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Show done tn some extent, and ronaidrrable produce has been raised. Depredations upon the timhered (pine) landa of the tribe hare been ntade to a large extrnt by whites, and the &pit has taken tbe necessary steps to prosecnte &e guilty parties, and recover for the tribe the value of the timber. There were one hundred and fifty cases uf small-pox among the Xenomonees, the ravages of the disease being greatly increaeed by the conduct of a priest, as stated by the agent, in insisting npon d i n g to the church the bodies of the deceased, and holding services over them in the presence of a crowd of the people. This practice was only terminated by the expulsion of the priest from the ressrvation. Some eight hundred of the Indians were vaccinated, and the disease was after a time stayed, but the agricnltural operations of the people were much interfered with. In other respects, referred to by Agent Davis, the condnct of the same priest has been reprehensible and prejudicial to the inter-ests of the tribe; and measures will he taken towards an improvement in this resneet. While there is no disnosition on the Dart of this office to interfere with the rooted religious prqiudiies of fndiin tribis who have long been accns-tamed to the ministrations of particular denominations of Christians, a iust con- . trol over these matters must 6e maintained, where the interests of the Indians clearly require it. The schools upon the reservation are nuder the charge of devoted Catholic women, who have been long in the service, and are doing much good. The blacksmith employed for the tribe is a native Nenomonee, and does his work well. An interesting question as to the right of the State of Wisconsin to the 16th sections in the townships comprising this reservation, which has beenin dispute for some time, has been decided in favor of the Indians by the department. The Oneida reservation is near Green Bay, and includes an abundance of good Iand, which is availed of to a very limited extent by the Indians. Their vicinity to several thriving towns, wkere they are readily supplied with liquor, has had a bad effect npon them. Many of them find it easier to cut and sell the timber from their reserve than to engage steadily in farmmg; and the best among them, having no allotments of land, have not that incentive to effort which a home of their own would give them. I propose, with your ooncur-rence, to endeavor to bring about an improvement in this respect. The Oneidas furnished one hundred and eleven men for the United States army, their total population being one thousand and sixty four by the last census-a decrease of fifty-seven since last ypar. Their crops have f~~rniahethde m a sufficient snb-sistence. The smallpnx prevailed among them to some exteat, there being forty-three cases and fifteen deaths by that disease. They have two schoola, one under charge of the Methodist, and the other the Protestant Episcopal church, the reports of both schools be~ng herewith. Re-cently. application has been made by a native Oneida, educated at a college in Wisconsin, for the appointment as teacher of the first named of these schools. The Stockbridges and Munsees, being the remains of the tribes formerly set-tled on the east side of Lake Winnebago, and who declined to take allotments and abandon their tribal relations, were placedupon a reservation of two tcwn- I ships on the west end of the Menomonee reservation as at first established. They number 338 persons, but at latest dates only about one-half of them were nnon thcir reservation, the remainder heinp absent amonp the white settlements, eiployed by the farmers as laborers. - They justly complain that the lands given to them are p'oor and barren, and unfit for their use. They are an industrious people, and would do well upon good lands, and he entirely independent. Oat of their small popalation they had 43 soldiers in the Unite4 States army. Their school has been successful during the year. |