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3 Report of the Annual Lake Mohonk Conference on the Indian and Other Dependent Peoples 3 (1885)

handle is hein.hoil/ramhonk0003 and id is 1 raw text is: THE LAKE MOHONK CONFERENCE. THIRD ANNUAL MEETING. FIRST DAY-OPENING SESSION. TaE Third Annual Conference of friends of Indian civilization was held bt the Lake Mohonk Mountain House, October 7-9, 1885, on the nvitatian of the Hon. Albert K. Smiley, one of the Board of Indian Commissioners, and the owner of that beautiful resort. The objects of the meeting cannot be told better than in Mr. Smiley's own words. He said: The time has arrived for the opening of this Conference, and I would like to make a little explanation, before the appointment of officers, in regard to its origin. For many years, ever since the organization of our Board of Indian ' mmissioners, it has been their practice to have a Con- veution in connection with the annual meeting, in Washington, to dis- cuss Indian affairs generally. To that Convention the secretaries and well-known members of religious denominations have been invited, and they have generally been present, as well as members of Congress and others. In these discussions, usually occupying one day, we have always found that the time was short. The pressure of business in Washington was so great that we could not hold people together more than one day, and we have had to adjourn before we were through. So the thought struck me a few years ago that we could give more time to the subject by inviting friends of the cause to this house and having a three-days' Conference. I suggested the idea to some of my friends and they ap- proved of it, and thatis the way this Conference originated. My aim has been to unite the best minds interested in Indian affairs, so that all should act together and be in harmony, and so that the prominent persons connected with Indian affairs should act as one body and create a public sentiment in favor of the Indians. It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all here. There has been a great advance in public sentiment. I feel exceedingly hopeful in regard to the Indian. On motion of Mr. Smiley, General Clinton B. Fisk, of New York, President of the Board of Indian Commissioners, was elected President of the Conference. Prayer was then offered by the Rev. Mr. Harding, of Long Meadow, Mass.; after which General Fisk, while doubting the 1

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