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Show I be reduced to the r n l n i~u ow~h~ic~l~ t be pco[)er hdudling of wild Inllians who cinnot he at ouce reduced t u l;~botrr ill allu\v : and HISO that anthor. a necessary portion of annuities in preparing the and the purchasing of seeds and implements 1 and stock.cattle. There hare been-several iGtances where an aeelit has ~ ~ been nl~ublrt o pnt his 1111liilltloj IxOor (~eciinseth ey bad no ~a n~I '~~l owr d and notbilll: Inlt tbeir b;ll!ds tu \roll; ni t l~e, ud yet they rrould uot con. sent that a;y of their cash ali~lnitys honld be eipendea iu these means of labor. All attempts to require li~boar s a coridition of receivingannuities will meet with niuch opl~ositioo. The Indians will resist it from their con-stitutional disrelish for toil. They will also beincited to snob resista~~ce by half-breeds and squaw-men, traders, an11 other interested parties, who always tun1 np ?u qhampions for the r~ght sof an Indian whenever any meallure is proposed which threatens to disturb their peculiar rela-tion as his next friend. and entitled to hold his money and divide his annuity-goods. I As the means of enforcing civilization hecome more available, and the necessitv arises to comoel Indiaus. through the moral suasion of hunger, to do that which the; di*like, it \ V I I I be'ioond uecrssnrj ill uanj-i~~ arancetoa rid amr~ciesof the ir~trrtrrenceo f this lo\\. c.la*s of wl1irt.a by expelling them from the reservation. There is no reason why the Government shonld continue to clothe and feed any class of men who' are ablu to shift for themselves, and especially does such obligation cease toward men who persist in making the termsof a treaty theirpre-text for thwarting the purposes of the Government and retardiug the civilization of its wards. A law providing for their summary ejection and punish~nentf or their subsequent retorn would relieve many a res-erration from great embarrassment. EOONOXY OF CIVILIZATION. But the adoption of these methods does nothy anj-means secure civili-zation. I t merel-y p- re p- ares the way for a rational effort in that direc-tion. Three essential conditions still require to be met. First, that the Indians should be placed or allowed to remain in a country affording water, timber, grass, and a soil upon which a white nian could make a livina. In the warm and drv climates. ordinarv facil-ities for irrigation are s;fficient. " Second, the necessary funds must be provided to, carry the untaught barbarian throuah the ~eri0d of his childhood in civilization. This cbildisl~i guoral~~recq lri;es lul~chD atieut H I I ~ex pensive teilchi~~gT. he f i~r~noerr mechauic wllo is to be his in)ifrncto~.,n eeds to be mom than an ordinary man of that calling, and must receive suitable compensa-tion. No view can be more short-sighted than that any common laborer mill make a profitable employ6 upon an Ind~anre servation. But under the best of teaching there will necessarily be large expenditures in the first stepsin agriculture or herding. Amkmardnessis wasteful. No man learns to take responsibility and care except by experience, and t h ~ s with an Indian comes at high rates. The first cow or yoke of oxen in-trusted to his care will auite IikeIv be rendered valueless bv miaman-agement, or eaten in stress of huGer, and you may be oblige"d to repeat the aid in severaI forms before you will have an Indian farmer capable of providing for his stock. There were purchased seven pars pince for the Winnebago Indians in Nebraska 307 cattle. For three years they were kept by the Government at large expense, under the care of |