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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER O F I~DIANA F~AIBS. XLIII vidual ; the sale of the remainder of the lands with all the pine timber on the reservations at an appraised value, &nd the funding of the pro-weds for the benefit of the tribe. In the opinion of this office, s ~ ~ c h action would place these Indians in a most favorable condition to insure their civilization, and, at the same time, secure for them a fund sufficient, probably, to relieve the governmentfrom the neces~ityof making further appr'opriations for their support. With a view to economy in future appropriations, and in order that j~~aticmea y be done the Indians, I desire to call attentidn to the follow-ing- named bills, introduced at the 1ate.extra session of Congres: House bill No. 1140, for the relief of the Menomonee Indians in the State of Wisconsin ; House bill No. 356, providing for the sale of the New York Indian lands in Kansas; House bill No. 353, providing for the sale of - the lands of the Miami Indians in Kansas; and Senate bid No. 1124, for the relief of the Winnebago Indians in Wisconsin. YAKAMA AND MALHEUR AENCIE8. ' Abrge part of the Indians formerly at the Malheur Agency in Oregon are now under the care of Agent Wilbur at Yakama, Washington Terri-tory. From September 1,1878, nntilJanuary, 1879, most of them were held at Camp Han~eya s prisoners of war, and were then removed, with about 100 others, to the Yakama, Agency, at which placethey arrived ' on the 2d of February last. During the past a w n they have received very careful training and have improved in every respect. Indian civilization is carried on at the Yakama Agency on bospess principles. The end and aim of the service are kept constantly in view. No time is lost in theorizing, and every Indian is made to earn his own subsistence and work out his civilization. The 300 Indians now in the vicinity of the Malheur Agency and Forts 'McDermott and Bidwellshould also be sent to Yakama. The Malheur Agency should be abolished ind the lands included in the reserve should be appraiged and sold, and the proceeds of the sale inv&ted for the benefit of the Indians. RESERVATION TITLEB. Want of a title to their lands operates as a serious hinderance to the civilization of the Cheyennes and Arapahoes in the Indian Territory. They forfeited their treaty reservation by failing to settle thereon, but have been assured that the loeation now occupied by them is given in lieu of their treaty reserve. An act oE Congress confirming this location would enable the agent to give them allotments in severalty, and would decidedly quicken their interest in farming? An Indian, like a white man, is not inclined to cultivate land of which he has onlj an nnmrtain tenure. , Title to the locations now oecnpied by the Poncas and Joseph's band of Nez Perc6s should dso be confirmed to these tribes by aot uf Con- |