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Show ' G REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. Clo~~dc$asm ps. There is no donbt that the majority of the Indians whom General Sta,nley encountered in Dakota have been at diferent times in the year on reserrat.ions, and have drawn rations from t,he ' Gorern~ner~sta, me occasionally and some regularly. I t is to be re-gretted that these hostiles could not have been met and defeated by military force. Their actual punishment, in the loss of four or five war-riors, was so slight that they seem to regard 'it at least a draw11 fight,, if not a rictory on their side. The Sioux at Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies hare also assumed impudent manners and made hostile tlireats, which have prevented the proper administration of agency afi~irs. It has been impossible for the agents to issue rations upon actual count of lodges, the Indians refusing to have a count made, and demanding the issue of rations upon the returns brought in by them-selves. The agents, not having a force at hand to restrain the demands of the Indians, h a ~ bee en obliged to yield, and, as a consequence, there has o'ften been over-issue, and tho Indians have grown bold by success-ful resista~~ctoe authority. Such a course of treatment is unwise and unsafe. Hitherto the military have refrained from goins on tbh reservation la.c.;l~~suci. tile rxprrss terms of tho tre:iry witL"the'~ioux1,1 1 wl~ichi t is agreed th:~t1 10 n~i l i torfb~r cc shirll be hronght o\.er t l~eli oe. 1 rrspecr-firllv ~ C C ~ I I I I ItIl~I a~ ~t~ r~o risionb r m;i~lra t ouce fi)r ~~lacinaot ci~cho f t.he"Sionx reservationsa military fofce sufficient to enable &e agents to entbrce respect for their authority, and to conduct agency affairs in an orderly manner. Also, that all Sioux Indians be required to remain oil . the Sioux reservation, and that any found off, or refusing to come in and treat with the Government, be forced in and brought. to obedience by the military. I am confide~t~hta t steady progress towards cirilizat,ion is beine made at the ditferent agencies amon-e the Sioux. and. if the tur- t ~ o l r ~ ~ t c l co~f ~th~isc nnutti ou rn" be sub~loe~thl,e q ~ ~ e ~ t\ivdl~ne tl~r~tlrr,v rali br i ~ ~ d ~ ~too lievde quietly i~ndto adol~tI ral~i~ofs cir~lixationJ, U :is to become self-snwwortinr. will be one oniv of time and ~atience. I i it sho~~tl~#rl,; c;~oir~ t .~&s srno rr~ed nrt; r l~al ~oet~ll;ro rtihn of these Sious t~ soi~mission~ I J 'w ilitilry force, tl~oGo).er~~~nwci.lln tti ud ft;~ill~ful ~ I I I Ic~R lcie~~;~t llirhiu t l~esc re1.:111 111linntr ibes nroouil, the Crows, Blilcl: I:crt, (in13V rntres, ilnd Alit.kn~~cesF. ro~nt l~cse1 111liil11:I s su(iieit*~~r ~ ~ u ~ nobi esrco uts cnu 11r e111is;cd to hvenl; the powe~'o f tl~tS! iuux Sn-tion. ARAPAEOES AND CHEYENNES. The attempt is being made to induce the Northern Arapahoes and Chejennes to join their respective tribes in the Indian Territorr. Those uom in the Territory are affiliated to such a degree as to be in one agency, and to occnpy together the same reservation. They number 3,500. The union of the northern tribes with them would swell the number to 4,500. There is also a portion of the Cheyennes livil~guponth e staked plains which have never yet come in. They sub-sist entirely ou buffalo, and plunder in Colorado, Mexico, and Texas. Not a little of the raiding in Texas which has been charmd ODOU the Kionns nud (!om;rnclles d i ~ r i nth~e past year 11ns been h e thcsu C'l~e).ent~es. .I company of snrreFors, fonr ill number. were mur-dered hv tllcm ullon their reservatiou in ,111ne last. The demnnrl nnlnde upon thi tribe tosurrender the murderers has not been complied with, and it is not.ilnpossible that, if the Government proceeds to enforce com-pliance, war will result. |
