Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1881-12-07

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INDIAN AFFAIRS.
A PERPLExING PROBLEM.
The report of the secretary Of the Interior,
with accompanying documents, prevents an
account OF the business Of that de-
partment. A summary OF 1t would be too ex-
tended for this place, and | AJAX you careful at
tention to the report itself. Prominent among
the matter which challenges the attention of
congress at its present session Is the manage
mcnt Of our Indian affairs. While this ques-
ton has been a cause of trouble and embarrass-
ment from the infancy OF the government, 1t is
but recently that any efforts have been made
for Its solution at once serious, determined,
consistent. and promising Of success. II has
been easier to resort to convenient makeshifts
for tidfng over the temporary ANTIQUITIES than
to grappie with
THE GREAT PERMANENT PROBLEM,
and accordingly the easier course has almost
invariably been pursued. 1t was natural ut q
time when the national territory seemed almost
illimitable, and contained many millions of
Elements, that q policy should have been in
itiated which more than ought else has been
the fruitful source OF our Indian complications
| refer Of course to the policy Of dealing with
the various Indian tribes as separate nationali-
ties, of regulating them by treaty stipulations,
to the occupancy of immense reservations In
the west, and of encouraging them to live I'M
Snrt ~ Hr,oSy t ~ mnder t ~ ,,,tnaanesu s a. al
iiiza,ior 'nc ,ansatisfac,nrv r..s,,its ,sh;nh
have sprung from this policy are becoming
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Indians, sometimes cOntentedly, and sometimes
against their will, have been
TRANSFERRED TO OTHER HUNTING
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r wscne wnscn th .dr' pe navs son asa'h ho, peen h a,saon hsea
desired oy me adventurous settlers. THESE re-
nlosais. ana the irontier cotpnists by which
tney nave olten Deen succeeded, have led to
Ircqueht ana disastrous con,lcts petwetn the
races. Il Is not proper to discuss here which
81 them nave been chieny responsible for the
disturbances, whose recital occupies so large a
neal NH the appalling fact maj thousands Of
lives nave 1een sacriIced ana hundreds Ut
millions OF collars expended IN the
I0 SOLVE II INDIAN PROBLEM.
IL had until within the past few years seemed
scarcely nearer a solution than 1t was half a
century ago; out the government mas or late
peen cautiousiy put steadily Keeling its way To
Ing aaopton oi = policy wnich mas already pro-
uueeu GIaii,ytng resuits, anu when IN my
!uugnlent - iikeiy, ~ congress anu tne execu-
i've accord IN us upport 70 feiieve the reser-
sa.lons aauan .ne uiincsii.es Wnlcn nave
nitnerto peset Us. FOE tno success Oh the ef-
iords nov masking 70 introduce among the
Indians the customs and pursuits OF civilized
Nles ana graduaily % absorb them into the
Myss OF our catlzehs. snaring tneir rights and
noluing 70 their responsibilities there Is I'M
perauvo neea Tor ieKislative action. MY sug-
geetlons IN tnat Iespect VIII De chief1y such as
nave been aiready called 10 the attention OF
ousIsss, anu which nave received 10 some ex-
uent It's consideration
First. the passage OF an act
making the laws OF the various states and ter
alt1ries apPlcapse 70 .ne Indian reservations
within their borders. ana extending the laws of
the state OF Arkansas 70 mat portion OF Indian
teuIls LIZ not oGcupiea ~ .ne nVe civilized
.ia ~ ~ Lnuiai ns,s snoaau redei " tne proscc-
~ % eI y, NV. my snou.a % alloWea 70
~ court .neiI rights oi person ana
prupSIsy. Inc lnuian mas rePeatediy begged
Ior tlas Pr.vuege, anu Us exercise would De
vsry vaiua . 70 MN IN ms progress toward
oeconu, anu OF even greater importance, 10
tne measure wnlcn mas Deen~ frequently recon-
Hie.Iueu ~ my Pituecessors "a once, ana In
furtne!ance OF wnlcn several pilis nave been
congrsss' Inc ehactineht OF u general law per
mittin8
ALLOTMENT IN sEvERALTY,
to such INDIANS at least as desire It, Of a rea-
sonaO.e qusnslay OF iano secured 20 them by
pa.en5, aaa TOT anelr WI projection made
from twenty 70 twenty-five years, IL
demanded for their present welfare aud their
perinanent advancement IN return Tor such
considerate actlon on tne parl OF tne govern
men n tnere u reasoa % neneve ane inaians IN
their tl1Dal relauons and 70 engage at once In
agrlculturai PURSUITS. Tney would soon learn
mat tneir nunung aays were over ana tnat u
y NOW TOT p, 1 ne 70 oe ~ interests new asse = &C 0en sh,nna their cir
greater inducement than the assurance Of
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