New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-24

Tho falling off In crop is owing to the severe
drought which prevailed last year in tho indian Ieroly
In the estimation OF many the progress IS u cap
employed: but when all the circumstances are oahCu5
considered. the results aehleveu are al ' NV "it
man nor Indian be expected to devote ms energies
20 the impreyeme1T ana n I IN for peT
manent Improvement IS pnralYZ+d II tine Ir1lG on
fact OF them from sad experience ti9i tney nave
no sure abiding place. that their homes today may ne
the possession of the white man t-nlOrrow tht oti'I
ma reap what they ana gather IN the harvest
Their planting. When urged 10 abandon thrT haoILs VI
hunting and resort TO agriculture, the want OF paper
tides is Immediately suggrsted-an obstacle whose
forcs ana validity cannot b. questioned ,,ors in
Petitions are constantly received from IN uahs VI
dOrsed by missionaries and agents, nrGng the import
Of tins Sny w er ehG thus s FeeoP
Tho Board, painfully conscious OF this truth mas
spared no abOrs correct tire evil by urging te be-
stowment of titles homesteads with proper m:ta-
ton or the right of alienation TO such Indians as desire
The American people deeply sympathize with the
landless agricuurist7 Of Ireland upon the snpposion
that peasant pTOprietOTshp IL needful 10 make that
country permanently happy and prosperous. II thesc
people, with the ADVANTAGES OF Thousand years OF en-
frightened cnltnre arc una1te 20 I'VE anu Rrospe nv, a
ownership IN The soil how can we ex5ect tnaI
race many OF whom are lnst euerng rom % AZ
stition unaded by tho humane n1ueuces OF clNllza-
ton, can prosper under like disadvantages
The Board favors the consolidation OF reserva-
lions, 1t objects to tho transfer OF the Indian
Bureau to the War Department. The removal of
II
At the meeting OF the Board January. General Fisk
preferred charges seriously @ tine c'ndTe 6 OF
1he CoSSaO,eI htS' c5nsistI5S Of NE Barstow
charman Of the Board. and Messrs. Smiley and stick
ney appointed to inquire into said charges 1her
report viii be found in the appendix
The report was printed at the time in The
TRIBUNE.
4 review Of the Ute troubles is presented, in which
the war is aserhed to the encrOaehments Of tho
whites and the faithessness Of the Government.
The report says:
We may moral'zo the natural rights OF tho Indian
~ much ~ We please, but after all they have their
limit. His rgDt TO the soft Is only possessOry DC nas
no tte IN e6 II 10 wll cultivate IL ana use u as
well with HIM; but it - evident thlt no o., iH'oCo,OUO
and whose valleys are waiting for diccnt hands to
dress and keep them" in Obedience 10 me DIVINE com
' WaiSS Wild beasts are hunted by wider mc This
AnglOSaxan race VIII not allow the car OF eVllzaon
broad doinan II the Indian IN his wlIdness plants him
self on the track he must inevitably be crushed W IT,
ton. or them have done and are doug thrn II
becomes alike tile interest and the duty b'h OF h0 Gov
crn1rrnt ana me people 10 Hillru ~ ntGu ~; =
general ami almost universal rne ms cia e'n Oc beSt
| 20 have localized hone. As the sailors g." hnme
is on the mountain wSVe," 80 The unclyli.
soltudes in which aeeks his food and reat o.. OF
the first needs Of civilized life Is o lnci naol
animals and fowls. With Ut nc'OsIrc FOR them Ihase
constitute home and this gained, however hum
bic awakens new ties Of lender affection, which should
not fOrGiby severed, and cannot be without loss and
harm.
OF the Poncas and the trouble with them, the re-
port SAYS after o review of the case:
Tie worst is over. The POncas now better housed
and far better supplied with the meas OF education
and ilnprOvemen Mt Than ever before. Another fenoIal
cannot help them, nut may prove greater calamity
than the s Moreover their old reservation Is Ia the
southeast OF Dakota Eastern Dak0ta II rapidly
filling up with an cnierprIsng white population, and
viii soon be knocking at tho door OF CONGRESS Tor al
mission as a State. As soon admitted following the
custom of all its sister States 1t VIII commence ag-
ton for the removal Of Indians frCm Its territory and
the occupying good tract $4,000 at tho
very gateway of Its territory will he the first tn claim a
attention.
AS friends Of the POncas, believe them to be In
safer ard better condition, III respect 10 tAeir future.
Ihan they were wnuld be, their id reBcrva.
ton Let be aided aud encouraged III the art If
husbandry, education, improvement and selfauppart
be protected IN life and property taught the comforts
and blessings OF cvizaen and fitted for the exercise
ami enjoyment of rights of citizenship.
Favorable progress in education is reported.