New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-05

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$500 Of landthus disposed Of Yielding l8 ~
~, the greater portion of which aggregate sum has
been invested in safe and profitable stocks At intor
est Of five per centum per annlm, for the benefit %
| those tribes.
Since the above period lands have been allotted ID
seyeraty to- and patented in favor Of 557 Wyandotss
| 40 Sfawnees; 30 MiaDis and 10 members OF Tie
confederate bands of Kaskaskias, Peorias, Pianks-
| sbaws and Weas. The Wyandotts pOesess a fee-am'
pie title to the lands assigned TO tbem and the oths
tribes specified have authority to dispose Of theR
lands under the provisions Of the 1lth section OF ne
act Of Congress OF March 8 tS59 subject to the r'
which require tie epprow1 Of the Secretary OF -
Interior in order to vest complete title In the 20
chaser. Tins, patents have enanated in favor OF
Indians, and IL addition thereto, lands have been
signed 10 389 Indians Of mixed blood, under the Pre
yisOns Of the 10th article of tic treaty OF Prairie o.
Chen Of July Is, 1880, for Which IL vs. understcc0
that patents viii be issued at an early day LAn0
have also been allotted to 81 New York Indians and y
members of the united bands of Swan Creek and biacx
River Cbippewas aud Christian or Aunsee Indians @
Kansas, WAC have NO power Of alienation, bat nersH
hold tie lands of certificates OF allotment Issued py M
Burea1I making in the aggregate 2,ooo Indians
whom lands have been assigned in seyeraity during
this Administration.
In connection with this subject would remark that
tie claims OF certain Sioux halfbreeds under the M
ertico Of the treaty Of PraiIe-G- CHEN OF July II
loi0, have been finally settled by the eGanaiion q
scrip ia favor OF IS additional claimants by which each
is Authorized to Ocate 80 OF and making In az
67S claims TO land within the Lake Pepin tract In MIN
nesola which have been adiudicated by the Depart
meut as final and satisfactory deposition of this sub.
leet in conformity with the provisions Of the act u
Congress OF July IL, 1874.
The Munsee or Christian Indians, who were ocn-
federated with the Swan Creek aud Black River bands
of Chippewas in Kansas under tue spuations Oh ths
treaty VI July 10, 1882 are pow provided WIN coJ
Portable homes, aud by ordinary industry they wiA
soon occupy az enviable position as that o. .nex
brethren the Chippswas, who, In inc afts Oh ;h"
t;o in nd of all of Their
Indians in Kansas, with the exception Of the wynn
dOtts and ShawneeS.
The Superintendent for the Central Supeiatende.g
communicates gratifying intelligence In relation 10 M
dian affairs under his supervision. Tie Impressions de-
riyed by that officer from visit made to several me
reservatiC Ms the past year justify tie conessn thhs
the system adopted by the Government tending 70 the
yilzation of tho Indians continues TO- operate sac
cessully Material improvement in their general con-
dition Is manifest, and many OF Them particularly
those who have several years been living upon no
sources, already approaching the meoraiing enecss
which the pursuits OF CIVILIZED nie produce, ne
ported as having expressed desire to lie aifordeo ene
opportunity of realizing the advantages OF educaooo
and instruction in tic mechanic arts.
The extreme severity of the drouh In Kansas u no
ferred to by the Superintendent as having been moss
disastrous TO tie tribes in that Territory and those N
South Nebraska while the Indians located on reserva-
tons in Northern Nebraska are reported as having
made abundant crops which, with the annuiies tney
receive under treaty spulatons, are deemed suiciens
TO meet all their wants through the Winter.
Disalfecicn toward the government and its agents
exists among the Sioux Of tho Upper issodn agency
aiisng from the impression prevailing among ,hemi
that The lands they cimed to own, have been ceded
aud DISPOSED os by other tribes, having no night or In.
terest in the country and which tribes, they aileges
are receiving the benefits VIII they should ENJOY.
Tie consequence is frequent violations BY the Sioux
OF their treaty stpulatiOns, which they justify on tae
ground that they have been wrongfully Invested "
! their lands.
1t is recommended that treaties be negotiatoA
with these bands Of Sioux OF The Upper Missouri, othsn
wise ii is believed that tie observance OF the sapgl
lions OF THEN present treaty can Only DC ilDrseas ~
| resort to military influence.
j. L. ellis United States agent for the Pawnees, N
bis annual report dated October lsC9, bears testimony
TO the general good conduct OF those Indians owar4
| the whites bordering their reservation.
Wih the adv and consent of tine Indians under mn
charge he has organized alG uniformed police orcs
of xix from each of the four bands. The police taks
great pride an keel ing order IN their camp ana nave
rendered good service In sufreIuerlh6 " lne oee"s
stolen horses, &c. ,,
River to Pixies Peak is infested with organizea bands
of desperate horse thieves from whose depfeaaoos
the Pawnees have not been exempt.
No war party Of the Pawpess has gone into The
Sioux country though such p2rties nom the sioux
Cheyennes, and Aapahoee have by their presence on
their reservation, kept the PawDees az well as the
white emI oyees, constantly on the alert Ia the AZ.
tacks Of these parties they have killed thirteen
Indians wounded many others, ana carried on nore
than thirty horses, ana Oh
than sixty lodges. Two attacks have been made sines
the arrival of the United States troops
The Pawnees, in a council with tie Agent and Capt.
Sally, United States Army, expressed wish 10 mako
ueace with the Indians named, and, at their request
Capt. Sully ordered officer from Fort kearney 70
proceed 10 there bands and make proposition 10 Ihem
to meet the Pawnees in council .
A g.ist and saw-ni has been completed, and is n
successful opeIatioD. THIS, well as other WORK ON
the reservation has been retarded by the incuIsions OF
the Sioux-the workmen on two occasions having
beeu plundered OF their TOOLS
Tia treates with the Sacs and Foxes Delawares and
Kansas Indians were ratified by the Senate st its Lass
session; the first without amendment anu the Last i've
with certain amendments, which have been since as
sened to By the proper authorities OF the respective
tbes and the necessary steps have been taken Tor the
survey of their lands which will soon be subject 70
disposition under the stipulatioBs of said treaties
The difficulty growing out Of trespasses or lntfu-
sions by white citizens upon the iads OF the mainSs
Osaees and Cherokees, seemed to demand prompt ac-
tion in order 10 protect tie rights OF these INDIANS u
accordance with the obligations OF treaty stipuaiions,
and especaly in regard 10 the Cherokee Nc tac
IL became necessary employ military force to re-
move the nuders who refused TO abandon these lands
after due oiifcatioB. Representations were mlce IN
behalf of said utruders that they were mised into the
belief that they settling upon the New-fork In
dian lands and that they deceived by the map
prepared by the former Surveyor-Gensral Of Kansas
In reply to these representations they were advised ~
the Bureau that the not made by aetnai sar.
yey but byan incorrect protactiou upon s,io niaPi
and they were Informed uisicSa'" VI
treaty stipuations had induced Congress TO pass the
ACT Of june r. 1885, which required the Commissioners
of Indian Affairs to remove an persons IRON any MeaA
Indian reserves who sbould be found thereon In VOLS
ton Of Law consequently this Office had no other NJ.
sentative than to enforce the imperative provisions Cd
law when the milder means of persuasion and notih-
cation had failed to induce them to abandon the In.
| dian lands.
Notice to the irtruders npon the Cherokee landsws
Given "a early as the Wnter OF 1853, requiring thers
10 abandon the lands by the Let Of April, 1859. Nc
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