Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-11-18
probable that this agency, now filled by r.
L.. Roberts, will soon be abolished.

probable that this agency, now filed by II.
L.. Roberts, will soon be abolished
The Osoges, about 900 in number, have
been much neglected. Their condition is
similar to the Kansas tribe. They speak the
same language, and are much like them in
their habits Their agent. Snow, lives far
from them, and they have for years received
but little benefit from their agent, except the
receipt OF their annuties. Being poor and
forbidden by Government from going to the
plains for buffalo, for fear of collision with
warlike Indians or soldiers, they have been
driven, from want, to make depredations upon
herds passing through thelrlands from Texas.
They. have one good school long established
and kept up by the Catholics. They are
powerful tribe, interested in education and
agriculture, and before the war were quite
prosperous. have strong hopes that under
the administration of our efficient agent,
Isaac t. Gibson, who will enter upon his SER
vices next week, we shall ere long see an i'm
provement in this neglected tribe. They
nave negotiated treaty with the Govern
ment in which they dispose of all their lands,
and agree to go to a new home in the In
dian country. Said treaty has not yet been
ratified. l think they will eventually be
moved where they will be less exposed to The
baneful influences by which they are at pres
ent surrounded. Their domain is too exten
sive for their use. being about 800 miles long
from east to west, and excluding their ''trust
lands," 80 miles wide
The Peorias, Piaaakcshd,Us, Rdskaskids
and WedS of the Usage river agency have
lately removed from Miami County, Kansas,
to the northeast corner of the Indian coun-
try, ana are in prosperous circumstances. l
have recently visited them and paid them
large annuiiies. | find them interested in
education and industrial labor, and with
proper care on the part of the Government,
they will soon equal their neighbors the
Cherokees, in civilization. They want
schools, which we are preparing for them.
The remaining tribe of this agency, the Nj
dnais, numbering about 90, are, in good
degree, civilized and on allotted farms, in
Mimi County, and will remain there. /
have recommended that they be under the
immediate care of this office, and that the
agency be abolished at an early day. Agent
Stanley is atprcsent attending to their in
terests.
The Senccos, mixed iSenecas and .ShoU-
nees, and (1udpaaos, in the northeast part
OF the Indian country, have been for some
years past under the care of special agent
George Mitchell. They arc all doing WELL
They have made selections in a very good
country, and are, with very few exceptions,
dustry, and are all desirous of improvement
in education.
The OttdWas, Wunsees and the Chippe-
t0d8 are small remnants of tribes within the
Sac and Fox agency. They are prosperous,
and live as the white people, have
schools, etc.
The Vyandottes once became citizens,
but are asking to be once more restored to
their original status. They will move down
among the Seuecas.
We have to surmount formidable obstacles
in the way Of civilization of the Indians in
Kansas, from the fact that they are nearly
all in migratory state. While some of
them are desirous of remaining here, they
well know it is the policy of the Govern
ment to remove them at an early day. This
unsettled condition retards our labor, both
in agriculture and schools. But in our de-
sire that our labor may harmonize with that
of the Government, so far as it can in justice
| to the tribes our efforts are not relaxed in
working for their comfort, improvement and
happiness wherever we find an opening,
even under adverse circumstances.
Respectfully, your friend,
| ENocH HoAG,
SllperinteDdent of Indian Affairs