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Show long since, murdered by some unknown white man, and this request wLll be granted. Indians of the Upper Platte.-Early last spring, it being then understood that peace could probably he made with the Sioux, Arapahoes, and Cheyennes, who had been and are confederated in hostilities upon the emigrant route over the plains, the late Secretary of the Interior deemed it advisable to send an agent to the then abandoned agency at FortLaramie; and Mr. Vital Jm~ot, who from long residence among the Indians, and their known friendly disposi-tion toward him, was supposed to be peculiarly well adapted for tbe miasion, was sent out with instructions to attempt a negotiation, acting in concurrence with' the m i l i t a ~of ficers of the district. On his arrival at or near his post, however, he found an active campaign. going on against these Indians, who had been already driven far to the north and west. The campaign against them has been a severe one, and entailed very heavy losses upon them, as well as great expense npon the government : andit is to he hoped that the punishment of the Indiaus will be sufficient to compel a peace. At the same time, it must be confessed that these hostilities are doubtless protracted and hitter in propor-tion to the sense of wrong felt by the refugees from the Chivington maseacre of laat fall, who have gone north among these tribes. It will be long before faith in the honor and humanity of the whites can be re-established in the minds of these barbarians ; and the last Indian who escaped from the brutal scene at Sand creek will probably have died before its effects will have disappeared. Hopes are entertained that representatives of these Indians, authorized ,to speak for them, may he present at the council to he held at Fort Sully, on the Missouri, inasmuch as they were, with the Upper Missouri Indians, represented at the Fort Laramie treaty. If such attendance cannot be secured, the arrange-ment anticipated as the result of tbe military campaign must be postponed till the next spring. From the latest advicea from the region of hostilities, it would appear that ao far as the Indiaus especially belonging to the Fort Laramie agency are con-oerned, the campaign against them is one tending towsrds extermination ; and Agent Jarrot has been directed to retnm to his post, to he at hand in case any-thing can be done by him, in concert with the military, for such of the Indians as remain. Agent Jarrot is decided in the expression of his opinion that there have always been many of the Sioux andhapahoes who would have been glad to make peace if their lives would have been safe in approaching the posts; hut he thinks the Cheyennes so exaaperated that they will almost suffer exter-mination rathefthan submit. I feel confident, however, that when these Arapahoes and Cheyennes learn the terms of the treaty negotiated with their brethren on the Arkaneas, and when they know, as they will from the proceedings of that council, tbe merited and unmeasured condemnation bestowed by the government upon the Chiving-ton massacre, they will bury the tomahawk and accept the proffered peace. GIREER BAY AGENCY. The annual report of this agency is, as usual, pnuctoal,as to time and full in information. The tribes under charge of Agent Darjs arsl the Menomonees, Oneidas, and Stockbridges and Mnnsees. The Menomonee? number one thousand eight handred and seventy-nine, having increased to some extent since last year, notwithstanding the ravages of the small-pox the past summer, and the death, io battle and in hospital, of abont one-thud of the one hundred and twenty-five men whom they have fur-niehed to the United States army, enlisted in Wisconsin regiments. Their reservation, although of abundant extent, is not well adapted for agricultural pursuits, unless by clearing ont farms in heavy-timbered landa, which has been |