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Show BEPOET OF COMMISSIONEB. 7 impatiently awaiting the establishment of a territorial government over the vast region north of the Arkansas and west of the llIissouri rivers. This measure, though fraught with dficulty and danger, will doubtless force itself on the consideration of Congress ; but, before it can be justly carried into effect, important preliminary arrangements must be made, involving the future disposition and management of various Indian tribes occupying the territory in question. The Delaware Indians are among the most remarkable of all our colonized tribes. By their intrepidity and varied enterprise, they are distinguished in a high degree. Bes~des being industrious farmers and herdsmen, they hunt and t .ade all over the interior of the continent, carrying their tr&c heyolid the Great Salt Lake, and consequently expose themsel\-es to a thousand perils. Under these circumstances, they are steadily diminishing. The Christian Indians, a peculiar and interesting band, once resident in Canada, whence they emigrated from Ohio, are now located on the lands of the Wyandots, who consider them as intruders, and desire I their removal. They have strong claims on the government, and the attention of Congress was called to the subject at the last session; but nothmg de6nite was done. It is hoped that suitable provision for them may be made at an early day. The Shawnees are eminently snccessful as agriculturists, and are rapidly advancing in general improvement. But for the baneful effects of intemperance, to which their proximity to the border settlements greatly exposes them, they would soon become a highly moral and prosperous people. Several murders of recent occurence among them are attributable to this fruitful source of evil. The condition of the Pottawatomies continues substantially the same as heretofore re TIICYde pvnd mainly tbr support, eipccially in ainter.oa thci rP" ,~,d.aniv.2 nd but little or 110 imorovement is mal-ifest id their modelof living.' The location of the Kanzas Indiaus in the country about Council Grove, on the great Santa F6 road, is unfortunate for them and the whites. They are a rude and depraved tribe, and little can be done for their welfare whist t h e ~ , ~m?liianb le to the pernicious associations that await them there. T eu v~cious practices are also the cause of frequent annoyance to the numerous traders and travellers who pass that way. The small-pox, reinforced by inebriety and general dissoluteness, has this year dealt sternly with the Sacs and Foxes. Their numbers have been thinned by death with unsparing hand. Agriculture is almost en-tirely neglected, and their attachment to old habits, encouraged by their despotic chiefs, materially retards their improvement. The Swan Creek and Black River Chip ewas of the Sac and Fox agency are in a prosperous condition, thoug1 th ey make fiequent and just complaints of the depredations by the Sacs and Foxes upon their stock. As these Indians speak the same language with the Ottowas of this agency, and are in all respects a homogeneous people, it would be well if they were all blended together as one tribe. These Ottw was are distinguished for their steady progress, and in their modes of life are little behind the generality of the white population of the |