Show TO EDUCATE TilE INDIAN Soul weeks aO nu made reference V refer-ence to the J < ake Motion Indian Conference held during last au V tuaii > atiuicomprised of persons interested In thpwclre V welthre and proof gress I pro-of the Indian Considerable V zeal was developed among the per tonYaltendlng conference upon this feubjectinud their efforts promise to hnug fortfi extent and important im-portant results at an early date Dr Lymau Abbott one of tile leading workers in the interests of V the Indian wrote a letter to a number num-ber of officials iu each of the States and Territories In which Indians V are found Inviting from the recipients V recipi-ents an expression of their opinions c V upon the feulject ofa general system of compulsory education for the children of the red men in accordance accord-ance with a plan which was adopted at the Lake 3Iohouk conference V This plan was to this effect That V the United States > > Government or V gauiza at once at Federal expense iacr under Federal control system j sys-tem of compubory education on a f j sufficiently large scale to secure the V V V education OfallInditncIildrenof V school igoBow or lately uPon the uu > In support of this proposition the I following reasons were given V tjyst If the Indians are aUoirod to V grow up in ignorance and pauperism they will inevitably become a burden I upon the communities in which they c res pcvrh1 V c 2d > The burden involved In their V education ought not to be thrown V upon the people of the States and I Territories in which they reside It is a national and notalocal duty V f brd Ttls too great a tax to be tamiqr V I I laVcii by the clmrchei who have all S V they con do to prosecute sueccisully II IiV their legitimate work f V 1 4th The Government has abundant 1 resources in the Indian Bureau the V necessary machinery and jn the present t I I I V t r pres-ent head of that bureau General Morgan = V r V V Mor-gan mid the present Superintendent of School Dr Dorchester men 3 abundantly capable to organize such a j I system of Indian education I Hon Henry Sabin Superintendent Superin-tendent of Instruction DcsMoInes I Iowa favors the plan but would In clude manual training He ob perves The Indians nhouM be taught thai t work Is honorable in the highest de rm and I ahonld have little confl dent in any ystemof education for them which left that out of the account ac-count To educate the Indian should mean to civilize Dim and that must be the persistent work of fremrntioas The nation is abundantly able and some ImmoIUie plan of oxsaalzalioiishould attempted lending to the solution of this race problem Hon S B Axtell exgovcrnorof Xew Mexico writes a letter in favor of the main features of the plan and embracing a number of excellent excel-lent suggestion He rrmuks that most of the Indians in his Territory live lu villages and recommends that the lane be extended over them and enforced In the district courts He favors compelling the attendance of Indian children at school by penalties to be indicted upon the parents by the courts perfect per-fect Ireedom religious instruction but a nonsectarian character Use schools and instruction In the principles of morality dUUn guiched from theology religious m Hon Jacob S Uoremau Tern tonal School Commissioner of Utah writes a somewhat lengthy reply t < Dr Abbotts letter favoring lu the I main the proposed plan of compulsory compul-sory Indian education He would I have the curriculum include both intellectual i and Industrial instruction V instruc-tion and also some course of training that would develop the manhood and Clfrclllnle j of the red > men nj teach them that hero Is In them < ches an ability to provide for themselves them-selves He is of opinion that unless un-less tile Indians are taught how to take t hold of business as the white V man takes hold of it their eXtinction V eX-tinction Is inevitable General Thomas J Morgan the present head of tile Indian Department Depart-ment is heartily in favor of the V adoption of some adequate system of education for Indian children and there are a largo number of persons V per-sons of national reputation embracing V embrac-ing editors And clergymen who arc t committed to the recommendations of the Lake Mohonlc conference and who will bring their personal influence I to tear upon Congress withaxiew to securing legislation in i line wih the plauadopttJ by that body It is therefore probable V prob-able that the United States Government Govern-ment will at an early date place in operation a system of education designed V i de-signed to lift the American Indian out of the depths of ignorance in which he has Iain so long |