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Show 10 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. WASHINGTON. This superintendency has within its bounds six agencies and th%n reservations, upon which are located the numerous bands or tribes of W~;~hingtoTne rritory, numbering, with those outside, abont fifteen thousand souls. With the exception of a few bands in the southwest and northeast partof the Territory, all have treaty relations with the government. They are reported by late Superintendent MclKinney to be at peace with each other and all the citizens of the Territory, and the consequence is they are doing better in some respects than in former Fears. Yakama agency.-Prrhaps the most promisiug Indians ill the superin-ten~ leney art. those brlonging to tb~u agenrr. The Yakumas uumber about thrcv thouiiand. and mav be reeorded a8 n. selt'bu~lai~~nienoen le. Their case is an eximple fo; the e<wuragement of others, %d ion-clnsivelp proves that, under favorable circumptanoes, with proper aid and efficient management, by capable and honest agents, most if not all Indians may be greatly benetited and advanced in every essential element of civilieation. The reservation of this tribe is in the southern part of the Territory east of the Cascade Mountains, and is quite exten-sive, fertile, and possessing a mild and healthy climate. The Indians raise large quantities of grain, and live in good houses; have adopted to a great degree the dress and customs of the whites, and are deeply interested in the cause of education. The school on the reservation has not eEected SO much good the past year as previously, because of the reduction by Congress of the amount usually appropriated for that object. They have a treaty with the United States, made at Fort Simcoe, on the 9th June, 1855. @Elallam agency includes the tribea parties to the treaty of Point.no- Point, January 25,1855,the principalof whichare the S'Eokomish, S'Elal-lam, and Towauas. The~rre servation contains about four thousand acres of extremely fertile land, but it is not, however, a suitable place for the residence of the Indians, because of its being fiequeutly overflowed. The late superintendent recommends that the reservation be extended . . so a6 to include twelve hundred acres of elevated lands, as ,a camping ground for the Indians, in which I concur. Altogether the tnbes in this agency number about fiftean hundred souls, but only the SIEokomish and Towanas reside upon the reservation, who raise an abundance of grass and vegetables, and have a h e school building, but it cannot be said that the school put in operation is of much benefit to them, few of their children being encouraged to attend it. Tu'ulalip agency embraces the Tulalip, Swinomish, Lummi, Port Madi-son, and Muckleshoot reservations, for hdians who are parties to the treaty concluded 4t Point Elliott, January 22,1855, numbering in all about five thousand. The fwst named is the central and principal one, containinc thirtv-six sections of land. where are located nearlv all the &hploJ.dar ~ e r mho st ~mprovementh as b&n micle, and upot~t i~ims ~e r . v a t i o ~it~ i s c:ontrmplateil, if deemed expedient by the Prt,sident, to re-move all the tribes under this treatv. as it in cal)able of s u s t a i t~i~l~arrgae n d e r of Indians. Here the ag$t resides, and where is estafiishe'a government school, under the charge of Rev. C. C. Chirouse and a few Sisters of Cbaritv. which is doing well and would effect greater eood wrro Congress &'make a ruore'liheral al,propriation for'it3 supi;ort Superintenilmt Coloncl S:tmuel ROSS, United Statrn Army, saga of this agency that its condition is absolutelg ~leplorable,a ud rhat the mb- |
