Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-01-08
Report of the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs.
Hon. George w. Manypenny.

Report of the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs.
Il Hon. George w Mauypenny.
, The Neac York Indians. i'm
proyement in the condition of New Yorl
Indians is very perceptible; the farms
buildings, crops and stocks, and substan
tial comforts surrounding the houses o
the Oneidas, Onondagas, Tuscaroras
and the Tonawandas, Cattarasgus, anC
Allegheny Senecas, evidence in them ;
uniform advancement. Churches ant
; religious influences and schools are wei
sustained among them.
i TIE ChiPpe,cas Of the etpper Lakes. =
The Ottawas and Chippewas, and thu
Chippewas of Saginaw, Swan Creek ant
Black River, all within the State of Mich
igan, continue to increase, and from pres
ent indications, seem to justify the hope
that they will soon attain much highe
state of civilization. The Chippewas o
Lake Superior have been furnished Will
liberal supply of farming Implement
and household furniture, the effect o
which policy has been most salutary, an(
has stimulated :2any to erect new house s
The Mississippi Hedians.-With res
pect to the Chippewas of the Mississippi
and the Phlager and Lake WinnebagC
bands, their wars with the Sioux anC
their use of ardent spirits, have done
much to retard their progress.
4 The Deluecdres az Kansas.-The Della
ware Indians, notwithstanding their war
like character, have sustained steady
neutrality in Kansas. They are improY
Ing.
I5,Rurace Of bad Es0naple.-Those O.
the Pottow;, tonnes who have turned
their attention to agriculture, have made
good crops, but many - them are averst
to abandon their ancient habits. 1hf
disorderly conduct of a portion OF the
white inhabitants of Kansas has telHe ded
to confirm their opposition to civilized
pursuits.
The Osages.-The Osages, who prac-
tice polygamy, and detest labor, are fast
decreasing i'll numbers.
Good for nothing Chaps-In regard
to the Medawakautoan, w akpahkoota,
Sissitoan and Wohpatoan Sioux, the
Commissioner says that they have was
ted their means without improving, but
that all the power of the Department
will be exerted to require these Indians
to abandon their rowing, vicious and in
temperate habits.
Buried their Hdtchet- Blackfeet,
Flat Heads, Nez Perces and other tribes,
parties to the treaty of Judith, residing
near the, head waters of the Missouri,
have since the treaty of October, 1855,
reniHined at peace.
The Florida Standardization the 18th
of August last an important treaty was
entered into with the Creek and Semir-
ole Indians, west of the Mississippi, the
object of which was to enable the Depar-
ment to overcome the chief obstacle 10
the removal of the Indians of the latter
tribe yet remaining in Florida 1t is
now anticipated that the removal to their
brethren in the west can be effected in g
peaceful manner.
The civilized Indians ofthc Southwest.
The Cherokees continue to improve,
especially in agriculture. Under the OPP
Grafton of the treaty of June, 1855, there
have taken place important changes in
the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians
The latter have adopted constitution
and have provided for the election of
Governor and other officers.
4 Tribe disS0iyed-HereQftey good
Cuizens.-ln regard to the WyandotC9,
as soon as the lands Of the former are
assigned to them in severalty, (now be-
ing done,) their tribal state will be dig
solved and they rW become citizens Of
the United States. They are represented
as men of intelligence and probity. Of
the Shawanees, the Commissioners say
their advancement is perceptible, and
they have the means to become the most
aeealhy populatjon, arhite or red, ocithin
the Territory of Kansas!
THE Cdnanche Ro6bers.-Those bands
of the Camanches who spend the winter
below the Arkansas and proceed north
wardly in the spring in pursuit of Buffalo,
continue during the former season thor
depredations on the Texas frontier, and
enrich themselves by plumber. On the
other hand the Cheyennes, who reside
higher up the Arkansas, are quiet, though
they are charged with the murders com
mitted on the Platte, near Fort Kear.
ney.
Shortest route TO tie Northeast. The
Commissioner here incidentally remarks
that the Missouri river is navigable for
boats, drawing thirty-four inches, from
a point twenty-five miles below its falls
to its mouth-a distance OF more than
900miles-and when this becomes more
generally known eciH be the Morougt
fare to Utah, oregon and Washington
Territories