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Show I EXTRACT FROM REPORT OF SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. I Our Indian relations have sssumed a new and interesting aspect. 'The steady approsch of emigration to the grounds heretofore devoted to the chase, and the rapid pmgress of the rail-roads aointine towards the Pecifie and trsversine the cauntn over which the Indians from I " time immemorial have roamed, imperionaly aemand tlmt the policy of concentrating them upon resematians should, whenever prsctie&ble, be sdoated. Until recently there was ter- I ritory elongh to cupply rhr demands of rbe \vl!lre mce, wi tho~u~ntd oly cneroacb:nn upon the distrirlr a.hcru thn Indians anb,isteJ by Iluntiue. This ronditiou of rhiors uo ioonn oxirra. I - " Christianity s;nd civilization, with the industrial arts, are spreading over the entire region from the Mississippi to the Pacific. The Indians are in possession of vast tracts of country. I abounding in metals, or rich in souroes of agrieultursl wealth. These invite the enterprise of the adventurous pioneer, who, in seeking s, home and fortune, is constantly pressing upon the abode of the red man. By an ine~itsblola w, two races, one civilized and the other barbarous, are being brought face to face. The obligations which rest upon the government extend to both. Each is justly entitled to ploteotion. Our duty requires us to devise a system by which oiviliaation, with its attendant blessings, may he fostered and extended, and at the same time protection be secured to the tribes. The estimated number of Indians is about three hundred thousand, spreading from Lake Superior to the Pacific ocean. Those east of the Mississippi, with few exceptions, are on reservations; so also are the tribes in Kansas north of the Arkmsas, and those located between the western border of Arkansas and the country known as the "leased lands." I Treaties were negotiated last winter with the Kansas tl.ibes, and submitted to tho Senate for its constitutional action. If ratified and in good faith executed, these tribes will heprovided with homes, where they will soon become srlf.austainine"., as thev h ~ v eal read.y ado.ot ed the habits of ohiliaedlife and become familin:with agriculturalpursuits. They will then require from ns little beyond protection against the intrusion of the whites, and the faithful perform-snoe of our stipulations. A consideration of the proper polioy to be pursued in respect to the wild tribes presents more diffioult questions. As long ss they cling to their nomadic hshits, and subsist by hunting and fishing, encroachments npon their hunting grounds-and it does not seem pos-sible to prevent it-,"ill necessarily lead to hostilities and a devastation of the frontier settle-menta. The tribes within onr borders are capable of eivili~atian. The past furnishes gratifying evidence that well-directed and persi~tenet fforts to that end will be rewarded with success. It is, however, a, work of time. The arts of civilization but slowly displaced the primitive tastes and habits of our own me. I t must be so with the Indian; hecannot immediately be transformed from the hunter to the farmer or mechanic. There are intermediate states through which he has to pass. He should he gradually won from the chase to a pastoral life, and under its influences he will ultimatelv- acquire a taste for wricult~~l.oaol rsnits. The first s t e ~ v in the process of improvement is to loaalize the Indians. The rsme district sbauld not be ap.p.r o.pr iated to the savage and the civilized, nor should tribes between whom hereditary feuds exist be brought topther, as it would he followed hy disastrous results. Xo objection is per-ceived to placing the oivilieed upon oontiguous tracts; on the contrary, it is wrpedient to do so, and, as soon as their consent can be obtained, to subject them to the same system of gov-mment and IIWL Bat such a pdicyiswholly i n a p p l i c . b l . l d t r i U ; they rqnire, i n o.r oa.o rtian to their numbers. much more territory. snd can onl.y he .e.o verned and con-trolled and trairled ro llahita of industry on seporhte oeJ ai~lcipd irl~llrt ~~ernalion~s,e l e ~ t e d iu virw <,f rl.eirnlap#ntiou to grariugas well as tilin~ea, nd sm.pi y J I I I C ~ L h. ~~ the government ~ ~. 1 with large numbers of cattle,-sheep: and goats. he Indian will disoover that a herdsman's |