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Show Other Indiansof t h i ~ag ency, the Oncpapa.4 leadi~~hpa,y e been trouble-s~ meb,e ing charged w~ t hki lling ~.itieensa n11e o~nl~~ittdinepgr ed;~tions. Sisseton nr~d~ ' a l ~ v e tSnI~I~S SI i~<,a~.r~. b s tlleir treaty of Fr b n ~ ; l r1~9, 1867, have two res&,rations : one at Ihkk Traverse ' the east oi' the Territorj- of Dakota, near the Minnesota line, the other at Devil's Lake, in the. northeast portion of the Territory,,aud are estimated to number about 1,800. On account of the annulling the treaties to ahich the several bands of Sioux (Sisseton, Wahpeton, Xedama-kantou, and Wahpakoota) were partles, a portion of whom mere guilt1 of the terrible outbreak which occurred in Minnesota in 1869,. these Indians, members of the bands bearing their names, ma.ny of allom not only preserved their obligations then and subsecluently, but periled their lives to rescue citizens from danger, became for years hon~elessw anderers, with insufficient resources for their support. By t l ~ etr eaty referred to, justice was at last accorded them, their claims upon the generosity of the government recognized, and provision made to enable them to return from a precarious dependence upon the chase to au agricultural life. By act of Congress of March 3, 1869, an appro-pliation of $60,000 mas made for their benefit, and the expendittire thereof placed in the hands of Rev. Bishop Whipple, long their devoted friend, who has since had the Indians under his auper~sion. The amount appropriated has been largely expended for food and clothing, of which they stood greatly in need, and a system of labor introduced re-quiring those able to work, receiving payment for their labor out of the goods and provisions so purchased ; the results have proved very g~ati-lying, and the Indians are making commendable progress in their cha~~,ne. edm ode of life. Manv of those at Devil's Lake. it is tbooeht. ~ ~ ., .. , new rl~ga%!di l l a e r ~ ~l~;o~slli liries:* .;tillst tllc g&~\.t.rnmrb~u~t tt,l ~vy; IW no\v pe ;~c t . :~(lli~slI)~os etl,: ~nd3 ~ U I I I ~ JoCf ' ~tl leln in(l~lritri~~C~~I Ix~ly: I ~ L ~ ~ IIIIOII their reservatiul~. Ciirtlr :lnd srcd 11nr-rh ee~~'nurcl~nisi)er~ il1 1el11. akd they h a~~ree.c eived subsistence from the military at Fort ~ot t en: Bishop mipple recommeuds that the reservatiou at Lake Traverse be secured to the Indians in perpet,uity, and that patents be issued to all the civilized Indians upon it; that provisions sllall be made for the clue adn~inistrationo f the law for the protection of the Indians, and that Congress appropriate liberally funds to supply them with food, cloth-ing, houses, and implements of husbandry. He has no definite recom-mendations to submit with respect to the Devil's Lake India~l;s they sho~tldn ot be removed to Lake Traverse reservation, but remain where they are a,nd have a separate agent. NORTHERN SUPERINTENDENCY Embraces the various tribes residing in the State of Nebraska, and in c h a r ~ eof a su-p erintendent and ag-ents., me mbers of the Society of Friends: Santee S{oux occupy a reservation of four township?, situated on the Missouri River at the mouth of the Niobrarah, withdrawn from pre-emption and sale by order of the President in March, 1866. the^ number 970, and are a part of the Sioux who were compelled to migrate from Minnesota to the Orow Creek reservation in Dakota, on account of the outbreak in 1862 ; from that reservation they vere r e moved to their present location. They are a people peaceable, indus-trious, sober, and many of them christiauized a condition mainly due to the labors of the Episcopal and ~resbyteAan missions established among them. When the allotments of land in severalty shall have |