Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-02
Late Eastern News.
E.i"rt "f Comm --ioner Price ON the
Wards 81 the Nation

H.p"r, f Commi-stoner Price ON the
Wards 81 the Nation
WA.m>prox, Oct. 26.-The fol-
,pWint l, the SYNOPSIS of the annual
Icl.uit oi lndi,n Commissioner Price ;
\ dcclicd advance has been mad,
10 the march of improvement among
thc Indian tribes, particularly i'll the
matter of industrial school educa
ton. Some tribes have been per
suadcd TO send their children to
school tina. heretofore have resisted
all efforts TO induce them to do 50.
One question may now he considered
settled beyond controversy, ard that
Is. that the Indian must be taught
to work for his own SUPPORT and to
speak the English lang age, or give
place to people who do. Among
the things needed to secure success
and efficiency in solving the Indian
question are:
First--An appropriation to survey
out the boundaries of the Indian
reservations, 30 that both Indians
nj white men may know where
they have rights and whore they have
none.
SecoDd-A law for the punish
ment Of persons who furnish arms
or ammunition TO Indians, as no
such law now exists.
Third-More liberal appropria-
tons for Indian police.
Fourth-An appropriation suffi-
Client to defray the expense of de-
tec,ing and prosecuting persons who
furnish Intoxicating liquor to Indi-
! aus. No ardent spirits should be
introduced into the Indian country
under any pretense whatever, nor
their sale permitted within twenty
miles of an Indian reservation. The
practice Of approving contracts to
collect from the Government, money
due Indians, is one that ought not to
to exist. 1t is the duty of the Gov
eminent to see that the wards OF the
nation receive what is justly due
them, free Of cost, and equally the
duty of the Government to see that
no unjust claim is paid. Congress
should confer both civil and crimi-
nal Jurisdiction on the several States
i and Territories over all Indian
reservations within their respective
limits, and make the person and
property of the Indian amenable to
the law. Of the State or Territory
IN which we may reside, except in
cases where such property is ex
pressly excepted by treaty or Act of
Congress, aud give him all the rights
in courts enjoyed by other persons.
| Allotments IN severalty, to the
number OF LAG, have been made to
Indians during the year with the
best results, aud the Commissioner
will adhere 10 the policy of allot-
ing lands where the same can be
legally done, and the condition of
the Indians is such as to warrant it..
The attention of Congress is again
invited TO the necessity of legisla-
ton TO enable Indians to make en-
tries under the homestead law with
the cost to them. 1t is necessary
that the lands within certain reser-
vations be subdivided, and it is i'm
portant, in some cases, that this be
done ut once, yet there is not dol
lar available for this SPECIAL purpose.
An amendment to the law, with re-
ference to intruders, SO as to punish
by Imprisonment as we'll as 6ne, is
absolutely necessary. The Commits
sion gives y detailed account of
Payne's operations. and asks that
the special attention of Congress be
called to these aggressive movements
on Indian Territory land as illustrat-
/, ing an urgent necessary for speedy
aud effective legislation in regard
to trespassers. Recommendations
for legislation for the protection Of
timber on Indian lands are renewed.
During the year there was paid to
Indians in cash. annuity and other.
wise $745 900. Less than 5000, OOC
OF this amount was for the payment
Of annuities proper. many of which
r will expire ip the near future by linn
itation in the various treaties. In.
.. crease in accommodations for Indian
pupils, which the school appropri.
! alton for the last fiscal year made
possible, has been followed by a cor.
responding increase of attendance
. of pupils, exclusive of the five civ.
illzed tribes. The number enrolled
ut the boarding schools during ths
year Just closed is 8, 143, an increase
Of 654 over last years attendance.
In day schools it has been 5,Ol4, an
increase of 743 over the proceeding
year. OF the 5,l43 boarding pu-
, pills, 4 1896 attended schools on the re
servation or in their immediate
vicinity. Boarding and day school:
on the reservations have made a crrd
, liable record. Eight new board
ing schools have been opened. making
the whole number now in operation
exclusive of training schools, sew
eDty-seven. An interesting event o.
the year has been the educational in.
road in the Ute tribe. The wild
Southern Utes allowed twenty-seven
youths to be taken to the Albuquer.
: que boarding school, although not
: one Of the Santa Fe tribe had even
before attended any school of any
descri ption. Tue Organizing system
Of the day school is meeting with
, favor among experienced agents wh'
e have large agencies and desire tc
place all Their Indians, as speedily
il, as possible, under that sort of edu-
cational influence. rhe good results
3 attendant upon the maintenance OF
, the training schools at Carlisle,
r Hampton aud Forest Grove are very
4 manifest, and Congress is urged to
:, Increase the appropriations for these
schools. Tue best hope for the In
dian lies in bringing him into the
. closest possible relation with the
various religious societies. whose