The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-10
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ing armistice was agreed upon till mid
day. The number killed and wounded
is unknown, but ii is not great. Much |
TO property resulted. Cace-as |
pulled up al the PsreDents inthe neigh |
boFhood of Bollivsr's square and bsrri- |
caded his troops. He is said 10 havs |
cannon on the house tops TO canroaade |
the palace. The conflicting parties have |
srrived at q settlement sad al agree |
meut has been signed, that one OF th m
is to name members of 8 c0mmlssion I.
elect provisional president, 9h0 shall
convoke the general election. This AT
rangemeut was brought about by The
diplomatic corps, whose good offices
were rendered Sunday. and since then
have been in demand by bota sioes.
Annual Report OF COMMUNIST. ner Atkins
to the Secretary of the Interior.
WAsHINGToN, Dec. 2.-Gsn. j. C. At
kins, commissioner Of Indian affairs, has
submitted TO the secretary OF the inter
Tor his annual report tor the fiscal year
ended JuLe 30, 1885. The commission
er prstaces his report with the state
ment: at requires no seer To foretell or
Ioresee the CIVILIZATION Of The Indian
race as a result naturally deducted from
q knowledge and practice OF their part
OF the art OF agriculture The history
of agriculture among al people and IL
sli countries IS Intimately connected
with the highest intellectual
and moral development of man."
He continues: This increased in-
terest in agriculture manifested
since the opening OF last spring,
and the preparations on several reserva-
tions fer a still larger increase of acre
age in farming. are among the hopeful
SIZES OF Indian progress ana develop
ment. TINS brings me directly to the
consideration OF the prscucal policy
which I believe SHOULD be adopted by
congress and the government IN the man-
agement of the IudIaus. Ii should bs
lndusIrlouslY and gravely impressed
upon them that they must abandon their
tribal relations and take lands IN sever
atty as the corner stone OF their CON-
plete success in agriculture. which
means self support, pe.s pERi independ.
euce and material thrift. The gOVetnment
should, however, in order 10 protect
them, retain ihe-right tu their lands IN
trust fer twenty-five years or longer, but
issue trust patents at once to
such Indians as have taken individual
holdings. When the Indians have taken
their lands in severElEy IN sufficient
quantities and number OF scTce, each
holding may aud ahould vary in differ
ent localities according 20 fertility, pro-
ducuvcnees, climate and other advan-
tages) Then, hsviag due regard to
the immediate and early future needs
of the 1ndienss the remaining
lands of their reservation should
be purcnashed by The government
and opened ID homestead entry az fifty
or seventy. five cents per acre. The
money paid by tine government for their
lands should be held In trust iH- Eve per
cent bonds 10 be- invested US congress
may proVide for the educatior, clTillza
tion and material development aad adj
vance of the red raca. rsserViug for each
tribe its own money Ii this policy
were adopted Systematically by the gov
eminent, tt would be strange u IN i've
years from its inau guTatioI aGo estaO-
lishment there sGeuld be an IDdian OF
any tribe in ihe Whoie couIiry who
would refuse % accept so IA
vorable and advantageous a
measure. Every step taken,
every move N tde, every suggestion Of
tered, everything done with reference 10
the Indlans. should tie with . view OF
impressing upon them that ihis is the
cided upon by the government Ia refer
ence TO tneir management. They must
| abandon tribal relations, they must give
up their superior ssatIOuS, they must
| torsake their savage habits and learn the
arts II civiiiZatlon and they must lear q
| TO l8nOr and must learn IL rIsr tGtiT
families as white people do ana know
more of their obligations TO the govern
| ment aud society In woro the
lnust learn to work Tor living aad they
! must understand tnat il Is Iueir interest
| and duty to send their children tn school,
| When the farm aud the school have lie.
! come familiar iustituIous To The Initials
| and reasonable tine has InteEveaed Tor
the transition from baTbsFiem or stmi
| civilized state 10 one Of civilization, then
will the Indian be prepared 10 take0Dnn
| himself the higher and more re sponst-
| BILE duties and privileges which apper-
| tam to American citizenship. Fully
| half OF the Indians OF The United States,
| exclusive of Alaska, as Ves have declined
| To commit themselves to the lite
| of farmer. Exclusive OF
| the land cultivated by the
! five civilized tribes u the Indian Terri
| tory, the numbcr of acres In cultivation
| by Indians during the present year is
| 4S,24I, an increase OF 1S.473 acres over
! last years figures. Reports OF the Indi'
| IA agents at agencies where the courts
| for the trial of Indian cffensss have been
| established show that they haze been
entirely successful and IN many cases
permanently useful. Referring 70 the
| Indian police the commissioner says:
| To great extent they have met the Me-
cessltIes of the situation and have prov
ed valuable aids 10 agents. Under the
head of cash payments to indians
| the commissioner says the sum OF
| S532 333 was paid ia7s small pei
capita sums TO Iadians during
the past fiscal year, Referrina
| to the Indian outbreaks n the south
| west, the commissioner says: On the
| 18Th of May portionof the Chiricahuss
numbering toTty.two men and ninety
| two women and children succeeded IN
| escaping from military control, while
the remaining portion remained
pesceably at camp Apache. vi
| those who escaped eight men were
/ killed by Apache scouts and tGiriy-ont
| women and children were captured and
now are held under military suFyell
lance al Fort Bowie. The Others
| have been roaming through
the country committing murders
and depredaiions anu pIllaglag
upon and terrorizing thu citizens. Il
| has been deemed advisable To place al
| the Apsches temporarily under the wal
department. This Office hear lily
| sym psthtzes with the efforts Of the
war department TO control the TeheIlious
and warlike spirit of the ChirIc@hGa out
laws and to prevent a reoccurFence Of
their raids upon white settlements.
trust that the military will be ahie tn
capture the murdPrnus band now skuik-
| ing in the Sierra MadTe mountains and
! to bring them 10 condign pun ishmeni