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Show I TEE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 7 strnction of their property, but they insiat upon garantees of future protection. This, they think, can be obtained only by the removal of the Indians to some point so remote from the settlements as to pre-clude the possibility of another attack. No promises of forbearance and future good conduct on the part of the Indians can .allay their fears. It ia'apparent that while they remain in the vicinity of the settlements they have desolated those settlements cannot be repeo-pled. The treachery and cruelty of the recent attack upon a cou-fiding and unsuspecting people, involving helpless women and chil-dren in indiscriminate slaughter, forbids the indulgence of confidence in the future. It may well be questioned whether the government has not adopted a mistaken policy in regarding the Indian tribes as quasi-independent nations, and making 'treaties with them for the purchase of the lands they claim to own. They have none of the elements of nationality ; they are within the limits of the recognized authority of the united States and must be subject to its control. The rapid progress of civil-ization upon this continent will not permit the lands which are re-quired for cultivation to be surrendered to savage tribes for hunting grounds. Indeed, whatever may be the theory, the government has always demanded the removal of the Indiana when their lands were required for agricultural purposes by advancing settlements. 81- ~ though the consent of the Indians has been obtained in the form of treat,ies, it is well known that they have yielded t,o a necessity which they could not resist. . . The itdmissiou of their right to the lands andof the necessity of their consent to a cession has given them a feeling of independence, and fostered a desire for vengeance for eve* 8upposed violation of their rights. They are exacting in their demands for the fnlfilmeut of treaty stipulations, as they constme theni, or as they are inter. preted by dishonest and designing persons, who are interested in fo. menting their discontents, and they seek revenge upon the govern-ment for real or imaginary wrongs by tpe slaughter of women and children. The duty of the government to protect the Indians and prevent their suffering for tho want of the necessaries of life should be fully recognized. They should be taught to earn their subsistence by labor, and be instructed in the cultivation of the soil. The govern-ment should designate the place where they ahall reside and afford them protection, in the lands which are assigned to them for a home, and furnish them with such aid as, with the fruits of their own labor, will afford them anadequate support. They should be taught to rely on the cultivation of the soil for a subsistence, and that they can become independent only through their industry. Kamaa Indians.-The people of Kansas are very earnest in the ex-pression of their wishes for the transfer of the Indian tribes within that State to the Indian country on the south. The presence of Indiana in such great numbers, occupying a large - portion of the best lands of the State, retards tlie progress of the State in population and improvement. The close proximity of the |