, 1879-04-09

tAtEpk ut hEtpHi5 lnHLkE16 NV ~
Cs,,nmtsstnncf or secretnry III t1lr interior. The
Society VI Friends having This tribe In their jn.
rladIciion committee Aord IL name to tho
President, ani te appoints. and the appont-
tntnt Is confirmed by the Senate.
The Wtnnchnvo Agency. w!,ic!, Joins this on
The north, Ia 10 bG consolidated, amt both nRcn-
c!cs will nrobnbay bo liIacctt III charge OF How
ard White, also Sucker, t1ow Agent Of thu
former. ........
THE civil. LAW
Inns no Jurisdiction oscr tl,c Indians. Nothlng
belonging 4, them inside Ut lie reservation is
ltablr tor debt, hut MI attachment may Is
ste n4aiust anything he owns outside. In caso
United statcs Marshal mud turned oyer to the
Federal Court. IT, Is penal oiTensc to sell
ltqnur to 1l,.n, but as a tribu they arc remark
MhIy temperate. s0n,u ten years agu ono ot tho
Difiahas bccanlo intoxicatca; the other members
gave hin IN awfnl whtppts,g, an1 tllcro has been
no casa Of drunkenness since.
Thcro are, nine Cntcfa. MI OF equal
rank,-tlo tftla r. hereditary: but tone
dissatisfied aid proposctl 10 elect chiei for
two ycars. In this they were unsuccessful. Tic
Government las dcciued tu recognize lls' Ills
tincsion, hut to treat nj, a1iko u,i net tuwnrds
moro truntics with them.
'fhcsu Indians object to being transferred to
tlIc Nnr Department, usetcsrliE thc rrcsGnt
management hlNl system. ..
They nre Increasing III numbers. usrtng mitch
~ ~ @ - -. - ''. ~ -. 80. -! .'I L1,'
md arc bcttcr clad nnd holscd more coIilfort-
ably.
toworis tGrsn t,rn,,n. sr;t,, ia ov,:t,t,', ~
few who would like to get possession III their
land. which Ia iI,Ic body. we'll wntcrctl, lnsfny
the Wood Creek MID DavkbtrA CrgcE running
,rnt"r H., i,,n1 e. ,'nT';.tt ttn, Xxi hir, i,,ntf.
~, tIo ,ycs, mi ,ns, i,n rniiora h.t,ro.r "r,,
very fertile.
THE Tohttf of THE ou'sHSMENT
is to encourage them In taking care nf thcm-
selves, nuu 1t issues 1iu money or rattOns tu them
direct, nnd the result Is tt'at the 0nallas nEe
lust DeconllnE selt.slEpport!ng. They begin to
realize that thcy cau NJ longer depend upon
Enn,c, but must took to tlc ground for subsist-
cncc, it'tl in consequence wc find nbout n,iI00
acres UNDER ctlltlrAtn-l |U III wheat, nill tin.
naiai.rs ia cora, potnt9cs, vegetables, etc. Ill
Enr hcni1 ri fntu;Iy is itici IN sc,cct 7cf,
acres of unocrupled lai,i, but must build ronls
kind Of d f,osc anu lire uro;, it, u,ui then .u
luB tho buuc!it vi anything that he n1ay raise,
There nrc ebo1lt 1,tD0 Uipahas in al, ur,d the
reservation cuntntna nearly aOo,00O ncrcs.
They raised In 1915. 4,SW bishyls Ut wheat;
III 1877, 12,so0; nnd In 1878, nearly 20 0o0 bush
els. Uf yorn, il 1s71, l5,00U bushels, a,u! lS3Y,
3l,030 bushels. or p0tatops, 1871, 50N bushels:
1878. 6,CN'l Hay. ISL ,ot} tons. n,ul III 1873,
1,iMj. besides laryc quantities. Ut all kinds of
An,,,ct,17t1,,Ar, 1ur,,rMryrs
.,. ,,,s n.,.. .,,.a-n' ~ .,-',..s
!sley .ass o.,u .ItesnIs, e"GHu eeapels nilu
III saesn 1 satns ,hxs, 1T ~ npenhS n'o"et
-, dnnHe.shosei fa, M poWs, '' nn aaffo%s' 9M wat!"
ott, 'sM po!.lcs, tH =. MGMl " usGn. lAe I'M
p!e.hshle nre 9.ofen u hrce nu!1u'E, asl.t are
ssueu 70 sne .ma1ons ~ 'e Asent III .he'r tuF;..
,tl.' ahtru ~ uanchs'n at'lt ea.uehteT stol, III
wisti Is iorge. tools. &C., which asu IN ela5Ea
u .ne M WILLIE 'nsm ",'n iuu,ah , asSinnas. s Vhe
ol " eslrpeMt,ers ~ natyc) has ocs9mc anita
p.oee"' H. 1sMouE1 ,"s H. ~ tnS n,o guy ie"