The daily union., 1856-12-12

huence portion of the tribe but from the decline o.
his power from conviction Of his errors he has recently
sought conference with the agent confessed his faults
and promised reformation and obedience and he with his
band, have settled down upon the reservation.
The loways continue TO make advancement in agr
culture In addition to those heretofore engaged In farm
ing several young of the tribe have recently selected
farms commenced making rails and applied to their agent
for wagons oxen and ploughs The chiefs and head men
also TO take additional interest in and have promised
their aid to promote and advance the of civilization
The OF the tribe for the suppression drinks
has been observed and its good effects quite visible
The Iowa mission school Is well managed and is In a
prosperous condition. In addition the ordinary eduoa-
on the boys taught to labor the farm and in the
garden TO plough and drive team and to handle and
mechanics tools The girls learn sewing, making Clothes
cooking, and all the usual work of housekeeping Not
wthstandng the bestowed upon them, and the COM
Portable condition in which they kept there is quite
aversion the part of many of their parents to the chill
dren remaining at school.
Success has attended the efforts of the Kickapoos who
have at length all quietly settled down upon their
and commenced the cultivation of the soil The necessary
steps have been taken to establish among them ample
commodatons for the education OF all their youth, and
with the means and facilities within their reach and the
present advanced state of many of the tribe it is conf
IDENTIFY expected that they will in very short time be
surrounded with all the neeessaries and comforts of life
Provision has been made for educational aid to the
Christian Indians and their being well adapted to
agricultural 1t is hoped they will avail themselves of
all the legitimate within their reach to improve
their condition and to qualify themselves to discharge
properly all their obligations and duties.
Notwithstanding the warlike character of the Delaware
Indians and the wrong and injury they have euered at
the hands of the whites, thay have maintained steady
neutrality in all the difficulties in Kansas Their
have been applied to repairing and improving their build
ings and extending their farms commodious Methodist
church has been erected by them large school build
ing is in the of construction and they express great
anxiety about the education of their children They have
enjoyed good health the past season and slightly increased
in numbers Unfortunately their crops bave been damaged
very much by the backwardness OF the and the
drought which has prevailed in that region The first
public sale of the lands ceded by them in trust to the
United States to commence the 18th Of this mon TIL
Such regulations and precautionary adopted
would it is hoped fair sale of them. They
regarded very valuable.
The Wyandotts and Shawnees will shortly experience a
very radical change AS the lands of the former
assigned to them in severaty, which is being
DONE their tribal will be dissolved and gradually
provided for in the treaty of 1855, they will become c
of United States Some of them are distinguished
for their intelligence and proby and fully competent
for all the duties and responsibility of their relation
Others unfit and will necessarily have pass through
a state of puplage and with reference such and their
interests great responsibility will rest upon their
intelligent brethren.
The Shawnees perceptibly advancing In conse-
quence of the of the surveys they yet
been able to select and have assigned to them their homes
provided by the treaty of 1854 but this will soon be
DONE and then trials will await therI by reason of
the introduction of white society Co their midst Shopd
these people be equal to th occasion and crcumstan
ces with which aey will then be surrounded resist all
improper influences and judicousy apply the large money
entitled they may attain higher state, possess
tended improvements, and place themselves in
Portable circumstances than any other Indian tribe the
continent Indeed they have the means If judcously ap
piled, TO become the most wealthy populaton-white
red-within the Territory of Kansas.
Those of the Poowatomies who have turned their at
tention TO agriculture have made good crops. Many OF
them TO abandoning their ancient habits and
customs and the dsordery conduct Of portions of the
white Inhabitants of Kansas Territory has served to
firm in their views such of them opposed to civil
Zed pursuits One of the chiefs with his band hun
dred strong has left for the Cherokee Greek country
having expressed the opinion that perhaps be would
return The Baptist Manual Labor School has improved
slightly since last year and the ST. Mary mission is in
very hourshng condition. The agent states that be
able to make full report because Of the loss Of his pa
pers De represents that band OF awless drove him
from his home took everything he possessed scattered his
official papers broke open the boxes containing the agr-
cultural implements sent by the department the Indiana
and carried off large numbers of them,
Good health has generally prevailed among the Mianis
and the confederate bands Of the Wees &c. Of the Usage
River agency The season has been unusually dry In
regior and has operated seriously against their agricuu-
raj Efforts The crop has suffered much and their po-
tato crop is almost failure The mission schools in this
agency are represented not In prosperous condition
The delay in the public surveys and the troubles In Kan
s have prevented the Indians from making the selections
OF lands for their homes they desired and
otherwise would have done Hence they have suffered in
their pecunATy interests and comfortable
condition as under different circumstances they would
have been Competent persons have been employed by
them to aid in their selections and when this done and
each Olner person enuted, Snail
his her home set off, II Is TO be hoped that win be the
beginning of better time for these Indians
The Sacs and Foxes OF tho Mississippi now a here
toor distinguished for their great energy and their oour-
age la war In every with the CumAnche though
greatly ounuEoered by the latter they have invariab
dee&ed them on the open prAries They continue
sdein bark hu and pesteny refuse the Of the
missionary and reject the farmer and the teacher Their
agent gives very gloomy picture Of these Indians and
much to be regretted They have made advance
men decreasing in numbers and are indoent and in
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the Sacs and Fores have good land industrious
farmers, and advancing in Improvement The Chppe-
Of that agency excellent Indiana They possess
small tract Of very good land and all labor for support
But little mpro has been made in the habits or
condition Of the Kansas tribe Of Indians They manifest
great aversion 10 labor and continue TO nfes the Santa
Fe and other roads In the Territory Possessing
small reservation out Of the large fertile and valuable
country they once owned espsssed upon by the whites
and driven from their hunting grounds by their hereditary
enemies they the victims Of disease and
poverty. The larger portion Of the hafbfeed Kansas
tract Is in the possession Of trespas-s who have ae
uay driven from their bomss some Of the habreed In
dian owners such awless conduct very disreputsble
And car esu in advantage TO those engaged
in IT, as the government must protect the hAbreed Kan
sas Indians u their rights.
Those bands of Cumanehes who spend the winter below
the Arkansas and commit depredaons the Texas from
tier proceed north wardy in the spring in pursuit Of bus
selves by plunder They receive their anndes the Ar
kansas and regard them compensation paid them by
the United States for the OF the Santa Fe road by emf
grants Like the Kioways they insolent and treat
their agent with contempt
The Cheyennes who reside higher up the Arkansas have
generally been regarded quiet and peacesbe Indians
They good hunters and furnish large quantities Of robes
and peres Recently they have been charged with being
sccessary 10 the murders committed the Platte near
Fort Kearny and to which referred you In eonnex
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