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Show 48 OREGON SUPERINTENDENCY. I MISOELLAN~OUS. No. 232. Communication from Charles D. Poston, superintendent for Arizona, relative to Indian affairs in that Territory. - No. 233. Letter to Superintendent Poston, giving instructions relative to the Papagos. No. 234. Letter from Orion Clemens, acting governorof Nevada,of July 2,1863. No. 235. Letter fro-J. T. Lockhart, agent, relative to the Pahnte Indians. No. 236. Letter from J. 1). Doty, superintendent for Utah, relative to the Ute Indians. NO. 237. Letter from same relative to the Indians in Utah. No. 238. Letter from same relative to treaty with the Shoshonees. No. 239. Letter from same reporting details of his northern expedition among the Indians. No. 240. Report of A. A. Bancroft, agent for the Yakimas, in Washington Territory. No. 241. Report of H. C. Thompson, farmer for the Yakimaa. No. 242. Tabular statements of Indian trust fonds, numbered 1,2,3,4, and 5. No. 243. Statement of liabilities to the Indian tribes under treaty stipulations. No. 244. Statement of population, wealth, education, and agriculture among the different Indian tiibes. OREGON SUPERINTENDENCY. No. 1. OFFICES UPERINTENDEINNTD IAAFFNA IRS, Salena, Or~gonS, eptember 12, 1863. 81%: In reporting upon the condition of the Indian tribes in this superin-tendency for the past year, I shall confine myself to general statements as to their condition and progress, suggesting such changes as appear necessary and judicious, and refer you to the reports of agents aud subordinates, which are herewith transmitted, for details. The relations of peace and amity which existed, at 'the date of the last annual report, with those tribes with wllom treaties have been made, have been maintained uninterrupted during the last year. This is due in part to the e5cient assistance rendered by the military, but more, I think, to the advance made by the Indians themselves in civilization, and the growing tendency which thev exhibit to abandon their sava-g e habits. and deoend naon a-~ riculture for their kbsistence. Since taking charge of the affairs of this superintendency, on the first of Anril last. I have visaed all of the reservations. conferred with the agents, and i;deavored to tl~oroughlyi nform myself as to the condition and w&ts of the various tribes. In order to do this, I have been compelled to travel more than two thousand miles, a large part of which has been done on horseback. My first efforts were directed towards securing the return of the large number of Indians who had escaped from tbe reservations, and were infesting the white settlements. From the citizens of Willamette valley, in particular, complaints numerous and loud were received, of these stragglers, and I therefore directed the several agents to promptly arrest all Indians absent without special per-mission, to return them to the reservations, and endeavor to prevent their escape in the future. |