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Show WHAT SHALL BE DONE WITH THEM? Unquestionably one grave effect of tho Indian troubles will be to scare from contiguous terriiory all the settlers who can afford to get away, and thus seriously seri-ously retard the population of the Northwest. A gentleman just arrival in St. Louis st ties that m.iny Dakota families sloop in their eye lone pits in constant apprehension of an Indian raid. This fact sufficiently illustrates the terrorism which prevails, while it emphasizes the duty of the government to press all the military ford) at its command to the scune of hostilities and end them upas promptly as possible. Philadelphia Record. Under the management of the Interior Inter-ior Department the care of the Indians has been made a means for the enrichment enrich-ment of professional politician, and tho imprudence displayed in the seloo-lion seloo-lion of agents by the department, together to-gether with the abuse indulged in by the agents themselves, constitute auiplo reason for taking tee care of the Indians away from the Interior Department. In order to secure tho faithful administration adminis-tration of this trust it should in fact be removed from the domain of politics altogether. Pittsburg Leader. The arms with which the Indians are lighting weru presented to them by the government. This is a bad and mistaken mis-taken policy. Deprive them of their arms and establish schools that will instruct in-struct them in stock raising, but do not undertake to give them the education required fur civilized races. All civilizations civili-zations have come gradually and very slowly, and pastoral pursuits, the tend- ing of herds, are the truth path that will leads to a betterment of the condition of wild Indian tribes. St. .Joseph Herald. Her-ald. Kfforts have been frequently made to introduce reforms which should make the stealings oftbe gangs of plunderers whoiufest the Indi anagencies impossible, impos-sible, but they have been largely failures. fail-ures. The root of tho evil lies in a faulty system, There is too much division di-vision of responsibility. The care and control of the Indians, which the government gov-ernment feels bound to exercise should bo given entirely to the War Department. Depart-ment. Boston Traveler. The president is said to be strongly in favor of placing the Indiaus under the charge of the War Department. The sooner the president acts iu this direction direc-tion and the sooner congress backs him the better will it be for the Indians, settlers and for the honor of the country coun-try and for the United States Treasury. The disposition of the Indian question is a matter of busines and not of sentiment. senti-ment. Let us have busiuess action. Minneapolis Journal. Tho soldiers of the Pine Ridge agency will have no squeamishuess about killing kill-ing give the Indians for some time to come. Thsy won't give the Indians another an-other h ance for treachery. A war of extermination so far as Indian are concerned con-cerned will doubless be waged until there is a scarcity of redskins in the bad lands. The qnicker the disturbing wretches are wiped out the it will be for that part of the great Northwest. Buffalo Times. Carl Schurz has said some very good things about the Indian bloodshedding. He thinks it due to an imprudent and precipitate demand for their disarmament. disarma-ment. He says justly that our relations with the Indians should be void of political poli-tical color, and that policy should be regulate our dealings with them. Brutal extortion and crushing them under un-der the heel is not the fairest treatment of these people. New York Wor.d. |