Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1890-02-27

W0UlAC0Iy W0OG JO CnGO"'WOW, oIHucu
persuaded and finally dcceeded in get
ting them to abando1he bloody scheme
He wrote savage H'ort OF tho whole
matter to the departFnt, but che same
has never been pr blned. He says that
il he had not hap ped on the scene at
the right time, E,e would have been an
; uprising of ,csiderable strength and
many settlers would have paid for il
with their livs
Secretary Has did not pay much at
tention to til matter, Understanding
its important. He thought the presence
of the militlsnfficient to check all such
outbreaks. lie failed to recognize that
before worGould be had and the troops
put in the eld the Indians would have
accomplish their designs. The same
misapproAnsion in regard to the man.
ner OF ding with Indians seems to
charactese every national administra-
ton, depcratic and republican alike.
Easternlen and eastern measures are
employt to do the work that should be
only erusted to the experience OF west
ern mi and other methods
The have always been more or less
diffi,ltles with this small band of
Tn]e mountain Indians. Proximity to
tt border has been one great cause of
tks. The government has taken no
sips to determine what Indians are
eCltled to rations and what are not. No
nsus of them has been taken. The
ecessity OF having means to distinguish
Canadian half breeds and three-quarter
Dloods from those belonging to the
United States is more than ever apparent.
Local taxation is resisted by many Of
them who are farming and raising stock,
the authority of county officers denied,
but that OF the government greatly re-
spected. The complaints that United
States government ratiOns are given to
Indians who are not entitled to them is
probably just one, but under the ruling
OF past administrations any person hav-
ing any traceable1ndian blood in his veins
is considered anIndian and entitled to the
benefits Of the government, and as a
the fault lies not with half
Or quarter breeds, but with the govern
itself.
In past years Father Stephan has se-
cured over $4,000 from the government
funds for the Turtle noun
tain full bloods and half breeds, who ale
sad to number over l,S0O. At one time
they we're willing to give up their land
for $2OO,0OO, but pending the decision
many have become settled, taken up
farming and stock raising and, of course,
are now more stubborn and unylelding
than ever and want moro money for the
surrender of what they term their
rights.
Father Stephan refers to the fact that
the government has paid out millions OF
money and sacrificed precious lives in
fighting for the negro he was in the
army five years himself that 1t expends
$25 ,0O00O, on it's standing army OF $4,000
men, but - tho Indian. from whom its
lands were derived and who has been
as an equal by treaty. there is
only allowed $40 per head. This he
thinks is unjust and unwise.
Need Schools on the Reservations.
The policy OF educating the Indians at
the national expense in eastern schools
is condemned by HIM in the strongest
terms. The principal Of the Carlisle
school IN Pennsylvania can not show ten
adult Indians who have become what
was anticipated-educated and self-sup-
porting--although over million OF
money and years of work have beon
spent in the experiment. The only plan
that will ever succeed is to entrust the
education Of the young to the various
religious denominations and place the
schools on the reservation. An
Indian will return to the reservation
from the eastern school after
much time and labor has been spent in
his education and in attempts to eradi-
cate hereditary traits of his half savage
life, AID will soon slice up his uniform
and drop "back to the blanket" The
girls will do this quicker than the males.
The loss of time and money IS on]y too
apparent in attempts to educate them
away from their homes. Besides the
money that such work requires, ought
to be spent in the west, kept at home.
There are enough outside loafers now,
said Father Stephan. Let the Indians
learn that they must soon confront
new conditions of life and to learn this
quickest the process of education should
begin when they will be obliged to exer-
else the knowledge after leaving school.
The eastern schools are failures.
What Mr.. Adams Thinks.