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Show 216 REPORTS OF AOFNTS IN WASHINGTON. whatever will bring the Indian in a fair hosinw wky in contact with the white man I like to encourage. I n iasuin-e w m- n s I have the Indians to oromise to do all the freighting they can. C&. -The rounding np of the cattle began abont June 12 and wan completed an Angust 21, when it was found that the herd, all told, numbered 1,200 head. Ver.y me-c t fnl lv-.. v-o nr obedient servant. The COMMISSIONOF~ ~IN DIAANPF AIR~. ROBEBT FI-AUQH, United Stafea Indian Aged. REPORTS OF AGENTS IN WASHINGTON. REPORT OF COLVILLE AGENCY. COLVILLE INDIAN AGENCY, WASH., 2ugwA 11, 1890. SIB: In complianee with the instructions of the honorsble Commiesioner of Indian AiTsim. Jnne 1,1890, I hsve the honor to submit my second annual report pertsiniog to this agency for the past year. There are nine different tribes of Indians residing on theColville, Spokane, and Ccenr d'Al&ne Reservstions, and under my charge, namely, Cmur dlAIQne, Lower Spokanes, Lske8, Colvilles. Okonagans, Moses's hand of Calumbiss, Joseph's band of Nez Per=&, San Pueils, and Nespilems. The Upper band of Spokanes, living in and aroond the city of Spokane Falls, and the Calispels, living in the CalispelValley, while they are not on any reservstion, they are also under my care. They numberabout 350 men, women, and children. The following tabulated list gives the number by tribes: Males Female. Persons Rame of band&. above abo~s be'ween notother- Total, eighteen fourteen ::g," w,. en". YBBTB. yesrs. mersted. I l l ! CONDITION. The Cmu7 dlAUne reservation consists of 598,500 acres of land. All the Indians of this reservation are engaged in farming and stack-raising, and nearly sll of them have large and well-tilled farms. The prospects for s good crop this seasonsre far better than last gear owing to the late rains and the season being more mild. There was a oommiesion, consisting of Messrs. Simpson. Shupe, and Humphrey, ap-pointed to treat with these Indians last summer for a portion of their reservation con-sisting principally of timber-land, andthat portion of the nservation which it issupp~sed contains large mineral depoeite. The Indians desired to know, before they would enter-tain a proposition to treat with the eommissioo, when they were to be paid the amount doe them from the Washington and Idaho Railroad Company for the right of way through their reservation. I informed them that I had just received inst,rootions from the hon-orsble Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the payment of the money, and sssoon as the money was received it would be paid to them; and on August 13. 1889, accom-panied by Mr. A. M. Anderson, the agency clerk, we proceeded to the Cceur d'Al6ne |
