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Show There are at present three schools in operation on this reservation, with an at.tenda~lceof 120 scholars. By the provisions of the treaties of March 16, 1854, and March 6, 1865, the Omahas have a limited annuity of 820,000for theterm of ten years, and thereafter of $10,00Ofor the fiirther term of fifteen years, which is paid to them per capit,a, pr expended for their benefit ; and are a160 provided with a saw and gnst n~illa, blacksmith-shop, and an engineer,'miller, farmer, and blacksmith, st an annual expense to the Government of $4,500. Pawnees.-The Pawnees, a warlike people, number 2,447, an increase for the past year of 83. They are located 011 a reservatioq of 288,000 acres, in the centra1,part of the State. They are native to the country now occunied by them, and have for Fears been loyal to the Govern- Illcut, hiiri~~::f i-&qacuriy f~~rni s l~sc6du ts for the Krluy i n oper;{tious : ~ I I S tI t i o m : rul ing I J ~ I S . Their locatiou, so 11ear the tiuotier. :tnd :tlmost in constant colltnct wit11 the Io<li;~nosf t l~eo l;~ind. with whom they have been always more or less at war, has ten;led to retard their advancement in the arts of civilization. They are, how-ever, gradually becoming more habituated to the customs of the whites; are giving some attention to agriculture, and, with the disappearance of the buffalo from their section of the country, will doubtless settle down to farming and to the practice of mechanical arts, in earnest. The act of June 10. 1872. heretofore referred to. ~rovides also for the sale of sale, sucl;impro~ements, in the way of building houses and opening and stocking farms, can be made for the Pawnees as will, at an early day, induce them to give thcir entire time and attention to industrial pnr-suits. There are two schools in operation on the reservation; one a manual-labor boardiug-school, the other a day-school, with an attendance at both of 118 scholars. Provision was also ma,cle by Congress, at its last session, for the erection of two additional school-houses for the use of this tribe. Under the provisions of the treaty of September 24,1857, made with these Indians, they have a perpetual annuity of $30,000 secured to them, part of which is paid to them per capita, and the residue expended for their benefit in goods and other beneficial objects ; also for educational purposes $13,900, annually ; farming utensils and atock, 81,200; and for salary of physician, farmer, aud other employ&, p ~ r c h ~ s e of medicines, supplies for shops, &c., in all, $7,580. Sacs and Foxes of the Missouri.-These Idlaus, formerly a portion of the same tribe with the Indians now known as the Sacs and Foxes of tlre Mississippi, emigrated many years ago from Iolva, and settled near the tribe of Iowas, hereafter to be mentioned. They number at the present time but 88, haviug heen steadily diminishing for years. T6ey have a reservation of about 16,000 acres lying in the southeastern part of Nebraska and the northeastern part of Kansas, purchased for them fi,om the Iowas. Most of it is excellent landi but they have never, to any considerable extent, made use of it for t~llage, being almost hope-lessly disinclined to engage in labor of any kind, and depending princi-pally for their subsistence, a rery poor one, upon their annuity, which is secured to them by the treaty of October 31, 1Y57, and amounts to 8 7 0 They also have United States bonds held in trust for them by the Secretary of the Interior to the amount of $21,925, the interest on which, $1,217.25 together with aid annuity, is either paid to them per capita, or expended for their benefit. By act of June 10,1872, prorision |