Sixth Annual Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners
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Excerpt from Sixth Annual Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners: For the Year 1874 Sir: The Board of Commissioners appointed under the act of Congress April 10, 1869, submit herewith their sixth annual report. The history of the Indian service during the past year has been marked by more than usual trials and difficulties in its conduct, and by more than usual success in the progress which has been made by the various tribes of Indians toward a higher civilization and the ultimate completion of the peaceful policy inaugurated. During the previous years, on the recommendation of the then chairman of this board, the experiment was made of removing the two larger agencies of the great Sioux Nation into the interior of their reservation, about one hundred miles distant from the nearest military post. The experiment was made in the belief that, by the removal of what was regarded by the Indians as a standing menace in the presence of a military force, their good faith could be relied on for the execution of the treaty stipulations entered into by them with the Government. It was not followed by a successful result. During the autumn and winter of 1873-´74, a large number of Minneconjonx, Sans Arcs, Oncpapas and others, known as Northern Sioux, who have never, as a body, acknowledged any treaty obligations with the Government, visited these agencies, and finding there large quantifies of goods and supplies without protection, except in the authority of the agent, became insolent in their demands, which he was without power to resist. The bad influence of these visiting bands of Indians was communicated to the young men of the Ogallalla and Brule Sioux, residing at these agencies, and the entire body of Indians became so hostile in their demonstrations as to lead to grave apprehensions of a general war. In the month of February a military force was dispatched from Fort Laramie to these agencies, and about the same period a commission consisting of Bishop W. H. Hare, Rev. S. D. Hiuman of the missionary board of the Protestant Episcopal Church, J. D. Bevier, United States Indian inspector, and F. H. Smith, a member of this board, proceeded to these agencies, and it is believed the influence they were able to exert upon the Indians not only prevented the outbreak of war on that occasion, but was effective in reconciling the Indians to the continued presence of a small military force, and in determining them, more fully than ever before, to maintain peaceful relations with the Government. The military expedition to the Black Hills during the past summer, regarded by the Indians as a flagrant violation of their treaty rights, but which resulted in no open hostilities, may be regarded as an indication that nothing will be likely to occur under existing legislation, in the immediate future, that should give apprehension of any further serious trouble on the part of these people. The report of these commissioners is appended herewith, and is referred to for the details of the negotiations conducted by them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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