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Show 64 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF INDIAK AFFAIRS. All the trll~rau ~ent ioodiu this eel,sas tnUr, uud many otlrons, l.aw I~ceuv ihir~rllb ,v tltr ronln,i,-iuu, and ireqomt eoobulrntions l~eldw ith them ruucernin: rlne inlportanru o.f . .t heir renwving to re,ervariunm, and tlicy hu\ r diacuaaed it among rllemaulves v e r ~ fully. Care hn,s been t n h to aecnrehommoo eousnltation among those tribeswhich shoula be united ns represented in the plans abwe and we doubt not that these questions will form the sobjeot of many a night% cou;cil during the present winter; stid if the arggestions made by the eommianion should be acted npon, it ia to he hoped that next summer will find t.he groat majority of these Indians p~epilredt o move. SUGGBSTIOSS IS IIEGI1:D TO TBE 31AXAGEhCEXT OF THESE RESERT.4TIOES. ' With s view of ultimately eivilieing theseIndiaus, thecommissiou beg lenve to make some soggestiouu concerning the mimagenrent of maervatioos. ~ i r s iA. ll bounties given to the Indians should, so far aa ppoasiile, be used to induce ' them to work. No able-bodied Indian should be *ither fed or clothed except in pay-ment far labor, eran though mob labor is expended in providing for his own future wants. Of oonrse these remarks apply only to those who form the subject of our re-port-- those with whom it is no longer necessary to deal as public enemies, and with the understanding that they mnst be conciliated to prevent war. It has already been stated that sooh n course is onneoessary with these Indians. Second. They shoold not he prorided with ready-made clothing: Substantial fabrics should be ~ v e nthe m from whioh they can mmnfacture their own garments. Such a course was taken during the past year with the Pi-Utes, under the direotion of the oom- ' mission, and the result w;*s very'satisfaotary. For illustration, on the Pi-Ute reaerya t.ion four houdred Indians received nnooteloth snfIioient to make eenoh man, woman, and child a snit of olothea. With these fabrics thread, needles, buttons, &o., mere issued. The services of au intelligent, paiontaking woman =ere seoored to teach the woman how to ont md make Zarments for themselves and their families. Thee weeks after the issue of this material the commission revisited the reserration and foond these In-dians 1-41 clothed in garments df their own make. At first they oomplnilled bitterly that ready-made olotl~ing was not furnished to them as it bad Been previanaly, but when we ritturned to the reservation it was found that they fully appreciated that the same money had been much more advantageonsly spent thm on previons occasions. Where the Indians have rsoeived ready-made olothing for a number of years, the change ehould not be made too violently, but a. wise end firm agent could soon have all his Indiaus making their own clothing. Third. The Indians should not be furnished with tents; as long as they have tents they move about with great facility, and are tho8 ancouraged to oontinne their nomadic ' life. As fast as oossible houses should be boilt for them: Some of the Indians are nln.nJ,v "r0pnr6d iur snrh u rhangc, and pently dwire ro ltvo in huuars. A dw, mpe-ridlly the older eople sm prejnsl!crri ngninsr anrh a conme, nod perhapa at h t eottld tlur he i~tdur,,If PO lire j t ~tll t.#n: but 8110ll a cltnnge eollld be mndn ~ r n d u u itlo~ r ho p e a t aclvnnta?reoitl~Ion tli~ni,, uthfo~.ltil~ r;tltha nd r u u ~ i ~arntd for itsctriiiring iv~flolence. 1:ourth. E.wh Iudixn family nhould he rupplied n.ith a cow, to cnnhle f l l v x t ~t o start i n 1hd mcllmtllnrioo of property. Thn Indian4 now underarx~ld1 110 ~ 1 1 1 1 0o f ~ D I I I C S ~ ~ C c:ttrie, nntl nm nnraonaroarqxllrcrhir clnasof proprrry,rncl n few uf il.,:n! ILH\.Ci tlnadr lunaic o imginniug in ti~iqdin.ctior~S. o~llnl~cn\t,ocn. , rwenr)., thirty, an11L .YCII fifty he~t l , rhvnrli tIe?.r ilrv enccotional vaes. anal ir iq inlt.r(;*til(~10' ilofice tLilf. a6 door$ i t9 all Indi& acquires prope;ty, he more 'thoroughly appreoi&es the rights of property, and beoomes an s<Ivlvoo&e of law and order. Fifth. In all this country the soil cannot be onltivated without artificial iirr ation and under these oonditions agricultnral operations are too complicated for the Pn3isd without carefnl snnerinteudenoe. It will be imooasible also to find a sllffioient bodv of land in any one*plplnee fm the neoossarg. farms: they mnst be scattered many milei apart. There will, therefore, be needed on each reservation a number of farmers to give general di1,eotion to all snoh labor. Sixth. On each roservation there should be a hlaaksmith, carpenter, and a saddle md harness make,ker,;and each of these maohilnics should employ several Indian approntipos, and nhould oonside1. that tho most importapt part of his dut.y was to instruct snoh ap-prentices, and from tiuie to time 8, shoemakerand other mechanics shonld.be added to this nnmhsr. Seventh. An efficient medical deaartmeot shm~ldb e oremized on each reserration. .\ $n.ar numher of the d i ~ r i ~ ~weitd\# \ vl~icItl l l~I l l l l i~il8l f ilsglled piCltl readily t n nlPdI-c; bl trtalntrjbt, and by ~ n c hH I.OUTS, m:tny livtw car, be saved and muclh 8ufiLring prr- I . Uu r t h r e ia allother "err im~lortanrr eawn for rlw c~tslnliahn~cnoit a incdi-oal department. The magleian o? "medicine-msn" nields much iufluence, and such influence ia alwaysbad ; but in the presenoe of an intelligent physician it is soan lost. Eighth. I t is nnnacessary to mention the power whioh ~ol~oowl so uld have aver tho rising generation of Indians. Kest to teaching them to work, the moat imporcant |