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Show I Against the Kiowas and Comanches there is just cause of serious com- i plaint, and I thiuli that severe punishment should bemeted out to them for tlre crimes they have committeil in the face of their solemn treaty obligations, and the forbearance and lrindness of the Government. The,y hare been guilty the past year of several murders and outrages in the Indian Territory, and even witlrin the bounds of their own resersa-tion, and ha,ve raided time and againinto Texas, killing citizens thereof, capturing women and children, and stealing stock; and have set at defiance the military-audaciously inviting them out to battle! The Indim Bureau is wholly powerless to prevent these raids. The spirit that prompts them is vicious and incorrigible, and should be dealt with su~rimarily. These Indians claim to be friendly, and assign as a reason for their wicked deeds and cruelty against the citizens of Texas. that the people thereof are not a part of the United States, and hence they belleve, so it is said, a war upon them to be perfqctly proper. In my judgment they know better, and, if they do not, such lessons should be taught them as will eflectnally deter them from a renewal of their crimes. I know of no way to check this marauding spirit except to place all of them n~lderth e control of the military power, until they shall have learned to ke friendly with all whites, and sllall have satis-factorily shown that they are determined in good faith to keep their solemn promises of peace, and to respect the persons and property of all citizens. I would reconirnend the esta.blishment of a cortion of mili-tary posts on the line of t.he frontier of Texas from the sonthern bound-ary of the Chickasa.~co untry westwardly, as far as may be necessary to prevent their raiding into said State. Since my report of last year, the Osages have been in great trouble in regard to the enoroaohwcnts of the whites npon their lands; but the difflcnlties a.re likely soon to be removed and matters a.rranged to the satistiaction both of tl~e~nselreasn d the settlers. The presentation to, the Ossgcs of the act of Cougress reqniriug the President to obtain their consent to ~ a c a t eth e lauds t l~eyo wn i n Kansas, and remove to the Indian Territory, wasintrasted to Messrs. J. V. Farwell, J. D. Lang, :~nd Vincwt Uolyer, of tire spncial Indian oommission, who succeeded in accomplishing the object of their mission; and it is confidently ex-pected that there will be bllt little difficulty in fully executing the pro-visions of said act. Owing to the lateness of the season when this action mas taken by the Osages, the sun-ey of their lands has not yet been commenceil; hence there mill necessarily be some delay before money can be re:dized from the proceeds of t.11e sale thereot In view of this, Congress should provide more funds than have been appljropriated, for their maintenance and establishment in their new home, nntil the De-parttncnt is put in a position to aid them, by the application of moneys realized from snch sale. No steps have yet been talren for the removal of the stray bands of Pottawatomies and Winnebagoes from Wisconsin, except to ascertain from their hrethren in Nebraska and the Indian Territory upon what terms they will receive them into their cornmnnities. TheseIndiansdid not petition Congress to be removed, and their agent now reports they are very much averse to leaving their preaerlt home^. Many of them are reported as having bought land which t h y cultivate, while others, not able to bny, are leasing lancls. Tiley form qnitea laboring element among the whites, who derive from them, in this respect, considerable benefit, as also by their trade in berries, ~napleu ngar, and other things. Agent Grifflth remarks in his annual report, among the documents here with, that tho legislature of Wisconsin, at its last session, e~rtertained |
