Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-10-04
81 TELEGRAPH.
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Ws>,,ISerpS. Drt Sit has become
evident that the prcblem Of hitting the
Indians for citizenship and self-sapfsort Is
compiex and that Eianv eieas"uts niost
enter into its solution. + sarston, sever
ai,y aflotmEuts THE employment OF iniians
at labor for wages. the opening of good
roads or their reservations AMI systems OF
irrigation. and the collection of baniis INTO
little -,Is-goserniBg communities MAY All
he useful The proepss may De slow. as
the current report of Commissioner Morgan
shows
But there are favorable Indications IN the
rayiew of the last wears work. The cur
rent notion seems 10 be that most OF tue
Indians were mere dependents on the
bounty of the government. Ba, out OF
total Of 1854 in the country outside OF
Alaska, only IS 600 receive subsistence
supplies. More than $4,000 furnish ti'eif
own food. and in Alaska the Indians have
always been self-supporting- Many OF the
tribes are comparatively well TO do. having
large sums of money on deposit. The h'r
civilized tribes have on deposit over
- 900, 900 earning s4I4 POS annually. This
amount of property will be Increased sev-l
eral millions through agreements to sell
lands for which the money is not yet re-
ceiyed, so that the total may eventually be
as much as 500 600 300, earning 81 ,oOo,-
600. Large appropriations have been made
To the Chickasaws and Greeks, and many
millions will b.. due to the Cherokees on the
sale Of the Outlet.
The nsagcs have $50 TO their
credit in government funds. The Utes
have 81 ,750, 900 The Sissetons and Wah-
petons had some time ago about Sl.1O0,-
900, AMI the Cheyennes and Arapahoes ST.
600 900. The Delawares have 1874 ,ls6;
the otoes and Missourias, who number onl q
35s, have st9l os6 the Sacs and Eo-
have $500 900 The principal and
unexpenied interest held in trust fol- the
Indians may reach Si0,00e. 400 within forr
years with the pen ing negotiations for the
purchase of In ian lands aud those tina, are
likely hereafter to be- made. The interest
on these sums in at I. ), 6 AMI per cent.
The interest of the trust fumis of the five
civilized tribes is payable to the treasurers
of the tribes, ana is at the sole disposal Of
their respective governments.
While the financial future of the red men
is thus assured the severalty allotment sys-
tenn of the government allows them all to be
land owners This allotment is not binding
vi '"e my 'i''NNeo .''oe, D"' m
Iar more 'pai ehous. ia"a 70 app! W
the'nseiEes' shou,u 'i'es see III " uo So "s
lucy piopaoiH WIN l" INN 'ei' 'neie
shouio oe ho has'e III a''o'iien's !" oaeh-
"aru Titus anu perhaps 'hes ""S' oeeh
apPiien 100 sooh III '''e case VI '"e Nnes
ehhes anu ArapauoeS ana o'hsr>'
IL must De aehho"ieugra tha' my ehot.
10 niake FARMERS vi tue in'iahs uoes n''
YET meet WIN great success, "ne ara"
pack Is tne survival OF .iie oiu race prey
"dice asaihs' ile'hodicai 'haus'ry' AZ oeii's
women WORK ra'her thah that Oh Tue war
rior' even though .,ie "arriol prope' oee"e
patioh Is gone men 'ie ra"oi system VI
the government decreases me neea OF "orh-
ing. let the suggestion OF oiiiii'issiohef
Morgan that rauons sh"n' r'raduaiiy ne
Withdrawn anu cash pawn h'S substituted
seems sun premature as ''l' course might
moi make the ihdians more ird@'' OF more
proSideht' Inc irrigation al r'Ner'auohs
now TOO ara would encourage M enort' AT
agriculture AMI since even among
whites such system Is usually
arranged ny corporate enterprise ana
capital thr i1d'viduai lhdih" cannot
he expected TO rr"File u Tor himself Mueh