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Show 36 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. a few (learedations in Texas. conducted themsell-es nuite neaceablv. The forn~crr lu~~l l1~,0e2r8 , anrl n1a11ifei;tl ittle desire 11, 1;ork tile grourh for tlkeir living, being indilled to c,nntiuue in their old 11:1bits of' rolim. ine. a~lda te~l in1c1 orst.s and cnttle 1'1.011T1 crtas~:itiz~~u'Is'.h e Co~n:~ncl~ea nnkber about g538, a part of whom were once on a reservation in Texas, fiarmiue to some little extent, from which they were driven without com-aeusath. Thev evince acreater interest inie.riculturethan theKiowas. alld 11;tvea ssisred in the ah^ labor I I ~ I O I It hC'k.serr:~tior~T.i lt' Al~nehtt; n l ~ ~ r ~26lS~, rarn d are of like ch:lr:~(.tel:.I I I I ~l ~i~l~i\t~tii t ltl~lr iiiu\vas. All rllcsa tribes haw I~t7c.nu t:rn~ittedt o ~ I I I tIh~e lluffnlonn their reserv-ation, with a promise by thGm that they would not leare their own coun-try, and it is believed that they hare been faithful to their n,ord; they are expected to return to Cache Creek before winter sets in, and it is thought with proper care they can be kept quiet. General Grirrson, Uniteil States Army. cornmandine at Fort Sill. iu of the o~inions mall raiding parties maf iry to get in6 Texas, but lie intends to>ursue such course as will effectually prevent them. Il'icl~itas, and otfler Indians, fragments of tribes gathered in the course of vears from Kansas. and bands formerlv resident in the Indian coun-t ryand Texas, amonhhorn are some ~elawareasn d Shawnees, number about 1,016 and friendly, are livine on what has been heretofore lrnown as the leased lands, the western hart of the Choctaw country, and are to some degree cultivators of the gro~mdr,a ising in small patches mrn and vegetables ; they need to be assisted for a few years by the govern-ment, there being no provision made for them by treaty stipulations, with means sufficient to enable them to cultivate the land, and it is recommended that Congress treat then1 liberally. The agency to which they belonged is now eonsolic1a.ted with the Kiowas, Comanches, and Apaches, all being resident of the same district of country. SOUTHERN SUPERINTENDENCY. This ~upcr intende~r~~en. l~~ mretahe trlbcs rcsidi~tgirrw hat ia termed the '.ln~liaue <~~~ntlryyin,g" sootlt ot' K:i~~seusr ~di u~rnr~lii~t\rrleyst of Arkausas. who nre I'titrth~ra dv:~nr(.dil l civiliza~int~h~an anv like IIIIIII-hrr of 111dia11e~ls esl~ere;s ome u i the tribes ll:~\.ingt lteir ~~ntior~C:OdII - stiroriua and laws, .ju~lyt*asn 11c ourts, u writtP111 :11-1 gk-k ugi~L,I III\I\. ell de- ~ s e sdys tem of popular education. ' Chero7cee.s number about 14,000, and have every reason to be satisfied with their condition and the prospects for the future. Abundant crops have crowned their labors. herds of cattle and horses re~laceth ose lost in the late war, : I I I~It he I , ( :ol~i~ll ~~,I I Qsp irit oi r(~(.on(.i~i;ttwio1~1i~rl 1I I:IJ been manifeared of Intr brtwern tl112 factions which Ila\.r so I I I I I~~l is. turbed the harmouv of the nation. are beeornine. a unit in vur~osea ud effort to ' I~\ .~I I I !Pt 6r eoullnull gotid. C$,n~~l ;~airnei i$~ ~ a;d,t' e < ntrndt~rd or disonlerlg rhamctera npt~nt l~eirla ncls, awl the i~~tru~lnvtioorn q jirir-uous liquori into their country, but the evils, to some extent, areper-mitted, in the one case, by the action of their laws allowing persons not of Indian blood to come among them as mechanics and laborers, and others to become citizens by marriage; and in the other matter, by t!eir neslpct, or indiilerence in recard to enforcine the statutes of the nation ~~ n~ ~- in tllc premises. Public. sct;iin~el~set znlinp'io hr agniunt rile I i ~ wo t'tlle rnirzd Statea ot' .J~ure 20, 1634, nmllibitiuc tlw introclnerion of spirir-uous liquors into tllr indi:~nC ountl;v l i~irn ypurpow, the agent for the tribe reeotnn~en(Is tlrat prt~visinn be made for the liernsrtl RIIH ot'thvrn by persona who c a r 5 on the b~isinessofa pothecaries, under bond to dis- |