Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...should be set aside to pay their just debts and to provide goods for them. Article IV provided that all Indian intercourse laws be in force over the land retained under Article I. Article V gave the United States the right to maintain military posts and construct roads on the reservation, due compensation being made. Article VI provided for the preservation of peace between the United States and the said bands. These treaties are good exponents of the national policy of these years. The reservation of the Sioux was no larger than the needs of an agricultural life justified; provision was made for the allotment of land in severalty; the Secretary of the Interior was given "discretionary power in regard to the manner and objects of the annual expenditure" of the money due the bands by former treaties and to become due by this. The immediate causes of these treaties were two. First, the white population of Minnesota was increasing so rapidly that already the need of more land was felt. Second, there was a real desire on the part of the Government to advance the welfare of these bands who seemed now ready for an agricultural life. Of these two causes, it cannot be denied that the first was of paramount importance. To this conclusion we are forced by the fact that the Government's interest in the welfare of these Indians was not strong enough to impel it to fulfill its obligations toward them. The old trouble continued. The annuities were in arrears/ The goods sent were of inferior quality and not of the kind most needed. Despite these drawbacks, however, the Indians progressed, and by 1860 it was possible to divide them into two classes--farmer and blanket Indians. The farmer Indians were Article VII provided for the withholding of...
