The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-05

military to be utterly false. During eleven !
lays only five movers wagons
passed ViGita and they were 60
Ing to Texsz. The immigration
70 that state through the Indian Territory
hss sen-ibly decreased Of late, owing to the
fear created by the Invasion" talk. All
the dispatches are made from whole cloth,
which pretend to narrate the restlessness OF
the civilized Indians and their desire to
take arms and drive the advancing hordes
Of Illegal settleTs. The latter have not ad-
vancsd worth a cent" and where any
foundation has existed on the part Of re-
ports for such story as Indians wanting
TO Gght, it has baen based on the statement
of some one of the half breed Indian off,
citls or managers, who zee their profit in
maint iuirg The ttat quo. The Ninits dis
p trbrs haVs been sent by or through a
Contractor, whO Eirhe5 the military to re-
main her. With regard to the general
Indi,iOn of the Territory, Col. Hinton,
who Travelled through ii before 1861 and
served in i. during the civil
war, and is therefore able TO
make some comparisons, believes that
there il Il fair AID improving condition Of
prosperity, that education is advancing and
intelligence ia enlsrgirg, but not in as rapid
a degree as was The case during the last
ante b,ii,ua decade. This is partly, per,
haps, due 10 the Generalization produced
by war and is destruction, but it is also
sld more, the result OF the conflict between
the Indian system and that of the rapidly
growing and different life all around them
There il an Increasing degree of discontent
among themselves, felt at their condition
The fear OF losing their lands by reason o
railroad reversionsry grants, keeps th'
feeling united against any present chang
in the Indian communality, but If tina
were removed through the repeal by Con
grefs Of all acts on which the railroads nigh
claim lands, there would begin at once ,
wholesome sgitation from within, anC
amorg the Indians, a. 10 the need OF lane
allotment and the value OF American ys
Iad.sn citizenship. The neighborhood ol
common schools Of the FIVE rations are i'm
proving slowly, but the seminaries or en-
dowed high schools are carried on in by
far too pretUnctory q manner for the In
dian people 10 derive all the bereft they
otherwise might from the liberal frunda
TORS that have been land. There can b,
no doubt that the governmental control o
the Cherokses, Creeks, Choctaws anC
CLiCkasaws, is in but lew hands, that the
handling oi their funds sustains notable
rirg Of very shrewd men, and that the
pre- iudices Cf the full bloods and other5, are
carefully nurtured to increase a clannisE
hold on their affairs, Tor the benefit ot
the more clever men among them
There is less land reported under cultiva
ton in the Cherokee Nation, owing to the
prohibitory legislation known as the per
NIT law, by which a tsx OF S25 per month
ia laid on every white iaborer, citizen o.
the United States, who is employed in thai
Nation, but the Indians themselves are do,
iug more wolk as a result OF this process.
Railroad business appears to be growing
and the feeling of hostility TO the leading
corp3ration, heretofore spoken of, is dying
out. More land has been opened
near the line Of the NJ. X. 4
7. road this year than has been the cas-
hitherto The late Elfals Council ed
iourred TO meet July lst, and it is rumoreC
that the leaders will endeayol
TO bring about q unity OF policy anon.
the various Indian bodies residing east 0
the g7lh degree. One leading delegate
IN 1iie a notebe speech, declaring that h
de-ired the Indians all 10 be as one, and Il
hold their lauds, and have their lands il
| common The occasion of this was tn,
fact that the Sac and Fox delegates wer
compelled to obtain passes in order tc
leave the reservation 10 attend the council
The lDdian Territory question, If there b
one, will, in Col Hia,on's opinion, b
solved from he inside through an agitation
among the more enterprising Indians in ia
vor Of change in Lard ownership from
common to individual, " mich must end il
the assumption CT the American citizen
ships and the usual cares and forms of gov
erumeut belonging thereto. This proces
has no relation, in our friends judgment, Il
any outside demand by white men for tn
adm ssion CT occupation in whole or par
of the Territory. TIE Indians are begin
ming % see how claunish and non-progres
siyc are these present forms and what dan
gers for the mass Of them, attend theil
much longer cont nuance.