Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-24

Senator Teller lE,p., COLI 10 discussing
the "fadiAn Ssrsralsy Land bin" Last week.
made The foliosing remark
10 Canada-and 1 sllads to that because II
hss been referred TO onoe or twioc-the gov
eminent made q special effort to get The
Indians to take land In sevssalty, and Il u
admitted BY those who have given attention
to Il that shs Indians IN Canada. With few
exceptions, arc ths most ciyilizsd Indians in
the world. The highest state OF Tndian civ
i~lIzation any where on this continent IL Ia
Canads, TAe Indians there can hardly DO
distinguished from white mem In fact, they
are superior ia many WAYS 20 the people who
arst settled that c~oantry; and yet they stud
iOusIy and stutdny roslSt all efltt, 10 make
them take land In seYerAlty, and that, too,
when II Is given them on condition that when
they become cIllzsns under the law they
shall be entitled TO all the rights and priv
ileges OF oiuEensbip. The autobiography
business oan and no earthly defence by a
retersneo to CanadiAn history, and anybody
who claims u, has no, read that history or
does not propose chat the Senate shall under
stand the facts, II Is 20 with some other
cases which have been cited like the MiAmies,
and II 10 said they are here plesding for laud
10 severally. ehen In 1873 they abandoned
the opporualty TO take land Ia sevortny Ih
Kansas, and went 10 the Indian Territory
and took land la oommon. The honorable
Senator FROM New York tMs. Kernanl says
be wants 10 give thsmf = chanes to make
homes. Way, the best homes the Indians
have On this cohtinent arc where lhSy own
The land Ia common. and, as WAS said by the
gentlSmAn from Alabama this morning, u Is
not otly a question As 70 Indiana holding land
in common, but u is : great ecouomie 0ues-
tiOn to-day whether the true principle Ia not
land 10 eommon instead OF land In = verAlty.
Il is a very doubtful question whether the
Ahgi0-Saxon idea OF a partition Of the face Of
The eaTtn has been OF value 10 tie world;
whether tho trle prineiple Is not, that a man
who warts 70 work 3 pieca oilani shsll work
II, and he shall own Just 40 much OF his
mother Garth as he can make useful 10 him-
self. l 5elIeve myself that that IL the true
theory Of land and land ownership, and ]
| believe ltwouid be better to-day II we could
adopt some such principle As that, both for
white men and for IadiAns. do not believe
that With land IN severalty come all the
Il 0iGN0AAAAN W 11AA1a wi NNhHNNI IN
valuable and as Interesting can be made upon
The land whore The lille 10 in common, pro-
yided yoa secure TO the possessor while be
Ges d. TO oceupy II ell ths rights he would
have IL no bad . ieo-simpls tlth And whsn
be - d0na With ". !, will 60 TO his ehIldrsp.
II they SEC At 70 DccapY Il; and II he does not
have nny Is sil 90 10 some other person n
the community who may deeire 10 make 4
home upon II. I presume Il Ia fair 10 saw
that q god potion Of The face OF tha earth
to-day l. held IN ,bAt way, and there arc =
| great many people in this country aud m
Europe shCKrs O. ying tor land for the land.
less because y fsw msn have been enabled by
q system Of legislntlon IN seeorJABos with
ina 10 Sppfepriale vast reRioos OF tho land
and 10 keepstbet people fr,m Il except as
they pay tribute IN sben. Aad that will b.
the csse with these MdiAns 10 time; they will
30 without an aens ot land. A. II has been
in the histosy. of these AIlotments, so il will
be- In Tho fntnre, For tsenIY-hys yearS, BY
this bill, they cam u dell tue lanIs allotted
TO them. What Is twenty-five ye ,r,l You
the future. In 1881 10 was thought that
these Indians would no CIVIL zsd Ia twenty
five years, Twenty Eve years have passed.
and they are NOS oivi tzed yet, aud they are
not the owners OF the land that We gave them
IN 1901 and the years following. say nov
when you hsyp given these Indians the land
under this bill and with tAis present notion,
i've years ~ill zee every / ,dian 10 the country
villa hs iaad and with his patent, and thirty
yesrs trJm that uma will see every Indian In
the countsy, With rare exceptions, a YagAbond
ON The face Of thu sarth.--N. US n,ry.