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Show 50 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. kota and Montana, rt~spectix.ely, itre the eastern band of Shoshones, numbering abont one thousand. The Shoshones are native to the coun-try. Their reservation in the Wind River Valley, containing 2,688,000 acres, was set apart for them by t.reaty of 1868. On account of dif-ficolties apprehended in consequence of the intrusion of settlers and ~ ~ ~ i nueporus the southern portion of this reservation, the Preside11.t was authorized by a.ct of Juue 1, 18i2, to negotiate with the Shoshones for the relinqnisl~rn~noft that portion of the reserration lying south of the dividing ridge betweeu the Eig Popoagie and Little Wind Kir.ers,and south of the forty-third pirailel. Iu return for s~lchre linquishment, the act contemolated the cession to t l~e~nloaf,n dsl rine north of: and adiaaent to this 1.elinnnishmeut hag beer1 obtain6d. unor~ terms which will ljp. ~ ~- stated iu det.wil under.tl~eh ead of $' ~ e ~ i s l i t i d~nro bosed." ~' Unt little a(lrancement in civilizatim hasbeen made bv these Indians. owi~lgto t,lleir indieposition to labor for a living, an11 to the incessant incursions into their country of the Sioux and the Northern Arapahoes and Cheyennes, vith which tribes they hare for many years bee11 at war. The losses sustained from these incursious, and the dread which. they inspire, tend to make the Shosh.ones unsettled and unwilling to remain corlt.iouoosly on the reserration. They therefore spend most of the year iu roamiug and hnntiug nhen they shoulti be at work tilling thc soil and improving their laiids. Their xgcc~t says of them, in his annual report, that their view6 in regard to their mode of life have, of late, son~owl~acht anged, they llaving conseuted to abanijon their mi-gratory habits, and enter upon stock-raising and farming. There is one kohool at the agency, having a11 att dance of tau scholars, in charge of' [an Episcopal missionary as teacherfg U~lderth e treaty of July 3, 1868, these Indians receive limited annui-ties in clotlling to the a~~lononf t $13,874, (twe~tty-seveni nstallments due,) alid for be~~eficioabl jects $30,000, (right iustallmeuts due.) They are also furnished with Tarions emulov6s. and with iron and steel. at an - . grow the most valuable crops. A portion of the Bal~uocksh ave, since the treaty of 1868, been visit-ing the ageucy of the i3noshoues,.and have received their annuity goods there. They belong, however, to the Port Hall reservation, in Idaho, and will hereafter receive their annuity goods at that place. IDAHO. era1 other bmall bands, nuinbering in the aggregate about 5,860 souls. Nez Pe~c&.'-The Nee Perc6s number 2,807, and have a reservation of 1,344,000 acres in the northern part of the Territory. By treaties of 1858 and 1863, they ceded to the United States a large hody of land l ~ i n gw ithiu the limits of the then Territories of Oregon and Washing. ton and accepted their present diniini~hed reservation, with certain auiuities in consideration of the cession of the remainder. The tribe has long been divided into factions known as the " treat,y' party and the "non-treaty" party, from disagreements arising out of t,he treaty made with them in 1863. Though the ill-feeling: engendered has in a mea,snre subsided, the 'Lnon-treat.y1 ' Indians, to the number of a few |