The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-10-05

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plan must b adopted which, while
hin from tie harpies who
noH feed spoa him. shall soonest IL
for the hou0fs and responsible.
hes vi an American citizen. l gave
Ire outline Of the plan winch / be-.
liave best snited to that end. Turn
tie Indians over to the War Depart /
ment Abolish the Indian Bureau a.
now constituted, with vii the laws
md parta o. laws establishing il and
controlling or directing Its operations.
Replace the Commissioner VI Indian
Affairs, the SupeS1nteAdents, lnspec-
tors, Agents, DC, by detailed army
Officers, and let the Indians be sup
Piled by and through the Quarter
masters and Commissary depart
nents of the army. Abrogate all ex-
tresties. Abolish all trade and
laws now ON the Statute
Give the Indians the same
III trade AZ are enjoyed by citi-
sens of the United States farms and
excepted), until the Indians
shall have become citizens. Enact
for the control and guidance of
the Ind.ans until they have as citi.
come under the operation of the
common law. Mske Commanding
Officers Of military posts in Indian
territory or Oil reservations ex-officio
Superintendent Of Indian Affairs,
and give them issgisteral authority
over the Indians SO long as they live
In unorganized territory. Give the
Indians farms in ~severalty, not, how
ever, requiring each to live WI his
farm, but encouraging them to form
permanent settlements and villages.
All the land Of the reservations not
allotted to Indians to he bought OF
them by the Government and thrown
open to settlement by the whites.
Give the Indian the ballot, and all
the rights and duties OF citizenship,
as soon as the country in which he
resides shall have been organized in
tn q county. Feed the wild Indian.
See that he has sufficient food, even
to the exclusion, if necessary, Of all
other supplies. Whether or not the
above propositions will effect The end
designed will depend entirely on the
mode Of carrying out the first and
second.
For some years there has been q
great deal III nlplsaht talk botn IN
ana on. o. congress about the trans
Ief o. the lndian i'ureau % tue W III
department tue enemies OF inc meas
ure asserting pos't've'y that .he pass
age o. sucha o.'' would ne TIE utter
destruction OF the Indians; 'fs friends
win equal posit'se',ess asserting thai
~ would cisiiize the Indian, cause
wars 70 cease, AMI rebound m every
wav TO the advantage OF the country
ana the indian.
y transfer to the War Depart
ment I the Indian Bureau AZ now
constituted, would effect nothing ex
oept 70 saddle the War Department
with the onus of its actions. Thu
INDIAN Bureau is the means by a'e
through which are Perpctrated NOS
OF the wrongs and outrages we have
described. lta defects and wrong
Arc inherent to itself,-have "growr
with Its growth and strengthened
With Its strength by means OF 1T
machinery a comparatively few met
swindie, paapcrize, and degrade thu
Indian, and keep the country plunged
in endless war. 70. be effective fo1
good, the change in the system Q
management OF the Indians must By
radical; complete not only in machin
cry, but IN men.
The Indians now hold under treat,
s%tipalations e forty-one million
OF acres OF land. 1t cannot he ex
Pected that > population which united
would make a city less popnlous thai
Cincinnati, shall he for all time main
tanned IN possession of lands stuff
caent for the support Of tho who'll
population, white and red, OF th
United States. Against the restles
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