Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-12-07
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! ERI0 & D g pa r r I III EN r.:
Secretary 'reller's Report, Giving Full
Exhibit OF the Indians and
Public Lands.
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geological surveys, Alaska, Utah, Yellowstone
park census. and government buildings. Mucl
Of the m alter presented on the Indian question
is threshed straw 1t is interesting to not
that
& The department. has located an Iadirn school a
| Lawrence, Kans,. to be conducted on the plan o.
Carlisle Hampton and Forest Grove. The eitiztn
Of Lawrence donated to the government for tn
purposes of this school $50 OF choice iaud i
the Immediate vicinity of the city. OF the cash valu
OF something over $4,000 he. buildings ar
now in course OF construction, ana when con,
is desirable, TO increase their ;, capacity t
500. School buildings at Chocca, Iud.
T.. and Genoa, Nebr., are about ready for occno
zion. The capacity OF each Of these schools is sc
It is proposed to establish boarding schools a
DEVILS LAX. Rosebud, aud Sisseton, Oak; Wash
axle, Wyo.; Wichita, Ind. T.: and Siletz. Ores
Teller reminds the country that the United State
owes now. under existing treaties So, 256.00O TO,
Indian education. which government ought, on
has not paid and urges that now when there Is
| surplus Of revenue, is good time to make an ap
preparation. OF the Indian tribunals OF three
! head men at each agency no adequate report !!
given. Crimes on reservations are yet without TIL
necessary legislation from congress-
The commissioner of Indian affairs again calls at
tenrion to the persistent ATTEMPTS mada by Payne
and others TO invade the Indian Territory for The
purpose Of settlement, and recommends the enact
ment of law adding Imprisonment to the fine nov
increase Of Indian agents salaries is recommended
on the ground that better pay would command
better men. The conmiss ioner of Indian affairs
recommends that fund DO placed at ihe dispose
of the department 10 pay the fees of homestead
entries by Indians, in which thu secretary concurs
THE SIOUX RESERVATION.
After recOunLing the failure OF the Sioux treaty
to meet the approval Of the senate the secretary
continues:
'Wbether the proposed payments are sufficient
must be determined from tho value Of the land aLo
tho tnr1 0, "a ha1I 6nec nnf m.
pear from examination Of the treaty OF lSGS that
it was tn" intention On the part of the government
to coeuize the whole of that vast tract OF lane
called the Sioux reservation as the property Of the
Sioux alone, for it Is provided that other Indian:
might be settled on thu reserva alton vii the consent
Of the Indians. thereon; no provision l;
made for tSs1 for the and M
have been the purpose Of the government in
reserving that vast tract 20 secure to each Sioux
Indian piece of land for his personal benehr: fol-
allowed to take not exceeding 3 70 acres, ano
others a less amount; of tho reservation these
smaller pieces were to be carved. The amount of
land stipulated to be given 10 the Indian Is more
than double the amount that is allowed citizens OF
the United States to take under the settlement
laws II is also provided in the treaty of 1868
cure the required amount Of land, other lau>
should be added There is also provision
that any male Indian eighteen year:
of age, Of said tribes, may take s
by residing for three years. l, is further pro
yided in the act OF 1868 that. on the selection o.
land aforesaid, the government will give to par
lies selecting the seeds, agricul aral nipple
nnents etc. to tie value of 500 the first year. ant
S25 per year tor tnree years thereafter: ana thai
each person engaging il farming should receive
$40 per year, or SlO more :han il he continued tt
roam over the reserva ion. The treaty OF 1863
provides that schools shall be maintained at gov
ernment expense for every thirty scholars: also
that the United States would furnish to each family
20 r>Nd
cow and one good, well broken pair of Amerlcar
oxen The treaty Of 1876 provides that The
government Should erect comfortable houses fo
such of the Indians should desire TO farm. 1t Is
very evident that the great object in making tht
treaty was to induce the Indians to settle on farm
and become farmers. But little effort has beer
made to comply with the conditions of these
treaties on the part Of the government. I have
shown in another part of this report that there il
due the Sioux under the provisions for the supper
of schools, 81 ,49l, $40. The Indians have bull
government should have constructed these houses
which the indians have constructed substantial,
without government aid.
CROOKS POLICY AssA1LED.
The familiar facts of the Apache outbreak ar.
stated. and Gen. Crooks policy is thus commented
on: cnoo,. ,s ,,;uo, f,,, o,aroa of tho ,,o,;o<
of tine reservation, for it was not thought to be
prudent to divide the responsibility Of keepine
peace on the San Carlos reservation, and the de-
partrnert was not willing to attempt to Keep peace
tro. The condition is an anamaous one. and one
that cannot long continue. 1t is quite certain tina
tho prt sence of the prisoners among the agency
indians has been very d moIaltZiug. These Iu.
dians are guilty of murders aud other crimes
and subject to the laws Of Arizona and New
Mexico, where the crimes were committed. Gen
Crook says that they were not promised immunity
for pas: oeoses, but it is quite evident that they
returned with the idea that they would not be
punished for the crimes committed. It does moi
appear to be the duty of the department OF the in
terror to determine whether these Offenders should
be punished or not. At this time they prison
ers of war, in the hands OF the department. Il
possible they should be removed from the agency
to some point where there Will be less danger o
their ESCAPE, and where their evil ln11uences vii
not he felt by the moro peaceably disposed Of the
tribe -
In regard to the valuable coal lands found in the
San Carlos reservation, Secretary Teller says: III
is competent for the president by executive order
to reduce the reservation, and thus thro" the Goa
fields out Of the reservation: but 1t is not Thought
advisable to do 80 without compromising the It.
dams for the land taken, for before stated il
will be very difficult to make them understand that
they are not being robbed Some compensation
should therefore be provided before the land is sold
# the claims of the prospectors should be found t.
be correct--tha: is that they were III ignorance Of
the boundaries of the reservation 1.-THE government
not having established boundariesJ-they ought te
he allowed to derive some advantage from thell
work, either by being allowed to purchase at re"
duced price or to lease for q term Of years.
Tho recommendations for the Grow and Black
feet reservations i'll Montana are as follows:
''This reservation is situated in the Territory Of
Montana ard contains 1854 square miles, 0,
4,7l3OOO acres of land. A large part of this is unf
for cultivation. but the very best of grazing land
Those Indians should be located on the Big Horn
with suitable reservation for agricultural aDd
pastoral purposes, and the balance sold. At leas
3,OOO. 900 acres might thus be disposed of. leav'
ing the Indians sufficient agricultural lands to be-
come seif-suDportine, IT they desire to become
grazuu lands should they prefer t,
Become stock-raisers The 1.7I3.oo0 acres tha
would be left would give nearly, if not quite. 6Ot
acres of land to each individual member of thei
tribes. The number Of Crows has been estimated
at $500; out il is quite certain that the number
much less, and probably not over 1900 rr 5000
A portion Of the money realized for such sal
should be at once invested in herd for the tribes
and cared for b. the government until such time 4
the Indians shall be prepared to accept aud care TO
their stock themselves. Tho proceeds, propesi
used, would make tue Grows self-supporting in
few years at the farthest.
BLACKFEET RESERVATION.
THE numb "f Iuu!aHs on this reservation j
10 support themselves largely by hunting, but til
disappearance of the butfaloes is likely to caus
great suffering among them during the C 'miu
wiIier and spring if an additional appropriation
ut made for them.
Inspector Howard reports from Fort Belknap
on the 9Th Of October. $685. that # r, the frs
time in the history of the agency the buffalo ifa
failed to visit that region, Ell sretotore the buffst
mat and hides secured b. the Inlians have bse,
sufficient with The liralted aid given by the gov
ernmenf, to give them fair support If The Ind an
fail TO secure buf1a!oes as it is now oui,
certain they will. there is great dang
of starvation among them. They must certainl
starve unless they live eff of the ocS ia the vicn
i,y of the agency, but not on the reservation. !
the Indians are driven by hunger to Kill the ca.ti
on the ranges belonging TO herders who ara rig hr
fully in hat section of count ~, there will be grea
dang OF a colisi n between the >herders and fb
Indians. an! if such collision does not oecu: Their
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doubtless destroy more than they Use, These IL
dams have fine grazing country and some rno.
agricultural lands that can be utlzd by irrigation
a suitable approximation shsuld bs made for thei
the range with cattle, and they will become self
supporting from he growth OF such herds" E."
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