Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-11
REPORTS on THE INDIANS
As . Rale, Y cen 3 ~ Been Free from Any
Indian Troubles
MARRIAGE pROBltn AMONG MINNEAPOLIS
Liquor ssIlipE ON the same Reser'n-
tion ..Causcsy Trouble-ssntce
Agent wants Revision
OF Lease system.
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gram --Reports FROM s.varleus Indian
agents and school superlntendents are now
being received. at the Indian bureau. The
general observations of conditions upon the
several reservations seem TO indicate that
no especiai. trouble has been encountered
In the past syear, -.s- g. ,,.. ..'...
w.,G Mslin, jan reporting~upon conditions
during tho epast year in the sac and Fox
reservation school in, Iowa. states that the
strenuous opposition to education by these
people durins the first year. is gradually
giving place to more liberal views. as is
evidenced by1the fact that the year Just
closed has, bad the .larGest voluntary en-
roilment .of Sac. and Fox. children OF any
year during its existence. 90, 50 ,... A..
At the -WinBebaso, agency in Nebraska
the chief work ~ the agent, during the
past year seems to. hays, been to prevent
indianss- from securing. and consuming
whisky and also 10, create in ,thom a larger
respect for the state laws regarding mar
riage and divorce. 1T appears that the
older members offend most as to the con
sumption Of liquor, but in disregarding
the established law of the. state regarding
marriage II is, the younger. element who
are the, most serious offepders and In most
instances are those, who have been we'll
educated. They cling to the Indian customs
of marriage. and. methods. of divorce, de-
spite their training through missionary and
government schools. ", ....
w E. Meagley, superintendent of the
Santee agency, which includes the Poncas.
urges upon the department the necessity
of securing government grazing leases for
periods of not less than three years Such
a lease would increase under contract and
would raise the price per acre. Il also
would be 20 advantage % both the indians
and whites. he says, IL more simple lease
for the privilege Of cutting hay could be
devised. - rs@-'.-r 2sr"
r Morals OF wihnebasoes. .'.'.r
Samuel a. Tate, physician at the Whine
bago reservation, in REPORTING upon tins
general subject of morality of the Winnie
bagos says: The morals Of the Winnie
baso Indians in certain lines have besn
improved curing the past year but there
IS still plenty of room for greater inproN e
ment. In my opinion there is not as
much dssension among the Indians as
would be found among an equal number
Of whites. / am also of the opinion that
If IL were not for interference Of while
people, living, on the borders of the reserva-
ton. who make, their living preying upon
the Indians and, who, have become very
much dissatisfied by reason, Of the fact
that affairs here are,not4 being conducted
as. they would like to. have them, the
greater portion, Of the drunkenness would
be reliminated... sE= Lag ..r .'-
The Jlss of sthess meseal bean. was intro
duced among The NWtnnebagos within the
past two years ands many of the indians
organized what is shsown as the Mescal
society. An effort 1wiH1be made TO get a
Law. enacted by this state Legislature pro-
hibiting the use of irnesoalt in the state of
Nebraska 5Gi 81 z-;i-. ss.''.. b.
Land In Public Domain. ~ .,
/ The generalz. isssd SSffice,' at the request
of Secretary Wilson, has prepared state
nlent showing the, punhsr Of acres Of land
still svailables 10, bomestead entry. 1t is
found that there, are 92,23s7o7 acres yet
remaining Of the public domain, of this
vast acreage in reality not much more
than 10 per cent is of any account for
agricultural purposes 4or for homesteaders.
So far as the Cnitedbstates proper 10 con-
cerned. these vacant acres lie largely in
Arizona, New Mexico Colorado. Utah.
Wyoming, Montana, California and Ore
gon A considerable sum of. the total
of the public domain lies in Alaska, there
being there 35S,Os5. sT5 acres TIE character
u iHo- ldilu III fAldSAd Is pTOtlCdlly uIlr
known. but IT can readily be, seen. II Is
not TO be put into the agricultural lani
class. There are, yet remaining in the
United. States proper 1I7.4Si,69s acres OF
land which have not been surveyed. Much
of this unsurveyed land lies in the noun
famous states and is OF little value for
agricultural purposes IT,.
Ovation for Cody
Major j. NJ Burke, chief factotum of
Buffalo Bill" who is stopping in Wash
ington for IA few days, received a teleg, ami
from Cody City, Wye, that Colonel Cody
had arrived there and was met by Governor
Brooks. Congressman FMandelI' the mayor
and citizens and a great reception ac-
corded him Colone1'co with party
of friends, lis en- route to the big game
country south of, Yelfowstones for a big
hunt - ~, sN2s ',.-
The secretary OF the Interior has executed
contract with Flower & Ewing OF Mer-
rill.. NeD, sfor work provided for In schedule
four, Searthwork Of die distributing sys-
tom. NORTH Platte irrigation project IN
Nebraska at their bid of Still The con
tract calls for earthwork on ten miles OF