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or give arms or ammunition to Indians, even by agents, 

 and thus gradually disarm the Indians. 



6th. Give the agent a salary commensurate with his 

 danger, duty, and responsibility, and make, his tenure of 

 office ' during good behaviour' Grade the agencies as to 

 pay, and establish a system of promotion by seniority or 

 merit. 



1th. Establish a proper system of accountability, with 

 inspections for the detection of irregularities. 



Sth. Give the Indian enough to live on, in his reserva- 

 tion, and see that he gets it. 



9th. Regard every Indian off his reservation as a 

 marauder, to be killed, or captured and punished. 



Wth. When a marauding party is trailed to a reser- 

 vation, force the tribe to deliver up the individuals com- 

 posing it for punishment. 



llth. Deduct from their annuities a fair compensation 

 for every animal killed or stolen by any of the tribe. 



12th. Punish murder, pillage, and other similar crimes, 

 exactly as they would be punished among the whites. 



I believe that, if Congress should enact a law dividing 

 the reservations among the heads of families, giving each 

 a specified portion of land as his own, the pride of pro- 

 prietorship would be a great inducement to permanency 

 of residence. The very first step in Indian civilisation 

 must be to break up his nomadic habits and propensities. 

 Eestrictions as to sale or exchange would necessarily have 

 to be made. 



2. Dealing with Indians through two different 

 Departments. 



One of the most serious difficulties in our manage- 

 ment of Indians results from there being two distinct 

 controlling influences of entirely different powers and 

 duties. 



The Indian Department appoints the agents, buys and 



