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Show sented in the conncil of the peace commissioners, in connection with the Comanches and Kiowas mentioned in the preceding paragraph. Among the docnments herewith will be found a communication from Agent Wynkoop. of 14th September ultimo, giving a full statement of the military operations, as they rtffrcted the Indians of his agency. REPORT OF THE ACTING COMMISSIONER. 19 NORTHERN SUPERINTESDENCY. Within the bouzlds of the superintendency are located the following tribes : Wr'nne6agocs.-The lot of this tribe has been truIy one of hardship. Since 1832 they have eeveral times, by forceof circumstances, heeu compelled to change their place of abode. From the beautiful country on the Blue Earth river, in &Iinnesota, granted to them by tleaty as their permanent home, they were unjustly removed in 1863, because, as alleged, the people of Minnesota wo~~ld not tolerate the presence of any Indians, however well dtsposed, in that State after the terrible outbreak of the Sionx in 1862. This is not, I opine, all of the truth; they (the citizens) coveted the ~plendid country these inoffensive and friendly Winnehagoes were occnpying, and the Sioux difficulties furnished the pretext to get rid of them with the aid of congressional legislation. After three years of wandering and suffering, during which many died, they have at last been provided with a suitable home in Nebraska, on a part of the Omaha reserve, purchnsed from the Omahas-a fine tract, fertile, well timbered and watered. Under the judicious arrangements of Superintendent Denman and the efforts of their effic~enat gent, Mr. Mathewson, tbey are being placed in a position where, with the aid supplied by their treaty stipnlations, they will rsp-idly progress, and may he expected soon to attain to their former prosperity. Superintendent Denman is of the opinion that by right management they will soon he so far advanced in the chief elements of civilization as to entitle them to the orivileees of citizenshiv. I t is recommended tbat the fourth section of the ncr'of ~<;gr t .uo~f 1:ebrkirv' 21, 1363, allotting the \\'in~trttagoru lands in nevrralt, be ?u ameucled its to itllot 160, instead of' 60, acre3 to ?sell l~end of a family, and to each unmarried person over eighteen years of age 80 acres. The Winnebagoes have a just claim against the government on account of their removal from Minnesota, the expenses of which were borne out of their ow11 tribal funds. I think the government is clearly bound in all honor to refnnd to them moneys thns expended. I therefore earnestly recommend that. Congress appropriate the necessary amount, and further, tbat an appropriation of $50,000 be made to provide t,hem with work cattle, hogs, eheep, wagons, farming implements, &c. A small number of the tribe yet remain in Minnesota,. who claim that they have forfeited no right and lost no privilege acquired under any former treaty; that by the treaty uf 1859 they obtained a vested right to. the lands thev occunv. and that the act of Coneress under which the ereat bodv ~ ~ ,". .. of the trihr removed was iu riulntiun of tllar tlvaty. 'I'ney sak thnt the allot-nlentj provided hy the treaty oi 1850 lte sccllred to rlxem by lofficient evideuce of tille: thnr 1ht.v he oaid their dirrribotive nharc uf 1111. orocecds ot ' t l~rsn lr o i the winnebago tcost lands; their shareof all other money's payable to the Win-nehagoes under treaty stipulations; that their shareof the funds of the tribe be capitqlized and paid to them in bulk, and then, these things being done, their peculiar relations as Indians he dissolved, a11d they be left to merge themselves in the comm~mity where they have cast their lot. These requests are emi-nently proper and just, and a compliance therewith would be no more than. doing an act of justice to a greatly wronged people. I have no hesitancy in strongly urging the enactment by Congress of such laws as may he necessary to meet the csaa. Omahas.-These Indians, although they have not entirely abandoned the chase, have given considerable attention to agric~~ltnraplu rsuits, and under the |