Review of reviews and world's work . egard whatever for their native dialects.(8.) The education of the children must be universal,and must be compulsory where tact and persuasiondo not suffice. (9.) Moreover, this education must bepractical and not confined to book knowledge. (10.)The whole system of reservations and agencies mustbe pared do^v^l as steadily and rapidly as the generalprocess of transformation will permit, and must ulti-mately, and that at a comparatively early day, be?wiped out. These are the principles upon which the Red]Mans Charter of Liberty is founded. And thispolicy has
Review of reviews and world's work . egard whatever for their native dialects.(8.) The education of the children must be universal,and must be compulsory where tact and persuasiondo not suffice. (9.) Moreover, this education must bepractical and not confined to book knowledge. (10.)The whole system of reservations and agencies mustbe pared do^v^l as steadily and rapidly as the generalprocess of transformation will permit, and must ulti-mately, and that at a comparatively early day, be?wiped out. These are the principles upon which the Red]Mans Charter of Liberty is founded. And thispolicy has not been adopted simply in theory, but itis a working fact. It is being administered vnthgreat mtelligence, and with an honest and sincerezeal for the ti-ue welfare of our Indian population thatought to be reassuring to every good citizen regard-less of party. OUR INDIAN POPULATION. It may be instructive to recapitulate a few generalfacts about our Indian population. There are now inthe United States about 250,000 Indians. Of this. [By permission of Silver, Burde<te & Co.]GEN. THOMAS J. MORGAN, COMMISSIONER OF INDIANAFFAIRS. number some live in the Indian Territory andbelong to the so-called five civilized tribes, the Chero-kees. Choctaws. Creeks, Chickasaws, and Indian Territory tribes have their own locallegislatures and their own schools and churches. TheUnited States Government has no supervision overtheir education, and they form no part of the Indianpopulation which is affected by the Dawes bill. Muchof their educational work is highly creditable, and their general condition is not discouraging so far as-future prospects are concerned. Our policy with re^gard to the Indian Territory ought to be to secure itsadmission as a State in the Union at no distantfuture, and its opening up to white immigration pre-cisely like any other portion of the United States. What was formerly the western half of the IndianTerritory as it appeared upon our maps—a r
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