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Show 24 REPORT ON INDIAN AFFAIRS by the ordinary or common scl~ools. The snggestionis worthyof consideration, hut the object can be perhaps as nvell effected by sending a few of their best youths to institutions of learning in the States most convenient. AGENCY OP THE CHIPPEWAS OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND OTHERS Embraces the Chippewas of the iPIississippi, Pillager, Winnebagoshish. Pem-hina, and Red Lake bands of Obippewas, nnmberin~a bout 6,200. The Pillager and hands named followine ha<ea uekauent reserve. and in their oneratiins during the past year for ob&ining a &lpport have been'in a good meaiure suc-cessful. With the Chippewas of the Hississippi it has been otherwise, the rice crop, upon which they largely depend for subsistence, being almost an entire failure in consequence of heavy rains. With this latter band a treaty was con-cluded in March last, and proclaimed April 1S;by which they cede all tbeir . lands in Minnesota, except a tract north of and bordering on Leach lake, and a reservation of 36 townships, includi~rgW hite Earth and Rice lakes, suitable as a farming region. For the lands ceded, estimated at 2,000,000 acrw, the gov-ernment sti~ulatesto n. a"v them for a telm of vears certain sums of monev for imlwnf~menrs,p nrcha?e of cattlt., lior~rs,t ~~t.;bli>l,ilP~CgI I O U I ~ . i i t ~ t l li)r tther ob.jtctr needed to promot,! tlreir u~lvarlrcil l civilir:r:ion. It is the I,sroosc! of the department to remove them upon their new reservation as early i s practicable, and to adopt measures to secure to them the various benefits provided in their treaty. They are now scattered, frequently coming in collision with the settlers on the frontier of the State, making the necessity pressing for their removal. Concentrated in tbeir new home they can he properly provided for and induced to engage in pursuits which will tend to establish them as a people, sulf-sua-taining and progressive. AGEXOY FOR THE CHIPPEWAS OF LAKE SUPERIOR. Tlw lndinos ot this agency arr scartcved ahout in ntoall rornmonitier in the nol.thrlu p:trt of Wiecl,~leina, lld in Jl:nne~otan cnr tln: British lit~e. I n tile latter State is the llt,i~F orte Ilattd, with wltom a tnearv was made in ISGti, and rari-fied in April of the same year. By the liberal fiovisions made for promoting their interests in the respect of education, farming, and other matters, it is expected their conditi~nw ill be one of gradual improvement. The ill-feeling between this hand and the Lake Indians, growing out of the treaty referred to, has, it is believed, passed away, or if itexist to any degree, is not likely to create difficulties, as was apprehended. Most of the Indians of this agency cultivate small patches of land in potatoes and vegetables, which is about the extent of their farm work. The country they inhabit being heavily timbered, is not well I .suit.ed f or farming purposes, hut wild rice is abundant, and the lakes and streams furn~she xcellent fish. Upon these sources and game these Indians principally 1 depend for subsistence. AGENCY FOR INDIANS IN MICHIGAN. The Indians in the State of Michigan, comprising numerous hands of Ottawas, Ohippewas, and Pottawatomies, number about 8,000, who) have geaerally adopted the dress, habita, and manners of the whites. Over 2,000 homes, of 80 and 40 acres each, have been selected and pub under cultivation. With these Indians, as it is with others who have made some progress in civilization and are desirous of still further advancement, a feeling of uncertainty exists as to the uermanencv of their homes, which in a measure discourages and deters them fiom hoildiog ltouscl and making newled inrprovzm?!lt~. 'they dc~irato Ilc asaurtd t l ~ t ~thte homrs mlde Ly the labor of their hamlc s11~1nl ot be takeu hum tLeu hcca~ltiet l~cya re wanted by the whitca, or becuure their laud abounds |