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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 33 locate them with the Chippewas and Ottawas in that State, and others in Wisconsin, leading a roving life. Mauy of the Pottawatomies of Kansas are well educated, industrious, and successful farmers. Dnrin-e the pnst year 5!l8, vlio hn\v receive11 liutls iu acvrmltv, bec:~lne citizens of the l'nited States, and otllers have trlntle ;~pplic:~tiotno 11;it.e that relation conferred [loon tlieo~. i:ndt~rtlirirlntrt re:ltY.a eorn~~~isswioans sent out to tile ~ n d i i uco untry to select a home for ail'who should desire to reznore from Kansas and not become citizens, and a tract was se-lected on land ceded bv the Creeks. adioinin~th at chosen for the Sacs nod Foxes, but tile ~otinwntomies11 ;) lznt couyider th~.msclredl ~oout~ol accept if, ina s~l iu:~ISl ~tll rir dt'It'g;ifio~(~li d not nreo!lzljaz!y the rnmuliti-sion. becnosa ot'llle l;~tt.uc.sosf tlic. hcas~~inu \~liiclti l~ev\\ ~rrernllt~wdo n ~ ~ to gb, and of the high waters prevailing at the time; (hey, however, still desire to removc, and will send some of their people to examine the country. St. Mary's Mission school has been well patronized. and is doing a good work, but only to the citizen class, as the Prairie band, holding laud8 in common, decline to send their children to it. The school under the auspices of the Baptist Mission Board has been closed for want of proper encouragement and support. Delatoarm, about 1,000 in number, having sold their reservation to the Missouri Railroad Company, are now settled in the Cherokee country, in the valley of the Verdigris R~vere, ast of 960 of longitude, and as soon as the final arrangement relative to their funcls is perfected will lose their nationality, and become identified with that of the Chero-kees. They have a fine country, and under the firlrorable circumstances surroundiug them will, no doubt, be more happy and prosperous than they were in their old homes. A considerable number of Delawares have been for many years residing in the leased district, and are now at,bached to the agency for t.he Kiowas, Comanches, Wichitas, and others, bot were uot participants in the treaty benefits belonging to those of Kansas. Wyandotts, formerly from Ohio, and who were under the agent in charge of the Delawares, number perhaps not more than 200, years ago were made citizens, buut have been restored to their former relation, and by the treaty of February 23, 1S67, concluded with them and other tribes.jointly, have a home provided for them upon ia~idsin the Indian territory, ceded to t,he United States by the Senecas, and upon which they will, ere long, it is hoped, with their reorganization as a tribe, be comfortably establi,uhed, yith the prospect of doing better than of late years. A few of them will doubtless remain in Eansas, retaining citi-zenshin. Hlzazunees have a population of 649, exclusive of those living with the various bands of Iudians at what was formerlv known as the Wichita. now consolidated with the agency for the JKiowas and others. They oc! cupy a reservation of trro hundred thousand acres, the greater part of which has been allotted in severalty, a small part being now held in common by a portion of Black Bob's band, and a part retained for ah-sentee Sha~vuees. The condition of this people bas not been very fav-orable for a few years, owing to their political troubles and the aggres-sions of the whites. Those most advanced, in tbe expect.atiou of the sale of their allotments and removal south, neglected or became indif-ferent to their agric~~lturaanld other interests; consequentl~th ey are not as prosperous as formerly, Black Bows band, pilrticularly, being in a pitiaMe situatior~a nd needing relief. By an agreement rrith the Ghero-kees on the 7th of June, 1869, the Shawnees are to become merged into that tribe, and they are now making preparations to remove into the 3 1 6 |