The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-28
Annual Report Of the Secretary
Of the Interior.
POLICY OF THE DEPARTMENT
Causes of the Ute Outbreak and Success
in Treating It.
THE TROUBLE WITH THE PONCAS.


spirited discussion OF the Indian question. He
.avs
The difficulties connected with what is called the
"lndian problem nave peen steadily erowihs .lor'
year TO year as the western Souhtry yeJ Sor
pied as hunting grounds exclusively, Is iequ IL
agricultural settlement and mining 1ndusary , 10
the same measure as white men ahu ,na lbs hoav
aud more jostled one another their tod
apt to result in collision. We are frequently TOTO
that the method followed oy our O, ", e $500
IN dealing with the Indians IS n"oI hans o"r indian
than ours, aud that we sno"lu snaps o"i 80. 80
policy after that mooei. in - tII;ras
seem to forget ina. Tue oo th;s cnrt;nert has
In the British possessions On LIS nn;nt dif
until recently, been IN an essen'ai PPM u.t
terent from that existing IL .no oA..ou @
Immense territory run o. sane ,h o,e ;th'
long been permtea ~ lo" 10 . ,av. os sott
out being intererleu VIII ~ ' Ipttt nssitv on
mont. Ins's ~"s ,ovarpmsnt ~ nrov;d;n@ for the
ehe part OF IN" ~ % - ~. 1913 n.,a o,r,t
sustenance OF me .a .' h h,t; InSer
wholly proviue IoI 'nenS y: ~ ,I,As. 49,
such circ uns.anoeS so aI $1,000 1s ,.ts'
hnwrev.r az settlemepts suresd and game became
less abundant in their Indian country our Canadian
neieho3rs. we Heve aeJ h .pI h Des , hod
70 contend with are gradually coming upon them,
and that thus they are just approaching the same
INDIAN propislu WHICH nAS Dvo er;o,,s snrn,s
II IL 10 be hoped that they will succeed in solving
II with less trouble than 1t mas Drought upon U.s.
but they themselves appear to see reason Tor appre
nens'on' s,r,,.r,os ov orn 1xnr.Ss
Our Indians are scattered over An immonse extent
OF country in tribes and bands OF Inherent SIZE
with constantly growing and multiplying settle
mcnts OF whites between them Inc game upon
which formerly most OF them could depend Tor SUD-
sstence is raridly disappearing. They occupy
number Of reservations some large and some com.
fertile lands, some barren many of which were
secured to them for occupancy by treaties
in times gone by. It may have been and
probably was . great mistake to make such
treaties with them as distinct nations. put those
treaties were made and arc entiaed to respect:
IN hQV rad Tn
far greater value in agricultural; and mineral re-
than they were originally thought to be and
Arc now equally coveted by the white population
surrounding them. 1t is argued that the Indians
cannot and will not develop those resources, that
tho country cannot anord 90 MAINTAIN large anu val
they should be thrown open TO white people VINO
can and will attend to their development This de-
mand becomes more PRESSING every year and, al
though in many cases urged entirely without regard
to abstract justice 1t Is iact with wn en- we nave TO
deal and which must be taken into action in shaping
an Indian policy.
The Sscretarv aroues against the idea that the
- I,,. $50 80 :. ....s =. 80, A.
p1cSe"Se VI AAseA' AOAoo :" A1'oeoAJ ." AeeP 'AAo
Indians quiet, and states that at this moment
hand Of than eight Utes and another of
.ho,. On. h,,na-sd ana s,tx mar.udars IN Na~ May
soous one hun~io" anu navy AA".""ueAe IN t'o" INCA
ico in all less than thousand of Indian popu-
lation Of quarter Of million, are causing serious
trouble.
POLICY OF THE DEPARTMENT.
continuing MS discussion Oh tnis SUBJECT the
secretary remarks'-
Is ireaneniy sa,a sns. we rase ny hndlam puuy
IL concerned. II policy consists of Keeping GER
tain object Ina view. and in employing all proper
:. pa th 1,In as uns Ao 'A~' ''' ~
Sr,;Nro sst tha.indi.ns IN work M agr,cu,tnr,st.
-h.~a.-. So ~ h.a.L ~ tho,r h.h;ts ~ $3.50.
o. a su .s ~ ,t W o VI s"'"se
S "n " IT. as,ae tietr wnytb ~ Ssoth so~.s s NO
n introduce 70 the yrowinc generation Civilized
g.. $3.50 orJ .sn;rstioms e"A '-''~s~
TI..s To .iIot na.rcsis If land N Trd;,r. - s.v
sraity and To Give them individual title to their
S.' a., g ;sa,;a,.h,. ,nr narra;,, ia th,.
-. t. Az ,oe, -;,a ~ na,v;dr. or.r.i,,, 90 1855
-. ;wa,.ad 20 th.- torr,ar dan.ndancaf 800 ~.
er.y, ns.eau OF .neir loliner uepenuence upon Tue
E,,rsh whsn .c,tion,ont In saveraItv With ;rd;vd
- al, a, ta d;s,osa y;th 81 nr co,,
., az +hnss ,and on ther reser~s,ons Witch oe
s' ..,a Ia S'.aa ~. .Lar, r. ,-rnnad -. go
"rmd o. th.,r %.nsst which vi srad,ai,s -
~, . w. I $500 =, 80 90 ~ an.,sas a. arn. 10
ES,t tor Wy ,Ii ecnmniisnsd 20 tran. .h
,s. ,,,n n,,an ,nb.ts,.u.f IS IT, 1850 3. .o
nn,,er the laws OF the land.
Tni nc ro,;w 70 adnn,ad and .rrror,.d h, c,ro-.s.
tns Poiie! a. anu suppo.seu W OonEress
my opinion gradually bring about a solution OF the
Indian problem without injustice to the Indians
snu a,so "i'"o"' o'' "o'nS VIC "e'eAoP'ncn' VI 'nc
THE TRIBAL RELATIONS
Referrinr to assertions frequently made that tho
tribal relations must he broken mn that tho re.er
-, -.
va'ioh sys'e" must % "oahooheo' &C., Secre'ary
Schurz observes that. whatever sito DO the ultimate
end result policy stated 1t is certain
%. . - ~ fo' ''-oN :. 80 .o- . 'A".
haoits grown up In the course OF centuries Will not
~ once ''''a 20 = mere worn Oh 00mm'na' anu
Ills equaiiy certain tnat thc INTRODUCTION or In
dustrai habits, that settlement in severaity, the
iounuauoh OF permsheht homes the conierIing OF
lneustria! utie, anu tnereoy tne practical ma,
cs MA ~ -, rno ,h. :h De 49, ~ M ., u
nrst anu III accom- pshing THESE necessary ehus the
mnuehco Oh trloal sutnori'y mas III many not IN
.nos' csses "nene'el VIGIL t'Acp au'an.aso Oh, occu
vi improvements an s,.enp. I" acoomPi!su
sn.so ooJec' q. ohce al o'1r .ne County,
"inv"s 'u ..isu p, s."scs W ioioo
woui" snuouo'euis ies"is III many Eases IN inuisn
go, 10y mp s "t ' Nv" ' i. .. ness.
'. ...s a s.duie '.i ",so. my man We
-, po , p' ~" PiD,e =" 'ae nv nv. oaLy
,,o.. Nv ,.n',a 90 IL IL, -. % 1. .io n, ano
ha. o,p,,,ns ,h. LIZ ~ -, % Pea ~,
-, ar.aas.s,,di.. s.as,.., ~ .....t. IN 80. ~
s.'oe Ac"Nhcu ~ ""echihb "hu i"prOV-