| Show ING THE imms M agent Da danellon i tn the commissioner of indian affairs tells tile v ni hole story ito ife says lie he could not IS 0 t keep the bannocks Ban nocks on the fort tall hall reservation the amount of supplies being scarcely enough to fred feed that portion of the tribe who ubo were engaged lit in farming on similar complaints being made by this agent to the commissioner ano months ago 31 and ath ill hia bu superior informed liim him that thai owing to the in of tile appropriation enado to by congress gross for the support of the the department could not furni bli additional supplies this again opens up tip the question of democratic economy A boast has been made that draing duain the piment fiscal year twenty million dollars las has been saed the country this has ben been accomplished bi b a sort of cheeseparing cheese paring parsimony illicit instead of being a saying savin has been an actual loss los the efficiency of the army has been impaired ac at a time ihen ft ben our tx tended frontier lias has been in m a bed condition front from indian incursions and tho the leavy cot incurred lit in transporting our few avail available aLle troops from one end of the country to tile alio other reappear in the shape of deficiency bills which cat up a good share of the sai ings in utah the livia are held in abeyance at tile the cost of SOCIALS and correct goern mont ment bec became aue there is no money to prosecute offenders Inthe in the indian lidian appropriation bill we are arc told two live million dollars dollan las has leon been saved idlash saying saving ha bearn ciliated b depriving the indians of necesis a 1 ies and thus driving them to molt it is ie a very eav easy thing WO we oil all readily comprehend to 10 dinou these I 1 elkina as savage throats all and condemn tile the of fee feeding din 9 them when they aliey ought to lie bo made toworu to work bat this docs not hot remove the difficulty we have them on our hands hand to tile the number of two or three hundred thousand and it is the business of congress congrow to decide whether it will food feed them to keep them pacific or enter upon a course of extermination Put Putt tinor iniz the of f humanity and son sound IS it hip aside the point comes up for determination whether it is cheaper to feed tho the indians than to fight them the spi cad of our population on all hands lias deprived dusk nomads of their hereditary hunting bunting ground and being cepi ived of tile the means of support the he duty devolves upon the rovern government ment to feed thorn then until they learn the art of agri agrical cul ture turc or han ban them as posts and murderers and set about tile the readiest readic way of ridding them olf off tilo earth our government up to the present day has lecog tile I 1 ight of the aborigines to the soil lias ila made treaties with them them thein support and pro front from chev tha ft hito race ou on condition that they would give up thu the soil they and their forefathers have b aye roamed over and dupai I 1 in the direction of tho the setting sun eun ul under ider the peace policy ly lor president grant ho validity ot theao A treaties 1 maa as conti confirmed med were set apart fur tho the occupancy of tho the several tubes tithes and te teai ashers hers so and f farmers k a appointed to assist the agent agent in the work of ICE tile the indians from barbarism teaching tho the adults habits of industry and bringing up their children to home fonie rudo ratio terms forms of they were not no apt lolar holar still ml alto iu ito duang ill IK list last ton ten year very considerable bogre I 9 has been bean mid melr in teaching the indian to labor and soften rig as down his ili avage instincts instinct the aez forces under onder chief juseph joseph acre living in houses house of their oil 0 it contraction cont ruction a number had thrown aside the blanket and adopted civilized costumes and their firm farm products made n R satisfactory showing allowing at uintah agene tile tho sho hone hones show an aptitude al h for bior building and fencing neing fL their children attend chool and the adults take an interest in firm farm agent Dan claon clion bt at fort hall agency also reports that tile dan ban stocks nocks had settled down to reservation lile life were ii ri aiding the government workpeople and were engaged in fanning of course counie the red man s labor is u intermittent anti and quite unskillful but the experiment was nas a very hopeful oue and those best beat qualified to pronounce an opinion say it was attended with a fair measure of success this wits was under tinder Ite publican rule tit I 1 C the democrats on paining gaining control of the house tin being chained chat red with the duty of aai I 1 rig for the indians have never ever 11 iv probated tins this policy but bill they see seek to coart carr it out fit at reduced mot cost I 1 1 1 I 1 he appropriations are kaied down one third from tSOO OOOO to WW find and agent danelson Dinel Dane luon wn tells elk us with what result lie ile hii has not sufficient supplies to feed lis hib indians and is enough of human nature in these untutored savages to refuse to become good if they have to undergo a proem process of starvation the while I 1 hile thus we are brought fice face to face with the consequences of democratic democrat ic economy the indiana regarding themselves as the victims victim of had bad faith on the part of the pale face break out in revolt anti and adopting their savage method of righting a wrong take to raiding the unprotected settlements and simmering all ito come collie within their smell economy has alio done its fatal wink with the army and there is no adequate force in thel the Vegi to deal prompts tl and aad efficiently with the insurrection ecton in idalio alie indians are gathering frodi bromall ill teri and the townspeople aud lanchin cn tile abc in a painful state of alaina alai in Busi ISu siness nessi is iota n t a standstill stock is raided liei heid d cri driven away or hot and coros ecorous of settlers are fleeing for their lives the rise situation it ii really olov and I 1 I 1 if sitting bull hould conclude lon clude 0 o take a hand in another indian tam cam of mammoth proportions is before its as to he be pros prosecuted muted at oil an expense of blood and treasure tr cabure vl aich our oar experience last year well enables us to |
