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Show 6 REPORT ON INDIAN AFFBI118. licenses, as now carried on, be revised, and that Congress be impressed with the necessity of making more stringent enactments for the protection of the Indians against the un~rupulous a d overreaching men who-may be licensed to trade with them. If it be practicable to devise and put in operation a system which, sustained by authority of law, will more effectually, with less of the difficulties and evils of that at nresent in nse, meet the wants of the Indians. and save thcrn tiom uufair de>;li~bgso f unco~scionahle traders, sound policy and a just regard ti* the ir~tererltzo f tlic Indiana reyaire that i t should be done. From obssrvnti~n I am sarialied that thc law of 2Gth Julv. lSGG, allowing auv loyal citizen, of proper oharaeter, to trade with the Indian tribos, is rarherg disadvantage to the Indians than otherwise. The department having no an-thority to restrict the number, nor discret~on to decide as to the fitness and ability of the applicant for a license, it follows that any adventurer, however loyal or honest, with an unsuitable or insignificant stock of goods, may engage in the trade. Licenses, in my judgment, should be allowed only to as many responsible and competent traders as the needs and circnmstanees of the In-dians may require. I recommend a repeal of that law. 4th. Attention is called to the propriety of increasing the compensation of the head of this bureau, by making it equal to that received by some other offi-cers of like grade, who, it is believed, have no more important trusts devolved upon them, nor more arduous duties to discharge, than appertain to his office. Also to the necessity of a reorganization of the clerical force of this office, and of the superintendencies and agencies, and of the propriety of increasing the na7 of the snoerintendents and agents for the more eEcient manaeelnent of the bukness of thk Indian service. zecommendations of these objecG, with strong reaso~~ins their support, were made in the annual reports of the Oommissionev of the past two or &ee years, and action to some extent has been taken in the matter by Congresw. I beg leave to renew those recommendations, in the hope that Congress will favorably act upon them, by paasing bills similar to those heretofore submitted, to that body. 5th. Should there be no general reorganization provided iu reference to the superintendencies and agencies, as recommended in the preceding paragraph, it is respectfully suggested that Congress authorize the appointment of super-intendents of Indian affairs, severally, for the Territories of Colorado, Idaho, Montana and Dakota. The reasons for this are obvious. By law, the. gov-ernors of these Territories are made ez oficiieio superintendents. Necessarily. much of their time and attention must he taken un in executive duties and bv sessions of their respective legislatures, precludini their giving always the Per-sonal and frequent investigations which the important interests of the Indian service unde; their charge require. I see no'good reason why there should not be regular superintendents for these Territories, thus placing them upon a footing with New Mexico, Utah, Arizona and Washington Territories, which, with the State of Nevada. are each ~rovidedw ith such a suoerintendent. I also rerolnlntnd tl~nt hrrr f ~ lalg ~n1i3)c antho~i z~hdp ~oog;c*s for Arizona, out. for Nevada, and an additional one, each, for Nashi.u g-t on, I:talt, and Cnli-fornia superintendencies. 6th. For the want of sufficient means, this office has not always had the power to carry into effect its purposes and plans for the benefit of Indians not provided for by treaty stipulations; especially has it been so with regard to those in Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada. The appropriations hitherto made have been entirely inadequate to meet the pressing need existing in many parts of the service. Measures adonted for the im~rovement and relief of the In-d i a n~h ave been rirhrr not rkried nut, or & pmtly ~.xeruteda. nd the c0113e-quences ~ X V Qhp en di.pnppoiotmt,~~oft I!open, with sutfr.ri!~ga nd trollble In many inzmrtcrr. I tl~rrrforc.r ccomrn~ndt hat the a1)prn1)~iatio11asp plicahlr to the payment of general incidental expenses, the ficiase of agFCccultnral imple |