The daily union., 1854-12-14

years sfsf which Congress may reduce the price OF
te and hen remaining unsold The expense Of survey
ing naesng and selling the land is to be deducted from
a. focce oi he sales and the residue TO be paid TO the
indians
R pres stpalatsd Cor the lands acquired in Nebraska
a. not sAod f average prices given heretofore for In
dian iauda whilst those or the acquisition In Kansas
greate rhis b attributed TO the higher grade Of title
Possessed ~ The Indians treated with la the LATTER Terrific
81 hui which W necessarily be the In the
vcntions contemplated be held with the tribes there
Who the holders Of rts without guaranty for per-
pctaiiy b. the Naissd STATES.
The pas ymens have been graduated ahd extended fer
dsemed iudicnus In view of the condition Of the
.tfbss dependant from present habits upon annues for
Subsistence Bsi perpetual AnGuiiies have been discoun-
tcnancsd tending lndoenco and heplessness The
moneys have been placed except Ia few instances and in
toss 90 lIaii extent under the control Of the Pres
dent o the United staer 20 he applied will in his
oPinieH most conaaee civilization comfort and mental
and moral Improvement and The ytnent of debts con-
iracted BY them in the Of the tribes and termed
tonal obligations heretofore prolific Of bribery
and corruption, expressly forbidden.
The lahds thus acquired are Of excellent quality, eig-
bly, situated being rapidly settled, and win soon
be brought under cultivation BY that portion of pop
ua,ion Who intend to make these Territories their future
homes.
Congress appropriated tbe funds necessary TO fulfil the
supua,ons og these conventions the Senate having ra
tied all without amendment except those with the Mannes
and Shawness The amendments 10 the former did not
qur the Of the indians and those TO the latter
assented 10 BY The Shawncs coupled with the cond
ion that neither the present any future council OF the
be paid them the satisfaction Of certain pretended claims
Of II. W Thompson, @. g. Johnson and Ewngs and ely
mer against the tribe The condition deemed OF such
character TO require the consideration and action of
The Senate aud the paper returned the Indians with
suggestion by the department that they should cancel it.
make their assent unconditional and II they desired to do
express their views Of these claims In the form OF an in
dependent resolution This suggestion adopted by the
Shaw nees the amendments unoondiuonay assented To-
and resolution unanimously adopted expressive of the
wish and desire of the Shawnecs shat countenance be
given by any OF the departments AT Washington 10 the
Aforesaid pretended claims, or any other of like char
aeterp
There are several other tribes In Kansas Territory with
which it viii be necessary have conventions at
early day and it is also very important that arrangements
be made practicable with the Pawnce and Pom
cab Indians OF Nebraska by which their limits may be
srcted and Defined and their assaults upon emigran
and their hostile excursions against other tribes termi
mated.
Within the central superntcndency no perceptibe inn
provemept has taken place during the year the moral
condition of the Indian tribes while the unusual and pro-
traced drought that has prevailed in that region Of
try has caused in many instances almost total failure
of the crops of come Of those who have heretofore attempted
to cultivate the soil
Some of the tribes viii have corn sufficient to supply
their necessities and TO guard against inevitable suffering
and want il has been determined 10 portion Of the
annues OF the present due TO such destitute of
provisions and thus afford them the necessary TO
procure food during the approaching winter and spring
The various bands Of Sioux GrosV entries Arickarees
and Others of the Upper Missouri agency who parties to
the treaty Of Fort Laramie received their annual presents
and annuity goods with great satisfaction The Aricka-
Mandans and GrosNenrss informed tie agent tha,
he might in future dispense with any further supply of
they had raised enough for their use besides guam
tty TO SELL The rapid dispersion of the buffalo, and other
alluded 10 in the report Of the agent; require that
such action be taken at once will lay foundation or
the future support OF these people
The discomfort of some Of the bands the Upper Mis-
souri, and the attempts OF those who committed the massa
Fort Laramie-alluded to enlist all
the Indians Of that region TO join them in general
the whitesor details Of which you referred to the
port OF the agentare in my Judgment sufficient require
prompt action and such military deences as will be su
cient TO protect those who may travel the plains
spring.
The Omaha, Ottoe and Missouria, and the Pawnee
tribes embrace the Indians in the Council Bluffs agency
Through the neglect of their former agent and the delay
necessarily occasoned by his rejection by the Senate and
the appointment and qualification of successor these
Indians have had but little attention during the past
season. The Omabas and Pnwnees have IL Is understood
raised and gathered less than average crop corn
the Ottoes and Msonras without food for the winter
and all of them nearly destitute OF clothing When
recently in Nebraska directed the agent make provis
ion for the necessary of the Omahas and Ooes and
Missourias and to proceed at with parties of each
select the reservations provided for in the treaties
that these Indians may be removed early in the spring
By the treaty with the Omahas il is stipulated that the
United States VIII protect them in their new home from
the assaults of the Sioux and other hostile tribes With
ont this protection they will not and indeed ought not to
remove and the military post before alluded to- should be
located with reference 10 such protection.
The Indians of the Great Nemahaw agency, comprising
the Sacs and Foxes of Missouri and the loways and
Kickapoos will with the partial crop raised by hem and
the OF their Withheld 10 their
sites get along without any serious Inconvenience II
gratifying to know that of the Indians of this agency
impressed with the necessity of eXertng themselves to
change their mode life adopt habits and to have
their employed in the erection of houses and the
opening and cultivation of farms
The crops of the Indians within the four agencies
bracng the Deawares Shawnees, Wyandots, Pottawato
miles, Kansas Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi, Chip
pewas Ottowas, Kaskaskias Peoras Weas Piankeshaws
and Mamies have to very great extent failed and sut
rng to unusual degree will only be prevented by the
application of portion of the ample money y-annuities
which most of them have the purchase of such supplies
may be necessary for their comfort
The agents have been instructed cause the exterior
lines of the tracts reserved by the recent treaties with the
tribes west of Missouri and Iowa for their future homes
be surveyed and distinctly marked that the Indians may
remove within them the earliest practicable period In
the of the Shawnees the united tribe of the Kaka
kas and others and the Mames the homes of the Indians
be selected until the government surveys made
embracing the tracts coded by them and ii is therefore
very desirable that the public surveys in the Territory Of
Kansas should be prosecuted without delay.
The tribes in Kansas and Nebraska with whom
tions have recently been concluded well Others
within the range of the emigration 10 those Territories
undergoing severe trial, and il is by means
surprising that their moral condition has not improved
during the past year Most of them TO
locations but the conventions had first to be ratified by
the Senate and the necessary appropriations made carry
their provisions In this unsettled the minds of
the Indians ready for any and every impression that
the circumstances surrounding them would be calculated
produce The effect has been and will continue be-
unfrorable to them until they he placed securely in
their homes and it will then require the faith
full attention the part of their agents and the constant
and devoted efforts Of the missionaries and teachers 10
prevent them from contracting the vices and rejecting the
virtues of civilized life.
1t gratifying however to notice tue fact that in the
midst of these adverse influences the various mission
schools within the central superintendent from which re-
NOR have bpen i'm n