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Show influence a t work to havs this reservation t h r o w open to settlement, and their ap-prehension~ io this repard tend nreatlr to diacouraee them. Thar do not feel that iheir relations tn t l ~ eID terior Del;irtm&t ibave been fullyand f i n a l l dntermined, and tltough they hsvu derided tbe matter for tban~salvest, h ~ rya uoot dlveot their rl,inds of n~~rellel8aiooons tho sobiect. As intimated in U L V lust. I eanuot l~l l tt hiuk that aov c l ~ a o i eil l either their locef;on or relations to the gbvnrtlment ws,uld \DOin jttriouo <o thr i r iotarrata ood ployraea, and that the Gunl settlanueut would g l r ~ f l yrn coorayo then, in civiliring ~uraoitd. I auppow that'& a rnlo the pre~eotaiiooo f manta, difnenltisa, aud aDnogaocr8 has formed Ill0 bunloo of a major part of theuarreapo~t~lenocfe apallta; rertrioly they have bean a larno rlameot in ma own. but I eoorratttlate tba dcuartment and utvaelf that 1 cr,u w &#no extent sdopia difarent tone:' Oar mail facil#rie3, w h ~ uhse d to be ao utterly inadeqoate, are aow al l tha t can bo r e s souabl~d cbiretl. Bv rho liberalitv of the PonGOtice l)al#artnterlt. we hose three timFs a week, s i i Gruen Hirer City. We cno now trstkaet our bfficia~ b"eioear nlorr pmmprly and eat#afnetnrilg, and have frcclntent commuuicntion with the anter world, by aitielr wir i*olntrd poaitiou is gwatly relieved, Another eonrcr of pstulu-tion is lltc rl~recrt r a n swi ~ ~ i atun ua of all our goodeand a!,ppliaa,rhos ralieviup r l ~ o agent oi much lslmr and snaiety, 31111 the depnrrmrut of some extra expenae. Thrg all nnived in enud onl t r and were of a sstisfactorv oualitv: sumo few arroclcs.. our medicincn arnu;~ thmm, dill not arriro till thie rpriuy,"b& no ;;nut ioronvrn~encd was expcrienceii. l r is Iwlicved frr,sn the pmmplne+u aud rourgy d16plnyed by the depart-ment tlmt 1111 n.ill be on hnod in due awalnn the 18resent war. Wit11 a sluecru deairts to perform the dl~tieao f 'mj otli& to t l loa a t i ahr t io~oft he de-parttn.. nt, and fur rltn bvat intnrrsta ef the Indtikn* notcl ilgenry llnder my eltnrgs, and tbankin.: the depnrtntcnt for the cautfidenee innali+d in nu eoaoltcilrd reavot,iatr..rnl COLVILLE A G ~ Y , For1 Colaille, Wa~osh.B, ugrat 1, 1879. Sni: In snbmitting my seveuth snnoalreport of the condition of the Indian service nuder my charge, i t gives me pleaenre to oongratolste the Indiaos on the mmi-feat improvement they have madedoring the past year. It iis daily apparent that they are endeavoring to assinlilste their condition to that of white settlers. Their desire to own farms in severalty, to bnild upon and improve them, is a matter of geueral observation. They seem W have taken a oeadeparture,and are cootiooallywidening the hresah between their old oustoms and their new order of life. This condition of affairs is the result of different causes. the erest influx of i!nmierstion sod ranid oettlrmror of rhe cottnrry ronvioc~ogi bem df tho neerrsiry of pl.&i<lir~g ho~cwaf or t h r m ~ ~ ~ l11~1 rw*h,ic h thoy r am be protected b ~t.b a goveroment, and tho r u u ewd mnticlanw t h w f c ~lln tlw 3ihiIit~o f thv d r 1 ~ ~ nme ntot l(8lilr thc111i o their endcnrur~. Tile upricuitutal i tnpieutenr sg;oen~~~f~&lngi rhcd them by the govarnment aru L?ina Imed to ~ u o dn drsrltage, and thax aru grear'y'c~lr.ourn,"cd by their eseal l r~l t crons. r l t ich nt "resent orull,i~e"v r obundnnt vit.l<l. I'he decision ;f the 'depsrtment to make ob more reservstioos, bnt to give the In-dians the alternative of going npon sooh reserves as are already established or adopt the habits of civilisation, bas had a very beneficial effect upon the Indians of this ageooy, and they are gradually ~repar iUgt o oonfurm to tha t order af things. I n this connection i t would seem imperative on the part of the government to provide the neceasarv leeislation to enable thoae who wish to beoomeoitiecns to rlo so, as there Bcomr thbe o o soll.dcfiued 1 . a ~o n rhat ~ubj e c t . The npplieationa of IoJiaoa to mnko honwsl*:ntl eorrivs hare is cunle iuafanre~ tleun rrfilscd, the rraaun being Civco thnt then) waa on law ercuhlixlrr nn lodinn to avail ttimaelf ~f r l ~ nnl cr. As on0 of tlla lunin ul>je~tiunian the miod of-nu Iodisn to becotniug a citizen ia Ilia dread of taxstiun, I N(IIIIJr ct .~zt~mc~Iltlda t iomn proriston be mn#lero rrlicva him from thu pnrment of taxes d n r i l ~ rs lintitzd ~ e r i o ds, a it only I,y t ~ c f n r le xperlcnrn uf the protrctioo afforded him-that he will-ever become reconoiled to the system. The im~ortsnoe of ereotine oeencv buildines Doan the reservation ia oonstantlr mare~aiparent. There has sl7va:s be& a, ggresidra'wback to thia reservation from the want of the necessary agency buildings, r!oucevcr having been erected here. Many of the Indiana who now hesitate about removing to the reserve woold do 80 if tho agent were established there and the necesaarymills,sbops, sohool-bniMings, &c., aerc built. |