, 1873-04-18

toes, About 200 ncros Of land hare boon broken,
pnf tnoT 10 not progress Do rapidly rs tug iowns.
The Agent for those joint trboB is Thomas
q Mr: Jannoy. tndor tho tronty Of Oot. al,
1897, tho Government pays a.,ni,ally to tho
tribos intorest nt + por cont on a167, ,A6o honda
sd nof nnr oen ene tseaty 9f nsre 1901 ntoost
wealth Of thoBo Iudana ID $4,000,
THE u1N1An urEg,
Ii,,a reservation In on tho hoad-watora Of Uin-
tall ny9s n tno morthonsten part Of UTAH II
mountainous. About 800 Indiana propor belong
to tho reservation, but noarly 7,O00 In nil arc nts
saohod to i. hlr. I. ]. Crltoh1ow Ia tho Agont,
nnd mnltos lla lone on the reservation. About
houses built. In l87i, thoro voro raisod 1y0
bushels ,of, whont, 55O busilcls Of corn,
or,o1 20 pusho12 an5 q nm oa's 10 bushels Of
Thero are 10 aohoola yot for tllB tribe, but noon
rally OF stock: a6o .poniea, worth $4,000 15o
cattle, worth 81 5oo; 100 goats. worth, 5000,
annual crop would pcrhApa bring $4,000, / am
now counting only tho 500 1ntlinna who bolong
properly to tho reservation, and tho woalth 81
these tB about t528. 30 por soul. Tho 6,uo0 wild
fellows have groat many ponion, and aro rich in
to ruth tho Agency,-tho money boinR. expended
for engincor, carpontor, blacksmith, chief farm
or, laborors, interpreter, Agents saIhry, implo-
nloiita, oxen, mt1los, and stock cattlo.
THE SNAKES AND BANNocKs.
TleHo IndanB have tl.olr reservation in tho
northwestern part Of Wyoming Territory, md
Dr. Jarnos Irwin Is their Agent. rho joint tribos
number about 1,740 BoulH, ct whom 1000 arc
anakoa, or ahoahoneoa, mud tho reat Dannocka.
IhMo be- Mreservation @ is very largo, containing oyor
2,0O0 900 aeroB Of land. Bono OF this landi is tho
cultural PURPOSES. Last fa!i folk iranot, Indian
PONCE Commissioner, held council with Tho
two va1eys, embracing aomo 600 600 ncrop Of land.
Thoao aro to DO oponol for sottlon,ont by tho
whltes Tho confederation paid is 81, 600 in cat
tle for tour .yoarB, or $4,000 for oyer 100000
acres Of land.
Tho Agency buildings arc at tho hoad Of Little
Wind Riycr. The houses aro sovcntecn IN NUM-
bar and built OF logs. 4 Bnw-nlill, Erist-lnill,
scl1ool-house, Blacksmith. .ahop, md chapel havo
been eroctca Tho onp1oyoB nro Oh engineer,
toaoher, farmer, md Agent. Tho cost Of carry
Ing OH this Agency iB about $4,000 por snM,l1.
farm Of $40 acres has boon inoloRed, and
part Of 1t Is In fine state Of cultivation DR..
tic Indiana urdor IFS eherge. Bal white mon
have glyen hiln groat doal Of trouble /; but, by
poraiBtont effort, ho has succeeded in driving
moHt Of them off, aud tito Indians aro now PRO
gresstug finely.
Tho Sioux aro tho invotorato cnomies Of the
8nakon, mud every year invade their territory
10 protect tho1n, d post OF ono company hR1
bean established on Little Wind nver, near the
| Agency. It is at present commanded by Col,t
Il. A. Torry and garrisonod by Company a,
| Thirteenth United States Infantry.
| Theuo ara tho bands Of
1EAcEADLE INDIANS
! In Gen. 0ra's Department (platto). Tho po3ts
nearest to them arc: Pawncos Omal,a Bar.
| racks; OmallGa Omaha Barracks: Winnebn.
| goes, Omalln Da1rachs; Saca, Foxes, and Iowns
Icasenworth; OlooB, Learoriworth; Utos. Camp
Douglas; snalos and Banuocks. Camp Brown
and Gimp StGmbaugl.
OF tho humorous bands Of
1 HOSTILE AND BEM1-l1osTIIlE INDIANS
roaming in tho Northwest within tho limits oJ
tho Department Of the Platte, I shull speak II
cnotlor lottor. Suffice Il now 10 Rny, Tint, b.
tho Government to s protosct tho poacoab1o baandl
Of Indians, AZ woll as wllito aottiors. Tho Gov
orntnent guarantees Indians the poacoablo Oh
| joy,nont OF thoir reservations. AARON ABOUT.