them upo
20 reservations and try to make them self-sup
NJ porting as much possible by agriculture
al stock raising and similar pursuits, or polio
Us easily defined, but very difficult to carry out
We l think we are making fair progress, but it vii
h, require time to make it generally successful
m and it can be made generally successful only i
not the government alone, but white citizen
treat the Indians fairly. The creates
y. difficulty is that when Indians get ono
We fairly started toward self support, the white
OF want their lands aud crowd them out We ca
,st easily make the Indian service more economi
n al, as when this years purchases at the annu
n lettings we have already made savings of $24o
-, 600 as against last year, the goods and supple
~ being just good if not better than last yea
a. and strong and persevering effort can, as
'ut think, make and keep the Indian service no
tu- est. The continual conflicts between the int
ere ests of Indians and the greed of white peol
of surrounding and crowding between them, pr
IN sents problem of difficult solution, and
,a, mere change in organization and control
tI9y the Indian service can dispose of it.