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Show them their possessions, and at the same time provide for the punishment of those of their race who shall be found guilty of instigating and promoting treason. DAKOTA SUPERINTENDEXCY. With the exception of the Sioux our relations with the Indians of this super-intendency remain friendly.. The principal tribes within its limits are the Sioux, Poncas, Groa Ventres, Nlandans, Arickarees, Assinahoins, Blackfeet, and Oro,ws. The only tribes with which we have treaties, other than of amity, are the Black- . feet, the Yancton Sioux, and the Poncas, each of which are located upon reser-vations. Under the efficient management of Agents Burleigh and Hoffman, the Yanctons and Poncas are rapidly improving their condition. Ezch of the seven hands composing the Yanctons have now a good farm under cultivation, upon which good crops have been raised during the post season, mainly by Indian labor. These Indians are fast learning to appreciate the importance of agri-cnltnre as a means of subsistence, and there can be but little doubt that within a few years, by judicious management, they will be prepared to receive and hold their lands in severalty, and thenceforth need but little of the supervisory care of the government.. Upon the Poncas reservation some five hundred acres of land are in cnltive-tion, a fair crop has been raised during the past season, the Indians have been successful in their hunts, and ample preparations have been made to supply their wants during the coming winter. Very corlsiderable @itions havebeen made to the agency buildings; the chiefs have comfortable houses; many of the Indians are beginning to build; their school buildiug will soon be completed and their school in operation; so that, upon the whole, .the affairs of the tribe were never in a more promising condition. The reports of Agents Latta and Reed, to be found among the accompanying papers, present, in detail, much interesting information concerning all the other tribes of the superintendency. It will be seen that, with the exception of various bands of Sioux, the time has fully arrived when it is not only firactieable but very desirable that treaties should be made with these v&.rious tribes sf Indians. They arean intelligent and friendly people, well disposed toward the white man, anxious to enter into more intimate relations with the government, and affording abundant evidence of their capacity to rapidly attain a respectable knowledge of the arta of civilization. When it is remembered that the Yanctons and Poncas have been upon their reservations but three years, prior to which their condition waa similartothatof the other tribes of Dakota,and their present is contrsstedwith their former condition, the. great advantages of the reservation system are at once apparent. T feel well assured that, with the exception of the Sioux, treaties might easily be negotiated with all the tribes of this superintendencz, Ghich would be alike beneficial to the Indians and the white settlers. The Territory is bat recently organized and as yet but sparsely settled. At present, suitable reservations upon which t'o concentrate the Indians may easily be obtained. A |