Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-06-12

ANs' fled ssHihAF't Wy III f<SfPF'~HbH eis'f
their American aescendants have been
often repeated, frequently denied. Jet
have continued from the discovery by
COlun,bns 10 the present time. The pre-
ladicc With was 40 strong with the first
eoloi it, reinforced by the selfish greed
10 n, Dos 4e--ioD Of the lands heid by the
nalites, has constantly prevented the
latter receiving the Justice and fair treat
ment which civilized and Christian men
we're 10 duty bound ~ award them. This
utrigdioe and the asIf.h motives which
have constantly intensified and supported
II. have caused constant reiteratiOn Of
the statement that all efforts to eiyilize
the Indians are hopeless. and that
utter extinction ia their inevitable
fsle and the onlf real solution Of
the Indian problem. Attention has been
recently called 70 this subject BY what has
fonnd way into the newspapers regarding
the f.ntalns u several native tribe. exist
ing ~ New York, numbering about five
thoussnd occupying land reservations 10
the amount ~ about ~ 60 acres. The-e
la,,,. precisely y. In Oklahoma aud other
Rr.trru ferritorie4, are coveted by the
whites. 10 thi. reason and 10 the Old
notion that the Indians have no rights
which white men are bound I" respect,
nusI he attributed more or lers Of the ef-
forts to tiefnme them and TO maintain that
they are Idle. -hiffle--, and incapable OF
becoming worthy American citileD-. To
Not a. the real truth nf recent sweeping
cintge. against the New York aboriginal
population committee ~ the Bnhalo
Preshytery was appointed to make The
neces.ary inyrstigatiOn. This committee
has recently reported the result Of it,
efforts, and the verdict il gives j. far from
sustaining the of repeated charges against
the red men Of the Empire state.
The Alleghnny reservation, which was
the one visited by the committee, L.
r.putcd to b. the least civilized Of the
four within the limits Of the frsshytery,
and was chosen on this account. The
IniHns VINO were fuchuutffHs NJ H7'h
the English language without difficulty.
They are In faver Of schools. Super-ti-
tons and pagan rites have died out among
them. They have tribunals which adj
minister Justice fairly There i les4 vice
among them than among the whites on
their border. Those who ride through the
IL oil t,p 40
houses or the farming, when they enter the
reservation or leave il behind out of
5000 aeres Of band they have $500 under
cultivation. about 600 are woodland and
the remainder Ia pasture land or commons.
There are twelve churches on the reserva-
ton, with about eight hundred members,
a ratio To the population which would
scarcely be equaled among whites,
except in specially favored localities
One reason for the reluctance sometimes
manifested to send Indian children to the
public schools l. frankly suggested by
the committee, when, after abiding to
the death of Mr.. Wright, a devoted hb-
orrr among the Indians, they say
But her closing days were saddened by
her conviction that the people for whom she
had ioiled and prayed were losing lther than
gaining in the scale of worth. She dated
hi. decline from tn, day when the State of
New York assumed charge of the schools on
the ,, seryation From that tune in many of
,hesr ,chool. religion and even good moral.
cra,cd to be taught. Political reasons en-
tered largely into the choice of teachers.
Some OF these teacher. in times past have
been men Of such corrupt character that
Indian mothers dared not send their daughters
u the schools "
rhc rammauy Hall trihc Of white men
Ia long vnuntcd it-elf "a fit to direct the
politics of New York city, 10 largely in
iluencc the legislation Of the State, to die
tate the nominations Of the Democratic
National Conventions, yet it cannot APP
prnximate showing "a favorable record
Tor itself a. that Of the Indians reported
upon by the Buffalo Preshytery.
Free Trade England has become 50 in.
fatuated with trusts" that even beer and
glass bottles are to be taken under shelter
by them Perhaps this is not so strange
when one reflects ON the myriads of
bottles Of beer and mineral waters con-
sumed by the ever-thirstv Engishmen in
all quarters Of the globe annually. The /,
| .ondon Times says, THE negotiations T.
with the formation of q ggan- /
tic ring in the glass bottle industry are /.
approaching completion. since the .
date of the first meeting about
three months ago, the arrange
great secrecy, and are now GU the point /
II completion" The number of firms
Interested is about forty in England, and /
Il is believed that thirty-ive of them are
already in the combination. There is no 4
doubt" remarks the Times, ''in the minds .
Of the glass bottle manufacturers that /
better prices will result from the adop- .
Ion Of the trust system in this particu- /
lar trade" No one knows where the
craze will stop in England 1t may be ex-
ended to laundrics and shoe-lace makers. /
he Democratic and Mugwump newspa-
,crs were insisting that only in countries
having Protection were the people aiiiict-
ID with trusts"
The French are now manufacturing the
Lebel gun, with which the whole army is
q be equipped, on colossal scale. Saint
t,tienne Is one Of the harvest firearms nrn-