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Show X COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 5 notwithstanding all this, their progress is very gratifying, and the results already attained leave no doubt but the Menomonee Indians, in a very few years, will completely and perfectly adopt habits of in-dustry and civilization. Indian laborers have been exclusively em-ployed to do the work of the tribe. The agent, farmer, miller, teacher, and one blacksmith, are the only white persons located dt the agency and employed on the reservation. All the work in the fields, as well as in the shops, is done by Indian hands. A number of the young Menomonees have become expert carpenters, providing not only the general carpenter shop with hands, but the different bands have car-penters among them, who are erecting houses for the various families, to facilitate which, the council has requested that a set of carpenter's tools be furnished to each band. In the southern part of Minnesota Territory, the Winnebagoes have assigned to them, under the treaty of February, 1855, an excellent tract of land for a permanent home, and laudable efforts are now be-ing made to correct the vicious habits of these Indians. Extenuive improvements have been made for them at their new location. White labor has heretofore been mainlr relied on, but hereafter it is expected that the Indians themselves will be more extensively employed in per-forming the work which will he required to be done. It is designed next season to enlarge and extend the improvements ppou the Wiu-nebago reservation. At a late council of the tribe, a code of law was adouted for the protection of their p- ersona and p.r o.pe rt.y., and for the pu6shment of crimes. Various causes have combined to arevent the Medawakantoan, Wah- ~ahkoota,S issetoan, and ~ a ~ a t o aSinou x, from deriving he'etofore much substantial benefit from the very liberal provisions of the trea-ties of July and August, 1851. Until after the reservations were per-manently assured to the Indians in 1854, it would have been highly improper to have made expenditures for permanent improvements ; and, since then, the affairs of the agency have not been free from cou-fusion in all its operations. Under the direction of their new agent, efficient steps will, it is expected, be taken without delay, to ad-vance the interests of these Indians, and to make the various improve-ments for which the treaties provide. Heretofore large sums of mo-ney have been paid to and expended for these Sioux, but they have been indolent, extravagant, and intemperate, and have wasted their means without improving, or seeming to desire to improve, their con-dition. I t is to be feared that bad counsels havecontrolled them, and their constant war with the Chippewas has also had a sad effect upon them. All the power of the department will be exerted to require these Sioux to cease their roving, wandering habits, and to settle down upon their reservations. with regard to the Chippewas of the Mississippi, and the Pillager and Lake Winnibiaoshish bands, it may be remarked that their wars with the Sioux, a<d the use of &dent spirits, have done much to re-tard their progress. The agricultural andother labor connected with the reservations at Winnibigoshish, Cass, and Leech lakes, has been confided to the direction and management of Mensrs. Ereck and Bard-well, the missionaries in charge, who are making as good progress as |