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Show to do so, that he has no heart to do it, when in a month or a yea,r he may be moved, and some white man be alloweil to enjoy the finit of ~ his labor. That is the way the Inclian talks, and tllat is the wax a white man would talk under similar circumstances. Another just muse of conlpla.int which the Indians ha^-e is that in , our treaties with them, in someinstances, we agree to give them so many pounds of beef, flouw, coffee, mgar, &c., and then a certain sum of money is appropriated for the purpose of fulfilling the promise, which sum so appropriated (as is the case the present year, because of the increaseti price of beef, &o.) will not bny thepozmda; consequently, the Indians do not get what was promised them. T h i ~th ey construe as bar1 h i t h on the part of the government, and use it as an excuse for doing some-thing wrong themselves ; and thus troubles of a serious and extensive natnre frequently arise. This wonld all be avoided if appropriations were 8utficientl-j large to cover ad1 contingencies, and such appropria-tions would not interfere with or violate the rules of strict economy ; for auy surplus (if there should be any) mould be tnrnedinto the Trea,s-nry, as is always done, at the end of the fiscal year, when an unex-pendcd balance remains of any particular appropriation. This won111 be keeping our colitraets to the letter, and would inspire confidence and respect on the part of the Indian for our government, and give him no excuse for wrong-doing. But I am rery decidedly of opinion that ultimate aud final success never can be reached without adding to all other means and appliances the location of each family, or adult Indian who has no family, on a , certain number of acres of land which they may call their own and hold by a t,itle a,s good and strong as a United States patent can make 1 it. Let it be inalienable for, say, twenty years; give the India'n teams, ~mplementsa, nd tools amply sufficient for farming purposes ; give him seed, food, and clothes for at least one yeas; in short, give him everr facility for making acornfortable living, and then compel him to depend upon his own exertions for a livelihood. Let the laws that govern1 a white man govern the Indim. The Indian must be made to understand that if he expects to live and prosper in this com~t.ryh e must learn the English la~~guagaen,d learn to eoovk. The la,nguagew ill e,nable him to transact lris bnsiuess nuder8taudingly ~ i t ,hhis white neighbors, am1 his labor will enable him to provide the necessaries and comforts of life for himself and family. The policy thus indicated will in a few . gears rid tliegovernme~lto f tlris rexed "Indian questio~~m," aking the , Indiau a blessing instead of a cnrse to liilnself and country, which, jndging the future by the past, will never he done by the present policy. RE%IOVAL OF THX XESCALERO APACHES. I wish to call attention to the fact that some Indians in Arizona and New Mexico have always been troublesome and difficnlt to manage. Lawless Indians, belonging to no particnlar reservation, and des- |
