never before met except for the purpose of scalping eaeh other This, to my mind, the Indians, and nothing but bad management or some un- was conclusive evidcnee of the sincerity of toward misfortune cver can break it."

The Seeretary of the Interior, in his report for this year, speaks with satisfaction of the treatics negotiated with Indians during the year, and says: " Tt cannot be denicd that most of the depredations committed by the Indians on our fronticrs are the offspring of dire neecssity. The advanec of our popu- lation compels them to relinquish their fertile lands, and scek refnge in sterile regions which furnish ncither corn nor game impelled by hunger, they scize the horses, mulcs, and cattle of the pioneers, to relicve their wants and satisfy thc eravings of nature. They are immediately pursucd, and, when overtaken, severely punisbed part, which sccks its gratification in ontrages on the persons and property of peaceablo inhabitants. then becomes excited, and a desolating war, attended with a vast sacrifice of blood and treasure, ensues. This, it is believed is a true history of the origin of most of our Indian hostilitics

"All history admonishes us of the diffeulty of civilizing wandering age you must tie him down to the soil. You must mako him understand the valuc of property, and the benefits of its sopa rate ownership. You anst appeal to those selish principles implanted by Divine Providence in the nature of man for the wiscst purposes, and make them minister to civilization and This croates a fccling of revenge on thcir The whole country race who live mainly upon game. To tame a sav- refinement. You must encourage the appropriation of lands by individuals; attaeh them to their homes by the ties of in- Lercst; teach them the uses of agriculture and the arts of peace: and they shonld be taught to look forward to the day when they may be elevatcd to the dignity of American citizcnship

"By means like these we shall soon reap our reward in the 4-4