Arizona silver belt., 1890-12-06
Saturday. December 6, 1890.
INDICATION OF THE INDIAN A s.iluRE.

EDUCATION OF THE INDIAN A FAILURE.
 The prejudicial influence of cooper. ative societies in religious and secular instruction of the Indians has recently become so apparent as to be the sub ject of general remark, and to call for armed suppression of their advanced idea that the Indian is the ideal rae, and so regarded by the omnipoten, Piute at Walker Lake, Nevada. And now, in consequence of this advanced civilization, war is imminent, if be- hooves those religious societies to in, terpose in behalf of their wards, peti tion the government in addition to the improved Winchester already in theil hands, that they be supplied with Cat. ling guns, in order that they may he enabled to more effectively pump il into" the troops when endeavoring to suppress tho excitable ghost dance SC prevalent in every Indian community.
 Hiram Price, Commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1883, in his report to the Department of the Interior. said. "The aggregate of S252, O16 by no means ex- presses the value of the assistance thus given to Indian education and civihza- ton. The influence of men and women whose lives are devoted to the uplifting of the degraded and ignorant cannot be measured by dollars and cents. More over, the very fact that they represent great religious denominations, that christian communities are their con- stituenoy, and that the funds which come into their hands have been conse- crated by prayer and self-denial, gives to man moral force and momentum which government patronage does not impart. In my opinion the best hope for the Indian hes in bringing him into the closest possible relation with the various religious societies whose sole business consists in working for the elevation of humanity, and who, from long experience, are presumably best informed as to the methods and men and means to be employed in such work. "
 While not questioning the sincerity of Commissioner Price, nevertheless, if such views as he advanced are to pre- vail, We would suggest that reserya- ton be set apart for the whites and that they be protected in their homes from incursive Indians. At the date of Prices utterance, QsS3) Chatto, a San Carlos reservation Indian, who had experienced the "elevating influence" mentioned by Mir Price, at the head of fifty bucks, raided Arizona and killed many persons Among the victims were Judge McComas and wife; and their youthful son was carried into Sonora and subsequently, murdered. Nor was ChattO alone in terrorizing southwest ern New Mexico and southeastern Ari- zona. Geronimo, Sacha, Juh, and Loco, also under the benign influence, were upon the war path, ald now We are having another evidence that Price claimed too much for the men and women whose lives are devoted to the reclamation of the Indian. The lord of misrule, in the person of buck h. dian, has turned the heads of Western tribes awry with the belef that he is the veritable Christ The religious in- fatuation so prevalent among northern Indians has invaded Arizona and taken possession of the Moquis, who are re- ported as indulging il the ghost dance.
 Prices ideal pacifcation is being ex- emplified where the ghost dance pre- vails in Southern Dakota Educated lrdians, among the Cherry Greek hos tiles, are every day busily engaged in securing newspapers containing Rc- counts of the fear that their orgies create among their pale brethren, and which upon being read and rendered into the Indian vernacular by the grad mates afford the untutored sons of the forest great amusement, and thus they are informed of the movements of troops.