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Show 86 BEPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. that for this purpose he be given his choice between a local school and a non-reservation school ; (8) That the whole Oraibi populace be notified that the Government in-tends to have their children sent to school somewhere, just as all white com-munities are required by their governments to send their children. to school somewhere, till they have learned enough to take care of themselves properly and to start them on the road to citizenship; that they be given a free choice between sending their children to the day school or sending them to Keams Canon; and that when they have decided this point, their decision be duly attested and themselves compelled to hold to it in good faith, so that the chil-dren shall not be continually shifting about; (9) That like notice be given, and the same option extended, at Shimopovi; (10) That at both villages the parents who refuse to send their children to the day school he considered to have elected in favor of Keams Canon; but that the officer to whom is assigned the task of obtaining their decisions he not anyone connected regularly with Keams Canon School, as this whole business must be kept free from even the suspicion of unfairness or needless duress-the only compulsory feature of it anywhere being the demand that every child shall be given some schooling one place or another; (11) That especial pains be taken to make all the Indians understand that the Government has reached the limit of its patience with the old way of haud-ling Such matters, and that hereafter the Indians mnst conduct themselves reasonably like white people, or he treated as white people are treated who are forever auarrelinp and fi-zhtinz. amon g themselves : (12) ~hat;ntil normal conditions are restored and in the opinion of the Gov-ernment it will be safe to let the Indians control once more their Own domestic affairs, the pueblo of Oraibi be governed by a commission consisting of the teacher in charge of the day school, who shall preside, the old judge who rep-resents the friendly faction in the local Indian court, and a judge chosen from the hostile faction by the superintendent or inspecting officer who may be in charge of the reservation at the time this programme goes into operation ; (13) That regular troops be sent to Oraibi to preserve order while the fore-going arrangements are in progress, and to make arrests as indicated here or as directed by the superintendent or inspecting otficer in charge ; (14) That immediate steps be taken, by administrative measures under existing laws or by procuring new legislation if that he necessary, looking toward the early allotment of laud in severalty to the Hopis. At the time of the troubles all our inspecting officers were engaged in other important work from which they could not be withdrawn without serious prejudice to the interests involved; but the services of Supervisor Reuben Perry became free. about the middle of Octo-ber, and he was detailed to execute the policy outlined above. In the meantime the teachers, field matron and other employees in the Oraibi district had sought by argument and kindly persuasion to bring the hostiles to an appreciation of their situation and the injury they were doing themselves by holding out against the Government. These efforts availed nothing, for when the supervisor arrived he found the Indians in the same unyielding attitude. By orders from the War Department, Troops H and K of the Fifth Cavalry, under command of Capt. Lncius R. Holbrook and Lieutenant Lewis, were |