The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-20
||9|RT ON INDIAN AFFAIRS
~~.ox pwELLs UPoS EDUCA-
rrosAL MATTERS.
ming About, Not q Dimt-
-. If Isdian Population. but
rrtssxuish nent of Trfbes-
.~s-.s treatment Of the Indians.

LEXINGTON, Nov. is-The annual
- RE commissioner OF Indian az
wIlllar1 A. jones, besides reviewing
.~~rezz CT affairs, IT, ali branches Of
y .<rvses. Urges fzgare sehools. and Sys-
-. ,nsshods Of study OF inciTidaa!
= .ra confederation % subsequent en-
s~~~,yn. II. outlining studies In ths Indian
- TIE entire educational system OF
= r-ysssn Office he says. IL SFedicase3 On
s-a1 af,yxiznment OF the anomalous
| - reservation system There are now
= ,xcs ana gifts In attendance on the
- Indian schools. out or ar enroll
=. AZ over Z.esi
=. fna,zu population has remained sta
..svv and there has been such a steady
- OF ia1ans being educated as to
-. the opinion that the next quar-
- century viii witness, rot n dimi-
-.tsr of tsA Indian population, but an
-srru,ser1ent OF Indian tribes. One dis
~-.yxas factor however. If disclosed by
!. up.s,isfactory results of the past nine
- trial Of coetiucation OF the Indians.
- .hs whites, IN the public schools.
= ,epar. says the results OF this coedU-
s...a are nos commensurate with the ex-
.s-ss,,,rs. that the idea, theoretically, IL
!. admirable expe9ient FOR breaking down
s,srgsleez ard civilizing the Indian, but
= sxrres show u IS not an unqualified
zeress
ne fsn blood. who needed such contact
- Il rarely secured and the ground
- n least Of Indian education must
: isid under the governments auspices
"A eonfrni. Stronger measures for fore
= ths attendance on Indian schools are
,y~d There ara 1852 employees in the In
=. serYtce and the policy 81 10 employ
S.s:ans IN every position 10 which they
:, adapted hy nature and education.
ma rsmoral OF the perrfs school, IN
suhsrn California and rebuilding +; In a
rsss suitable locality. viii he recommend
: d congress. Concerning the Indian
,x4tory the report severely arraigns
.pesissn lack OF management, dem1ra iiz-
4 esnditl0ns and a tiepiorahlc state of af-
Ia generally, In administering the
ssess and orphans asyinms OF the five
EAR nations Reporting on the Chip
svs outbreak OF last autumn. Commits
lzneY Jones says:
sFw many years the Chlppewas have
ssa arrested and taken from their homes.
4E Paul and other places. as witnesses
blenders. chiefly In whisky cases; often
ssjfeSis arrests have been made solely
tie fees which would accrue 10 the
ssaig Indians have been helped 10 Oh
liz Whisky by the very ones who arrest
!. car for uhng Il. In some cases In
szAA carried OF to court. have been ief,
#gss back az best they could. The whole
mst9 OF arrests by deputy marzhals has
ane 70 he a farce. fraud and hard
sY 70 the Chipnewas and disgrace 20
y community.
fw neither docs this by Itself explain
y outhyesk,' says the report, which lays
y Name 10 the injustice In the Use of the
zsAns funds and frauds In the DISPOSE
"a II their timber EStimaters appointed
sspsfaiss the large tracts OF pine, ee,led
j she United States IN 1859. have already
u the Indians Slsa,gso.
AID These. and minor Influences. wrong b
Ftaer 20 produce the general feeling Of
wssson and distr1st ard exasperation
ven found expression when the arrests
Ess Undertaken by the aid of military