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Show I \r COMMISSIONER OF. INDIAN AFFAIES. 33 .' I that selected for the Sioux. Contrasting the happy homes, and the abundant supply for all their wants which they have left behind them, with the extreme desolation which prevails throughout the country including their present lorn-tion, and their almost defenceless state as against the hostile savages in their vicinity, their present condition is truly pitiable, and it is not surprising that they have become to some extent discouraged, and are dissatisfied with their new homes. I t cannot be disguised that their removal, although nominally peaceable and with their consent, was the result of the overwhelming pressure of the public sentiment of the community in which they resided, and it is to he 1 feared that it mill he many years before their confidence in the good faith of onr I government in its professed desire to ameliorate and improve their condition will he restored. Their misfortunes and good conduct deserve our sympathy, and I trust they will receive at the hand of our people and each department of I the government the kindest consideration. 1 The act of Congress above mentioned provides for the peacea6le removal of the Indians. In its execution, some of the members of the tribe were found unwilling to leave their homes, and as there was neither the disposition nor the power to compel them to accompany their brethren, they have remained upon their old reservation. The most of them are represented as having entirely abandoned thc Indian habits and customs, and as being fully qualified by good conduct and otherwise for civilized life. Many of them are enlisted in the military service, and all are desirous of remaining upon and retaining possession of the homes allotted to them under the provisions of their treaty. As the act of Congress for the removal of the tribe provides for the sale of the entire res-ervation, I respectfully recommend that it he so amended as to vest in the parties u,bo have thus remained the title to the lands they respectively occupy, and to dissolve their connexion with the tribe. In conformit7 to the requirements of the Winnebago treaty and the said act of Congress, the trust lands .helohging to the tribe have been placed in the market. Tbe amount now sold is 30,229.50 acres, from which has been realized the sum of $82,537 62, or an average of nearly $2 73 per acre. An appraise-ment has also been had of the landa of the diminished reserve, and the same will soon be placed in the market. (IREEN BAY AOEXCY. I The Indians of this agency are the Oneidas, the Menomonees, the Stack- I I bridges, and the M~msees. They are under charge of Agent Davis, and are living upon three distinct reservations. There can be no doubt that at least two of the reserves, viz : that occupied I by the Menomonees, and that occupied by the Stockbridges and Xnnsees, should be abandoned, as being almost wholly unfit for the purposes for which they are I intended. The sterility of the soil is such that none but the most skilful of agriculturists could cultivate it with any reasonable hope of an adequate return for the labor bestowed. Upon the Menornonee reserve there are thousands of |