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Show REPORT OF COMDIISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. V The willing support which the entire people of the United States are giving to this policy of educating the Indian and placing h ~ mup on a homestead with the peacefill implements of agriculture and the me-chanic arts in his hands, and the assiduity with whlch for years the authorities have worker3 for the acoomplishment of this object with vary-ing success among different tribes in all sections of the country in which they are located, and the onward move in this direction now urged aud impelled by every agency and iu~trumentalityo f the Indian Bureau, as well as by the numerous organizations and societies of various kinds which are all working in harmonious co.operation for the effectuation of this noble purpose, should arrest the attention of thesebenighted peo-ple, and these beneficent endeavors should evoke from their stolid hearts gratitude and kindly appreciation. I am glad to know that in very many instances such appreciatiou is not wanting. In view of this policy of protection for the Indians, it is rea3onable that the Indian Bureau and the country should look to the five civilized tribes of the Indian Territory about whonl so much has been said by orators and statesmen, and of whom so much is expected by the friends of the Indian, to set freely and promptly such an example as shall ad-vance the civilization of their savage brethren of other tribes. The influence of their example upon the semi.civilized and savage tribes makes the study of their condition and methods a matter not only of great interest but also of first importance. The treaties of 1866, and other treaties also, guarantee to the five civil-ized tribes the possession of their lands; hut, without the moral and physical power which is represented by the Army of the United States, what are these treaties worth as a protection against the rapacious greed of the homeless people of the States who seek homesteads within the borders of the Indian Territory P If the protecting power of this Government were mithdrawn for thirty days, where would the treaties be, and thelaws of the Indians and the Indians themselves? The history of Payne and Conch and their followers, and the determined effort of both Republican and Democratic administrations to resist their un-lawful claims and demands, is too recent not to he still fresh in the memory of these Indians. It is not reasonable to expect that the Gov-ernment will never tire of menacing its own people with its own Amy. Therefore it becomes vaatly important that these five civilized tribes, who have among them men competent to be Represeutatives and Sena-tors in Congress, governors of States, and judges on the beuch, should cordially, and in a spirit of friendly gratitude for what has been done for them, co-operate with the G.overnment in bringiug about such a change of affairs in their midst as will bring peace and quiet to their borders, settle existing agitations as to their rights and interests, and |