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Show . . . . . . . , 2 0 . R ~ P O R ' ~ THE M ) M M ~ s ~ ~ IboF ~J~NED ~ NA FFAI'R~. '. .;, -. . . . + . power of the ~n i t e d s t a t ems ight @en sedt~expel'whiteii ettlersfrom . I .- . Qdian lands. Section 19 is important enough to quote'entire. . '. . . , That it-shall be the duty of theauperintendeits, agentq andsubagent+ to endeavor : to procure the arrest and tridaf dl Indian. Soc?sed of committing any orimqoff&nse,~ - ormisdemeanor, and all other persons who may have committed crimes or offenaes . ~... . ~ . within any State or Territow, andhave fled into the Indian country, eitherby de.' . . mandiag the sami of the chiefs of the proper tribe or by such other meana as the ~. Presiaent. may authorize; and the President may direct the ~ i l i t a r yfo rce of the United States to be employed in tho apprehension of such I~~di anasn,d also in prei . , venting or terminating hostiljtiea between any of the Indian tribes. ' . . .. Section 25 provide&- . . That so mneh of the laws of the united Statea ae provide for the of crimes committed within any place within the sole and exclusive jurisdlotion. of the Unitad Stntes ahall be in force in the Indian oopntry : Prouided, The same shall not extend tocrimes eommittedby one Indian a g~i n atth e person or property ot s iother ' . . Indim. Another act "to providefor the organization i f the ~ e ~ & t m &oft ~.. Indian Affairs," dated June 30,1834 (4 Stits., 735), provided as follows':, . -,- ' - For releasing the governors of Florida, Arkansas, and Michigan Ter- . . ritory from obligation to perform-t h6 duties of ~u~erktendenbtfs I n- . . . dian affairs, a d . for $he &ppointmeut of n superintendent of Indian ; , affairs for all the Indian. c?nutry not within the bawds of-,any State ' , or Ter~itoryw est a f~theM ississippi Riier, who should reside at St. Louis. . . The dntiea of the snperintendents of 1udian affairg* +ere prescribed , .. . , t o b e t o - : Exercise a geiieral supervision and bontrol over the 0fflci.d conduct add a c o o ~ t s . of all offioers and oersons Bhlolared b r the Government in the Indian deDsrtmsnt. u n r l ~ r ~ n ~re.glut l a;iulre aaahsil ia estailished by rhe President of the 1lni;d fitatre: and Lrhey] ruas suspend nuch umrera aod pc~.suos from their utiirb or emplogments, for reanuna forthwlrh ro be cummunirarccl to tlm Secretary of War. 'Pie President was anthorized, by ahd with .khe advice and oonsent. of tlie Senate, to appoiut-twelve Indian a,gents, as follows: Two agents for the weatern territory; i n ak~gegt for the Chi6kascws; an agent for the eastern Cherokees; anageht forthe Florida, Indians,;: an agent for tkw Indians, ' ih thestate of Indiana;, an agent at Chizago; an agent at Eock Island; anagent Bt Prairie dn ~ c i e na;n agentfor Michilimaokiuaq and the Sault Sainta Marl% an agent . . for the Saint Peter's; an agent for the upper Miasouri Certain agencies named wereto bediscontinned &a fixed tirue, an& any Indiau agency might he discontinued by the President whenever he might judge it-expedient, or he might transfer an agent from the . ~ XNoT~.-Most, thongh not all, Indian agencies &ere assigned to the several soperhtendents, and Indian agents reported directly to the supe?int?Nents, or tvough them to the Indian Office, and effios instrnctians were promulgated inlike manner. Thia onmheraome method was simplified-by the set of July 16,1870, mder which the superintendencies -ere disoantinued &nil all %gent0 came direotlynnder the snperviaion of-the Indiau.OtU&, nnd reported directly to the Codijleioner of' . Indian Affairs. . - |