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Show REPORT OF THE COMNISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 13 does n~o~-t~ s eem to me urobable that the laree. nnoccl~aiedt racts of this ~~ .. , couutry will ever 11u nquirrd for India11 l111rpo8es. If hy anarrangement with tl~ct. ril~eso\\.uit~h~atc collntr). the Co~u.~l~ohCehs,e sennes, and Ki-owas cau be re~novd, according to my recomm&dat<on, east of the ninety-sixth meridian, I see no reason why the lands now occul)ied by these wild Indians may not be taken iu exchange and opened to settle-ment. 00-OPERATION AND ASSISTANOE BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT. The necessity for seeking the assistance of soldiers in punishing and restraining lawless Indians has been almost exclusively confined to Ari-zona, New Mexico, Western Indian Territory, and Dakota; and the serv-ice rendered has so promptly and efficiently met the emergencies which have arisen as to make it probable that requisitions upon the military for the punishment and restraint of Il~diaus hereafter will be less fre-quent, and such as will require the employment of less force. The Sioux at Red Cloud and Spotted Tail have quietly submitted to the occupation of their country by the military. The Oomanches and confederated tribes in the Indian Territory have been subdued. The Apaches and Utes in New Mexico have been put nuder comparatively strict siuveillance, and for most of the year kept lipon their reseroat.ions ; and the Apaches in Arizona, with the exceptioo of the acts of afew out-laws, have been brought to keep the peace. There can be no question but that the presence of a military camp naon a reservation of wild Indians brings evils as well as benefits, and as sooll :IS 11roper diucil~linrC ;III bt) ll~airiiai~~hey dt he opi~riltiolraofs ol-dierx ootsitlc of a r~servation, they should be rt!n~ored. It is qnite i lu~~or tntbl~ntt Iudialls throurhout tl~ecuuntrys l~ould~ holanghln.~u der-stand that when outside of-their reservation-lines they are subject to severe treatment by the military, and to the police of the State or Ter-ritory, for depredations or mischief of any kind committed by them, e.it~her~ am~ooe~ wh~ite s~ettl ements or aeainst other tribes which are at ~~ - ~ ~ L. Ileace nith the Dorerun~ent,a nd that agi2nta l ~ a 1r111~ re sl~onsibilityo r llelp f i~trh em cxc~.ptI I ~ I J I It he rrscrvnttous to wl~iclti~le ) bclung. At Hoonn Vullrv. ill California. nud at Color:ido River, S ~ ICIar los. and Whit; &fount& reservations,'in Arizona, tbeefficiency of the serv: ice in induci~~gci. vilirat~onw ould now be largely promoted by the remorul of troops outside of those reservations, and at Hoop8 Valley the substitution of a force of five deputy marshals would be in the direction of econolny aud efficiency. And, in general, this statement may be made, that a few deputies ~u vicinity of agencies would be able, with the assistance of employbs and friendly Indians, acting as a posse, to make arrests and secure punishment of disturbing whites and law-less IIIdianS with more eBciency and at far less expense than by the employment of the military for a servioe of this nature. I believe that, with the appointment of two huudred such deputies for duty at the Sev-era1 agencies, and with proper legislation providing tribunals for trial and punishment, the use of the military in the Indian service may be entirely dispensed with, except for the Sioux, the Apaches, and the wild tribes in the Indian Territory. 00.OPERATION WITH RELIGIOUS BODIES. The relations of the Boreau to the several religious societies, in a@- oordance with hose nominations its agents have been appointed, have |