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Show TIIK 1X1I ANN. Teetitn-pli Slieruiiiirn Folicj to itinL p the I uliu u.i St-11-Nitpjiurliu. New York, 4. Tun TtniCei V,':u-h-li.uloti ?p"c;.il cnnLLiis a loLtor Iruin i,t. n. iic.-inati to ine t'otnniit'.ee on 1 1, dial i all air.-. He ire mm ends the trailer i! Lin- Iml..ui l urcaLl V, the war department. He r.tys a the military jutlltoritmj a;e already cnarid i-.ili: the duty ol keeping the pi ace, I am eiire liuy id be Utter able to Mccompliph this end il invested wiin the ii-ue ol nnnnit n whellier of mi mey, loojd or eli hing. Tne Indians, more especially tnoso who occupy too v.L-i reioti west ol the Mis.-oiiri, Irom tho Kio Unmde to the Bi-i Hit lino, are natural warriors, and have always looked to the military mili-tary rather than t:io civil agents of the government for protection or liunistiuienl, and Were the troops to be witndrawn Unit instant war would be the reeiiit. If it be the policy of the- government, aa I believe it is, lo save trie remnant ol these Lribes.il can only be accomplished by and through ihe military authority. These will obev orders and enforce any line of policy that may be prescribed for litem by law or regulations. Sooner or later thee tribes, say the Sioux, Oheyentiee, Arrupbocs, Kiowaa and Comanches, must be eell-support-ing, and the farming and mechanic arts being so obnoxious to their natures na-tures and tradition;, any hope of tiieir becoming agriculturalists can nardly be e.xpectid, but the Indiaiii ieu the bull. do, elk, antelope, deer and large game last disappearing, anil inu-jt raise c.illle and sheep or starve. This, in my opinion, is the proi er direction lo turn their attention. Tne army, which ie the best friend the Indians ev; r had, is the proper agency to do the business. |