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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS; 11 i r r w~ i th them to ha r e referencehereafter only to what is ri.g. h t and best ti,; ~ I I ~ I I aI1,1 11i n ~ u jyn dgrnent the tolluwing e;~ursri s l~ractie;~blcex, pe- ~lienta, nd I I I I I I I ~ I:S ~P r o c~~frreo lu the Cherokees, Choctaws, and Cl~iek-asa\ vs a snrlicic~n~ut a~ititvo f land. i l l iour diltcrent tracts. suited to l~e r~l - i ~ ; ~I I Ig~a : ~irultn<e, aucl~l i sarntu~c~l t l i s~nout~ll~rat r n.il111n~li~annsd re- ~noveth em to t l~raelu rnlities, fi~ruishingt hetn eattlr i l l return fbr their nonies. and rations and clot,hins in r e t k for their labor in buildiu-z houses and opeui~~fagr ms for t&mselres. The ~ r i u c i ~oablie ction to s u ~ ha course will be found in the neces. sarilr ia,r-e~e i xnen.<e for the first two or three vears. additional to the ~ .~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ arnoht now nqeired for rutiw~sa ild clorhi~rg. '.\llot;ing for sro(-k and i rni ) l t .~~~arn~a~l thuo ! ~ s e - l ~ ~. .~ $i2l5~0 llio~ a~ rek ~ails.; ~ b o 9~3U~Or.l IU0 :IIIIIII-i~ ll; for i l ~ e1 1t3xt t w n~r t l~reey etirs will be i~&ilr(l. 1:or this eonrse, 1111rs11ei'dnr ll~rees cars, will pr;~~,tic:illrleyl ieyo t l ~ cG over~~nicnfrto 111 ~ ' u r t l ~~I I~I I~I Ir: I ~rr nensed. exeevt thr srl~oolsi ~nd:I IIsw rrnuIu~6s. The cost of li111d3re ( r~~i rirn#c lt l~ei;u ea location trill ha I I I < I ~ ( .t k :~;C , I I U ~ C I I - s;~tcdb y tl~tt,e rritorx relincl~~i.;hediu e x c h ;~~~gancd; 1l1i.i relinqnisl~rd c o ~ ~ ~11~1;1t\. rbve 11eld for occu~~at ib(~\. no thrr :~udp eacef~~l1l1 11ia11tos bc removed tothe territory, or may be &rendered ?or homesteads of set-tlers. This course, successfully pnrsued, will put au end to depredations by these Indians, and tllns save a large expense to the Gorerument. - During the past fire gears claims for depredations committed by these I n d i a ~h~asv e heen allowed by :he Department in the amount of nearly $1,000,000. These claims represent actual damage sustained, and in the maiu will be recosnized as inst and be uaid br the Government. These facts establ&li ooncln"sively the &ono& of the proposed re-moval. Of its hlimanitsand kindness there can be no question ; and if adooted at the nresent favorable time. when the consent of the Indians tl~ek.to1 11ayh e'recll~iretl ns t l ~ ce ondltion of their return to alle,"' IanrH and support b.v the Govcrnmeut, i t will, in 101j udg~ncnt,b e f u u ~ ~edll- NORTHERN ARAPAHOES AND CHEYENNES. A portior~o f the Arapahoes and Uheyennes who belong in the Indian Tnrritory are still roamiug among the Sioux in the vicinity of Red Cloud agency. In accordancewith the provisions of the act appropriating $25,000 for their support, the agent has been instruoted to withhold any further rations until theyremore south. Such removal, however, hasnot been deemed advisable, pending the settlement of hostilities in the In-d i a ~Te rritory. THE INDIAN TERRITORY WITHOUT LAT. Lawlessness and riolence still continue in the Indian Territory. The two or three United States marshals sent to enforce the intercourse laws by protecting 111dians from white thieves aud buffnlo.huuters hare been entirely inadequate to cover a country of 30,000 square miles, and out of this inadequate administration oE lam hare come the irritation and retaliation which have led to the nreseot hostilities. ~~ ~ ~~ ~~~ T l ~ eco nstitl~tioua dol~tedb y the 0eu1ul~eee ou~le~i lll 1870 has not becu r:~titied 11y the legislatores of thesareral cirilized tvibnsof theTer. ritory, a1111a ll eforts UII the 1) lrt of the Iudiana 1'1 cstal~lisl;~I govern-meut hare f;bilrtl. Such adrni~~i s t ratoiof ~th~e law i ~ trh is ctolllltry as is possible throuyl~t he C~titrtSl tates distri(*tc <ourtsof .&rkn~~s;slcs ;~rcelr deserves the name. Practically, therefore, we have a coulltry ornbrciug. |