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Show The Iowas nnmber two hundred and ninety-three souls. Having hnt aeventy-eight men in all, forty-one of these are in the service of the United States an soldiers. The able-bodied portion of those who remained, with the women, raised a good supply of corn, hay, kc., and the tribe owns property to the amount of about $16,250. They complain that the government does not keep faith with them, in refusing to make compensation for the arrears of interest dne them on bonds of States which have failed to pay interest since the com-mencement of the war, and in which their funds were invested by the govern-ment. A tribe so loyal, so willing to furnish men for tbe defence of the coun-try, and so disposed to help itself by the pursuits of industry, surely deserves hetter treatment at the hands of the government. The Sms and Foxes of Missouri, a small tribe, nun~beriug one hnndred and seventeen persons, though embarrassed by their failure to obtain the use of part of their t ~ u sftu nd to he applied to their improvement in agriculture, and to the erection of comfortable houses, are in R reasonable condition of comfort, and will be rendered quite independent b ~t.he sale of their lands now in progress. The Ottawas, numbering about two hundred, are represented as being in a good condition as to progress in civilization, are well provided with the means of life, and are devoting a liberal share of their means for the estahlishmer~t and support of a manual labor school and farm, from which the best results are ex-pected. U~iderd ate of October 10, 1861, this office was advised b y Agent Martin of the reeult of a grand council of dell gates from the several trihes of loyal Indians of Kansas, held at the Sac arid Fox agency. October 9, in view of the approach of the forces of the rebel General Price to the borders of that State, and the attempt which had been made to induce the Kansas trihes to send dele-gates to a council to be held in the Creek connty, in October, in the interest of the rebellion. I t is with great pleasure that I refer to the loyal and patriotic declaration of these tribes, submitted with the papers accompanying this report, as showing their firm determination to continue steadfast in their suppclrt of the government, and furnishing an example which might well he followed by repre-sentative gatherings of white men, who, although proud of their superiority over their red brethren, have not always exhibited such loyalty to their country. WORTBERN SUPERINTENDENCY. The Indians under the charge of this superintendency, aside from those who do not receive annuities in money or goods, and are not under treaty stipulations, number about fourteen thousand persons, and comprise the Winnehagoes, the Sissetons, Wahpaton, Madewakanton, and Wahpakoota bauds of Sioux, the Chippewas of the Mississippi, the Pillager and Lake Wiunebagoshish. Red Lake and Pemhina bauds of Chippewas, and the Chippewas of Lake Superior. The Winnehngoes are those who were removedin May, 1563, under direction of an act of Cougress, from their reservation in Minnesota to a new location selected for them on the Upper Missouri river, near Crow Creek. Superinten-dent Thompson, in his annual report herewith, states very clearly the changed condition of these Indians, and its results upon them. They had been friends to the whites, and their reward has been their expulsion from their homes. They were able in their former location to obtain a comfortable living in peace, and the circumstances of their new location, taken in conjunction with drought, ravages of insects, and fear of hostile Sioux, have discouraged and prevented them from raising any crop. They had, to convince the whites of their friend-ship, made common cause with them against the Sioux; and they found them-selves last winter left on the Upper Missouri, with hut few troops to rotect them against their enemies. I do not propose to enter again upon the {iscns-siou of this subject-the removal of these Indians from Minuesobhaving |