. Actual government as applied under American conditions. egate in Congress, and is simplya local form of government permitted by Congress. In otherreservations the only organized government is the tribal: thechiefs may punish petty crimes and decide local matters; butthe real government is the Indian agent, who is practicallygovernor, judge, and marshal, often inflicting mild punish-ments. For many years there were no courts to try offencescommitted by Indians against Indians, or by Indians againstwhites; but in 1885 the jurisdiction of the federal courtssitting in some Western districts was
. Actual government as applied under American conditions. egate in Congress, and is simplya local form of government permitted by Congress. In otherreservations the only organized government is the tribal: thechiefs may punish petty crimes and decide local matters; butthe real government is the Indian agent, who is practicallygovernor, judge, and marshal, often inflicting mild punish-ments. For many years there were no courts to try offencescommitted by Indians against Indians, or by Indians againstwhites; but in 1885 the jurisdiction of the federal courtssitting in some Western districts was extended over the neigh-boring Indian reservations. The reservation system is now breaking down. The reserva-tions from time to time diminish in size, because they containgood land much coveted by white settlers, and capable ofmaintaining from five to a hundred times as many whites asIndians. Some reservations have boundaries established bytreaty, and can be diminished only by consent of the tribe,which has usually been obtained by paying a sum of money. Copy rig lit, Jnus, L
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