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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIOXER OF INDIAN AJFAIRS. 39 only in winter. Their young men say they desire to forsake their mode of life and adopt that of the white man, but they have nothing to n-ork with. Late agent Whittlesey suggests very properly, it is thonght, that it wonld be well for these Indians to sell five of the reservations named, and concentrate themselves upon the remaining two, as all their treaties, except that n-ith the Boise Fork band, madeiu 1866, will in a few years terminate, learing t.hem vithout the help of the annuities they no\v re-c e i ~;e t hen, if t.heir lands shall have been sold, the proceeds iu\-ested and held in trust for their benefit., a fund would he available for their need Ckippczras, Ottawas, and Pottazatomies in Iliiehigan number ahout 8,000, and are gathered upon reservations, being ~nostly near the coast of Lakes Michigan, Huron, and Superior, two of which are surrounded by whites, a d npon whlch some are set.tled in expectation of an early opportunity to purchase. Many of the Indians have selected from lands withdrawn from public s.ale, homes of eighty and forty acres each, which they have cleared and are cultivating. While the greater number have adootecl the manners a,nd customs of the whites. others still adhere to thehabits of their ancestors, and manage tali\-e l& hunt-ing and fishing. Those residinp in Oceana Counts express a desire to rezeire in onena~meut all that-is due them from the eovernment. to ~A " oGLin patents for their land, and then cease to hold the-relation of '1n-dims. Their ageut recommends that their wish in this respect be grat,i-fied, as they very much need money to invest in stock and in~plenlents of husbandry for the improvement of the land tbex have already cleared. Much dissatisfaction appears to prevail among the Ottawas aud Chip-pewas in regard to tlieir la,nd matt,ers, and not perhaps without just causes, but t.he subjedt of their complaints and rights under treat,y stip-ulations are being looked into, and when the agent shall have reported thereou agreeable to instructions which ha,ve recently been given to him, such action will be taken in the premises as shall be judged right and necessary. i?Ienorno~~eeOn,n eidas. ~Stockbridgesn, wd JIuitsees are embraced in the Green Bag. agency, in IViseonsiu. The BIenomonees, nun~beriug about 1,500, formerly ownecl a great part of the State, but have now a reservation of 230,400 acres, no st of which is unsuitable for agricultural purposes,,yet valuable for its timber. They have made slow progress in fa,rm~ng,u otwitl~standing the examples set them by their neighbors, the whites and the Nea York Indians ; still, yith proper attention and encouragement, they can be brought to as high a state of culture and to as prosperous a condition as any of the tribes most advanced in civilization. They have more land than is needed, and it were better for them to sell the most of it, re-serving the best for their homes, which should be allotted in severalty, and the proceeds could be applied to various beneficial purposes. Oneidas, numbering 1,'218, who form the greater portion of the old tribe of that name, one of the SixNationsof New York, have afavorable report made concerning their advancement in intelligence, and the arts of cirilized life. They hare a reservation of sixty tl~ousand acres of ex-cellent land; only about four or five thousand are, however, nnder cdti\-ation. This reservation also should be diminished by a. sale of the larger portion, the proceeds to be applied for the benefit of the lndians and allotments made to them of the remainder. Jtockbridges aud hli~useea,n ow ~lumbcr i~40~0g, wcre oripil~nllyf rom IIassnehusetrs ail11 New Yo!.lr, nud sctrlr~lu pon a rrxe~.\,i~tiuena st of Lake \Viunvbngo, wllivh, after ~ I I Hla pse ol'a ti.\v sears, hi-1 sold, and |