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5 Report of the Annual Lake Mohonk Conference on the Indian and Other Dependent Peoples 1 (1887)

handle is hein.hoil/ramhonk0005 and id is 1 raw text is: PROCEEDINGS OF THE LAKE MOHONK CONFERENCE. FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING. FIRST DAY-MORNING SESSION. AT 10 o'clock on the morning of September 28th, 1887, the Hon. A. K. Smiley called to order, in the parlor of the Mohonk Lake Mountain House, and after a few words of welcome, opened, the Fifth Annual Lake Mohonk Conference by nominating General Clinton B. Fisk as Chairman, a motion which was unanimously en- dorsed by the Conference. GENERAL FIsK on accepting said: I seldom meet with people so easily pleased as those who come here. As has been stated by Mr. Smiley, this is the Fifth Annual Conference at Lake Mohonk. For five successive autumns by his kindness we have here gathered to deliberate upon Indian affairs, and become the recipients of a generous hospitality from Mr. and Mrs. Smiley. During the years past we have debated some of the most serious problems in connection with Indian affairs, until the Mohonk Con- ference has risen to a place of commanding influence. Its utter- ances are seriously considered by legislators; they receive the thought of the public, and in many instances those charged with the administration of Indian affairs have given heed to our advice. Our constituency is a happy combination of elements, combining representatives of the various religious bodies who are active in Christian and educational work among the Indian tribes. From the Indian Rights Association, with their thorough busi- ness aims and methods for the solution of the Indian problem; from the Women's National Association who respond to the cry of the most needy of our tribes, and whose devotion to the Indian women and Indian homes ought to receive the God-speed and hearty support of all who would uplift the Indian race; from the Indian Committee of Boston, whose magnificent services for the Indian for the last ten years entitle them to the gratitude of all people; from the Board of Indian Commissioners, and from the ranks of the noble and philanthropic men and women all over this land, hither come the best and truest friends of the Indian, men and women who love justice, and whose persevering wisdom stands and knocks at the portals of power until ' whatsoever things are just' are to be conferred upon their clients, the American Indian. Since we last convened we have progress to report-substan- tial progress in legislation. The passage of the Dawes Bill provid- ing for the allotment of lands in severalty, the extension of law 1

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