Mr. BURLEIGH. In reply to the gentleman, I will say that I do not know anything about that. I did send to the Senate committee a written communication setting forth the facts, and showing that the greater portion of those treaties had not been, as I thought, sufficiently signed to justify their ratification. The Senate, I presume, thought otherwise. What information that body had to act upon is more than I know. But, sir, I resume: this method of providing for our Indian population and relieving the people of our frontiers has been recommended y persons who have had much experience with these people as the surest and most eco nomical method of relieving the country from further difficult with them. Most certainly some plan should be adopted and carried into effect.whichlooks to the accomplishment of such a result. Mr. Speaker, Iam not ambitions of origi nating tie plan, but I do want these Indian troubles settled. I want this book of wrongs, of outrage and blood, closed, never to be 0 ened again. Iknow that this plan will be 0 jected to upon the ground that it will cost too much, but that is not. a tenable objection, viewed in the glaringlight of the millions upon millions squandered in the Indian service, and the sufferings which it will alleviate. If this thing is done at. once, so far from being expensive, itwill be abold stroke of economy, that will wipe out the prodigal extravagance of the Indian dept. It will not cost as much to treat with the Sioux Indians of Dakota, Montana, and the adjoining Territories, remove them into the above described country, and keep them as long as an Indian exists, embalm and monument them when dead, as it does to support the military establishment in guarding our borders in times of trouble and garrisoning pur western lposts for 12 months. The bare interest of that amount will treat with them, remove and subsist them upon their reserva tIions without using one dollar of the principal. will take the contract to do all this for what it has cost the Government to an portits Military operations there during the ast year. In addition to this we t possession of all the mineral lands of the Eeort west and preventthe 100s of murders and the who esale mas sacres which these Indians commit every year upon our unprotected citizens and settlements. by is it that more than 1/3rd of our national domain is today held by less than 250,000 savages? that portion of our fair land, the latentwealth of which is more important to the great interests of this country and the liberty oving home seekers from he monarchical and despotic Old World than perhaps any other. I cannot reiterate this fact too often. If there is one financial duty which should impress itselfnpon Congress at this time more forcibly than any other it is to make such a disposition of our Indian population as will promote the rapid settlement of our Territories. In no way can this be done so economically. so effectually, as in removing the Indians and the terrors of Indian wars from that country. Our citizens can then protect themselves as citizens do in the old States, by the civil arm of the Government. Emigrants will then flock to the remotest regions of the West and develop its vast resources, bring to light the hidden treas ures of its mountains and valleys, and perma nently establish throughout that entire section the free institutions of which we Americans so proudly boost, and to the enjoyment of which we have i‘nvited the Oppressed of the civilized world. Will some gentleman tell me what necessity there is for sending abroad for the large quan tities of blankets, cloths, &c., for the use of our Indian tribes which are annually imported from England and paid for in gold? Are not American manufactured blankets and cloths good enough for Indian use? We have today, in our own Government storehouses, going to waste, tens of 1000s of blankets and 100s of 1,000s of ards of cloth, all of which are manufacture in our own country for the use of our soldiers and sailors. Would it not be economy, sir, to use these articles now on hand ratherthan toimportthem from abroad and drain the gold out of the country to pay for them? Are not American made blankets and cloths good enough for American Indians to wear? Is not the clothing manufactured for our own brave soldiers good enough for sav ages? Where is the Wisdom or cconom of sendin abroad for foreign fabrics to clothe a set of ndian chiefs, while the officers of our Army are sugplied from American looms? Is there a bros er margin in dealing with whole sale importing merchants than with American manufacturers? If there is not, why have the boasted reformers who now have charge of our Indian affairs allowed this system to continue, a system which is so prejudicial to the interests of the country? hy, sir, the “Bay State” blankets, which are manufactured in Massachusetts, are far superior to any English Mack inack blankets that were ever brought across the ocean, and much cheaper. I have recently seen a sam 10 of blankets manufactured in California w lICh are superior to those imported for Indian use, at a cest of more than 30%. less in paper than the English blan kets cost in gold. The same is true of all the cloths imported for Indian use. One yard of blue cloth, which is manufactured here for the use of our Army and Navy at a cost of less than 1/2 what the English sewed list cloth costs, is worth for actual use more than 2 yards of the imported article.