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Show REPOBT OF TEE COMMISSIONEB OF 1NDIA.N AFFAIRS. 11 thus leave the coveted territory open to settlement. Under this arrangement, one snh-agoncy would he dispensed with. The estimated expense of the re-moval of these Indians is given by the soperintendent at $16,500; and he sog-gesta that the town site at Yaquiua bay would, at public sale, more than re-im-hnrse the government for the outlay. I suggest the policy of early action upon this subject. CALIFORNIA. Under date of April 1, 1865, a report from late Superintendent Wiley fnr-nished this office with information of the peneral condition of the Indians upon the rescrvation3, attd of the progrran thnslar made in the reorganization of -111- dian sflairs in California under tbe law of 1864. At that time it was expected that a very large surplus of grain and vegetables would he raised upon thereaer-vations ; hut,, as will he seen by the report of Snperintendent Malthy, who sue-ceeded Mr. Wiley ahont the first of May, those expectations have not been re-alized. Before Mr. Wilev retired, however, he wea able to revort many chanps for the hetwr in the concfition of iff~irn. Up u, the date oftbe reporiabove;e-frmed to, lout two of the fourrerervation~to which the act ofCongreas limits the ~uprrintrndeneyh ad been delinitely set~lrdu pon, king those at Round Valley and Hoopa valley. I t was intended to remove the Indians from the Smith River reservation, and lace them at the old Klamath reservation, still owned by government, hnt to place the occupants under the charge of an employ6 of the Hoopa valley agency. No definite suggestions were made as to the selection of the other two permanent reservations. By the annual report of Superiutendent Malthy, of recent date, we obtain quite full information of the condition of affaira in California, the superintendent having but lately wmpleted an extensive tour of oh~ewationm, ade in company with Hon. Mr. Highy, one of the congressional Committee of Investiga-tion. In regard to the disposition of the Indians upon the reservations, they are said to he everywhere well disposed and peacable, and willing to labor for their own support; and many who have not hitherto come under the a r e of the ageyts are seeking permission to come in and share the labors and benefits of the pollcy adopted upon the several agency farms. The superintendent represents them as very dentitute of clothing, supplies of which must he purchased for them, until such time as they can raise n snrplns of prodnce to be disposed of. The addi-tional numhcrs coming in every year to the reservations will probably postpone all sales of surnhs nroduce indelinitelv. a8 the new comers must he s l ~ ~ ~ o r t e d A . .- A A till they can raise a crop. Snperintendent Maltby desires to discontinue, as soon as practicable, the system, still to some extent practiced, of renting lands for Indian reservations. In this desire I readily concur, and it is hoped that such practice will soon cease, either by adopting the snggeatioos of the superintendent's report, wwhh -proposes to purchase the.necesaary lande at a fair appraisement, or by remov-ing the Indians to lands already owned by the government. There are no schools upon any of the reservations in California, and the sug-eestion of Snverintendent Maltbv, that Conmess he reauested to make vrovision For at least ohe good school upol; each resektion, mGets with my hiarty con-currence, and 1 trust that this small chance of intellectual life may he vouch-safed to the poor remnant of the trike who once occupied as their-own a coan-try so prolific of wealth, and who have been compelled to yield possession with-out any stipulations for their benefit. The four agencies refelred to in the annual report are those of Round vaZley, in northeastern California, Hoopa valley and Smcth river, in the northern part of the State, west of the mountains, and Tale riuer, in the extreme south, eaat of the mountains. |