The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-13

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COMMENTED, and that they 80 kept employed .
The children. ss they arrive g ! suitable a9e,
are sent TO the Indian schools at Carlisle and
Hampton. Last summer some charitable and
kind people asked permission to send two teach
ers TO these Indians for the purpose Of instruct
Ing the adults, as we'll as such children % should
be found there. Such permission was readily
seadaen and l soms porsio mst q sR the buiid iOe ea ~
the barracks were made available for school pur-
poses. The good work contemplated has been
by the ladies with whom the plan originated. I
am not at all in sympathy with those benevolent
bnt tnjudicious people who are constantly I'M
the reservation. Their removal was an absolute
necessity II the lives and property Of citizens
upon the frontier are to be at all regarded by the
distance from some Of their repeated and cruel
murders and outrages IL still necessary. It is a
mistaken philanthrophy. every way injurious.
s savage p resnlnsd s e their sss's old e Ssun sss s Thes
are in their present location Oh the result
Of the best JUDGMENT Of those having official
means lacking in kind consideration for the In
dams. A number Of these prisoners have for
feited their lives to outraged law aud humanity.
and cannot be trusted. This is true not only OF
those who. ON the war path, have heretofore
been actually guilty Of murder. but Of their
upon their reservation. furnished aid and COM
fort to those absent with bloody intent. The
prisoners should be treated kindly and kept in
reservation. and they should be subjected to
Efforts calculated to lead TO their improvement
and 10 the softenilg Of their savage and cruel
should be persistently resisted. The secretary.
IN his report. gives q graphic history of these
Indians and recites with painful vividness their
government to manage them by peaceful means.
IL Will be amazing II 9 perusa1 Of this history
" VIII halle allow ne survival y .n. Ct e desire Of the return
timental or other grounds.
THE NAVY.
The report Of the secretary Of the navy DEM
onstrates very intelligent management in that
Important department, and discloses the most
ing the navy made during the past year. OF the
ships IN course OF construction Ave. viz: The
Charleston, Baltimore. Yorktown. Vesuvius and
are rapidly approaching complexion. and In adj
dttion to the above the Philadelphia, the San
Francisco. the Newark, the BENNINGTON. the
under contract for delivery to the department
during the next year. The progress already
made and being made gives good ground for the
corporated as part Of the American, navy within
the next twelve months. The report shows that
Notwithstanding the large expenditures for new
construction and the additional labor involved
the total ordinary or current expenditure of the
department. for the three years ending June 80,
1888. are less by moro than 20 per cent than
such expenditures for the three years ending
June 80. 1854. The various steps which have
been taken to improve the business methods Of
the business department. are reviewed by the SEQ :
rotary. The purchasing of supplies has been
consolidated and placed under . responsible bu-
reau head. This has resulted in the curtsilment
of open purchases. which In the years 1S94-S5
amounted to over so per cent of the purchases
OF the department. to less than IL per cent, 30
that at the present time about 30 per cent Of the
total departmental purchases are made by con-
tract and after competition. As the expenditures
on that account exceed an average of 3d. 600, 900
annually, 1t Is evident that an important I'M
provement in the system has been inaugurated
and substantial economies introduced.