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Show 20 REPORT OF THE COMXISSIONEROF INDIAN AFFAIRS. tin;. and sellin: the pine tin~berb elongill: to tl~rseIu dinns, ?,000,000 fver hilw been (tut 1t111dl rive11, realizing $?R,i3l; of which i~~cl ivid~~I I I ~ ~ IrIeIcrIiSve tl f i ~trl ~eirla bor orer S3.uU0, the ~ I . ( , I I S I Io~f~ the trilx. tleririr~ga ilrt 1,rofit of 8.5 per thousand feet. The ugmt ratinrntes that for 1:ibor done by tlie ludiai~njl ion t l~ere servntioo, ilt I I I I I I ~ IQI ~ I I La' .n d fbr work ontsitle' on milroads, 111;ring the p:~sty ear,'~hu~Slt Y O , ~1~10~s ( 11ee11e a~.neda u~lr ecei~ede, xvl~~siroef tile lohor rer~dereili n bailding IIOIISPS, raisiug crops, n ~ a k i ~su~gyar . pntherii~gr ice, nud h o n t i ~fL~r ~ t i s T IICw orli of edueat~onu pon III? rerervarioua IIHS been of lare onire nnsar1iit:1~~torb.vn,t o11c s111;111i1 .110td beill" IIOW in operatio~l,w ith ;event,y scholars, t6e average attendance being fifty. It is, hornever, , in coi~templation to open one additional large school at an early date. By act of Cong~esso f February 13,1871, provision was made for the sale of a portion of the Menomonee reserratlon; but as the conselit of the Indians has not been .obtained, no portion of their lands has been d~sposetl of. They are now receiving a limite,d annuity (eight iostnII-ments still due) of .$16,179.06,under treaty of May 12,1854,a!1d also the interest on $154,438.89 United States and State bonds, held in trust for them by the Secretary of the Interior, amonnting annually to $8,381.94. The Stockbridges and Jfunsees, numbering two hundred and fifty, occupy a reservation of 60,500 acres adjoining the Menomonees. The Stockbridges came originally from Massachusetts and New Pork. After several remox.sls they, with the Mullsees, finally located on their preveut reservation. Onder the provisions of the act of February 6,1871, steps are now bring taken to dispose of all of their reservation, with the excep-tion of eighteen sections best adapted for agricultural purposes, nrhich are reserved for their future use. They have no treaty stipulations with the United St,ates at the present time., nor do they receive any annoi-ties of any kind from tile Government. They have, however, $6,000 invested in United States bonds, held in trust for them by the Secre-tary of the Interior, the interest on yhich ($360) is used for educational purposesfor the benefit.o f their children. These t r i b e ~ i n d e ~idt, m ay be said this t.ribe, (the Stockbridges,) for of the llunsees there proba-bly remain not lrlore than a half a dozen souls-were formerly an intel-ligent., prosperous people, not a whit behind the most advanced of the race, possessed of good farms, well instructed, and indust.rious. Unfor-tunately for them, though much to the adrantage of the G,overnm~nt, rrhich acquired t l~erebaj vi~,l~nahtrlea ct of conntry for whitesettlement, they removed, in 1857, to their present place of abode. The change has proved highly detrimental to then interests and prospects. Their new reservat,ion, tho greater part poor in soil and seriously affected by wet seasons aud frequent frosts, has never yielded them more than a meager s~~bsistenceM. any hare for this reason left the tribe, and have been for'yearsende~~vorintgo obtain a livelihood among the whites, main-taining but lit,tle intercourse rrith those remainiug on the reservation, yet still holding.their rights in the tribal property. The result has been bickrriugs and faction rluarrels, prejodioi+l to the peace and advauce-nlent of the eommunit,y. More than one-half of the present inernbership of the tribe, from both the "citizen" and t,he "Indiau" parties, into vhich it has be& long divided, are reported by the agent as havitig de-cided to arail themselves of the enroll~i~epnrto risionsin the act of Unn-press of Febrnag, 1871, hereinbefore referrrrl to, by which they will finally rec,eive their share of the trib;d property and become cit,ineus of the United States. Those who desire to retain their tribal relation under the protection of the United States maj, under the act adverted to, if they so elecL b ~t'h eir council, procure a new location for their |
