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Show ,REPORT OF COXMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 63 GENERAL REJlARKS. All of the Iodians who heve been visited by the wmmission folly apprmiate the hopelessness of oontenhg against the,Government of the United Staten and the tida~ of civilization. They are broken inta many small trihsa, and their homes so interspersed amou the settlements of white men, that their power is entirely broken and no fear shonfdhe entertained of a general war with them. The time has passed when it wss neceessr.~ to buy peace. It only remainsto decide what ahould be done with them for the relief of the white people tmm their pettydapredations, and from thedemoralizing infloeueea accompanying the presence of savagea in civilized communities, and also for fbe best intereats of the Indians themselves. To give them a partial sopply of clothing nod a small amoont of food annually, while they yet remain among the settlements, is to Colorsdo who are yet uosobdned. Aeain. thev caooot be collected on reservations and kept there without ltoroisiou heit& &la fur thvir ruuintc~naoca. Tu Iniave thlnt nomrudly on s rewrvatidn ibnd ac. ru:~II,r, tlw gnur r r p:m o i tho ~ . . s r\,~ ,sn,dc~rir~parnvr,,hge .setflcrnenrq i~ olno x d v ; ~ ~ . mgr, bur r~rll,.r; an in!jntrg, 8.3 1l.u yruple, bclwsing'rlndr rhpy ahodd rem;,io uo their rcrrrvariond, sttd ca~~siarlist ~grh xr they are riulntlng their ngrermrota with rial Gar-rrt. ment in ran<lcrir.gu wa~.r, efitre ru eulplug rlxenl and tt.eitr them with nmny indig-nitiea And rbi* r o ~ ~ ~ ~ o l t d01i' tot n~uum~b~vr ilf t~.il>wuf Inllinnn in uua buds nlakt,s them stronger, mare independent, snd more defiant than they wadd be if'&sttered sbaut the oountry saamall tribes. If, then, they are $0 beeolleoted onrenervatione wd held there by fumiehihin them with an adequate support,it is evident wisdom that they should be provided wit! the necessary means and taught to work, that they may be- . come self-supprting at the earliest possible day ; and it isorgently rewmmended that steps be taken to secure this end, hr that thee. be given over to their own resources and left to Gght the battle of life for themselves. It is not pleasant to conternplata the effect sod final result of this 1astrmsotioned course. The Iudian in his relations with the white man rarely assooistes with the bettes class, but finds his companions in the loweat md vilest of sooiety-men whose o1,ject is to corrupt or plunder. He thus. learn8 from the auperior rwe everything that is bad, nothing that is good. His pres-ence in the settlement is s. source of imitation and a cause of fear, qecially among the b e t t e~el em of people. Saoh nereons will not emolov him. for thev do not desire the wesence of a, half. naked, d i c i ~ tSlB~V Rge in thti; faki~ied. Sor are rlsc> llcoplr uf rhrw uonnmnoitiua nilling to amonno the troultl* or cnptnae of conrrollior tit,, Indians 1,v tltu ordinars axcueire *of local mverulomnr, Iuit are alrase reanly to pinish either red or mpposd c<m;mes by xresart to-arms Such n oonrss. toentl~erw ith t~,he e...f f.e cts of crime and loathsome disease. must 6nallv result i i & kiihilation of the race. By the other altlterostive, potting them on reaemstiens end teaching them to labor, the- must fore. number of Team bs a. heavv exoenm to the General Government. hut It i.l~elit~v<rlh ar tlm lmrd& \ I . U ~ I ( IL ot h;a& b e a t &s tlvitc un tbe local govarn&enrn if the Indiutta won: lrfr to theo,aclvcs. It is very ltrnbahle, %loo, that in tho wquol ir will 11. I;?IIUJP ~ P R I I O Ttb r the G~:UFIPGI ~ ~ r a n , r n e oruc eollne~t hen> an rwrvalions. fur rbrre i~ nl\r.w n. t;~.t~n,l angcr of rwtryronrliela s r r r i o ~bv tweau 1110I ndian8 and wbirn nhrn wlricl~ will tic#nuud the intcrti:rencc ai the Cenerdl (iusoruruaut and eiutail some U X I # ~ ~ " R ~ .'I 'BR colt!ll~i~siotdao e3 u o c~ou aidcr taat il rt.servatiorh sltouU bv I~,olivd ulwu in tho l igl ,~il f n pro \ r l . ~ na Lunle cof savager nra to be fed with dour wgl h~'t,o bn auyyolie.l wirl, hl a r~hrtr'r~w ol rheliuvrrnlucut bu~~~nrg,tsnnhdo fun~ial~ewdi th pnmc an11 gew-ga\va L,v tho zrocd ut tracl,:ra, but that a rrervaitoo ahould ba :a aeliuul .oi in~itla-try nuti :L holnr fw tltcsn oofurttltnara punloln. lu conneil with rhr I!#di.tun gnat caro w:ca 1skt.n LU1I0 ~ I I I I $ I R LiIt~) tlbli~n liudd tho ides that the O<,vnro~oe!ltu s* willing 1" 'my tloewl for sivldit~r land9 nlueh wl.ito uan nrpded, and rhnf aa n rerumvruae $ofenoh Iands3hthey 6 u l d be furnished with clothing &d food, and thns enabied to live in idleness. The question was presented to the Indian aomethiog in this light: The white men take these lands and use them, and from theeilrthsecuret? themselves food, clothing, and many other desirable things. Why should not the Indian do the same 1 The Government of the United States ie anxious for you to try. If yon will unite and agree to become farmers, itwill secure to you permanent titlee to such lands ~s you need, and will give you the neceseary aruiatance to begin sueh a life, expecting thmt son will soon iw able ,le tt.ke care of yourselves, as do white Inen and oivilised. Indiana. |