The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-07-10
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT..

Indian Bureau.-Kao or Kansas Tribe of Indians.-A
delegation of Kaw Indians from Council Grove, Kansas Ter
rory, consisting of five men, squaw and papoose made
their appearance this morning at the Indian office The
names of the follows: Wadengoh, chief Ben
Lossor interpreter Egoshabbee Adekanay and Theogmoy
They without authority and entirely at their
pcnse In their alk they stated the object of their mis-
sion hat they had Chiefs and that they wanted
their great father give Wadengoh silver medal
with epaulet sword horse with saddle bdle and spurs
and money, and make him great chief" They brought
present of head Dress made of scarlet CLOTH and finely
ornamented with eagle feathers and spanges which they
gave the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The
Acting Commissioner, in answer informed them that their
great father is angry with the Indian when he leaves his
without authoy that he could not make of them
great chie and that he gives the silver medal token
that he recognises the real authority of their chosen
Chiefs and make one They also told that their
great father would have compassion them, and send
them home.
Quite crowd Of men, women, and children collected in
front of the office which augmented perhaps by ru
ndusrousIy circulated that these Indians
prisoners skrmsh the frontiers and brought
to the seat Of government for trial.
Agricultural Dirision Of the Patent O6iceThe Syloanns
QuodricolsWe make still another extract from the pen
OF Mr. Glover Creating of insects injurious to vegetation
which will be published in the agricultural report
When examining of taken from field in
Georgia in October last Of the grains observed to
be loosened from the cob aud closer inspection
covered hiding between the grains between which their
small size and attened bodies allowed them creep with
The eggs appeared to have been deposited beneath the
kernel where they fastened to the cob The larvae
when full grown measure about the eighth of inch in
LENGTH of white color and covered with short
hairs They their way inside, leaving only small hole
to mark where they first effected entrance the germs of the
grain being first devoued and then the white starchy sub
stance, sometimes than half the being
out. The pupa have not yet The beetles about
the eighth Of an inch in length of bright chestnut brown
and be found in the inside Of the grains feeding upon the
starch, as indicated above. They very numerous
many six eight being sometimes taken from single
hav Int oh nf
mnang the is almost always first destroyed This
fact perhaps degree account for the
failures of seed grow of which southern planters
often complain The subject is worthy of further nvesga
ton The Larvae and perfect insects found nhabng
the late as October.
" As remedy kiln drying might be tried with advantage
where the is intended to be used for food alone bat if
required for Seed such process would totally destroy the
germinatng powers Quckime has also been recommend
ed by to be strewn between the layers of but
until the results OF practical experiment by the farmers them
selves made known, nothing be positively
mended"