New-York tribune., 1879-11-28


the Indians should be converted into herdsmen OF
farmers, and favors the latter plan.
STATISTICS OF INDIAN INDUSTRY.
According TO the official statistics, the Indians on
reservations are reported to have now under culti-
walton 157 O56 acres, about $4,000 of which were
broken by them this year. The products raised by
the reservation Indians during the past twelve
months amounted TO 32S.037 bushels of wheat.
G43 2J6 bushels of corn, 1s9,654 bushels OF oats
ar barley, 800 sos bushels of potatoes and other
vegetables. and IS, 1858 tons of hay.
This EXHIBIT does not include the products OF the
five civilized tribes of the Indian Territory, VINO
cultivated $4,000 acres and raised o65.4oo
bushels of wheat 2.O15 900 bushels of corn, 2Oo-
800 bushels of oats and barley. 1886 700 bushels OF
vegetables. and 17G.50O tons of hay
The raising of stock has been encouraged ne much
as possible. There are now owned by reservation
Indians 1919. 70O horses. 2,S70 mules, Gs,s94 head
of cattle. 32,537 swine, and sG3.525 sheep, tine
latter principally by the Navajoes. The five civil
lied tribes in the Indian Territory are reported 10
have 45. 800 horses, $500 mules. 272,OOO head Oh
cattle 19O 600 swine. and 30. 400 sheep.
The following facts are also set forth:
Provision has been made for an additional dstribu-
t0n 0f 300 head OF stock cattle among the unciV
ming To take excellent care OF Their domestic %
and TO be proud OF The increase or their stOcb Manl
begun raise anu pOulify, ana IL y
cxpedent TO encourage such beginnings in every pos
sible way ..., q.
also ra pdly spreacing Preparations have been made
TO the Of cultivated soil very largely ne&
year Considerable auinti' les OF agrcu lura Tools anu
implements have been distributed and the dem@hu ~
constantly growing.
fields on which Indian labor has been introduced IN
last annual report I mentioned thar late IN me me
Autumn ~ SIS the conveyance of supplies from Tue
Missouri River 10 the Sioux agencies recently established
in southern Dakota was entrusted to the Indians tnen
rho. naffQr
the Indians their ponies as drait animals .out 81
derison all along the Upper Missouri gree,eu lns
pertinent. disastrous failure confidently predicted
by interested In the iteghtng business ana many
others But only did the sioux succeed III keeping
their agencies supplied during an unc0mm0niy haid
Winter taking their wagons over dcsOlate plln- VIII
ont roads n distance of 30 ana 1913 niles respectively
the but they proved the most eIhcienl,
hoJ NOT = nouod OF freight was lost. Although the
Indian regiers occasionally DELAYED by accidents or
extraordinary difficulties on treir weary way @ NeIe
sometimes without provisions, not crackerbox nor
pOrk-barrel was broken open.
In the course the year Indian freghting has been
introduced large majority OF the agencies this side
OF The Rocky Mountains which are at distance from
railroad depois and steamboat landings, and uniformly
with the SAME success. There are DOW Loot wagons
run bv nGiln transfers IN that occupation. aud the
overland freghtng is done better, moro faithfully ana
far economically by them than it ever was done
for this department by white contractors But for the
difficulties connected with the giving of oords. we
should now be q condition 10 have tie Indians make
bids for ireghng contracts FOR other branches OF the
public service.
The Introduction Of freichiing among them has not
only been great success it-eif bIt Las given pow
erful impulse the dnsire1 work ana 10 earh money
among all In ian tribes that nave been 40 employed
II Will be introduced all tie where Is rac
tIcahle.
The employment OF Indians in the mills and work
shops agencies has pcen tried with equal success
In some of our cr1st and saw mills Indians act a. en-
gineers IL the blacksniih shops, .ddlcr shops and
carpenter shops N the agencies 80 young Indians are
instructed as apprentices. ana their number IF ne'ns
constantly increased some or the slops are success
fully controlled by Indians rs foremen, ana the employ
ment Of indians as aborers IN variety OF other ways
mas been generly lutiCoctL VA lhuan IerIr Nutlons
where suitable clay hand the establishment II
brick yards TO be worsed by Indians IL contemplated
and viii be begun next sprn-. On the sioux
reservations IN southern Dakota Indians are
engaged IN putting up telegraph lines. The onId
ing OF houses for Indians D. white mas oee
abandoned aud Iadians are now cohstTucting TIER
houses ycs-wiuG0w sashes, ~hnlrs ana planks
the latte' sawed IN The mus on rcservalons bein@ ul
nished TIE old lnoan prejudice tuai II u I'M
proper T men 20 do ANYTHING else than huni and hsh
and sduaws only should work Is being rapidly ard very
generally overcome The progress made In this drec-
ton il indeed unequal on aih' rent reseryatons out
progress has hecn made almost where. and at
many agencies 10 has been very great anu surprisingly
rapid
The Secretary reports that gratifying progress
has been made in education. The number of chill
dren of the uncvlized tribes now attending school
is 7,193. Last year it was G,229. The experiment
of educating Indian pupils at the Hampton, Va,
schools, has led to an extension Of the plan, and
the Secretary of War has turned over TO the Inte-
rior Department the military barracks at Carlisle
Penn mo longer used by the Annyl, for the estab-
hshmcnt os an Indian school on a larger scale.
One hundred and ffty-eight Indian boys and girls
sioux. Bannocks. kiowas. COmanches. Chey yennes
Arapahoes. Poncas and Nez Prrces-mostly the chill
dren of prominent men IN their respective tribes
have been taken tlither. and the school Is now III
successful operation, under the management Of
Captain Pratt Of the Army, and Miss Mather of
Massachusetts, Arrangements have also been made
TO educate n number Of Pacific Coast Indian boys
and girls in like manner at Forest Grove. Oregon.
..lr of
Hampton and Carlisle have expressed desire to
visit those schools next Spring, and TO bring
their wives with them for that purpose
a sort of Indian visiting committee. 1t
Is thought that such visit Will be
calculated to do much good. and Il will therefore
be encourag ged within proper limits.
IN regard the allotment of lands In severaltv,l
is stated that the Indians on considerable num2er
of reservations now express desire for 10 with
great urgency. In order to protect the Indians
from frau uiulent practices cOneequeut upon their g
norance and crcdulity, the Secretary recommends
that the title to lands allotted 10 Indians shall be
made nalienabe for say, twenty-five years when
the growing generation may be expected To be snf-
fclently instructed 10 take care OF their property
Considerable space in the report is devoted TO
statements concerning last years movement for the
invasion and occupation OF portion of the Indian
Territory. The Secretary mentions the advice ne
gave 70 the representative men OF the civilized
tribes at Mnkogee last Autumn, That tney should
divide their lands among their people IN seVeralty
The Secretary SAYS the idea Is not popular Yet.
CAUSES OF THE Ute OUTBREAK.
The history Of the Ute outbreak il given at con-
siderable length. The Secretary refers with salts
faction to the course of the Government III declin
ing 10 heed the demand urgently made in some
quarters for a continuance of military operations
while the captive women and children were still in
the hands of the Utes. Referring to the course
adopted, the Secretary SAYS:
II the Commission succeeds IN It's work will have
sav we'd the country an Indian war. Even II the
Comnission shou% fail ifs work the temporary
nen.on IN bostiliiles Will at least have resulted
ing the lives OF captive women ana children, ana
probably in limiting ho-tiltes To that band Of Indians
which began the hOstilltleS.
The Secretary says of the cause of The trouble: