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Show REPORT OF THE COJlhIISSIONER 01" INDIAN -4FFAIR9. 11 dian Territorv bv reason of tho ~lnieeted roads uortlr ;rnd sonth and ~~ ~ . ., . ., east annl 1vest t111.ol1ght hat Territory. O t l ~r~oartl s i ~ trh e S > r ~ t~lI~I I,I I I I I X to reaelr tlre I'ncifiv, will, I I n~ e cessity, lvilas throrrgl~i lrr~nr~rster; lcts of Inclinu cotlotr\: or colrntrv rllri~netl br thela. So n.it11 t1lt.Nortl1n.11 1';~- ~ c s c , ?hi& road most n~cessarilyp iss through several reser\'ations, the auet uossession of which is auaranteed to the Indidus hv tire sol-e rnr~~t i rohf ' ire(.irtics. 0 t l r ~ 1 .r &ds a r~?~ ~n? j evtLrl~~ln #ugill~ie great Sioux district. Tile Sioor tlon 31.1:t he rn~istp, olrerful ;l11(1w t~r-liketr ibe of 111di;iosil l the Unitt!d States. a1111t lieir ~)~r$ist(.i1n1t1 dt letcrmiuetloi~- meit a.nd of Congress, and such steps be early taken as will avoid all difficulty. As the annual reports of the various superintendents aiid agents of the Department embrace a mass of information in regard to the loca-tion, condition, and circumsta~~cweso rthy of note, respecting the tribes under their charge, I omit on this occasion the usual detail of particu-lars in relation to each superintendency and agency, and refer to those renorta. which are herenrith amended. *cry respectfully, your 'dbedient servant, E. S. PARKER, Eon. J. D. COX, 8ecretary of the Interior. |