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Show BEPOXT OF COMMISSIONEX. 5 being satisfactory, the question, Which form of government shall be re-cognised as the choice of the r p ! e ? has not yet been decided. The Indians in the State of ich~gana re generally doing well. They are becoming a sober, orderly, and industrious people, devoting them-selves to the cultivation of the soil. Their agricultural operations have been crowned with their proper rewards; education is encouraged amongst them, and they are makinq co.m~nendable progress in the knowledge and practice of the arts of c ~ n h e ldif e. Similar remarks are equally appl~cableto the Oneida Indians in the State of Wisconsin. By the treaty of 1848 with the Stockbridges, it is provided that the President, within two years Gom the date of the treaty, shall procure for their use a quantity of land west of the Mississippi river, on which tliey shall reside, not less than seventy-teo sections; said Indians to be consulted as to the location of said land. This provision has not yet been carried into effect, and the aKiiis of these Indians are in a very unsettled and embarrassing condition. They were anxious to be lo-cated on the land about the month of the VermiUion river, in the Terri-tory of Minnesota ; but the selection was not approved by the govem-ment, and they have more recently expressed a willingness to accept a tract on the Crow river, in that Territo~. The treaties with the Sioux Indians being now ratSed, there seems to l e no good reason for not com~lvinew ith their present views; but the season is too far advanced to m:~kc ihe arral~~rr~;elrletqsu iredhfore the elislling spring. T- -h-e-: -remo~\.a~l- ~ of 1~111: M- t!n~bmo nrrs. as rontemnlate~l hv an act of ~ ~ Congr6ss passed at the last sesiod, ha been Hatisfact&ily effected. i The whole tribe are now concenuated on the desigtlated territory b e tween the Wolf and Oconto rivers-+ location w ~ t hw hioh they are ~! well pleased, and where they are anxious to be permitted permanently ': to remain. Should this be assented to b ~t-h e legislature of Wiscon-sin, the arrangements necessary to effect the object can be readily made on terms, it is helieved, mutually advantageous to the Indiahs and the government. The count^ wherc they are now located is well suited to their wants, and I know of none to which they could with propriety be removed, and where they would, at the same time, be so little in the way of our white population. Wherever they may be set-tled, it will be incumbent on Congress to make further provision for ) them. as their claims appeal strongly to the justice and humanity bf i the government. I A removal of the Chip e m agenc? has been made from its former I osition to a more favora7 l,e. site on the Crow-wing river, west of the i ib' ' ' ' A considerable number of the Chip ewas yet remain at t<F?IKmes in the country ceded to the Unite $ States; but, by ad-hering to the policy of paying them their annuities only in their own territory, it is thought that such of them as it may be desirable to r+ move will soon be induced quietly to abandon the ceded lands. With the exception, perhaps, of one or two small bands who may be eligibb. located on Lake Superior, measures should be promptly- taken for the. \ concentration of the entire Chippewa tribe within a limited district west of the Bfississippi river. There seems to be of late increased &satisfaction among the Win-nebagoes with their present location, and they have a strong desire to, |