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Show REPORTS OF AGENTS IN WAEHINGTON TERBITORY. 221 Indua1ry.-The little f;rrmiog done ia tho oulg indnstry here. T l ~ eG overo~oeot fro,gI>ts aaro hrnled ro Illis ap*orj. fn,m Prior 1~131 pear bv rbe U<!,rnh Indians. -I nu, utarl,ioa tbelal 11, ban1 tltvir UWII acancv ireizhtd flail eul;~inef .,ll. 1 have held ~ back bud ntn disrribntrd sums tot the Gagc;nb rc6exlvc-gt rhio yen6.'%~~wdi ll nor i~atte rhwu uulil rbe H~CIICY freitzlnr arrives, sod rhen only to rlnn*? lndinoa W I N O will go to I'riee xnd l ~ n tL~IB lr hc a r enc r PUOJJ. I Imve b tow filrei~dv~ 1 1 h0a ve xererd to hsal. ~ -~~ ~- and t o these I will issu^e wa"-~ &s. They are now braskin;- their mild gorwea fur tha6 pnrpose. Agency buildings.-The h~~i ldinagts this aeeooy, with the exception of the agent's honse, are in a very dilapidated coudit~on. They are scarcely habitable. Thcy cou-siat of the old stockade qllsrters built by the troops in 1080, and was what was. formerly known as Fort Thornburg. Ufe claims.-These Indians are rrowinr very restless over their oleims for horses, catr.a, sbvny, ere., 1i1:tt were tnli?:h fronl'ihvt i hs rba llnnlll~o f Colursllo in Augaast i I . 'CIns90 (.lilim~w ere l,.v weaeot ra , p t ~at tila timn,nod by ?..,I>n ltl,mirred to C'ouzrrad for acriun. Tlmv amount to altour $RII.LJ~. 'I'lloy hove be,." vors pn-tiently' 81vaitin~ the action df Congress on these claims. I fear that if no actiodbe taken b j Congreas that it will be very difficult to reatrain these Indians from going into Colorado and re-imhursing themselves out of the atook in that conutry. Nmionary tuovk.-There is not now, nor has there been at my time, my missionary work done among these Indians, nor any kind of religious service had. Cattle.-A few asttla from the Government herd have been issued to Indiane who are taking on bsbits of indastry and who have shown n disposition to do some farm work. - Annuit".-These Indians receive an annuity whioh thi8 sear amounted to $~14. per cnluts. 'I'llere 19 llldo R graru~tyfu ttd of ~ imi f$ l,Tj(l0 a1n1t~ii~l1d.iya r~ibwted. .su,ritary.-'Cl~ara Iudi~11a9r? gcneri~llys rruug and itcnltlly auri free fro!" eonetitu-riuual Jirv;8se. Duriux rlra ainler rhe #tscnrlza broke our in epidentic form aud a majority of the tribe &re strsoked by it. However, there wereno fatal aauea. . General Frank C. A~mstrongU, nited Statea Inditln i"'apector, inspeoted th&e n p n - I cia8 Septenrber last, and he took a deep interest in the propas and welfare of these I Indiana. I t was the following oE his advice, based on sound sense and practical ex- ~mrienoe. that I have been ao succenwful in the management of these agencies during I REPOR,TS 06 AGENTS IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY. REPORT OF COLYlLLE AGENCY. COLVILLE INDIAN AGE~CYWA, SH., Awust 31. 1888. SIR: I have the honor to herewith aobmit my second annual report ss agent ofthe Colville Agency, oornprisiug the Spokane, Caur d'AIBne, and Colville Reservations. The 8genc.y buildings, with the exoeption of painting,sre completed and fbnoed. A large reservoir has been completed aboub 200 feet iarther up on themoulitains and pipe has been laid to the bnildings; so, in oase of fire, we hsveeome proteition. Another spring. disooversd aud led into tba reservoir giveseuffioient water for build-ing and stock as sell as for irrigation. When the biildings are painted and treesset out thinsage-bmsh sand-hill will look like an oewisin the deaert. In addition to the buildings of laet year I have erected a vary substantial heasd- 10s iail. whioh is tilled to its utmost oau.o cic"v with full-blood and half-breed whiskr-d<; ke;s aud handlers. The Lotcer Spokames, under Chief Whistlepoosum, occupy the reservation where the agency buildings me situated, snd are doing fully up to my espect s t io~~sT. he farmer, Mr. Alex. Shannon, gives a very good report as to their wfllinguess to be in-atructed eud to foilow iuatructious afterward. 'The head men, Whistlepoosum and S-kash-jock-io (Cornelius, aaptain of police), and both judgea of the Indian court, have used their greatast exertions in assisting me in oarryingout the lawsaud in pun-ishing law-breaker*. It seldom happens that sn Iudiau or half-breed on the Spokane Reservation gets on s, drunk without being brought in, even a month afterward, snd punished. |