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Show keep ita promises. These goods have hen on the roar1 ainoe Jnno 8, but have not bean heard from by me' and I would respectfolly call yonr attention to the fact that some way should be dekaed in the future so that the Indians may receive the goods an or before September 1 of each year. I n oonclnsion, I desire to aoknowle~lget ho vromptneas of yonr Department doring the year in acting upon my requisitions and reoommendations, whereby I was enabled to trsnssct the businem of this office in a like prompt manner. I bare the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant. CHARLES ADAMS, United Staies I,rdia%rB gont. Hon. E. P. S31ITH, Conlmissioner of India?&A f~irs, Ta%rshilagtonD, . C. IJINTAU VALIZY ~GESCT, VI'AS', 8<*1~lllbF125, 1873. SIR: In accordonce xvith the iustruotians of the Department, I submit this my third annual report of the sexvice under my charge. The paat year has been mucl~ more quiet and aatisfaatory than the preceding one, so frrr ss the ternpar and achievements of our Indians are concerned. The policy of treating them liberally has been abnnd-antly shown to be both ecooomionl and wise. After the excitements of the so-called Indian war were passed, and our Indians saw and realized that their wanta and neoea-sitiea were oompsrittivel~w ell provided for, they settled down quietly upon the reser-vation and seemed to be well sntis6ed with the annuity goods forwarded by the Depart-ment, and the bed, flour, and other supplies we were enabled to issue. There were about f i ~hem dred Indians on the =enervation moaL of the winter. A greater number than nsual ; still they were compnrativoly oanteuted. As the season for agricultural labor approe.ohed they held many "Wks" among themsel~,es, and fiodly got up quite an enthusiasm. The resolt was that about fifty lodges, or about two hundred adult Indians, were directly or indireotly engaged in farming operations. So great was the zeal for farming in the spring that there was g m t dificulty in supplging all wit11 the necessary teams and implements, as they all wanted to work at thesame time. Wheat wzs the principal crop with all. They wemad to think there rroold beno farm without it. Accordin to the estimate of my head farmer they had, in wheat alone, from one hundred and%ty to tn-o hundred acres, beaids %bout fifty sores in other crops. Much of this land was cleared of sage brush, and ihe greater part of it plowed by tho Iodi-ana themselves. Some of them ware so ambitious that they sowed their own craio. preferring to do 011 the rrorli rh8msclves. o f course, t l ~ e i r ~ f a n S~raiuo n~or diit~oir ; ~ h s ~ ~arppnrtuv eJ mznner; still t h ~ r b ntneL hard Ixhor pcn.rr:ned. \Vurk is:, risilirrr,and tlton~lth e vrudltrrr na r e rum~unl rvr lart n311, sot rllouxcn'rat,'d bc~neli-cent results to the'indiang themselves cannot be easfiy eatimitted. Ti% p6duotlr were not oommensurste with the amount of ground cultivated, or with the mwrk notuallj. done. Nany, after putting in their orops, when thqtime for visiting the mountaiins and settleinents came, could not resist the temptation. Thou h they promised, and I doubt no6 iotended, to return and sttend to their crops, most of those who went fmled to do so, and thns lost the result of their earlier irrbors. But those who remained or returned in season are now rejoicing in what to them seems a bountiful harvest. Among t,hose specially worthy of commendation for their persevering efforts snd sue-o w in farming I would mention Chief Tabby, whose example and counsels have been most salotary. There were also several sub-chiefs end other prominent Indiana whose efiorts sre worthy of special praise. As the Indians take lreent~re ohage of them orops it is almost, if not quite, impossible to tell what was produced, but it is estimated that their wheat crop alone must have been about twelve hundred bushels. Had it not been for the cold. backward snrioe. and nerlect on the nart of maor, the viold would ~~ ~ ~~ ~- hiire irt<nr ely d u r ~Ll ~ ~ i l t d r .H' Z89 b e f i e iuriul:~t~tl;rC~U~IIo ~ e~; i t igt;is I I IP y e ; ~ ~ ' + labors art, nor to l,eratim~ledb y rl!ean,ou#tr uf pr~ducts,b ur vcrS lurgalg Its rile mural nod mcour;tcirrrr i ~ . l l u ~ u c e ~ ~ f r b o ~ ~luluuanh ruim~ s l ~tdra~rlbsrl udul\.ca, srLich in i l l u s ~ t a ~- ~~~ by their oammeociog even now to prepart ground for next year's crop. Dudng my interoourse with these Indians I have never known them to be in better temper or have so muoh ambition to help themselves; and with judicious encouragement and aid this agsnoy miyht, in a few years, be brought nearlg, if not qulte, to n self-sostnin-ing oondii3on.- - ' As one means to this end, I would recommend that rewards be given for special ox-eellenoe or effioienoy in any department of agrionltnrd work. A small fund plaoed at the disposal of each agent, under judicious regulations, migbt be prodi~otive of most |