The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-12-07

fcldIl IN tcCcOu lAcuuius tnc nUOutiOIl
of all internal revenue taxes except
those upon tobacco In its various forms
and upon distilled and fermented liquors
and except also the special tax upon
manufacturers Of and dealers In such
articles. The intention Of the latter
tax was desirable as affording the off,
GERS of the government proper super
vision of these articles for the preyen-
tion Of fraud.
THE INDIANS
hitherto hostile, and locating them on
their proper reservations; that Sitting
Bull and his adherents are now priso.
ners at Fort Randall; that the Utez
have been moved to their new reserva-
tion In Utah; that during the recent
outbreak of the Apaches 1t was neces-
| sary to reinforce the garrisons in Ari-
zona by troops withdrawn from New
are now held prisoners for trial. while
some have escaped and the majority of
the tribe are now on their reservation.
There is need Of legislation to prevent
intrusion upon the lands set apart for
the Indians. A large military force at
great expense is now required patrol
the boundary line between Kansas and
the Indian Territory. The only punish
ment at present that has been inflicted
is the forcible removal OF the intruder
and the imposition of pecuniary fine,
which In most cases, it is impossible to
collect. There should be q penalty by
imprisonment in such cases.
ask attention to the statements Of
the secretary of war regarding the re-
QUESTIONS frequently made by the In
dian bureau upon the subsistence de-
partment of the army for the casual
support of bands in tribes Of Indians
which appropriations are exhausted for
the war department should not be left
by reason of inadequate provisions for
the Indian bureau to contribute for the
maintenance of the Indians.
The report of the secretary of the in
terror with accompanying documents
presents an elaborate account of the
business of that department. A sum-
mary of it would be too extended for
this place. ask your careful attention
to the report itself. Prominent among
the matter which challenges the atten-
tion of congress at its present session is
the management of our Indian affairs.
While this question has been cause of
trouble and embarrassment from the in
fancy of the Government, it is but re-
Gently that any efforts have been made
for its solution at once serious, deter
mined, consistent and promising sue
cess.
1t has been easier to resort to con-
venient make-shifts for tiding over the
temporary difficulties than to grapple
with the great permanent problem, and
accordingly the easier course has al
most invariably been pursued. 1t was
natural at time when the national ter
ritory seemed almost illimitable and
contained many millions of acres far
south of the bounds Of civilized settle
ments that policy should have been
the fruitful source of our Indian COM
plications.
l refer, of course, to the policy of
dealing with the various Indian tribes
as separate nationalities; of regulating
them by treaty stipulations to the occu-
pancy of immense reservations in the
west, and of encouraging them to live
undisturbed by any earnest and we'll
directed efforts to bring them under the
influences of civilization. The unsatis-
factory results which have sprung from
this policy are growing apparent to all,
as the white settlements have crowded
the borders of the reservations, the In
dians sometimes contentedly and some
times against their will have been
transferred to other hunting grounds,
from which they have been dislodged
whenever their new found homes have
been desired by the adventurous set
tiers. These removals, and the frontier
colonists BY which. they have often been
succeeded, have led to frequent and dis.
astrous conflicts between the races. 1t
is profitless to discuss here which OF
them have been chiefly responsible fol
the disturbances whose recital occupies
SO large a space on the pages of ouI
history. We have to deal with the ap-
palling fact that thousands of lives have
been sacrificed and hundreds of mil.
lions of dollars expended in the attempt
to solve the Indian problem. 1t had
until within the past years seemed
scarcely nearer q solution than it was
half century ago; but the government
has of late been cautiously but steadil;
feeling its way to the adoption of Q
policy of which has already produced
gratifying results and which in my
Judgment is likely if congress and the
executive accord in its support, tc
relieve us ere long from the difficulties
which have hitherto heset us.
ARIZONA COWBOYS.
The acting attorney general also calls
attention to the disturbance of the pub
lie tranquility during the past year il
Arizona territory. A band of armed
desperadoes known as cowboys, ''prob
/ oh, E0 IN 1n0
have been engaged for months in com.
mitting acts of lawlessness and bru
tality which the local authorities have
been unable to repress. The depreda
tions Of the cowboys have also been ex
tended into Mexico which the marau
ders reach from the Arizona frontier
With every disposition to meet the ex
ingencies of the case, am embarrassed
by lack of authority to deal with then
effectualiy. The punishment of crime
committed within Arizona should ordi
narily of course, be left to the territoria
authorities; but it is worthy Of consid
Grafton whether the acts which neces-
sarily tend to embroil the United State
with neighboring governments sh0ul,
not be declared crimes against tn,
United States. Some of the incursion
alluded to may perhaps be within tn
scope of the law, revised statute, sec
tion 5206 forbidding military expedi
tions or enterprises against friendl
states. But in view of tho speedy as
sembling of your body, Ihave preferre
to await such legislation as in you
wisdom, the occasion may seem to dc
mand. 1t may perhaps be though
proper to provide that the setting oil
foot within our own territory of bri
gandage and armed marauding exped
tiohs against friendly nations and thei