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Show gxr. it... :REPQRT'OP::~ ~ ~ E ~ C OM~ I I S S I OONF ETRN DIANAFPAIRS. : . . . . ,,' :, . . ' . .~ke&inl&~b$fh ysioiansihould beiwreased so as t,o'bringmedical aid vithin the reach ~f all fndians. That this is not thecaseat present, a few illus~rations.wili1n dicate. . The Navajo reservation, embracing. a terri-t ~ r p1~2,f00 0 r;quarismilcs sad a population of 18,000, has but one phy-. sician ; the Crow reserration, area 7,000 square milea, population 2,800, jne. At Pine Ridge Agency one physician is charged with the care of aver .5,500 Indians'; at Rosebud Agency 6ver 7,000; ..and at Standing flock over 4,000, all widely scattered. ~housands of Indians at t h e s ~ sgenciesand others are utterly unable to have medical care .*hen neces- 3av, and the result8 aro a large degree of needless suffering and hun-lreds of deaths that might in all probability have been prevented. Physicians who enter the sorvice through a carefill examination should have a fair compensation for their services, political considera- Lions shouldnot inflcence their appoictment, and they should be removed -mly for cause. ~. h o s~i t a l s h o abled connected with every boa.rding school, where .,upils can receive proper attention when sick, and wh'cre Indiaxi nurses md hospita1,stewards can be trained for service among their Owli ?eo. ?le. There shonlcl also be at every large agellcy a general hospital for ;he.severe c&es of illness that require treatment which can not be given the homes. . ' Yoo.ng .Indian men and women who are nom pursuing courses of :tudy, and show aptitudes for snch service, should be encouraged to ,repare the~nselvesp rofessionally for work among their own people as jhysicians and nurseu. Drs. Eastman, Montezuma, and Susan La Flesche have already graduated from medical schools and are nom in iuccessful practice. Since it is apparent that Indians are coming into closer relations - vith civilized society, and that intermarriages are increasing, it is very .mportant that special attention should be gicen to their health. TEE INDIAN TITLE. The civilized nations of Europe, who had acquired territory on this ( :ontinent, asserted in themselves, and recogzized in others, the exclusive : ,ight of the disco~eretro appropriate the lands occupied by the Indians. :Sy the treaty of 1783 the United States acquired all the rights to the I :oil which had preoiou~lyb een in Great Britain; and by its treaty of : 303 mith'~rancei,n its purchase of Louisiana, it a,greed to execute and . . :,espect all treaties made and agreed upon betmeenSpain and the.se~- A tiral tribes of Indians resident within the countrx ceded. In the case j r :f .Johnson & Graham, lessee, t.. William M'lnt'osh, Chief-Justice Msr- ,< i :hall said in effect (8 Wheaton's Reports, p. 563) that there was no donbt :- i hat either the United States or the. several states had a clear $itle to .. : 9 the lands within the bouuclary lines described in the treaty with Great , I'Jritai~,o,r within the.limits of the Louisiana purchase, subject only to . .!.! . . ,he Indian right of occupancy, and that the exclhsire to extinguish ..: |