Of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Made to the Secretary of the Interior
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Excerpt from Of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Made to the Secretary of the Interior: For the Year 1869 Should the treaties be ratified the required reservations will be secured, greatly to the benefit of both Indians and citizens. Before entering upon a resume of the affairs of the respective super-intendencies and agencies for the past year, I will here briefly notice several matters of interest which, in their bearing upon the management of our Indian relations, are likely to work out, judging from what has been the effect so far, the most beneficial results. Under an act of Congress approved April 10, 1868, two millions of dollars were appropriated to enable the President to maintain peace among and with various tribes, bands, and parties of Indians; to promote their civilization; bring them, when practicable, upon reservations, and to relieve their necessities, and encourage their efforts at self-support. The Executive is also authorized to organize a board of commissioners, to consist of not more than ten persons, selected from among men eminent for their intelligence and philanthropy, to serve without pecuniary compensation, and who, under his direction, shall exercise joint control with the Secretary of the Interior over the disbursement of this large fund. The commission selected in accordance with this provision of the law, composed of the following gentlemen, George H. Stuart, William Welsh, W. E. Dodge, E. S. Tobey, John B. Farwell, Robert Campbell, Felix R. Brunot, Henry S. Lane, and Nathan Bishop, met in this city in May last, and after deliberating upon the points suggested for their consideration, as embraced in my letter to them, dated the 26th of May, (a copy of which is among the papers accompanying this report, marked A, as is also a copy of the Executive order of June 3 in the matter, marked B,) involving the legal status of the Indians, their rights, and the obligations of the government toward them; the propriety of any further treaties being made; the expediency of a change in the mode of annuity payments, and other points of special interest, they decided as preliminary to future operations, and for the more convenient and speedy discharge of their duties, upon dividing the territory inhabited by Indians into three sections, and appointed sub-committees out of their number to visit each, and examine into the affairs of the tribes therein, and to report at a meeting to be held in Washington prior to the coming session of Congress. I herewith submit (marked O) the report of the commission, recently received, with reports from the sub-committee, F. R. Brunot, esq., chairman; also from Vincent Colyer, esq., and John V. Farwell, esq., members of the commission, relating to the condition of affairs among the tribes of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, some of the tribes in Kansas, those in the Indian country south of Kansas, and those in Alaska Territory, and communicating interesting facts in their history, as also submitting suggestions for their welfare and improvement, deemed to be of great importance, and which should receive careful consideration. In regard to the fund of two million dollars referred to, it maybe remarked that it has enabled the department to a great extent to carry out the purposes for which it was appropriated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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