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Show 2 REPORT OF THE COMMISRIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. and ilieitc to its pra(*tir.~dI cmo ~ ~ s f r n lthi ~e ~d i~rsi n ~sp irit of charity to s u~uch ,nre;lter C ' S L C U ~ tllnli is IIO\V shon.~~. I donot undertake to assign any reasons forit, but it is quite apparent that the same interes,t is not manifested in the welfare of the red man, by bringir~g him under moral and religious influences, pn the part of benevolent and Christian organizations of the country, as in former years. Many of the tribes have no schools and are without any religious instruc-tion whatever; mith them the door is wide open, and fields for Christian labor and benevolent effort are presented everywhere, a.ppealing for help. The stil?ject is worthy of the highest co~~sideratioofn the philanthropist, and the government should invite the co-operation, in its great duty of protecting, educating; and elevating the race to a higher style of being, of all Christian sociebes or individuals who iuay be disposed to take part in the \vorlc, and should liberally assist in the maintenance of schools and mission establishments. Jr is g~.itrifyi~ignci~~~~rlo ~wtigtiouoyb serve rl~fiitn negotintingtre;itie. will1 t hr J11:1llor ril~t*o~t',ln rv gears, the iiu]tort:~i~0c1r' uinkiug [bro\.isiol~ for their v~li~rntiiali;n~tle rests 11:1.3 ber11 )~lo~~i i~~k*e.pnt tilny \.ic\v, ;iu(l 110d 1111bt1 1i~lilh>r nrtivii~l~ C I I I I S \$.ill fi>lluw: ~ l l . j ~ i d i rnifori~lii~ge illCllt< I I I t I b 1 : 1 I I I I I ~ I S ~W. it11 IIIOSI OthIe tribes there has been oeace dtwin.e , the ~. a sk.te ai., and friendshio has marked . their coi~rlurrr t;w:~nlst l ~gro :o\r~.n~ne~uIrI IitJs i:iti7~11s,\~liiilte f llr snr111' ti111tt~l< .y1 1:1veI) WII ~~~~d t>n v~ovritil~it l~~,(snil ri 111it~I1I1~ C ~ I ~I SI IqIii~i~ litivt~. tions tosupport themselves an8 in various respects better the& estate. Especially bas this been the, case with those .settled on reservations, engaged in cultivating the soil. With others, however, there have been serious dieculties, which have so extended that it may be said we have now an Indian mar on hand. The parties in hostility are the Cheyennes and Arapahoes of the Upper Arkansas river. With members of these tribes there has been clearly a violatiou of their solemn treaty promises to keep the peace and refrain from doing injury to citizens and their prop-erty; promises made scarcely a year ago to the commissioners sent to treat wifh them for a settlement of all former difficulties and for their future good behavior. It is not difficult to account for the renewal of their bad conduct on .pounds lying behind the immediate occasion of its outbreak. It is believed that the existing war with the. Arapahoes and Cheyennes was occasioned by the withholding the delivery to them of the gunsand anlmuiiit.ioil which the peace commission had said they should have. . . Sc~noef their young men went out from their camps and perpetrated gross outrages and murders during the past summer, by which acts ncarly all of their tribes have become involved in hostility towards the government. It is true the arms and ammunition were withheld for a time, but there mas sufficient reason for it-the Cheyennes had not kept the peace. In June last they made an attack upon the Eaw Indians, with ~vbom, as well as with the Osages and Pawnees, they have been at . enmity, and in passing Lhrongh the settlemeuts of the whites to do so I committed a number of depredations; because of this and their threat to attack the Kaws again, it was deemed prudent by the department not 1 . to put arms into t,heir hands, as in all probability, in the event of carq-iag their tlmeat into execution, t.hej would come in coufiict with the whites, and thus a war be brought UI. After. a while, however, in view of the promises of the peace oommis-sioneqs, and excitement among the India,ns, the arms and ammunition were deli~~erefdi,r st to the Arapahoes, by Superintendent Murphy and iigent Wyukoop, on the 1st of August, and to the Cheyennes on tbe |