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Show I REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 57 '' I tain contl.01 of the school. Further consideration will be given to this subject as soon as practicable. The Oneidas have raised this year ahout 33,000 bushels of gmiu, 13.500 bushels of potatoes, and 584 tons of hay, and own over 1,500 head of horses and other stock. They find a readvmarket at Green Bapand other towns for their I surplns produce. The lfenomouees are unfortunate in the oharacterof the soil of their rr.r erva-tion. and their efforts in cultivatiue croDs meet with a Door return. Were they I ., . more f~vorablys iruated, tt~eirim prorrmt.nr woirld be rttpi~l.s iticr they arc. qoite indu2rriouz and disposrd M tbc puruir5d :tgl.icultul.e. 'l'lirp nrr, atnoit:: orher Indian?. rncciallv norable for their rle~irctu lnavr t h ~ i rc hil~1n.oe Joc4r..J, ar~d the amo"ng them are well attended. The teachers pay commendable attention to the education of the girls in the arts of housewifery, and the infln-ence of this course upon the manners of the people is sensihly felt. Observation of the devotion of these teachers to their work, in which they have long been engaged, has led this office to include them among those to whom the experi-ment of introducing the Kindergarten system is intrusted, and good results are hoped for. The question for some time pending as to the right of the State of Wisconsin to certain sections of land withinthe Menornonee reservation,has been decided during I the year adversely to the State. These Indians raised but a small crop this year, ' hut made abont 75,000 pounds of maple sugar, for which a ready sale was found. The Stockbridges, who purchased some years since two township3 of the Meuomonee reservation for a peinaueut home, are less favorably situated than either of the other tribes of the agency. Their soil is poor, aud the cold, wet seasons, and frosts occnr~ingn early every month of the year, m k e it difficult for them to procure a living by farming. Indeed, so discouraged are most of the people, that but little effort is now made in that direction ; many of the men hiri-il~gas laborers upon farms in the northern part of Wisconsiu. I t has been necessary to purchase provisions for their relief on several occasions. The tribe now nnmbcrs but 152. Feeling themselves hut sojourners in Wisconsin, and hoping and desiring that another home may he provided for them elsewhore. they make but little effort to overcome the dificnlties in their way. I t is ear-nestly recommended that a~rangementsb e made with this remnant of a tribe long friendly ,vit,h the whites, and willing to labor for their own support, whereby they can be removed to a more genial climate and fertile soil. The school of this tribe has had an werage of twelve in attendance, and the children exhibit willingness and capacity to learn. The teacher is also their missionary, and ra ellurch of some twentv members has erown uo under his care. ~ ~ ~< Altogr.tLcr the. iitockbridgc, ?IIO\; tllrm?c'lrcs ~vnrt11y of the guard/an care of the governlnrot by tlleir i~~trllig~irgcoro.d ordrr, a1.J robriery. ?'h~.vr ;tizcd rllii year aLulrr 1.9l~Ob u,l~rlso r'~'~.ai1n..5 3U hurlltl~f' L131Z10(:9. - . . and 4dtons millet, Eultivating id a11 145 acres. CHIPPEWAS OF THE MISSISSIPPI. . Thia impnrtant agency hzs ~tndpri rs chargt. Chip1ws.1 Indians of three cla==ea, uuder rrzxty itipuliitions, but all helot~gitlg ru oue race, ?peaking the r.tmu l ~ n - -en ,t.re. dicr iue verv lirrle in rl~eirr ttsttlrn3 and hnbir~.e vceor so far a, rile u. greater a c q u a ~ t a n ~weit h the whites may have taoghia por'tion of them the yices of civilization. The population of the bands knovn by treaty as the "Chippewas of Uirsissippi" proper, is 2,166; that of the Pillager arid Lake Winnebagoshish hands is returned at 1,899, and that of the Red Lake and Pem-bina bands, tkr to the north, is 2,114, making a total of 6,179, being an increase of more than 150 since the previous census. It is not safe to assume in all cases an actual increase or decrease in the population of our Indian tribes from the |
