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Show will he nndergone by these Indians during the comirrg winter. Even with most ample provision 011 the part of the government, it will be difficult for some time to place these Indians in aomfortable quarters. The adjustment of their 1and.titles is a inatter of prime importance. Legislation should be secured at the earliest praoticable day, providing for giving the Poncas full compens~tion for the Iaocl, honses, and other property anrl irnprove~rrentsr elir~quisbedb ~ them, the funds tlrus pro-cured to be anolied. 1 s t to tlre nurchase of the lands on whicl~th ePoucas i6;i11h e p e r ; ~ ~ ~ ui@r ~atre~i l~,'a~ll d,2 11, ro the civilization of thr tribe. As bar been verr~arked above, the I'uuea reaerre baa nlrenclg !,reu tskm possession of for the benefit of the SIOUX. The final location of the Poocds is not yet decided ~npon. A delega tioa of the tribe recently visited Washington, and presented to tlre President their earnest request to be allowed to retorrr to th:ir old reservation in Dakota or to joiu the Omahas, a kindred tribe, in Ne-braska. The obvious nnwisdom and even iin~ossibilit~OyF rrmoviup Intlluns from tire Irrtlian Territor~.~ lecrssitatoda ref~i?i:ollf their requeari bnt rlley were given pernri**i~~tos srlect n jrer!nnlreut lrolne u~\olra ny ~lrroccupied lands in ibe Territory which the mvernmelrt ntill owes. They were urged to take immediate steps to effect a settlemeat of the matter, and were promised. as soon as the locality slrould be decided uDon a11d Uoo..~ resas houlcl nrovide tbe necessary firnds, such a~sistance id the n.ay of selroufs, i~u;nes, stock, seeds, to<~ls;.~ gr icol t~i~ilal~l plo-mrnts, Ric., at4 \~oulde ~lnl,leth e111t o tilore tl~ilrrr r1,lace the yrupertr and im~~rovernentnx~ reillinelr~ ~rlin~toishi trr dl ) , ~ k # ~ t:, ib ut thrv were rondo didtinctly to understan; 'that ail assistance by the gorerilroeut would be in the line of teaching them selfhelpfulness. and xould be condi-tioned on exertion8 put forth by themselves, in that direction. It seerns desirable that they shonl~l leave their presei~t location in the t~ortheastern part of the Iudiau Territory iu order to seek a lrlace farther removed from the border, and it is presuored that tbey will set-tle on that tract east of the Pawoeen which lies between the forks of the Uimarron an11 Arlinl~saa Rivera, and wl~ich is probably in all ra-specta as desirable a district as is now uuoccupied. It contains 105,456 acres, which must be pnmbasedof the Cherokees iu aocordmce with provisiuns of article 16 of the treaty with that nation dated July 19, 1866, by wbich tbey ceder1 to the Uuited Sttates a large region of country west of the 96th meridian, upon wbiclr friendly Ind~aus sbould there-after be settled. REMOVAL OF QUAPAWS. Should the Poncas, however, remain where they uow are, it will be nec-essary, before a purchase of Qnapaw liuds cair be made for them, that action be had by Congress antbo~.izing a negotiatiou witlr the Boapals Indiaus for the cession ol the mholt? or a i~ortiouo f their redervation, and their removal to and Cousoliclation mitlr the Osages. as recom-meude~ l iu the last anurrill report of this o£lice. It ia uudrrwtoud that the majority of this ' s ~ n d ltr ibe have already da faoto L'reruored,"sud have settled aroorrg the Osages. It is believe~l ttrat the heat interests of tlle Qnapaws will be promoted by such rea~oval,irreal~eotivoef auy consideration of the possible neces!ities of ttre Poncas. KLAXATH INDIAN RBSERVBTION. An act of Oo~rgressa pprored July 2,1864, (13 Stats., p. 355,) panted to the State of Oregon, to aid ill the condtrtictiou uf a military wagon- |
