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Show REPORT OF THE COMXISSIONER OF INDIAX AFFAIRS. 35 agenrg he nbolished, or else the agent transferred to the Indian country and 1 ~ 1iltl rl~argeo f the b a n d n.l~c1~)u r recently ren~ovedf rom ondcr his iol.idiction. all11 a130 i l l c11;lrze of the Srt~et.aasn d others. An :kr-ranielltent of this kind would gGe to the Osages the whole time and undivicled attention of the agent who at present has superrision over them, all11 the bands referred to also, distant from the Osages hx per-haps tn-o hnt~dredm iles. Kanxns, or Eato Indians, numbering about BOO, h,ave a reservation of 80,iIlO acres, held by them in common, a beauhful tract with an abundance of timber and water; yet the,y are a very poor, improvi-dent cinss of people, mainly dependent upon the government for sup-port. Houses have been built for t,hem, and fields cultivated, but to little purpose. Their difficulties with the Cheyennes preventing them from eoine on the usual hunt of the buffalo, have caused them much S I I I I s t i ~ i u ~I k.q t ~ i r i ~n~sgl i s t a ~ ~i nr ~th e s ; ~ yof Ibod ; I I I ~in ~l~lc~ncoof' tIs~ usl~andvyth, e t'n11i1f ur u~r i r~~l t upruarpl ojes s h o~~l d remoral to the Indian country, bnt they have since, h<cause of delay in taking up the treaty for final action, changed their minds, and now say they do not mant toleave their present abode. A contract has been made with the railma\- com.o au.v. in tlleir behalf for r icl~to f wav and tcs c:!t ti~nlberf i,r n~il';r;~p).u rl"'sc.s, \vhi#!h\ \.ill itfiord i i ~ c na~ i u;d for s ~ ~ p p l yiil l~ p~argt their 11ecessitie3. (.'ltv\r1111es31;1\rd: t~,ahoi!s.of n.hotn ;I 1,;irt have been l~ostilcdurinnth e past summer, and to khich $act I havendverted iu another part of-this report, ha,ve. not get gone upon the reservation set apart for them by their t,reaty of August 19, 1868. They are dissatisfied with the location, and have asked for a place upon the north fork of the Onl~adialit~iv er. Deen~ingt he reser~ationt o be really an u~~suitabloen e, and that it mould he nawise to compel these. India~ls to rernore there, this office remmme~~deind August last that their wish be gxatified, the Presi-deut approl-ing it, ilirectioes u-ere accordingl~g ive11 to Agent Darling-ton, i ! ~ch arge, to locate them at the point designated, with the lu~der-st. and~nteh at i t woulld be onlv a temnorarv arrao.~ . ementb. ut that Con-greds \;.LIII~I b,! nskc.d ro 1i~g~sl;htocr ~ ~ S " ~ ) ~ ~ I I Ii~sI aI lPsoI Iti,b:r $th, o ;~hu~~clo: to~f ~t~ller nrra er\-;11io1a1g reed to br give11 thrm by the trruty I ~ s r Ais s o o ~n;i~ i ~r .~~. t i ct;h~eln~nlcr~ ~e\\'rii~llh t:earnl~lir;l~ttdh ere and the treaty provisions-for their he11efit~m;edin to effect as promptly as possible. This done, it may not be too much to expect permanent peace fro~nth ese turbulent and treacherously disposed wild men of the plains, who have given so much trouble to our government in the past. Medicine Arrow, one of their principal chiefs, promised the commission-ers seut out by the President to iuvestigate the condition of Indian af-fairs to bring in the northeru Cheyeunes, if he and his party mere per-mitted, nnmolested, to go in search of them. A pledge of safety was given him, hot whether he has succeeded is not at this date know11 here. %went dispatches from Geueral Sully, superi~~tendeonf t Indian aKiirs for Montana, gves information of oue hundred lodges of Arapal~oes from the Arkansas River being encampednearMilkRirer, \rho say they are iuterfered with by the soldiers in their own country, and they want to leave there altogether and to live with the Gros Veutres, whose lan-guage thex speak. Kiotras, Comanol~es Apaches, are now upon their reservation provided for them by treaty 02 August 25,1869, andhave, with the exception of |