| Show r THE INDIAN The official reports report sent in 10 this week regarding the condition of ot the Indians Indiana in ID in various par parts of the country xe go to toi roe roT that the th national view of at tile the rove bd man maa mama pro reat and requirements dope pe very largely ey on 00 a the claw alias of off f 4 lea been Un the tb ead i but out t art dite tb I or Or rt dt of 6 tt U ih e official i ft w tt le i Bail pe poW I some MM a ft kind kindly nature these tb charac- charac L are exhibited in his ht treatment tot ht the q It If he Is li ely parti san an and s selfish el fi b his ble bl report takes on 00 a coloring of that hue This Thi ii is clearly set t forth in 10 the official reports report sent rot out oy ny telegraph on the 21 t and of this mouth The latter date has baa two reports from frona New Mexico reser reser- reservations One from Captain Ballis Bailie t that the Puebla Indian are Bre re pro pro- pro favorably toward civilization the other from f rum Captain Burnett rep rep- represents represents rp resents the opposite t be the tb In D n Dt nat t at t M Mescalero cal ro Captain Ballia Ballis's report indicates patience fairness and a practical practical practical I belief in 10 tb the idea that the thc tb aborigine hr can be educate J I to a stand stand- standard tand-ard tand ar ard ot i f use uie ai as a therefore the fruits fruita of his bis work ai as a agent ent are In harmony with that view Captain Burnetts Burnett's report shows how a disposition d to tie he m meddlesome Lidle um ome t Irritable and tyran and the scenes o nee be he describes accord with that policy The r reports or the 21 t likewise represent conditions condition That from Mon Mon- ana aoa la is of ot a encouraging ao an- an commendatory character character- while the report to the secretary of the interior OV bV the commission sent lent ent to the ft five ve tribes in 10 the tb Indian Territory Tt roust t be placed In the opposite claw class The report lat last named is 18 wort worthy by ot of pedal attention because It Is I i likelY lik iy to receive particular notice from the hi government Too Tir five civil zed sod tribes by the th commission ion ore are ar the tb Cb rok Choctaws Chickasaws Chloka aw Creeks Creek Cr k a d Seminoles 8 minol B The Tb full bloods blood these the lobe tb commission de d Blares are ar Ie lees lit fit for tor citizenship than they were writ twenty years yan ago aid and there i t little hope trope they will Improve Uv UL- U ULon v- v vO Ion on O the general findings the lobe commie commis- ion recommends recommend that the lobe lauds landl land now held In 10 COlD common man by the tribes be taken control of by the United States and that chat the power of at melt government In Inthe inthe inthe the tribes tribal be revoked evoked In support ot of these rec It is il urged that the tribes tribe have har dew demo dem their incapacity to govern govero themselves find and nd that a law lawless Ie coo con condition condition of ot aft ire exists in 10 the territory that the treaty stipulation for or or equal of land laDd Is II l Q Hr nty and aUd wide wide- widely widely ly Iy violated large larRe tracts tract being belog in the control of leaders leaden while the real Indi Indian an ao is II p powerless werl a to secure ecu re any p pdt part rt of ot pis 18 la commoD common pr pert and finally that the Indians refused to accept an ao allotment allot allot- allotment ment of ot their lands land and toe the sale ale of the bal oe o c town tow ite coal and mineral minerai lauds landi the proceeds proceed to be among the of the trl tribes bel Te To the uninformed it 1 might seem from the report reports that cone come in io the dia die cUe patches that there 1 is 18 a measure of truth ruth in 10 these theae e which nea Justl- Justl j ties the recommendations recommendation of the commission An inquiry In Into In- In Into into to the th tb actual state of ot affairs However will wUl reveal to any man who sincerely desires to deal fairly and add honestly by the Indians the tot foot that the recommendations made are of the t and hea lb e character This Thia view el- el pressed with Uh due consideration for the tbt high political standing of ot those wo who made up the lobe commission and and who It be ba charitable to 0 to lily y fly er were misled allied by designing p persons rl dur dur t ti heW iB to brief stay a ay 4 in i 1 the Jud D t 4 r e I i f r I Taking up tap the proposition that the I meaty stipulation for tor equal division 11 s flagrantly violated by whom the Toe reply Is li by white men meo principally and In instances may be cited where the e t tracts of ot land tens tair of at thou thou- thousands thousand sands sand of ot acres acre in 10 extent are held belli by United States Stated officials H It If the possession sion is ia unlawful the government should purge puree its if own on representatives And as a to the lawless condition of affairs described it Is ia due chiefly to white thieves who have haTe gone oneto in 10 t to rob the Indians of the money recently distributed and whom it is il the duty of the government peace p aoe to the territory to deal with U Upon pOD these propositions then it tt j is upon the general government rather than upon the five ov tribes that the bur bur- burden burden den lien ot or blame blama should rest reat A As to the statement that the tribes have bave demonstrated their incapacity to overo themselves ia io local 1 m matters anti ind nd therefore should be deprived de of tike the small mall powers power they now exerCIse tn In that dir direction o direct Issue bated based upon ao an understanding of the conditions among those thole tribes iribo must be betaken betaken taken with the IG rho capacity of the five civilized tribes aj si tar far as aa a they have hare opportunity o 0 show how it to govern themselves them is II equally qually as aa a good alo as a in many of ot the com com- com east of the lobe Mississippi Ml whom it would be regarded a as aaa a crying shame ba to treat aa as It it ia is proposed to treat these bete Indians Among the tribes referred d to lio there has hal been a vast w rk in to an educational line lioe ao so tb that the majority can oaD read and aad write andt and of f t the younger you axer people the great reat can read and write the English language which la is now taught t ex- ex ex x elusively in the be schools Upon tits tha condition of ef affairs affair alone the ment of ot the commission that the Indians are glare less leu fit fl for tor olti citizenship than they were ere twenty years year ago acid abel there Is i little hope bope they hey will improve must mut fall to the tibe ground round because or of its ita Inaccuracy The commission D evl has bra a much higher opinion of f the Ita status tUB of or twenty years year ago ako tb n the facts fact warrant It ma may be ad ed also that the live Ive tribes tribe have haTo a faUll fake f good government among tb Dit Jing tan a great laxity In 10 teb- teb n the laws lawr law but bui that laxity does not afford the be slightest b for tor the measure mea ure proposed The gist gilt lat of or the whole scheme sup sup- supported ported up-ported ported by the report may be ur err sign D from the statement that the refuse to sell Bell the most moot va le lepan part pan of their lands landa It If the allotment plan were carried out more then thao malt the land now held by the civilized d tribes would be opened to settlement by the white mat mal the valuable coal and mineral lands landa would pass a from Indian ownership and aDd con con- control control a and d the white man would reap the benefit of ot the change Then TheD W with lb the civilized ties deprived of ot ill al voice in local government ot the white settlers ri would have baTe absolute absolute ab lute o-lute lute and undisputed control and the robbery and aDd practical en- en an ot of the five tribes would be complete That la is the sum aUlD of the whole matter The cry that the Indiana Q- Q q- q will wUl not nt consent conceal to a I uia of their lauds landa tb m is II a Q t the I Ii for t ant an t distribution were Wre made de tit It is 11 la cot aoi t t luu likely I likely that they could be converted easily lIy lly to the plan W What bat they object toI tois to Ili I is being compelled to surre lurrel der del the most valuable part of that which they th now DOW possess the title to in common and to overcome their objection and ana silence Hence them it is II proposed to add dd the penalty of ot disfranchisement If It such Buob sucha a scheme aa as that proposed should be carried out it would add a blacker page to the governments government's Indian policy than any oy of those which now darken Its Iti volume of ot history |
