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Show 4 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. that the war carried on for some time past by the Snake and other In-dians. uDon the border of Idaho. icl virtnallvended. the militarv. o.~ erations agniukt ihem han'ng ~ C C I Is nc<essful irr chpturink man1 ;i11d coloprlli~~g tile rest to sne for pence, a result 11i.rhly crttlitnble MI the efiicienc~.o t that arm of the service in that qnarter. The Sioux tribes of western Dakota, who were for several years just prior to the present year engaged in war against the government, are now, I am pleased to report, comparatively peaceable, and hopes are entertained that no serious trouble will arise with them hereafter. The efforts of the peace commission, col~~posedocffv ilians and ofiicem of the arm- v.. ,a .m.o inted bv the President to investieate the cause of the war ill111 tu HrrnllgP fbr PFact', hwwbcen :ittrndvd \\.jthsurctsd tu :I prat degree, a113I nstilry beneE~:i:+rlr sults \\.ill uo doubt follow :I thirhflrl and prmlnt I'ulfilmc.nt of tlleir nl.ulnirts to the 1n~li:ins. an11 of the trvurv itipuiations entered into wiih them. They made a &eaty with the con-federated northern Arapahoes and Cheyennes on the 10th of May, and the Mountain Grow tribe on the 7th May last, which have been ratified and proclaimed; one with the Brul15 and other Sioux on the 29th April ultinro, which has not yet been submitted to the department, and also one with the Ogallalla Sioux on the 25th May, to which a number of Minneconjou chiefs added their signatures. This treaty has been retained at Fort Laramie that it may be signed by the Sans Arcs and Onopapas bands of Sioux. - The main features of these several treaties are: the bindine the In- dians, parties thereto, to keep the peace, the providing for the several tribes a suitable reservation, and the means for their education and civ-ilization. 111 uccon1:lnee with the promises made by these eommisxio~~etros the Fii<nis,t he 111ilitarXp oarr: drsignated aa C. F. Smith, Phil. ICr;~meya, ud Rello, in the Pt,\vdrl. river c01111rrs.t he eatablinhn~el~oft whivl~w aaune Two of the commissioners, General Sherman and Colonel Tappan, con- ~"1.1-1-d ead treatv with the Navaio tribe at Fort Sumner. New Mexico. on the I S o~f ~ ~ tlwisre, a d i t his bee11 procl:~i~ncb~yl h e ~ rc.sidmt.' It \\.ill he ~ r ~ ~ ! ~ r ~ l ~tlllit)te rrher dN ar~!joer. srvernl ~-ealsagob,c iug Illen hod. tile, were ral~rnrei~l ll t l~r i rc ount~y\,w st oi t l~eR iu G~.:iurl~F.p, the luili-t a v , 811d t :~ke~t81t [LC l 3 0 ~ ~ ~ll1t~l rd ou~l0o1,1 rhr l'e~:oxr iver, 111 thv wst. em part uf Ye!! ' .\lt.xico. Tbr ~.e~~r \ .atpi roouv ing to be ~il~euitablAeI, I ~ f-h--V.~ : iv >~ioebbe cu~uiu!! vert. U I I I P ~d ibs3tisfl6:d ill111t lueatenillc 11)l eave.. and the government biing it a heavy expense to support t&m, it was deem& advisable to procure for them a new location, and hence this treaty was made, which provides a reservation in their old home. They have since left the Bosqne Redondo, and are now being established upon the new reservation. GeueraI Aug?~r, as a commissioner substituted for General Sheman, during the past summer visited Utah Territory, and concluded a treaty at Fort Bringer, in July, with the Bannock and Shoshone tribes, rang-ing in Idaho and Utah Territories, which provides for their establishment upon a reservat.ion in Wind River valley; the treaty has not yet been received by the department,. The new treat,ies made by this peace commission in 1867, at Medicine Lodge creekt, Kau.urts, with the confederated Arapahoes and Cheyennes, and the confederated Kiowas, Comanches, and Apaches, and which were before the Senate the paet winter, have since been ratified and proclaimed. Treaties were made in 1867 with tribes in Kansas for their removal Do the Indian country south of that State, and were in due tlme laid before |
