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To the humane, religious people of all denomina- tions in British North America, in hope of their earnest co-operation, is dedicated this appeal to the present Dominion Govemmeni of Canada, in behalf of the poor Indians of British Columbia, who, for lack of long delayed and much needed instruction in various branches of knowledge, are leading compara- tively idle, vicious lives, and are geatly decreasing in number. In regard to only one Reservation, did the Superintendent's Beport for 1883, state that births exceed deaths. That reserve comprised the Lower Fraser and the Mainland Coast, as far north as Bute Inlet. On it, the religious teaching is principally Roman Catholic, and in part Methodist. Wm. Fbaser Tolmie. UTILIZATION OF THE INDIANS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, Some one in America has written a book entitled The Century of Dishonor, bearing on the bygone neglect and maltreatment of the aboriginal race, within the far reaching bounds of the United States. On the contrary, as compared with 'Western Oan- ada, or the Dominion, west of the Bookies, great and well-jadged expenditure with successful issue there- from has, throughout its possessions on the Pacific slope, fort he last twenty years, been the action of the United States government. Farther on this will to some extent, be shown. Truly does dishonor attach to the successive do- minional governments for callous neglect of their Indians in their Pacific province (6. C), during, to speak within moderate bounds, the last twelve years. How is this to be remedied ? The Dominion Ministry at Ottawa, as well as our own Ministry at Victoria, are public servants, bound under penalty of dismissal, to conduct all public businesl "according to the well understood wishes of the people." If, throughout the Dominion then, a strong desire is manifested to have the poor Indians of this Pacific province variously instructed so as to fit them for useful citizenship, the buisness of so preparing them will soon be zealously undertaken by those, the Do- minion Ministry, on whom that duty so solemnly devolves. It is, by our fellow Canadians, the right- minded of the New Brunswiokers, Nova Scotians, Quebeokers and Ontariaos that this sentiment should be felt, and sfcrongly exhibited in an effectual way. Surely there wiU be some display of it by British Columbians, whose country the "Indian problem" so immediately concerns. At a late meeting in Boston, Mass. , of friends of the Indian it was remarked by a General Armstrong, himself principal of the important and flourishing Indian school of Hampton, Vuginia, that the only way of handling the Indian question lies in atoakening a pMic aenliment, the influence of which ia Jdt at Wcah- ingion. Italics mine. 1^- For "Washington," substituting "Ottawa," how perfectly the foregoing applies. An article in a late Boston Ccmmonioealth, headed "The Indian Character," has the following passage. — "The v.rimal cause of the "century ot dishonor" in our history was the want of reyerential appreciation of the natural Indian character, and the low preva- lent idea of their being more savage than the Euro- peans, whom they always at first welcomed with generous hospitality, and almost worshipful respect, and did not begin to fight, till driven to it, by the en- croachments and cruelty of the whites." The books on the early condition of the Pacific Slope fi'om 1805-6 downwards, present many instances of the exhibition of extreme kindness by Indians to whites in distress. Of their almost worshipful feel- ings towards whites, one well authenticated case, oceorring early in the century, was told me years ago. Two unusually tall and stalwart men, free trap- perSf coming amongst a western tribe, were treated with great respect, being taken for "children of the mxL** This tribe had never previously, in all likeli- hood seen whit» men. The men in question wegpe d ie both Oanadians, one of them bearinf; thd same hia- torio surname as does the present Premier of the Dominion . In the southwestern and western oonntries of the United States, where Indians, used to Buffalo hunt- ing, have yet to be rationed; the wholesome spur of necessity is wisely applied. To the native, most laboring for the production of his own food by tillage, of the soil, is the most liberal ration given. The slothful and idle are more scantily supplied, "^he re- ports prove however that in some quarters such stint- ing has been too generally applied. Ak. n Europe, so in America, the most fermenting troubl )some classes ii..t first attended to The wild rioraad of tb<> North West had regardless of cost, to b(^ concil- iated and restrained, by use of every needful appli- ance, mounted police inclusive, ere white settlement of the great prairie countries of Midland,^Caoada, could be ventured on. The, as a rule peaceable, well disposed redmen of Western ' Canada, our province (B. C.) intermixed with, and helping the whites, have, although long since taught religion by devoted R. 0. Mission- aries, been foi twelve years deprived of their just, and most important inheritance, to wit, the vitally needed teachings in secular matters, already bestow- ed on Indians, elsewhere, ihrorighout the Dominion, and so liberally afforded in the United States, compara- tively close by. Indians of this province going south to pick hops, comment at home, on the comparatively great size of American Indian Reservations, and on the praiseworthy attention to Indian teachings, and other requirements, at the various reservations, in Washington Territory, U. S., whither bosiness or> OoiRCMUvy M(KM*uieflBbi ¥ Time, surely, that the attention of the Dominion Government should be directed, to what Columbia greatly needs for her so long neglected Indians. The official report of the Dominion Indian Depart- ment, ending 31 Dec. 1882, states that the Indian population of Manitoba, and the North West, num- bering 37,044 had that year expended on them $1,099,736.80, which averages $29.69, for each one, young or old. During the same year, the Indian population of British Columbia, approximately numbering 35,052 had an appropriation of $40,333.75, or $1.15 each. Of their grant, $17,582.65, went for surveys, and es- tablishing of reservations, without buildings, not yet needed, until the Indians have their inheritance, acquired ichen the whites took possession of their country. The Midland Canadian Indian had in 1882, for his present and prospective benefit, nearly 2,600 per cent, more per head, than was then received, by his very mildly complaining western brother. The Weekly Montreal Gazette of February 27, 18- 85, after, in a becomingly rejoicing strain, detailing the breaking up of land by thousands of acres, and the production of grain and roots by tens of thous- ands of bushels, in midland Canada^he Buffalo b^ hunting aborigines of less than a decade ago, con- cludes thus : " It is evident, therefore, that as long as the inter- ests of the native races are considered as they have hitherto been, our authorities are not likely to have upon their hands that dreadful burden of responsi- bility which our neighbors understand by the In- dian problem." If the writer in the Gazette would, as attentively as I have, look over and re-peruse particular portions of the U. S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs' report, as of with the several agents' reports and many interesting tabulated statements appended thereto, for 1883, ("Washifigton Government Printing Office, 6510, Ind."), he would perhaps attain the conviction of the undersigned, that in the United States the " Indian problem " is in process of speedy and satisfactory ad' justment, with i^e bright end in view of qualifying the native races for citizenship. Not but that, in the United States grave difficulties have yet to be surmounted. These are, however, being firmly and judiciously grappled with, aad that, by an ever increasing })ody of zealous, philanthropic men, the Indian Agents and Teachers. The annual reports of these gentlemen evince earnestness to sug- gest improvement, as well as courage boldly to complain of neglect, or ill-judged economies, such as, — amongst other things- -the reduction of lay teach- ers' salaries, who, more valuable, when experienced, are thus induced to resign, in that blessed country, in which, as in our own, every one willing to work can find something to do. The principal religious bodies of the Union con- tribute in whole, or in part, to instruction in Chris- tianity on the various reservations ; and the agents of most experience and success, maintain that re- ligious teaching is a prime necessity for the elevation of the Indian. That land, to Indians in severalty, should for a long period ui years be inalienable, except to another Indian, seers to be the general opinion on the re- servations: The granting of land to them will has- ten improvement. Last September, having visited several reservations on the '• American Side, " I conclude with brief re- ports of progress ; regretting much that your limited •paoe will not admit of fuller notices, where ererjr^ thing seems so prosperous and advancing for the Bed man : taeuca hesebvatign. The Takima reservation, consisting of 800,000 acres, one third of which is cultiv/ilable and the re- mainder timbered and grassy moutitain land, was, after the Indian outbreak of 1855-6, granted to certain equestrian tribes east of the Cascade Mountains, who had revolted against the authority of the United States in consequence of the utter inadequacy of reservations first allotted to them. Buined and utterly impoverished by thd war, they were, on sub- mitting to the military in 1856, at once rationed. Continuing in miserable plight, however, until 1863, they were that year placed on the reservation above- named, in charge of an excellent agent, the Bev. J. H. Wilbur, who labored amongst them with success for about twenty years . Having at Vancouver, Columbia Biver, in 183^ and at Nisqually, later, known prominent members of the tribes under Mr. Wilbur, 1 inquired of him in 1876 as to progress. His reply was so satisfactory that I sent a copy of it to Premier Mackenzie at Ottawa, when urging on him more attention to the needs of the British Columbia Indians. If I mistake not, a copy of Mr. Wilbur's letter has also gone to our present Dominion Premier, whom I have often by letter vainly importuned on various points in British Columbia's "Indian problem." Mr. Wilbur has latterly been succeeded at the Takima agency by Gen. B. H. Milroy, a distinguished soldier during secession troubles and who, in 1872, was a superintending agent on Puget Sound, so he eapeiiencer At Xakim* there is an IncUati' judioiaiyand police foroe, with county oommiMdaiien also for the three districts, into which the reserve has by Gen. Miboy been divided. By the census of 1880, there were belonging to the Yakima reservation about 3,400 Indians, but they were not all on it, some preferring an idle, wandering, vicious life. The general rightly rcoomm^^nds mili- tary coercion to check this evil, (as such Indians are but children of a larger growth). That, in the United States on the Pacific, is now quite practicable. Of THE INDUSTRIAL BOARDING SCHOOL General Milroy says in his report of August 1883: "This is the mill or course through which our Indians must reach civilization. Adult Indians, with their habits, prejudices, and superstitions fixed, like full-grown trees, can be but little changed by culture. It is wholly different with minor Indians. With them it is a truism that 'just as the twig is bent the tree is inclined.' Indian children can learn and absorb nothing from their ignorant parents but bar- barism. Hence the vast importance of detaching them from their parents as soon as they reach school age and placing them in industrial boarding schools ikider the charge of energetic Christian teachers and instrnctors to take the place of parents, and by them to be trained up during the formative periods of their lives, into civilized habits and industnes. Too much importance cannot be attached to industrial hoarding schools among Indians. Upon the efficiency of teach- ers in these schools depends the progress of Indian civilization." These are weighty/-^ Mr. Milroy on %, t'. INDIAN POLICE, Says : " I have found the Indian police here very prompt and efficient in the discharge of their duties, and a great power for good and the restraint of evil. I frequently have to send them outside the reservation, sometimes as much as a hundred miles, to make ar- rests, recover stolen property, etc., and so far they have always been successful in the performance of their required duties, without interference from the whites. When ordered outside the reservation, in the performance of any duty, I always give them a written order, stating the duty to be performed, and requesting white men not to interfere, but to assist them, when necessary, and convenient." For the year ending June 30, 1883, the total gov- ernmental expenditure for Yakima Reservation was $6,095.54. Many Indian farmers on the Yakima, have produce for sale, as have men on Puyallup, W. T., and Grande Bonde, Or., reservations. These •t!^22!^-'places I visited lately, but at an unfavorable season; nearly all young and old of both sexes being absent, earning wages in the hop-field. Before getting to the gi'eat Indian training school, at Forest Grove, Or., which cannot be omitted, I must mention that at the Skokomish reservation, the scholars are, in the department of music, claimed by Mr. Edwin Eel^to be in a/i^ance of those of any other school by himself supervised : — "A number of the girls are quite competent to play the organ in church, and for the Sunday School." Skokomish school is also a boardi^i^ and industrial one, as is Puyallup, where Mr. Eel^rresides. The site of the town of Forest Grove, ( Washing- ton Co., Oregon), near the base of Oregon's lofty range of coast hills, here and there meritmg the ap- pellation of mountain peaks, is picturesque, elevated and salubrioun, away irom the malaria of the lain^e iver valleys. Its position, morally, is also beautiful. "Within its precincts, alcohol for sale in any of its mul- tiform disguises is not permitted. Near to the Indian Training School, in Forest Grove, is the Pacific University, founded and con- ducted by con^egationalists, and if I am not mistaken, the oldest institution of the kind in the State. Here the elite of the 3'outh of Oregon, either finish their education, (Some eminent Oregonians have done so ), or go et st for deeper drinl ,ngs of " the Pierian Spring " of knowledge^ so vastly- enlarged since the renowned poet unwisely warned men against scrimp tastings of it. To the Caucasian, and to the Indian cHunmi at the 9 as IS shing- lofty e ap- ivated large ifut: mul- i'orest con- |aken, inish I have " the ^rged men Grove, I had the satisfaction, on request, of extem- porizing, seyerally, a few earnest words of exhortation to well-doing. During the recent boom at Tacoma, three young Indian carpenters commencing at Puyallup, and fin- ishing at the Grove, took, in Tacoma, contracts for house-building, found their material and gave satis- faction. The bright intelligence of educated young Indians, met during my recent trip, is in striking con- ttast to the manner of the ordinary Indian. In 1866 at Metlakatla, I first noticed this difference. It would be improper to close without gratefully ac- knowled^ng the kinaness, and readiness to give infor- mation, mvariably met with at Forest Grove, and at the Indian Reservations visited. Forest Grove train- ing school is the pinnacle and "bright particular star " of the whole arrangement. May Canada, with a good record, east of the Rockies, very soon emulate on the Pacific, her elder sister Columbia's excellent work for Indiana in the extreme West. Wm. FrABEB TOLIOE. It may interest those concerned about Indian pro- gress to learn the salaries paid at Forest Giove. The mark x designates Indian functionaries : — FerlAnnnm Saperintendent $ 1500 Clerk 1200 Head Teacher and Fhysioian (in one) 1200 Assistant Teacher 600 Blacksmith and Farmer (in one) 900 Shoemaker 900 GarpMenter and Wagon Maker (in one) 900 disciplinarian 900x Matron 700 AB8ifttr.nt Matron 600 Tailoress 600 Seamstress 420 Head Cook 540x Laundress 360x Laundryman 360x Six Oadetrserjeants ^ $60 360z the