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Show REPOKT OF THE 0OM.MISBIOiVEE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 7 courts of the nation and the United States in referen08 to imMieti&t over Cherokee citizens, and for the abolishment of distinccons among the poople ; that with the small bands of Chippewas and Cluistian In-dians or blunsees. entered into June 1. 1868. to enable them to dia~lve their tribal relatibns, and join other &bes; h a t with the creeks of %i-tember 2,1868, supplemental to their treaty made in 1866, the chief ground of which, set forth in the preamble thereto, being the iujnatim done in the latter treaty in requiring on their part an absolute and nn-conditional surrender of one-half of the nation's domain, because of a liability of a forfeiture of their rights in consequence of the nation hav-ing madeatreaty with the so-called Confederate States, no such require-ment having been imposed upon the Cherokees and other tribes in the treaties concluded with them in 1866, who had also entered into treaty arrangements with the authorities of the rebel States; those with the Blackfeet nation of September 1,1868 ; Shoshones, Bannacks, and Sheep Eaters, of September 24,1868; Oros Ventres, of July 13,1868, and River Crows, July 15, 1868, .which provide for a cession of lands claimed by these severd tribes m the Territory of Monhnna, and for their being . located and sustained upon suitable reservations in that Territory; that with the Senecas and other Indians in the State of New York, of De-cember 4, 1868, by which they agree to relinquish all their right to lands in IIanaas, and all claima under their treaties of 1838 and 1842; it provides for the issuing of patents to whites occupying the lands in Eansas allotted to the New York Indians who removed there, and for paying the losses of said Indians by reason of having been driven from their homes; that with the Sacs and Foxes of Miwuri and Iowas resid-ing in Nebraska, made February 11,1869, and that with the Ottoes and Missourias in the same State, of Behruary 13,1869, both of which stipu-lated for a sale of their lands, giving the St. Louis and Nebraska Trunk Railway Company the privilege of purchasing the same at $1 26 per acre, and providing a new home for them in the Indian territory, south . of Kansas ; that with the Kaws or Kansas tribe, of March 13,1869, pro-viding for the sale of their lauds to the Union Pacific Railway Company, and for the removal of the tribe to the Indian territory; and lastly, that of the Miamies in Kansas and Indiana, concluded Mmch 9, 1869, Tor the adjustment of all claims against the United Stat= and the settlement of all controversies between themselves. In regard to the treaty with the Osages of May 27,1868, against whiclt serious objections have been made, I suggest that i O either be modified, or another arrangement entered into with the tribe with a view to the purchase of their lands and their removal' to the Indian territory. De-. siring to ascertain the mind of the Osages in regard to this treaty, 1 instructed the superintendent of Indian affairs, Mr. Hoag, to is it them a~n-~d hold a council unou the subiect. A reoort of his interview with ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ them has recently behn re<rei!'ed,"and will h'e found amoug the papers hrrcwitl~.n umbered 122. It seems that the Indiaus are not di~satisfied with the treaty so much on the ground of there having been any undue influence brought to bear upon them by the commissioners who nego-tiated it, as that they believe the price stipulated to be paid for the land is not enough. Whether it is ratified or not, they wish to sell their lauds and remove, for settlers now occupy them, taking even pos-session of the corn-fields of the Indians, cutting off the timber and otherwise d n g i n g upon their rights. I trust that Congress will early legislate in this matter, that trouble and d e r i n g may be prevented. Hostilities to some extent, though not to that of war by tribes, have unfortunately existed more or less during the past year. In May d |