The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

N''s' VI III
4. That during the transition perio'
and until the completion of their cit
zenship they should be regarded as sub
ject to the laws of the general govern
ment and under its care and guardian
ship.
D. That the time has com for a decla
ration by congress to the effect that here
after it will not recognize Indians a
competent to make war, but that in on
dealings with them they shall be treated
as belligerents but as subject and de
pendent people. capable, of course, of in
surrection, rioting, or disturbance of tn,
peace. but not of waging war.
u. That the general government has
the right both for its own protection anC
for the protection of the public welfare
and for the good Of the Indians not onl,
to establish schools in which their chill
dren may be prepared for citizenship
but also to use whatever force NAV be
necessary to secur to Indian children
the benefit of these institutions. Even
in cases where by the taking of their
lands in severalty they are in
process of becoming citizens they are
still in a state of neutrality-suspicious. be-
cause the general government withholds
from them twenty-five years the power
of alternating their lands while by ex-
empting them from taxation for the
same period it practically excludes their
children from public schools. For these
reasons it would seem that the govern
ment has not only the right but is under
obligations to make educational provis-
ions for them and to secure their child
rem the benefits of those provisions.
Z. submit that the time is at hand
for the extension over the Indians of the
protection and privilege of our courts.
Meanwhile the development of Indian
reservations, of courts of Indian officers
by the perfectingof their code of procee-
dure and the enlargement of their juris-
dlctlon VIII be helpful as a preparation
In u life
.. venture also to suggest whether
the time is not at hand for the passage
OIL an enabling act whereby five civilized
states may form either a territorial or
s STA government and be represented on
~ iiU mt Oh congress;
+" Inat tne time mas come when the
l ueplo lhuldhs should be admitted by a
general act OF congress ITO the enjoy
T rent 9i Ine rights OF citizens OF the
I'm Galtee States accoruing 10 the prlnci-
pies ol tne cons.itutlon as contemplated
ny ,n 1he IRE tueaty OF Huaoalupe Hidalgo.
h;a ~ me uennlte determination by the
isnos. autuoTity Oh tne actual political
STATUS OF tne Indian is necessary as a
OASIS Oh wise ieglslatlon ana to the salts.
iaI.ely aouilnlstratloh OF indian affairs.
made ;n tha a all uht Oh tne progress
lauo III tne aiiotHeht OF lands to the
lnolans curing the past veal the COM
says ina tins radical and far
reachlng revolution IN the social status
y, .ne ihIlahs is making satisfactory
pIosress- Laho III seVeralty has III it a
pl1niise ano potency OF great things, but
only promise and potency. In many
cases ~ orlhss unutterable woe and in
az az ~ ls llaple 10 leave the Indians worse
man pelore. lie 1urther says: 81
nos III Teceipt OF enough information
ihueeu mas suilclent time elapsed to
'hapie ine 10 Judge OF the practical re-
.ulls OF !he allotment policy. l have
cen nothihS turing the year, however, |
o ieao me 10 change my views as to its
success" Regarding the re-
'uciloh OF reservations which has pro-
'eedea with great rapidity during the
ear the report says:
while it is possible to push this work
90 rapidly | do not hesitate to say that
he ultimate destruction of the entire
yystem OF reservations is inevitable.
here is no place for it in our present
ondltion OF life. Millions of acres of
indian lands now lying absolutely I'M
!sed are needed as homes for our rap
lily increasing population and
aust be so utilized. Whatever
light and title the Indians have in them
) subject to and must yield to the de-
hands OF civilization. They should be
IN the nprm3npnt npccaccinp |