30 SEPTEMBER 1876, Page 3

The United States Government is to be congratulated on its

success in inducing several of the Indian tribes that wander over the region lying on the head-waters of the Missouri to consent to their removal to the Indian territory. It was the attempt to do this which caused the Sioux war, and now, we learn, some of the Sioux have accepted the terms of the Government. There can be little doubt that the removal will ultimately be beneficial to the Indians themselves. The Black Hills and neighbourhood .cannot be perpetually closed against the Whites. And moreover, the system of rations and agencies, with all its corruption and demoralisation, has utterly failed. In the Indian Territory, on the contrary, the experiment made has been fairly successful. The Indians there settled have made considerable progress in -civilisation. They have established schools and churches, inhabit good houses, and have learnt husbandry ; while the Government has been able to guard their reserves. In that Territory, there- fore, jhere is a chance for the tribes, and by their removal fertile regions will be thrown open to colonisation.