Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-05-24
COMMISSIONER Of
INDIAN AFFAIRS
F. E. Leupp Out
lines His Policy
and Views.
ON TOUR OF INSPECTION
Will Visit Many Agencies and
Schools En- Route to
San Francisco.


arrived in the city last evening from
Washington, and was the guest of Su-
perintendent Clinton j. Crandall of the
U. S. Indian Training School in this
city, last night.
Commissioner Leupp is en- route to
San Francisco, where on the Sd of July
he will be present at the opening OF
bids to furnish Indian supplies on the
Pacific Coast, and in the western
states and territories for the coming
fiscal year. On his way to San Fran
cisco he is making an inspection OF
Indian agencies and reservations, as
well as Indian schools in New Mexico
Arizona and California, and in going
home he will inspect such in Nevada,
and Utah on his way to Washington.
Strong Personality.
The commissioner impresses one as
man of great force, rapid thought,
large experience, quick in action and
a strenuous worker He is tall, rather
heavily built, broad shouldered, clean
cut features and straight nose, light,
cleanly shaven, fine head, abundant
gray hair penetrating and observing,
yet kind brown eyes, and strong phys
ique. He talks rapidly and wastes no
time. He has had over twenty years
of experience with matters connected
with the western Indians, and nine
years ago visited Santa Fe while con.
nected in important capacity with the
Indian Rights Association.
Captain Charles E. Nordstrom of
the Tenth U. S. Infantry, was then an
agent Of the Pueblo, Jicarilla Apaches
in this city, and Superintendent Jones
had charge of the U. s. Indian Train.
ing School here.
Commissioner Leupp expresses him
self as very much pleased with the
great improvement which has taken
place in the U. S. Indian Training
School here since then, and considers
this school one of the finest and larg
est institutions of its kind in the
country. This forenoon he made some
official investigations of conditions
and will continue and finish them on
his return from Taos to which place
he went in company with Superintend
ent c. j. Crandall this forenoon over
land.
Will Visit Reservations.
To a representative of the New
Mexican the commissioner said thai
on the trip on which he started this
morning he proposed to visit the diff
ferent pueblos between this city ant
Taos, namely: Tesuque, Nambe, Sar
Ildefonso, Santa Clara reservation, the
San Juan Pueblo, Picuris and Taos
He felt he would not have time or
this trip to visit the Jicarilla reserva
tion. Upon returning he will remair
a day or two at the U. s. Indiar
School here, thence go to the pueblos
south OF this city, thereafter to Albu
querque; he may also take a trip tt
the Mescalero Apache reservation
from there the pueblos north ant
south on the line of the Santa Fe Pa
cific Railroad will be called on
whereafter he will make stops at the
pueblos lying north and south of ant
along the line of the Santa Fe Pacific
Railroad in New Mexico and Arizona
taking in Acoma, Isleta, Laguna, Zuni
Moqui, the Navajo reservation, ant
others, along his route in Arizona ant
southern California AS said before
he plans to reach San Francisco BY
the first of July. He expects to return
to Santa Fe from his Taos trip Mon
day evening next. A good team and {
strong light wagon were used by Com
missioner Leupp and Superintendent
Crandall, and as the latter knows tn,
country, the roads and villages be
tween here and Taos intimately.
quick and comfortable trip is expected
To representative of the New
Mexican Commissioner Leupp said:
Nine years ago Captain Charles E
Nordstrom and Colonel Jones wer,
superintendents. Then temporarily il
charge of Indian Rights Association
On the 1st Of July there will be con
tracts for Indian supplies made In Sal
Francisco.
Outlines Indian Policy.
my general policy is not to attemp
to make an Indian over into whit,
man, but to make him as good an In
dian as possible, and in doing that
want to begin at the bottom Just a.
the white man has begun by trainin,
his hands. teaching him to do some
thing which is useful. and to max,
him tributary into what he is belns
introduced. The Indian has rathe
remarkable mechanical faculty and !;
strong artistic instinct. l am tryinl
to cultivate these and to develop then
so as to make them of some practica
use in the new world that the Indial
will have to live in. In this process
do not start by trying to eliminate
what is in the Indian and substitute
something that is alien to his nature
but I am trying to follow the lines Q
least resistance and secure the bes
practical results with reference alway
to the Indians future introduction in
to our citizenship SO that he will be
come an active factor in the building
of any community in which he ma
live. From my experience with tn