, 1881-01-27
Report Of the Commission Appointed
to Inquire into the Case of
the Poncas.
Tic Document Not SO Scrcre on Scc-
rotary Schnrz as Hal Reen
Expected.
Extraordinary Compliments Paid
to "Bright-Eyes" by Sena-
tors in Session,

WAst1ISnroS, u. t., Jan. N.-A[r Window
sail lle hnd proposed In cali up tho Naval
Approximation bill to-day, hut would defer
1t until Tomorrow, It tho Senator frou TaxAs
fCokH) believed tho pending 1nttam-1.01N1-iM.
sevcralty BILL would DO tlslWsad of to.tlay.
lir. Coke replied TINT, IN Ills opinion, a
final yote could be reached OIL tile lattor to.
day.
The 1'ost-Ofllco Appropriation bill was r.
ccivell from the House anll referred to tho
Committee oil Appropriations.
Consideration Of Tho Enthusiastically bill
WIS then resumed, TIC question being upon
tho Mofgan amendment, atluius 4 pgoviso to
tho amendment OF ATr. 1Ioar,
coHrEI1nlSa CITIZENSHIP on INDIANS
taking lands III seyeralty under tho proyis-
Nj. Motsan Withdrew tho al ,nmo;,',,nont
temporarily.
Mr. Teller, III opposition to tile bill, re-
markell that tho clvllizing Ut Indians by gly-
ing tlsorn lands In scveralty was n pct theory
0f the Secretary Ut tho Interior. md, rs 4
matter 0f course, Of tho nppolntee3 under
lin, because they would mt bo ull.lcr him it
thoy did not advocate his theory. IIe lcnEc,l
tl,at II Ind showl' my satisfactory result, Us
had bccn clniuctl. Many of tho tribes re-
ported BY tho Agents OF tho Department to
be nnking rapid progress III civilization
would bc shown BY statistics to be
NETnoaIAn1Sd.
Tic Objeclc.l 10 tho bill lis being In reality
compulsory upon the Indians, mid quoted Mt
some length frain tho Department reports tn
sl!ow tint, as to lllnny OF tho tribes whlcl.
llatl beon represented us anxious To acquire
agricultural lAntis, tho system Ind fa1trtl,
a,lh that, NJ tn others, tllu allotment to tbem
Ut their lands llad bGgn mntlo subsequent to
ulclr civilization. alld could not, therefore,
properly be claimed to have bean iststru-
mental IN their civilization. Mr.. Teller
quoted, nlso, from rcpurts covering perin.
Of twenty years, upon the polnt that tho scy-
crafty system Ilad bpcr abandoned by Il largo
number Ut lndlatl tribes after trial, mud
that they had
HoSE HACK TO THE COMMUNAL. sysTt:M.
A[r. lloar's amendment was rejectcd-ycus,
IL; nays, 20.
a1r. Plumb moved to amend tho fifth SEC
tIou, wlicl, pruyides fnr the issue of patents
for land In tho latl,u Of tho al0ltcc, aiml that
tho latds shall lu iualic,iable ai, FREQ Of tax-
ntion for twenty-five yenrs, by adding Il pro-
vlso that the laris lnay bu leased for such
terms Md on such conditions as may l,u pre-
Arr now"s n,,,,nu"i ti,a n,"t,,.,ma,,t -.
muklug the lrdiVn a landlord with tenantry,
~ 1,1,ni, assertot ~ ~ n,,iaa. 80 ~ ~ III t,,
.r,,.rt r. ,"En ,,'a 1nIi,,: sof'.,,,s. -, nv s"s
nn n,to.,od ~ ~ s' Xii a. !, s,aa ~
Ing landed arisl0cracy Among the Indians,
ami rs enabling them, III tlielr silittIcsness, tn
lock up Q Sast ttol'lutl! against cultivation.
thus ulRkinr constant S0lircn Of IrrttntT I'M.
hetwea' thetn md tho communities by whom
they were surrounded.
a LESarilr co11.oQuY
enstcl between Nlcssrs. Plumb, Dawes, and
l!0ar upnh tho record Ut Massachusetts III
tho carly history Ut thb country In connection.
with tflo nl'cEGu extinction ut tho Indians
within her borders.
Mt. Plumb, replying to 1lr. Dawes crlti-
cIs'ns, sattl Tint he inferred from tho Scn-
at0r's remarks that tlle Massachusetts people
wUre ltol Willing that uthors should obsarye
the sumo rtllo III treatment ut tho Indians
that they la'l observed themselves, hut ttat