The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-30
THE INDIAN.
Secretary Smiths Suggestion
For His Development.
Honest Treatment Asked For Should
Be Properly Fitted For Life.
BIZ Tho Associated Press.

disn s4airs, and he presents some practi-
oal Suggestions fur ths Development Of
the raoA
Bssidss giving succipct history Of the
progrvm OF the Indian bureau during
the puN - s0nsha. the secretary re-
Views - prcbism Of effective work
for the eovsuosnsnt OF the Indians.
He dissussss tho subject OF educa
tiOn aA of si1otments Of land, and
charges dat ~ sduoxtion OF the Indians
shouid bs fr me purposes OF fitting them
60 per1urm chs partiouiar responsibilities
most nksly 10 fan 30 their lot
He presents We possibilities Of the res.
ervation ~ lsod 90 be improved and de-
velopsd, 10 witch me Indians should be
taught % appfy those modes OF agricul-
ture recognized In civilized life. Their ed
ucation should nt them for this work, and
they should be led on with the assurance
THAI the government will treat the In
dians with perfect honesty and make no
further effort 10 trade them out OF IL for
tho benefit Of those who wish 10 settle on
1t.
Fair Play For the Indian.
Upon the subject of allotment, he says,
81 do not question the advisability of al
loting land to Indians In severaity, but
do nsst seriously question the propriety
of this course before the Indians have pro-
gressed sufficiently to utilize the lana
when taken.
II urge q treatment of Indian land based
solely upon the purpose of realizing from
IL for Its owners the highest possible value.
II the mombcrs OF tribe have reached
state sufficiently civilized to be able TO
progress still further by selling a portion
OF their land, then shall the sale be made.
The land should not be purchased from
the Indians &C the best bargain the United
States can make. II should be sold for
he Indians by the United States, the de-
partment acting as faithful trustee and
obtaining for the Indians every dollar the
land win bring"
With refsrence to the development OF
resources OF the agencies and their en-
ployes, he urges that each reservation
must be treated I'm view of its resources as
. separate business problem, and he says;
"Many Of the agencies today, taking In
connection the trust funds held by the
United States for the Indians upon them,
arc already sclf.supporting. BY faithful
effort 10 prsssrve the property for Its real
ownsfs, and at the same time to compel
the reservation Indians 30 work and labor
for livelihood, believe that IL Is possible
70 make ssif-supporting nearly every
agency. But 10 accomplish this, agents
absolutely faithful and thoroughly capa-
be must b plaosd In charge.
AgsuAs Must Lend Helping Hand.
eff IN army sfiosr fills the place, he
must de % With the enthusiasm of q sol
dise h Nne u battle. II u civilian fills the
- a a. - A.. -.
moved By IN earnest, zealous-inspired
puxposs % accomplish the noble work of
helping 70 elevate o weaker race. Some
thing g She missionary spirit should be in
the hSast Of every smploye ut al Indian
Agsney - Indlaa school.
Il b1Asvs II 10 possible to develop q
oompsteut psH0anent, non-partisan In.
aian peFvioA ana hope before the end of
been mAAs IN this dirvetAon, that its real
1satlen VAN ~ assured
Among other things In connection with
odusatisn Of the Indiens. the secretary
saysa 'TAuesttsn should be practically
dirscted wtSA q view to the probable
future Of She Indian. If he is to remain
away from htS fUrmcr home and TO enter
the struggle Of life In our cities and towns
= MY VvnCA tsuAotiy thCh Ills NduCaNion
should b ~ broad aud as liberal as pos
oible. But II he Is TO return TO the reser
Vnt1on, to the place of his birth and to
oonmeuos his active life In the develop
mont - tho resources of tho reservation,
then his education should be directed
especially with q view b the life he will
Lad upon the reservation and to the pos
oibilitisB cf the reservation itself.
To Ne Fitted For Everyday Life.
IF the lands are agricultural. hecshould
be taught the methods and mode OF life
followed by the ordinary American citizen
engaged in agriculture. He should not
be accustomed TO life far above IL or TO
tastes much moro liberal than would
there be possible.
If his work is to be on the reservation,
he should be practically instructed in pur
suits similar to those which he is expected
to follow, and he should be accustomed b.
the life which he viii be able to sustain.
II cannot help believing thai by far the
greater number of Indian children are TO
work out their future IN connection with
the resources upon the reservations Of
their respective tribe, and that education,
Ter the most part, 10 wfsest which trains
In this direction. For such q child 10
months spent In the service Of some intci-
ligcnt farmer, IN the section on whore the
rsservsslsn n lecstcd. would be worth far
moro than the same amount Of time spens
IN the east and devoted to higher sduca-
cation"
The Pension Burcau.
The report shows that the entire mum
Der Of pensioners upon the rolls June 1,
1894 was 96e,s44 The estimate for the
fiscal year Is slso,o0ooo0. Pensioners
added to the roil during the year were 3d.
O06; number dropped 87,s5l.
The greater part Of the cases now pend
Ing In the bureau are old eases. Many OF
them have been pending for years, and
had been examined one or more times
prior - 10 present administration. Upon
examinatton 10 has beon found In many
Ins>ansss that proof was not sufficient to
sustain . pension. The attention OF the
applicants having been called to the defect
1n ssms essss. ef7crte had been made 20
supply ths needed sestinony.
Accidentally shot Himself.
6PRrScrrStp, Mass, Nov. 3o.-Grander-
an Barber auad IA sccfdentaIiy shot him.