Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-07

competent To prOpOse aDv ppnerni. MAN az
policy which IN an respects ,riii NJ
adapted to the conditions Of The nresant
aud adequate to the probable exigrncies
OF the future. There are. hn,ynvo,
some measures which tbinl,
are necessary to Law soiId
foundation for Indian civilization and IN
avert the decentralization and destfnrtion
OF these people, which the environment az
the white race now threatens
recommend that portion OF every
reservation be divided up into seporatc
tracts of suitable Size for farms. to be III
lotted TO each individual as his sole and
separate estate. Provision should he
made agoinst the power (untli inter n
lime limitedl OF selling or uort,taoln, mo
same. or even lensipq h 10 any but In.
dians living within the Same reservation
Without LEGISLATION of tnls kind an efforts
to make tho Indian support himself by liil
own labor VIII prove fruitlcss and nm.
yaillnQ. 80 overcome this natural d yer-
Sion 20 labor there must be an incentive
rivcn alone by IA sure guarantee tbat the
fruits of his labor shall he epioyed ln Sc.
cumty. No man viii clear forests. inclose
fields and cultivate them mud rom houses
and barns when nj anv monenl no 1nnv ~
IHNlUNNfi and CARRIED ni uNnIUEf bla will
10 GONE distant and unkno,yn rroion
The owncrstip OF land freeboIdinp. frnda
TO iusplrr lndiyidutl ndonnuEanrc MIA,
of character. persounl industrv ana tbp
devcioptnent of domestic virt,i,s pro
vision should be made fhot the Indian ne.
ccptlng a patrnt for his land shall not
thereby forfeit any OF his rights M n mann
bero his tribe, nor the protection and
benefit which the law of the United states
extends 60 the Indians ooneraliy.
favor the policy recommended by my
predecessor Ia this office, Secretary kirk
wood, OF reducing 10 proper size the eX-
sting reservations, when entirely out OF
proportion to the number OF Indians
thereon, with the consent Of tile Indians.
and upon just and fir terms; ana second
Of placing by patent The titles to these
diminished reservations as fully under
the protection OF the courts as arc the
titles Of all others Of our people TO their
lands. The surplus portlon cut off should
be subject TO sale aud the proceeds In
vested for the benefit of the Ipdiane.
The execution OF 1t should be cautious
aud tentative.
MY recommendation that only Dor
ton OF each reservation be divided into
separate tracts, as stated above, is based
upon the conviction that we must lead
the Indians into holding lands in sew
crafty by rpcning their right of occu-
pancy under their communal system into
fce-simple by gradual process, and
not by the sudden abolition of system
which Is with them a religion us well MS
q law OF property.
Those who urge the speedy breaklnp
up Of tribal relations. the obliferation az
the reservation system ana Tho IocaIizo-
ton OF indlyiduais unon srnorofn nllot-
mpnts Of land osa %oneroi noliry oyrr-
look the ,mportnnt fact Tint tbn indian
rare tx not a HOMOGENEOUS Pace II con-
sists of nun,nrons yridoly son,,ot,,l
tribes. spenktng different lapp,,oooa ana
VARYING greatly In customs. bebits and
conditions from the cnlirhtoned COM
monwpalths Of the Ave nstions ia tbn
wild. fence. roylnr bands who ola ant
by plunder The sclntv suheistencn thnv
dGriya from the chuIc ond coveru,n,,rt
rutions Anv urneral nolirv .dortnd a.
fine advancement of ono trihn ,yo,,td
he disastrous ond dcatrpctivs 10 onothn,.'
E,cb ,nust ba n,on,oed 80 ia na,,,it, ;.
cirrnustnr,.os ond c,ndi,i",,s -
Vhr preoi dilleuItv nudn,,,ybicI, ia do
nartu,ent lnbn,. In GoInr M a,,so, f,.,',,
he fact tiat thc service 10 con-" cnnInc ,D"i
from tho scnt Of ,,,yeynncnt ~ v,nvbi,,,,
ton. throu,,b dianr,n,t n,onts N, nra5,
distances away This nrro,,iloti6n ~
found to bo sufllclent fn,. c.nncroi n,,r,,neas
of odr,inistrotior tbr o,,.nt, a.
heinz ms comnotnnt mon ,s ,bn rno.,,,,,
salaries viii command mn tbo In,,,r,
ment locts consjstsnt ntdi1;',,'t W, ~,
curate information nc fo thn trno n",,I,
tlon of The rnsncctlve trIbcs and bonds
eucb M viii land IN u,oronoh " W,,,i"s'
standing of the needs of enrb ana I ,n th,
gdontIon of the br,t c"nr'o "T for ~ th ,ir
",i,,an,,',,,,. ~, a., oU"i'o LOT IneiI
| civiIi,otjnn ''''N 'i"'i'' va
nm If Tho oninion that ma .o.,,,..
conId he grratIy imnnrnyod .n5 S'u o y.'l l
nensiye mismsno@@me,t ov ",, i'1 %u sA,
nnnoirtmnnt Of Fl" co "v,,y ShW,ueI 10y tno
crading civ mon tbrnn Wv W npv eN,
from t6n nf,,cnrs ~ tho 49,, w. w ovieIveu
IA shall bc nninr IN" aira:y,i, m'oSu "uty
strnction 80 ,ho oro U,tet',pn anu ~
10 yisit noch of tbc oT",,S W. ,ne inferior,
We .tigate and rcn"rt 70 ht n,'omS "nu ~
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