Morning journal and courier., 1884-11-15
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$9 in money from 8 pocketbook which hung | from gas fixture in the parlor The fam fly were all at home during the night, but | none of them were disturbed. No clue has | yet been obtained to the burglar.
 A PEOPLE WOFULLX WRONGED. Earnest words In Behalf Of she In-
 dIans-Organ1zed Efforts to Secure
 Their Rights-Interesttng More PeO-
 pie in the Movement.
 Herbert Welch, the corresponding secreta- " of the Board of the Indian Rights asso- citation at Philadelphia, lectured at..the Athe- neum on the Indian question last evening. He appeared there under the auspices of the Indian Rights association, and was introduc
 ed to the large and cultivated audience that
 gathered to hear the lecture, by the presi-
 dent of the association in this city, the Rev.
 Dr. GoodseIl, pastor of the First M. E. church. Previous to the lecture printed slips of cardboard were passed among the audience for signatures to the roll of the as-
 sociation in this city.
 MT. WeIeh first considered the legal status I of the Indian. He has no position before | the law He cannot carry on civil processes, cannot sue or be sued and is not permitted
 to be citizen by the process of naturaliza- tion which we grant to all other men who | come to this country. The Indian has no
 large opportunity for education. We find him hunter, but that is his misfortune, | and it is no reason why his chil- 1 dren should be denied the privileges | of education. There are only from 5, ,0OO l to 5000 of the 50,000 Indian children l who have schooling. An Indian has no right l to maintain the land on which he lives. This l is a great hardship. It would not be right to give large tracts of land to tribes of Indians, l but when one of them shows desire to cul- 1 tivate some land, to make all he can out of l it, it should be given to him as an individual 1 It is true that the civilized Indians generally 1 fare worse than the savage tribes who repel | the whites by their force and keep out of l their clutches. Is it not necessary, of vital l importance that some organized effort be l made to procure those things which the In- 1 dian deserves and which it is right for us to give? l Such an effort is being made by l the Indian Rights association. The head quarters are for convenience in Philadelphia. l It is trying to disperse knowledge and create | an enthusiasm among Sthe people which I shall bear fruits in 8 better recognition ot l the rights of the Indian and movement l to secure such laws as will operate to secure him justice.
 | That Indians are ready to accept and make l use of proper efforts for their elevation, I the speaker said, was evident from what he l had seen of them. The Pueblo Indians, who | live not far from Santa Fe, all desire
 to have their children improved phy- sically and mentally. J. At Albuquerque 1 there is a small school which is well l supported The Navahoe Indians are 18,00G
 in number and occupy 10, 900 square miles of
 land They are hardy, vigorous race.
 Most of them depend on their own efforts
 for subsistence They manufacture blan- l kets of splendid texture. If the right sort of I Indian agents get out there they can do much | to elevate the Indians. A large share of the trouble with the Indians comes from the un- 1 just treatment of them by the agents. Gen eraI Crook says the Apaches can be civilized.
 The lecture closed with strong appeal fol 1 the rights of the Indians and for proper helI from the people. Some good views of the
 people and country described were thrown 1 upon canvas.