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Show friendly Indians that he was camped on West mountain, and had fortified himself at that point; but has since left, and moved his camp to the Navajo country. Very respectfully, your obedient' servant, GEORGE W. ARMSTRONG. Indian AR el at. =s Excellency BRI(~HAYMOU KQ, Gouemwr, and ex-oficio Supe&ntendent of Indian Affairs. - No. 100. OFFICSE m m m m I NDIABAW AIRS, San Francisco, CaZ., Septernbar 4, 1856. SIR: In obedience to the requisition of the department, I have the honor to submit the following ae my annual report of the affairs of the Cklifornia superintendency : At the date of my assuming the duties of superintendent of Indian affairs for this State, the system of colonizing and subsisting Indians upon reservations selected for that purpose, and instructing them in the arts of agricultural labor, &c., had been.commenced, and a reser-vation selected at the Tejon Pass, in the northern part of the State. This reservation is in a prosperaus condition. The number of In-dians who reside here is TOO. The quantity of land in cultivation this year is about seven h~mdred'acres; five hundred of which are in wheat and barley, and the remainder in corn and vegetables : most of the latter being the exclusive property of the Indians, cultivated entirely by them, and in their own way. The Indians work oheer-filly, and perform all the labor upon the farm, white men being only employed as overseers and mechanics. Owing to the extraordinary drought of the past season, in that ortion of the State, the product . of the farm is much leas than it shou f d have been ; enough, however, has been produced for the consumption of the place. There are on the reserve eight adobe buildings-the first of which is one hundred feet in length by twenty-four feet in breadth, twe stories high; it is used as a granary and storehouse. The second is the residence of the agent, and is sixty feet in length by twenty feet in breadth. The remainder are reaideqc'es of the Indian chiefs, and are about fnrty feet in length by teenty feet in breadth. All the Iabor of building these houses was performed by Indians, except the mechanical part of it. The mill is. in complete order, and by it all the grain produced upon the place is manufactured into unbolted flour before it is issued to the Indians, The property used in conductin the farm is twentv-six hduseu. thirtv" -ei"eh t mules. seven oxen., e i e d L. wagons, and four&n p ~ o u g h ~ finrno amd King's &verfam.-Owing to the difficulty of procur-ine a suitable location for a reservation in the central vortion of the sgte, no permanent selection has yet been made ; bit, in order to pr6vide for the Indians according to the intentions of the government, |