New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-12
s,oner Roosevelt. who fined him twenty-five dlys
RED MEN AND WHITE MEN HEARD AT
LAKE MOHONK.
EX-SENATOR DAWES DEPICTS THE SHAMEFUL
CONDITION OF THE INDIAN TERRITORY "hlOh

EX-SENATOR DAWES DEPICTS THE SHAMEFUL
CONDITION OF TIE INDIAN TERRITORY WIFI"
HE DECLARES TO BE A FAILURE
1aka Nohopk ~ Y. oct. ll.-At the evening
session of the Indian Conference YESTERDAY He'
her, Welsh. OF the Indian Rights Association. OF
Phi,adelphia argued that the friends OF the lhu.a'
had good reason to be encouraged. The lntiah
Rureau was formerly dominated by the spolS sys-
tenn and every change OF Administration ma" mean.
a change IN the Indian Bureau but sups'a"''a'
reform had been achieved under president ta'I'-
SON. Seven hundred places in the lhdiah Depa,
ment had been rescued from the operation OF 'he
SPOTS system. -
The Indians who are attending the conference
were then heard from. Edward Marsden' OF the
Duncan colony, Metlahkatha, then gave an account
OF the rise and progress Of that under'aK"s' a',,
which DR. Charles Eastman spoke at length OF MS
work among his brother Indians. The last oil the
Indian sneakers was Dr. Montezuma. an Apache
wto is now the resident physician at the Carl'Sie
Indian School lie is opposed 10 the ailo'ihe"' Vi
land In severalty. a.,
The Rev DR. srieby. who is secretary OF 'he
American Missionary Association, read Pap'
this morning on Scotch H!ghlanders and American
Indians " the aim of which TO set forth that
these two races were closely allied. so FAR as uo"
inant characteristics were concerned.
The Rev Dr. Sheldon Jackson reported Oh '"e
experiment OF bringing reindeer from sioer'a ~
Alaska. pronouncing the undertaKiihg IA "a ,bsn in
The herds. in fact. did better IN Aias"a IMAM 80
Y Hallock. Editor Of THE Christian at WORK;
said that the Severalty bill had not WORKED wei,
s ssi IN IN few cases 1t argued that the
The indian wouJd work, ne declared and work haio
when a sufficient motive was presented to MN;
Mrs Quinton president or me Mat y, h Vest
and Southwest. She visited the Indian SCHOOLS ana
found progress everywhere. 49,. 49,
Mrs Elaine Goodae Eastman reported that the
Dakota Indians were well orsanlze1 ioi Sirs
Christian work They raised thousands OF collar
every year only to support native preachers Out
for foreign missions ,,-.A....,,. che, e,o,,a
OF the Indian Territory, depicting its strange and
discracefui condition The Territory was a govern.
ment by itself independent OF me lhl,eu t
was authorized to elect its chief magistrate, 70 SET
nm ts own judiciary to enact its own laws. III was
under no obligation TO return any CT nnal 70 any
State or to the United States. The hteu states
10 the Cherokee and four other nations power 10
Govern themselves and absolved them from allegiance
10 the American hds This happened because OF the
IDEA which prevailed years ago that the pest wa
IN treat the Indian was to Isolate him The Ierrl-
torV W. now surrounded by great states and I'M
migration was pouring in like Hood some thrs s
the Territory but they had no interest In so much
as foot OF the soil. and their children were *
Guided from the puoc schools OF the TERRITORY Inc
Indians were no further advanced than they were
when they first went to the Territory and they were
preyed upon by white men, II was hgh time tn M
the Government took the matter IN us own manu-
General Morgan ex-Commissions,t o, Hiu h, ,he
fairs, followed senator DdWes' iiiuoiS'"s """' NV
before adiourning tonight the Conference adopted
a platform calling for The abohtlHn Of 1he rs liz
ment Of lands in seyeraty the special care OF mo
ian rights by the Federal Goyernnent me .lu is
aud other measures for making the lnd!an lhue-
pendent and self-supportns