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Show COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 5 as well as the Omahas, have been assigned to the Presbyterian Board of Kissions. The Pawnees and Poncas, who, with the Omahas, and Ottoes, and Missourias, constitute the Council Bluffs agency, are in an unsettled state. The former claim a large tract of country in Nebraska, and in their roving habits have not even confined themselves to it. They have infested the emigrant roads and been very annoying. The Poncas have also been "euiltv. of d enredations. and have the character if lawless Indians. A The Pawnees recently informed their agent that they desired to treat with the government and to sell their countrv : and it is also understood thay the Poncas are anxious to make so&e'treaty arrange-ments. It is very desireable that the Pawnees and Poncas should be brou5ht under some restraint, and advantageous treaty arrangements can, it is believed, be now made with them. The Ioways and Missouri Sacs and Foxes, of the Great Nemahaw agency, have, during the past year, manifested some interest in agri-cultural pursuits, and otherwise improved in their habits and dispo-sition. It is to be regretted that so many of them are still unwilling to avail themselves of the ample facilities afforded for the education of their children. Their excellent missionary teachers continue, how-ever, with unabated zeal and diligence, which must, in time, result in overcoming the apathy of the Indians on this important subject. The Kickapoos have raised and secured sufficient supplies for their subsistence during the winter ; and a portion of them have provided better accommodations for themselves by the erection of comfortable log cabins on the reservation set apart for them. It is gratifying to know that there has been less intemperance amongst them than usual, and that they are beginning to realize the importance of taking effi-cient measures to rid themselves of this vice. The circumstances by which the Delaware Indians have been sur-rounded since the organization of the territory of Kansas, and the trespasses upon their rights and other irregularities of their new neighbors, have not been such as to impress them very favorably with our civilization. Reposing, however, with confidence in the govern-ment, the Delawares, generally, have applied themselves to agricul-tural pursuits and have realized a supply of food for the year. Their agent has been unremitting in his exertions to protect their rights and advance their interests. The agent for the Shawnees and Wyandotts reports that they "have enjoyed during the last twelve months almost uninterrupted pros-perity and they are now rqjoicing in an abundant return from the toils and labors of the husbandman." These are the most civilized tribes of the central superintendency; many of them being educated and sufficiently advanced to appreciate, and desire to be invested with, the privileges and duties of citizens of the United States. A treaty placing the Wyandotts in that position, and providing for the termi-nation of their annuities and the division of the principal thereof amongst them, as well as of their lauds in severalty, was negotiatcd with them last winter, and ratified by the President and Senate. Their tribal organization has therefore ceased, except so far as its |