The Red Cloud chief., 1884-12-05

IL has been the great object Of the Depart
mcnt In dealing with the Indian TO make him
Self~-supporting. When an Indian youth has
been taught to labor he is self-supporting. if
an opportunity is presented to him to secure
employment. One great difficulty met with
is. that when the young OF both sexes return
TO the agency there is no remunerative en-
paoymeDt for them. They lack capital to
open and cultivate a farm, and If they have
acquired n trade. they find no employment
of that character. II is as necessary that
some employment should be secured for
them as 1t is to teach them to labor. An In
dian educated at Government expense should
not be allowed ratiOns but should receive en-
enlargement to labor by donations of stock,
implements of agriculture, etc, and then be
compelled to take care of himself.
NATURALIZATION FoR
The greatest agency for the civilization of
the Indian IL the manual-labOr school. In
deed, / do not think 1 shall be far out of the
way if j say the only agency for that purpose
is the manuallabor school. In former re-
Siderable length. While the argument is by
no means exhausted, it does not seem profit
able to discuss a question o admitted by
oil fair-minded men to have passed beyond
fine domain of speculation or doubt. The his
tory of o few manuai-labor schools estab-
iished for the education of Indian children
has demonstrated their great value, and that
IL Is only necessary to multiply their number,
SO as to include all the Indian children of
school are, to forever set at rest the question
of what shall be done with the lndiansY'
Al nONcSC COIupuaICc OH tuc pUTt Vi tue
Government with the conditions of the treat
les with the various tribes concerning
schools will substantially provide all the
schools required for the education of all the
children of school age whose attendance we
can hope to secure. The mOun due under
the various treaties to the several tribes
herein named, l gave last year as amounting
to the total sum of S3,75a, The
amount. now due aft0r deducting
Ai appropriations for school purposes
Is q, GS,.O. This money is now due. A large
part of the money so agreed to be paid was
In consideration of land coded to The Gov.
but a debt duo the Indians, incurred by the
Government on its own motion. and not AT
the request of the Indians II is true that
the debt is due to dependent and weak peo-
pie who have but little dispersion to complain
of the neglect OF the Government to fulfill its
obligation and are wanting in ability to COM
pei the performance thereof; yet weak
ness and lack OF disposition to complain
ought to stimulate the Government TO sa-
credly perform all the provisions of treaties
providing for the education and advance
gard for our plighted faith demands this, but
our interest also demands 1t.
In my last annual report called attention
20 the various treaties providing for the edu'
cation Of indian children. i submitted .
statement for the sum required to fulfill
such treaties. 1t appears that there was due
at the close of the fiscal year 1884 the sum OF
S2s59.4O 1 again submit the statement
showing the amout due at the close of the
6scal year 1856. Statements showing amounts
which should have been appropriated up to
visions of the treaties OF various Indian