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Show REPORT OF THE COMMIBBIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 23 onerations. The military officers of the district have cordially seconded all the efforts of the superintendent to maiutain good order and discigine. One expedi-tion, of which we have received full advices, resulted in the arrest of a number of Indians who had for several years been notorious for committine outraws upon whttea or frirndly ~ndiann,kud they were, at last xreounts, etzl h .ldUio rnstody by the o~ilitarya nlhoriri~3,nmxitit1gtr ial. 'L'hr auperinteudent does not duuht that they can be urov~cle uilrvand nuni~hed: but thinks it hard to inflict the utmost rixor of theiaw up& I&ians,'while no bhite man is ever convicted and punished for crin~inalc onduct towards them. Aside from the Yakama a.p, enc"v above referred to, and, to some extent, the Tulalip >t~tncye,d oe~tionnlm atterj are i l l n low atarc drnong the FTaihingtun Inrlinnj, ut~dth r g.~te~.illliyh erill prux.irioun of' their rn.ativs have ~ L ItkIl.~ pr oved of little advantncr: lo rlrr:~u. l'l~r. teachrrd of thr Takamas, and re~errml Mr. Chirouse at t h c ~ u l a l ai g~e ncy, have succeeded, especially the former, in es-tablishing the fact that some of these Indians can be brought to appreciate the advantages which education confers upon them, and to attend the schools with regularity and interest. It does not appear that there is any such radical dif-ference between these tribes and the others as to prevent us from expecting a like result from equally judicious efforts with the latter. A strong desire has been expressed by the Tulalip teacher for the appropriation of sufficient funds to enable him to open a girl's boarding school, where many orphan children, now held in a disgraceful state of slavery among the Indians, may be cared for wd taught, and an estimate for the purpose was transmitted to Congreas at its last session, but without result. The legislature of the Territory made a apecial recommendation upon this subject, and this office would take pleasure in re-sponding to their wishes if the means should be placed in its hands. Bookq for the introduction of the Kindergarten system have been sent to the two schools above referred to, and to the one at Neah bay for the Makahs. OREGON. The annual report of Superintendent Huntington, and the reports of the sev-eral agents, furnish full informationof the condition of the Indiian service in that The Sileta and Alaea agencies have charge of the Indians of the coast, with whom a treaty was made by Superintendent Palmer in 1855, hut which, for some reason, failed of ratification by the Senate, though most of the other trea-ties of that year with the Oregon Indians were ratified. By the provisiona of that treaty, the Indians ceded nearly all the land lying between the Coast Range of mountains and the ocean, save a reservation set apart for their resi-dence: and tllev immediatelv retired to the n.r oo.o sed reservation. in full faith that h e gov~rllluet~%t"v rsuldea rl; iuto c,pernti~,ut he ~til~ulariuaosf the trt.aty. I%ul Liz IIUJ tot hcuu the tax, and WI I ymm hdrc c' IH~JcdJ~, lringw hich the Ilrdi-ruin 11i1vca waited tlne iicti~no f t l ~ cr a rtrumrllt, Lcinn nidcd tncu~iwbileI ,v mvans of the general fund appropriated f;r the service in 6reg.on. They haveprofited by the teaching afforded them, and have labored with much energy in cultivat-iug the soil and earning their own subsistence, much troubled, meanwhile, lest they might at some time, because of the uncertain tenure by wLich they hold their lands, be driven from their homes. That which tliey feared has, to some extent, happened during the past year, a portion of their reserratiou, hitherto reserved from sale, under orders of the department, having been thrown into market and opened for settlement. This office having reported fully upon the subject when it was under diseus-slon last spring, I do not desire to reopen it, but allude to it now only to state my full concurrence in the view taken by the superintendent as to the duty of the government to enter at once upon a policy which shall vindicate its good |