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Show - . REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 133 TABLE15 .-Truat fmd8 of tribe8 0 t h t han Five CivZli5ed IPribea. Tribes. . I Cheyennes and Ampah- ........................................... Chippewa and Christian Indians .................................... Delawams ........................................................... Eaatorn Shawnees ........ : .......................................... Iowsa.. .............................................................. Hnnsaa .............................................................. Eaakasliia, Psoriaa, eto .............................................. Kiakapms.. .. .... .................................................. L'Anse sud Vieur Desert Indians ................................... Mertornonees ....................................................... ..I ............................................................ Otoee and Mesnorias ................................................ P- a~ne e s .... ......................................................... roneae ...... .......... ...................... P ~ t b w ~ t ~ m..i.s..s.. ............................................... Sao and Fax 3Hasouri ............................................... sac and ~ o r 6 f ~ i s a i a s i p.p.i.. ...................................... Sao and Fox of Mississiv~io f Oklshoma ............................ Santee Sioux ......................................................... I Ssneosa.. ............................................................ Seseecea. Tonawanda bad. .......................................... Sonaoacl and Shawnees ............................................... Shawnees ............................................................ Shoabones and Bannocks ............................................ Sissstana and Wahpetons .; .......................................... Stookbridgee ........................................................ umatiI1ae. ........................................................... Uintah and White River Ute. ...................................... I LEGALIZING THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE AND AUTHOR-IZING THE USE OF A SEAL. By act of July 26,1892, the recommendations of this office for many yems have at last been carried out. The recording of all deeds and papers made in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is legal-ized. Also, the Oommissioner is authorized to prepare an o5ce seal to be used for authentication of copies of office papers and records. A de-alguior the seal is being prepared. The need for the above legisla-tion was fally set forth in my last annual report. I ADMINISTWION OF THE INDIAN SERVICE. Something more than three years have now elapsed since I entered up011 my duties as Commissioner of Indian AlEdiirs, during which period I have devoted my entire time and strength to the work of the office. I have studied the situation with as muoh care as it has been possible for me to bestow upon it; have traveled extensively among the reser-vations; have had numerous and prolonged interviews with all classes and conditions of Indians, and have consulted freely with agents, school superintendents, b h e r a , and others familiar with the work. When the President did me the honor to ask me to take the office he placed before me a high ideal of its administration, and in a subse- |