The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-04
INDIANS ALL QUIET.
The Annual Report of Commits
sioner Browning.
Indians Have Made No Disturb
ance of Any Kind.
HE HAS NO THEORIES.
No Attempt is Made to Solve
the Indian Question.

WASHINGTON, Oct I'D. NJ Brown
ing, commissioner Of Indian affairs,
has submitted his annual report for
the year ending June 80. to the sec
rotary of the interior. The commits
sioner says no attempt is made in the
report to theorize on the Indian ques-
ton.
1.-The year. he says. 'shas been IN
marked by outbreak or disturbanc of
any kind. There has been a steady
pressure Of earnest work all along
the lines, with satisfactory results
Special advancement has been made
in Indian education The aggregate
enrolment for the year has been
p, 451, with an average ate ndance of
II, O96, against 21,117 enrolment and
10, 3O3 attendance the previous. year.
There has been an increase in the en-
rOllment of government boarding
schools on reservations, and a falling
off in government day schools
The commissioner notes an educa-
tiOnal awake ming among the Nava-
joes, which he attributed to visit of
delegation to the worlds fair. The
defects in most Indian schools are
bad water supply and sewage Con-
tracts for schooling of Indians have
been declared off or reduced wherever
it could be done without depriving
the children of school privileges
Average attendance in the various
classes OF schools are given as follows:
Government schools, 11,sl2; contract
schools, ), OFT; public day schools and
mission schools, not assisted by the
government, II, O96.
The report states that no children
have been forced to attend school
away from their reservation homes
The opinion is expressed that the ul-
innate end of absorbing the Indian
population into our school system,
as well as our civil policy must be
kept constantly in view and every eff
fort made by pressure and persuasion
to increase the attendance of Indian
pupils a public schools"
''This spOlicy.'' the report states,
''will be vigorously pushed, and the
local authorities VIII be encouraged
by money payments to co operate
with the government in getting the
Indian children into the public
schools"
The commissioner reports progress
in the work of the allotment of lands
to Indians, and also in constructing
syste ms of irrigation The aggregate
of appropriations availa BILE during the
year was SO, $50, OOO-
The commissioner is Of the opinion
that the act of May 3, 1861, relating
to Indian depreciation claims should
either be repealed or amended, SO as
to place upon the United States the
sole responsibility and ultimate LA
bility for the payment Of judgments,
rather than to take the money from
the Indian funds
During the past year lands have
been set apart within the several IN
dian reservations for the te mpOrary
use and occupancy of missionary and
eIioIOus societies as follows: Wichita,
Oklahoma, 16O acres, American Bap-
fist Home Missionary society, Qua
paw, Indian territory, 40 acres, Roma
Catholic; Klamath, Oregon, 100 acres.
Methodist Episcopal; Yakima, Wash
ington, 16O acres, Roman Catholic;
Moquis, Arizona, 10 acres, Mennonite
Mission society; Crow, Montana, 10
acres, Roman Catholic; Fort Peck,
Montana, 40 acres, Presby ter
Lower Brule, South Dakota,
? acres, Presby terian; San Carlos,
Arizona, 10 acres. Evangelist Lutheran
General Synod Of Wisconsin; Chey-
enne, and Arapahoe, Oklahoma,
acres. Plymouth Congregational; Pine
Ridge, South Dakota, 40 acres, Prot
estant Episcopal; Rose bud. South Da-
kota, 12O acres, Protestant Episcopal;
Warm Springs Oregon, IA acres,
United Presb yterian; White Earth.
81 acres, Protestant
EpiscopalS White Earth, Minnesota,
so acres, Roman Catholic; Navajoe,
New Mexico, Protestant Episcopal;
BIackfeet Montana, 100 acres, Meth
odist Episcopal church; Fort Berthold,
North Dakota, 40 acres. Congrega-
tional; Oneida, Wisconsin, acre.
Protestant Episcopal
Patents to the mum Der of 5.28S have
been issued during the year to In
dians who have taken allotme nts.
while 2,OO1 allotments have been ap-
proved, and 1892 have been submit
ted for approval The Indians real
ize that they must secure allotments.
as the best land is being taken, and
they must lead a different mode of
life or perish
Commissioner Browning takes the
same position as his predecessor, that
all Indians are under agents of the
and that the sale Of
LIQUOR to them is a violation of law
He saws the character Of the question
makes it impossible to secure q de-
cision from the United States supreme
court which he deems unfortunate.
and 'sthe government is helpless to
relieve the Indians of the dangers
they are exposed to by reason of the
attitude Of the lower courts toward
these ques tions-"
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