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Show Commissioner Indian Affairs, Ho. 3, 1293-1909. d? 1 '•> ^ 13 very little difficulty in so doing provided the Indian had the facilities necessary. The majority of them, however, are without facilities not having draft animals as well as the necessary agricultural implements with which to make a start, and the difficulties under which, they have to labor seem so unsurmoun table to them that evidently from sheer discouragement ^f ail to make the necessary start. There i3, of course, the natural inertia to be overcome - that of the lack of the ^desire on the part of the Indian to do manual labor; but the situation is, to my mind, one which can only be solved in time by constant care and attention toward-s the end to be gained and a3 conditions bear more heavily upon the Indians I believe satisfactory results will be obtained more and more as time goes on I desire to say that I am fully alive as to the situation as outlined by Mr. Kali, and every phase of the situation is being carefully looked into with a view of obtaining some permanent results. Veir/ respectfully-, Captain 5th Cavalry, Acting U.S. Indian Agent. CGH-T-.A |
