Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-10-24
GEO. w. ALBERS,
DRUGGIST & PHARMACIST,
EAST SIDE MARKET SQUARE.
Makes a Speciality of Elegant
Pharmaceuticals
AND
Physicians
Prescriptions.
WASHINGTON.

WAsHlNGToN, October 21.-Capt. j.
B. Post, of the United States engi-
neer corps, has been relieved from
duty under Lieutenant,Colonel Gil>
more and ordered to relieve Capt. A.
NJ. Miller, in charge of the Mlssis~
sippi River Improvement. Captain
Post will take the station at Alex
andria, La. First Lieutenants j. n
Bailey and j. n. Lymons have been
ordered to report to Lieutenant :
Colonel Gilmore, at Charleston, S. c..
The annual report of the commis~
sioner of Indian affairs for the year
ended June 30th, 1882, was given to
the press to>day. Commissioner
Price says the preparations and re
suits of last year at the different
agencies compare favorably with any
preceding year Land has been
opened to cultivation, houses for In
dian residences have been built,
schools opened and in various ways
the cause of civilization generally
advanced. The co operation of re-
igious societies is regarded by the
commissioner as important in the
education and civilization of the In
dams. He points to the benefits
derived from the work Of religious
societies during the past few years,
but urges a more liberal appropriae
tion for educational purposes. The
importance of surveying the
reservation land is urged,
the commissioner asserting
the lack of definite boundaries is
fruitful source of strife between the
Indians and their white neighbors.
The Indian population at 60 agen
cies, June Both, 1882, was esti>
mated at 246,932 Adding to this
number the Indians not under the
control Of agents, the total number
of Indians now III the United States
is estimated at 262, 1866.
The commissioner comments Sc
verely upon the iniquity OF the liquor
traffic which prevails among
the Indians. He recommends
greater stringency generally in the
laws oil the subject, and particularly
urges the repeal Of the statutes al
lowing the army officers to introduce
liquor into the Indian country Leg
islation is suggested to prevent in
trusion upon Indian lands, such as
the attempts OF Payne's Oklahoma
colony. Legislation is also required
for the better protection OF the
Indian timber lands, and the atten~
non Of Congress Is called 10 the I'M
perfect system of laws gov erning
the Il dams upon their reservations,
respecting the Indian scho OILS. The
commissioner 1epUr,s that, eX~
elusive OF TT five civil~
ized tlides in Indi4n Territory,
eight thousand, hye hundred und
eight Indian pupIs attended school
durmg the past yer. The indus
tllI training scLOy.s for boys, at tLe
agencies, are erecyIyIlg more attention
each year, and during the past year,
at titly7seytn schools, fourteen nun
dred and twenty-eIgbt acres Of land
was under cultivation. The appro
prlatlou Tor educational purposes
dnrmg the current year Is four huns
dred and ninety Thousand dollars,
and the commissioner asks for Line
hundred and twenty thousand dol
lars for next year.
Touching the allotment of land iii
severalty, the Commissioner earnest
y endorses tins plan, believing the
future welfare OF the Indians depends
upon giving them several interest III
the land. This plan he thinks, is
one OF the keys to Il solution OF the
Indian nnestlnn-