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Show administ,ra.tion of iaw. As the. Indians are t,aken oat of their wild life, they leave behind then1 the force attachiug to the distinctive tribal condition. The chiefs i~~evi tablloys e their power over 111diansi ll pro-portion as the latter colne in contnct. ivith the Governn~ent or with white settlers, until their government becomes, in most oases, a mere form? without power of coercion aud restraint. Their authority is founded only on " t l ~ ee olisent of the gorer~~ed,"aro~ndly as they pander to the \vhims or vices of the yonng men of the tribe can the.y gain such cousent. As a police restraint upon li~wlessness they are of no avail, being then~selves8 ubject to tbe colitrol of the worst element in t,he tribe. An Indian tonrdering allother indiwr~ is accountable only to the law of retaliation. The State antl~oritiesd o not concern tlle~nselvesi a punish-ing the murders among lr~cliit~e~vse,u when such ruurder is committed under the sbadow of their cri~ni~lcaoln rts. I submit, for the considrrntiou of the honorable S~oretaryw, hether i t is not necessarythat crimes anlong I u ~ l i i ~sh~al~l sb e clefined by Uuited States law, and msde pn~~islrabblef ore Uoitecl States courts. or whether i t mnv not be nractical)le'to inrest nlnsisterial uowers in ag- ents and sol)e;i~~tenderlt;,b y rrhic:l~t llcy ru;ty s n f t~~u,Io jrn~ry :1111ougth e 1111li:dt1s or I u s re.;i ~li~;~~g tb e nzr~~cicI>!? * i t~~t l~oraitt' yI t lw, beti)rt! I I serious I i t I 1 r I I t i . Slrelr a court wohd he the begilli;h~: of aeImi~~istrot,ionfj ustice, out of the workings of which would gradut~lly grow a code of lam, which would cover these cases arising ilk the Iudiau country, and come to be enforced by a police among themselves. At the same time,, ample provision should be madeforthe prosecution of citizens mho a,t.temnt to encroach IIIIOII tl?e rights of Indii~nso, r to del1~11e1t l1~ c ~bny t11e ~ I I OJ i I I I I C ~ X ~ , ! ; I l~icI ~l~I ~~ t~r'sT:'l ~e~ I I I ~ > ~ O J I IoIf ~ I I ~ d~t e~. t i \~tebsr0,1 1g11t ile I)t'lvilrtn~t.~(~1t1 .Ill*ti(.e. I I ~ I J worketl snlistie-t o i l 8 I I l i 1 1 1 i 1 r r i t i I ~I r I : I l o v . Tbe tlifti;.ultS of s ~ s c ~ ~v rr ~i ~~~~vgi t . t(1i.1 ( l;l~nr~! icx wlro a& kut,\vu to Or rugage11 i n s r l l ~ ~.~LIgIY I1~0J 1 lltli.111I I~I :~I ~ F tlle ~~r(lhe(!~rtiwollr,l l attempted Ily the ilgeut a l o~~eex, l~r~~s:ii1\1.t1e i llorr rrrq~lellrl?.1 11lsuce~~ssi11l1u. orlltr to incfi~cei ufor~riationa nd seaure eliieienoy in these prosecotions, I rec-omn~ eudth at such legislatitm be procured as will insure to the idFormant all fines ariving from couviction under the lnw. REFUSAL OF INDIANS TO REXAIN, ON RESERVATIONS. The fifth hiuderance, the persistent refusal of a portion of some of the tribes to remain upon tlkeir r e s e r r a t i t~;~c~a ,rdingt o treaty, has been ma i~~legx perienced with tire tribes, viz, the Siuox, Arspaboes, Cl~ey-ennea, Kiowas, aud Comarrohes. A por t io~o~f t he Aralvahoes and Chep ennes are identified with the Sioux iir their de!~reelations. The re-mainder are living on a reservirtion iu the Iudiar~T erritory. The actual depredations committed 1)s the Sionx have been compara-tively few, buts portion of the tribe bare assumed a hostile attitude toward the Government by ilt,tiLckiug t,he snrveyillg rxpedit,ion on the Northern Pacific Railroacl. Acc~)rriingt 'o the best i~~fbr~natoiof nth is office, the. greater number of Iudians er~qaged in these hostilities were a bald of Northern Sioux, who have hithrrto declined to t.reat with che Gore~.n~nenatn, d with them a Lsrge re-enforcemeut from different a,gen-cies along the Missouri Rirel; as also from Bpotted Tail's mud Red |
