, 1879-01-31

In reference to
THE sENT1MKNr3 or THE 1HniANa
on tho subject, the Secretary Of tho Interior
made 10 tic Committee ttaternents giving tho
views and votes otsthc various tribes, which
gives au average votc OF 10 10 apafnst transfer,
ncarly all tho tribes being unanimously opposed
to the proposition. ALI the religious slcnnn!na-
tlons In this country are absolutely opposed to
l1cproposcd change OF management. T1'eir min
Ions and bchetts deserve and should receive
respectful consideration. That nc hare among
the 20,0D indians sotno unruig tribes Is
lamentabte fact, nntl 10 this your COMMITTEES
would respectfully tall the attention OF Con-
gress. We ara of opinion that In such special
cases the military should hare Temporary con-
troll, md that tile President have power to place
such wariike or unruy tribes under military.
discipline, the same as he would Il city or State
terrortzcd by mobfaw or revolution. That the
Indian cnu bc Anglo,saxonizeti Is
PROVEN BEYOND ALI cAv1f
In tho case OF thu WinncbnEoeA aud 0nahas,
who reside oa reservations In the Stats OF Nc
braska. They live In comfortable houses, hare
good barns, cultivate their land, nnd ratto as
good whcat, corn, anti potatncs a. arc produced
through the labpr Of The white man. They l,avo
chuFclIcs and schools, and no more orderly COM
munlty can be found thnn on these two fezcrya-
tions. They nse petitionIng TO become c1tixcnf,
question Of such vital Importance in their taso
tlat It must soon be enlyr1. Is 1t necessary to
put these people under military management
We think not. Whether the management Ut
the Indians remains where Il Ia OF il sc!c-
r.ted n tbr Wnr r,cnurttncnt. Il penrral
.,.to,, ~ ,,f,- mr.; ,r,,,rny.mont .hou1,1 rnu.
tinuc ami op,nnr thr ,nnxt fmnor3ant t,tnps
.,i. t,,,.,,s,i, ...o,tt. T. T., ,-,,rt,Io
49,. .,... a.,, H.. ~ ~. Irnt,o1 st,to. ~, ~.
'h't t'e CIVIL "a" Q, .'e o"''eo ~ n'Ates IN w
tended over al' Indians who VIII agree there
to, witl, a code Of laws applicable 10 them,
defining crfnIe and rn,yillug judiciary, cs-
1,ooto,.r IN what !. 1n,un n. I'm 1n,tan Tcrrt.
peela''s III "ons 10 Known ~ '''e '''o'ao 'e'''@
tory. ,. ,.
In the opinion Of the Committee sich legls-
lat1op is
1MrEuAr1vrLr NEEDED,
mn, M tina orht tn t,c lost in making tho nccet-
cc.sarv rrovlxlnns t1,crcrnr, Th,. Indian Agent
.o.,n, - h.. Tin nhjocttvn mint In ,vttc,, NJ,
sss"'' ;. vs. 49,, ~. u .'"v ,',,, ~ - "s ~. na
'l'o"e opposea W. @"e p'eee"' po,e5 ~ 1'e nv. Wo'
cr1nleDt pplpt IN acorn ami dcl!sion' lhey
assert that tho indian Agent Is syn
tnymoua with fro,,d and corrupt!on,:,
rtc fomu,ttce ,no,,. ,,,,,ocnt inunIrv
..e ..s. "'o t'
INTO present system o. conohct'ns the Agencies
md are OF opinion tlat, ns general rule, tlc
T1,.ro A.. rn,v .nycn, v.gonr svccotx nm n,nvc1
80, .s,'u :, ~. ~" 49,. ,as.s. ~ 49,
A'"' VI every opi'ostu"'tY' aa "e !e"'"' t.'e 1.c
partmcat PROPOSES to reduce this number W
rcaerynt,ona vhero IL can be done with tusticc
-, ,,,o ,-1ho. u.r ~ t,tcr,,Iv wn,, ore ram.
" '"e '.'o'': 4'.." VI tes!f ~ ~ ~
potent TO administer INC ailasfs ot an Anulah
larger sa1ares at less sacrifice nearer ttlclr homes.
1hc salary should be lorru enough to employ
h,.no,ah,a ,,,an ~ +I.,,,tw, ~ ~..,,,,ro .ti1,,r
noa ~ o.a,ia ,ban, -, III" shnir fnmIi,ss
a!u i, ~ cnao,u t.is!n ] ~ thAo tn. @ t""'so ,,s'
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. .u ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ia. ". ana % tiat liz
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