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Show . REPORT OF THE COMtdISBIONEB OF INDIAN AFFAIBB. 7 peace and catered into a treat All of these tribes had accepted resewations south of the Arkamsm, and & from the great thoroughfare where they had been so honblesoma The Indians af this eupe&tenaency consist of a large namber of small baade, with names of infinite variety, hu4 h o s t uniform uncoothness, appa~zntly taken from the &em, menntains, or bays where they resided. I find it im 0s-sihle to =certain the exact census of the valious tribes, as the superi n!tcen ent and agents appear to h a ~ sey stematically overlooked that essential particular in their reports. By a careful collation of former reports wilh those of this year, which occasionally make mention of the number of particular tribes. I hare prepared the fallowing estimate, arranged in the w a l metbod practiced in this aupe~intendencyo, f claseng together the tribes who were included in the va~i-ens treaties made with them by Governor Stevens : TmfY @Poi& EMiot, Tulalip agency, Agent Howe: Tulalips. Skokomish, Lummis, kc. Population about WOO. Treaty of Pokest No Poiat, Skokomish agency, Sub-Agent &ox: Sklallame, &., 1,500. Treaty gf Need bay, Makah e n c y , Agent Webster: Nakahe,&c., 1,400. Treay of BPedZaae we&, Puyallu agency, Agent Elder: Pupallups, Nia- udlys, Sqnaksillg and Chehalis,(t %e latter tribe not treated with, and in %arge of same agent,) 2,000. Treaty ef Olympia, Quinaielt agency, Sub-Age& Hill : Quinaielt, Quille-hntes, &c., 600. Treaty ~ Port rtimcoe, Bakama agency, Agent Wilbur: Yakamas, kc., 3.080. Besides the above, Special Agent Psige has been sent by the saperinteudent to look after the condition and wants of certaii tribes in the northeast part of $he Terribry, and reports the number as follews: Spokaoes 1,280, Oolvilles 500, Pend d'Qreilles600, Okinakaues 500, other small bands 400--say, 3,400 in all. Grand total in tho Territory, as eatimated above, 14,800. From the reports of Agent goweof the Tulelip agency, and Mr. Finkboues the famer in elurge of the Lummis reservation, we learn that the l~ldiane exhibit a l a d e d improvement in some respects; have beeu quiet, and some-what ind~atrions. successful in their crops, and have added twenty-five liouses for their d o r t m e school, long under the charge d the devoted Father Ghironse, hna produced. good reaults ; but he pleads for means to provide better accommodations, snbsistence, and clothing, so that the school may be of more aerviee. The snperinteudent estimates that &5,000 would be suiiicient for these purposes, and I refer to the report of this earnest laborer for the welfare of the Indians for the good reaeons given for his request. The sllperintendent thinks that a competent miller should be em loyed to keep the saw-nail1 running. so as to furnish hmber for hwsea tor the Adiaas. He also suggests the necessity of a definite survey and location of ihe liuea of the reservation From Sub-Agent Kuox, in charge of the Skokomish ressrvation, we get sccouuta of but Iittle i~laprovement by the Indiana, who seem to be in b ~ d health, owing to the eEec&s of whiskey, which is famished them in spite bf all precaution& Still, something has been done, against great obstacles, in clear-ing up a facm, setting out orchards, &c. The Sklallam Indians refuse to l ~ v e on the reservations, hut the Skokomish do, and will improve when sufficient Land is cleared of its heavy timber for their use. There is w school on the reservation, and the superintendent states that,deerning the amount prorided EO mall that its expenditure for the purpose would avail nothing, he has retained |