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Show future home. This act may fairly be looked to as securing, with proper administration, a substantia1 improvement in the condition of these Indians. The school interests and religious care of this people are under the su~erintendenceo f 1Mr. Jeremiah Slingerland, a Stockbridge o f ~ u ~ r~epe~hit cf*u r his i~~telligencaeu d l~i s~ uc&ssin tilt? calrse 01' the luoral and ed~~c:~rioniranlp rorerne~~oft his peol~le. Jlr. Slingerlau~lb as for nlanv years had charge of the schools of the tribe. n~~mber-i ugothue roll fort?;-& ncl~olars\,r 'zh an avrrage :~rtend;tneao fthirty. The O?leidns, uurnl~er~utwpe lrc 11u111lraedn d fifty-nine, 1l;lrr :I rrstrrn-tion of (i0.300 acres ucarGreen Bav. Tl~evc oustit~~tthec mr;iter uor-tion of thb tribe of that name (derived fcom Lake Oneida, where-the tribe then resided,) formerly one of the '<Six Nations." Two houdred and fifty of the Oneidas yet remain in New York on the reservations already described. Those who are found in Michigxn are progressingin the arts of civilized life, many of them being intelligeut, industrious, and ripe for citizenshtp. The progress of those best disposed and most advanced is, however, retarded by the fact of the tribal lands being held in common, by which the iucentive to individnalexerti is greatly impaired, and habits of industry and frugality discourage dgn There are also some members who fail to keep pace with the progress of the tribe, in part, probably, from the same cause which hinders the improvement of those better disposed, but principally from that fatal curse of the Ircdian, the pmsion for intoxicatingliquor, which is e8pecially developed among those members of the tribe who are engaged in lumbering. It is no\r believed that a large majocity of the tribe favor the division of their lands and the allotment of parcels to families and individuals, a measure deemed to be of the first importance to the future welfare of this.people, and which, it is suggested, should he the whject of legis-latire action, with a view to its consummation at the earliest pmcti-cable date. There are two schools for this tribe, having on the rolls two hundred and seventeen scholars, the average att,endance being ninetv. With additional accommodations. a much larger nnuluber could be l,r;ogllt i~udrrin strl~et~oo.T hr l,:l~ia.,;lvual nd ~f r i lodi sdt e ~ ~ omi ~ ~ n - tions 11:irrl o n ~d~ lstn~ueIdI I ~ S S ~OI~I tnt iul~I Is~ O I I t he reservatio~w~i t11 1 some success. -Thev have comfortable housei for Dublic worshio. and the attendance upo6 the regular religions services of the ~ a b 6 i t hii.s good. The Oneidas of Wisconsin participate in the permanent annuity in clothiug, amounting to $4,500, per treaty of 1794, made with the '' Six Natious"of New York, $1,000 of which sum is being used for their benefit. They have no other treaty relations at present with the Gov-ernment, nor are there any other funds expended for their benefit, with the exception of a small amount for pay of teachers and support of - ~ schools. The stray bands of Winnebagoes, Chippewas, and Pottamatomies number about sixteen hundred. They are scattered in small parties over the centraland northern portionsof the State, andare thosemembers of the tribes named who did not remove when their respecti\-e tribes went west of the Mississippi. They receive no assistance from the Gov-ernment, and subsist by cultivating small patches of corn and vegeta-bles, by hunting, fishing, and gathering berries, and by workingfor the whites a,t certain seasons of the year; a number own a few acres; others rent small patches from the whites. They are accusedof causing considerable annoyance to the Earmers in some localities, aud, on accouut of complaints having beer1 made i11 this respect, Congress has appro- +l,riated fnuds to temore them to the tribes to which they respectively |