Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-12-10

others on the reservations have cast
OFF the blanket and are adopting the
fashions and dress of white people.
but among all these, except among
the Indians of New York and North
Carolina, few in the northwestern
states, and a part of the five civilized
tribes IN Indian Territory, there is
very large number who do not till the
soil. Nearly all who are called 'the
blanket Indians" have never titled the
soil 10 any extent, and fully half o.
tire Indians Of the United States. ex-
elusive of Alaska, as yet have deciu-
cd % commit themselves to the lie of
the farmer. Exclusive of the lands
cultivated by the Eve civilized tribes,
tae number of acres in cultivation by
Indians during the year was 24S PAL,
an increase Of is, 437 since last yea. 5
figures.
The commissioner presents q some
length
THE SEVERAL THEORIES
advanced by friends OF the Indians as
to to the best policy to pursue to pro
mote their true welfare, one PROPOSE
uon being to concentrate them with
in the Indian Territory; another that
the tribes should be disused over
as large space as possible, wits a view
of bringing the Indians in contact
with the higher type of civilization,
wAile another proposition is to remove
with he exception of those who have
taken land in severalty) all the Indians
Is Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan
TO the Red Lake and White Earth re-
servauons; those in Montana Idaho
Wyoming and Dakota TO Flathead and
Green Sioux reservations, apd those
in Ntvada, upper California, Oregon,
and Washington Territory TO the Yaki-
ma reservation, while the southwestern
Indians might be concentra ted Jou
one or two reservations in that local
ity. The commissioner makes no def
mite recommendation as 10 any OF
these theories.
Reports of the Indian agents at the
agencies where courts for the trial Of
Indian Offences have been established
show that they nave been entirely
successful and ia many cases einently
useful.
Under the head of
CASH PAYMENTS TO INDIANS,
the commissioner says the sum OF
1922, 1888 was paid in small per capita
SUNS TO Indians during the past fisca
year
Referring to the recent indian out
breaks IN the southwest, the commits
siOner says:
On the 18th of last May, a portion
of the Chiricahuas, numbering ~ men
and 90 wSmtn and children, succeed
ed IN escaping from military control,
While tie remaining portion remained
peaceably at Camp Apache. Ofthose
who escaped, eight men were killed
4 by Apache scouts and 81 women and
children were captured and are now
held under military surveillance at Ft.
! Bowie. The others have been roam
ing through the country committing
mGrders and depredatlons and pilag-
ing and terrorizing the citizens. In
view of the outbreak in May, and as
precautionary measure against any
collision or combination that might
DC made between those off and those
remaining on the reservation, as veil
as TO assure peace and quiet 10 CHI
zeDs. it has been deemed advisable TO
place all the Apaches temporarily un
der the charge of the war department
that department to have full authors
ty prescribe and enforce such reguis-
| tons for their management as may
be deemtd proper. This office heart
| lily sympathizes with the Efforts of the
war department to control the rebel
lious and warlike spirit of the Cniri-
cahau outlaws and TO prevent a recur-
renee of their raids upon white settle
ments, and trust that the military
Will be able to capture the murderous
band now skuIking in the Sierra
Madre mountains and 10 bring them
10 coudign punishment.