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Show REPORT OF THE ACTINf3 COMMISSIONER. lh instruction in the industrial arts. it mav he exnected that. ere lone. their condi- ~ ~ c. tion will be greatly improved, aid the"citizens'will have fewer occasions to com-lain of Indian otttraees or difficulties. Such as have been, andare now, hostile. iccnpy no particular-part of the country, nor are they organized under any ' tribal power, hut wander from place to place committing deeds of violence, and plundering the co~nmunitiest hey find defenceless. Much dissatisfaction has existed among the Nez Perds on account of the non-ratification of their treaty of 1863 for so long a time, the non-payment of their annuities, and the encroachments of whites upon their lands. The patience exhibited under circumstances so unfavorable, and the fidelity to their ohliga-tions to the government, so faithfully msintained, are truly to be commended. Now that the treaty has been proclaimed without the amendments, to which they made anch persistent objection, it is hoped that the ill-feeling engendered by the causes refirred to will be soon removed, and their fntGre become more - hhp~.ful :ind prmnising of god rriulra. 'rill: government has its duty to per-form in ati~nliugp rotection to their vigl~ts~ t~tdeexri sting laws and treaty ztipu-lationd. 'rl~eirr eservation, dcti~~ebdy tlte treat). 01' lSGS, ehuuld uot he intruded . nnon in any manner hv whites. Let the iitercomse act of June 30. 1834. he strictly ind prornptl> etrfurced again% all intrudvrn; let 1 1 1 ~ 1h~e a faithfui execution nt'rhe law8 prohibitingthe dalv to, or intrnduclion among, the Indians of nuiriruour liauors. and we sl~allt lur urubahlv he.$r of d16cultr 011 tl~rir.n a rt. , liorbf their subpecting' the 'governmen't of a want of good fait6 in its care of the rights a ~ t din terests. Agent O'Neil has lately reported that many laws enacted by the le-ei slature of Idaho, in direct violation of the intercourse act of 1834, aiein operation upon the reservation, under which charters for ferries and bridges have been granted, and roads laid off. Withnut more definite informa-tionihan he has @;en, I am not prepared to make any suggestions in regard to the matter. If it he as he states, then inju~ticeis manifestly being done, and proper steps should he taken to determine such legislative euactments to be of no force. DAXOTA SUPERINTENDENCY. Powerful and warlike Indians are to he found among the nine hands of the Upper Missouri Sioux. The most peaceably disposed tribes are the Yauctons, Poncas, Arickarees, Gros Ventres, Mandans, Assinaboines, and Sisseton and Wahpeton hands of Sionx. Notwithstanding their solemn treaty obligations to he friendly, assumed scarcely a year since, some of the nine bands of Sionx have been waging war against the government for months past. Elsewhere in t h i ~re port I have noticed more particularly the cause and events connected with our present Indian difficultiesi n the co~intriesw atered by the Powder and Platte rivers. The Sisseton and Wahpeton Sionx, located in the northeast part of theTerri-tory, near the Minnesota border, are friendly. An agent has been appointed to take charge of them, and as far as means are available they mill he furnished with such things as the treaty with them ratified last spring, stipulates shall he provided. From the report of #gent Hanson, in charge of the Upper Missouri Sioux, it will he seen that a general desire has been manifested by them to plant. With judicions effort6 by the depaxtment, sastained by liberal appropriations for the supply of agricultural implements, it is thought that many may he induced to settle, abandon the chase, and labor for a support. Amidst surrounding difficulties, with influences strongly calculated to involve them in the hostilities of others, the Yancton Sionx, under Agent Conger, have remained true to the government. They have sustained this aummer a heavy loss in the destruction of their entire corn crop, by the ravages of immense nnm-bers of grasahoppera, the vatue of the crop being estimated at $50,000. So |
