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Show 5 6 . ' WASAINGTON SUPEB~TENDERCY. No. 260. Minutes of proceedings at an informal ,conneil with chiefs of the a Onondagas, oneidas, and Cayugas. No. 261. Minutes of conference with people of the Beneca nation. No. 262. Letter to Henry Silverheels, president of the Seneca nation. No. 263. Tabular statements of Indian trnst funds, numbered 1,2, and 3. No. 264. Statement of liabilities to Indian tribes under treaty stipulations. No:265. Statement of population, wealth, education, and agriculture ampng th6 difcrent Indian tribes. No. 1. WASRINGTON SUPERINTENDENCY. OLYMPIAW, .T ., Noyernber 3, 1864. SIR: I have herewith forwarded my final report as snperiutendcnt of Indian affairs for this Territol,~h, aving brought it down to the date on which I turned over the office to my snccessor. I regret the delay, which has beenunavoidable. The fault must lie with the agents who failed to forward their reports to this office in due time, although as early as the last of May I called their attention to the subject, and requested them to furnish the same by the last of Jnne if possible, and if not then, to forward them early in July. None were received until thelatter end of August, and a portion of them in October. Respectfully, yours, 0. H. HALE. Hou. WILLIAMP . DOLE, Commissioner of Indiun Affaim, Washingtm. OFFICEO F ~UPERINTESDENT OF INDIAAFXP KIR~, Olympia, W. T., Bug& 8, 1864. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following brief ieport of the condition of Indian affairs within this superiuteudcncy during the past year, and up to the present date. As will be found from the accompanying reports of the agents, there has heen considerable advancement during the ycar, consideriog the limited amount of means whieh has been in my hands and at the disposal of the agents. I feel myself fully justified in stating that in no previous year since the establishment of this superintendency has so much been accomplished by agents, employ6s. ~ and Indians, at most of the agencies, in the erection and repair of buildings, and in the ploughing, fencing, and cultivation of the land. This is especially the fact, 'so far as the Indians are concerned, at the Yakama, the Tnlalip; the Sko: komish, the Puyallup and Nisqually, and the Chehalis Indialu reservations. At the Makah agency, much has been done in the way of hl~ildingsf or the .agent and employSs, of which it was entirely destitute at the time I entered upon my duties as superintendent. The Skokomish agency, at the head of, Hood's canal, for the Sklallam In-dians, was in a similar situation. Several buildings arc now in,a state of pro- |