The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-12-04

This calculation does not include the
missionary schools.
The department has been embarrassed
on account of the small appropriations
made tor school buildings.
Since only $25,0G0 was appropriated
this last year for the erection and repair
of school buildings, no extensive work
has been done. The $4,000 apDropri-
ated this year for buildings will be need
ed for the Crow, DEVILS Lake, Wichita,
Ruinaielt and Fort Peck buildings, and
additions at other points. and Albu-
querque and nine other places where
there are either no buildings at al or
else buildings which need immediate
enlargement must wait.
There is no obstlele TO progress IN In
dian education so great as the want OF
money to furnish suitable and decent
school buildings.
The Chilocco buildings, tor $50 pupils,
cost, exclusive of furnishing, and in q
location where materials are easily &C
cessIble, over $40, 600, or over $125 per
pupil. A smaller building would some
what increase the rate per pupil. Three
evils are therefore left open to choice {:
To Init the number of pupils to less
than rs; to put up a shabby structure,
uncomfortable and inconve1ient; or to
erect one small building and attach
another to il during the succeeding sea-
son at extra cost for changes nesessitated.
Either method in private business would
be Unnecessarily shIftiess.
The greatest agency for the cIviliZa.
| ton of the Indian is the manual labor
shool. Indeed, l do not think shall
be tar out of the way if 1 say the onlv
agency for that purpose is the manual
labor school. An honest compliance on
the part of the government with the con
dIuons of the treaties with the various
tribes concerning the schools will sub
stallY provide all the schools required
tor the education of ell the children oI
school age whose attendance we car
hope to secure. The amount now due
is $4,0S3, 700. A large part of the money
so agreed to he paid was in considers
ton of land ceeded to the government
by the Indians.
l have recommended disarming the
Indians and reitei ate the same. 1t the
Indian is disarmed he Will cease to be
An object OF terror to his white neighbor
His arms ought not be coDfliscated; tOl
every rifle give him an OK of twice 1t:
value TO till his field-coWs. sheep OIL
horses as he may need. The proprietJ
of doing this cannot be doubted.
again desire to call your attention
to the necessity for legislation for tht
4 punishment of crimes ON the Indian re
servatlons. Since my last report thu
supreme court of the United States de
cIded In the case of "EX pate Grow
Dog" indicted TOR murder, that the dis
trIct court of Dekota was without jurls
ton, when the crime was committed OF
the reservation by one Indian agains
another. If offenses of this chAractel
cannot be tried in the courts of thu
United States, there is no tribunal II
which the crime of murder can be pun
lshed.
The commissioner of Indian affairs
under my direction. in 1888, established
tribunal for the punishment of crime
among the Indians on their reservations
and entitled il court of Indian OF
lenses" Experience has demonstrates
the great value of this tribunal in main
tanning order on the reservations Thi
court hiss worked admirably, and mad
radical changes.
In my last report called attention I
the occupation of certain Indian Reset
valions by stockm9n with their herd:
under an arrangements made with III
/ Indians. decline TO treat these arrange
ments as leases made on the part of til
Indians, but did treat them as license
on the part of the IBdIans recognized b
Section 2. III of the Revised Statutes.
do Lot understand that the parties so oC
cupYing these lands with the consent c
the Indians are there in violation of Law
but their condition is not 8 satisfact0r
one either TO themselves OF tie depart
ment. The Cheyenne and Arapahoe II
dians attempted 10 lease 1857 $50 acre
, OF their reservation, leaving unoccnPie
+ by stockmen about 430, 900 acres. FroT
. the land SO occupied by stockmen tn
! ArapShoes ana Cheyennes received Las
cents per acre, amounting TO ST
357 60, or an average Of 412 80 per car
ftp. As il is believed that this reservl
ton might be leased al from 4 TO cent
per acre, the amount NAV be increase
70 $24.66 or $500 per capita. 1t is b,
lieved that the caiilemen will very reaC
( lily consent to double or treble the pFic
. now paid If they can have some aesul
4 ance that they will not he disturbed 4
r the within or caprice of the Indians.
;. While there can be no objection TO ALLOW
ing the indians of the Indian Territor
: to lease their lands for grazing purpose
S there Is serious objeciIOn 10 allSwin
the inoIans on reservations outside q