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Show 54 REPORT OF THE COMJIIS8IONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. and the opening of farms, and partly to the continued presence of set-tlers in $he MoapaValley, where theonly tillable land on the reserve (about 10,000 acres ) is fonnd. Ttiese Indians have always been an agri-cultural people, are willing to labor, and are ready to settle upon the reserve as soon as suitable provision can be made for their establishment. Those gathered there tmo years since have labored willingly and faith-fully during the year, having cultivated 370 acres, which have yielded 5,400 bushels wheat, 800 bushels corn, 200 bushels barley, a,nd 600 bush-els beans. No supplies have been issued except in return for labor. TITO years a,go these Indians were living largely on roots, seeds, rab-bits, mice, and lizards, in addition to what they could obtain by begging from the whites. They are now asking for houses, and show nu inter-est in the education of t,heir children, but the school, for want of funds, was discontinucd last spring. Valuable salt-mines on the reserve, if permitted to be worlred by the Indians, will yield a moderate revenue. The Tiresfern Shosl~ones, numbering 1,945, are divided into 31 tribes, scattered tlirough Southeast Oregon, Southwest Idaho, and Central Nerada.. Slang of them farm small patches of land in Easteru Nevada or labor for white settlers, but they subsist mostly by begging, gather-ing seeps, digging roots, and hunting rabbits. A Government farmer, stationed at Hamilton, assists them in procuring ranches, in obtaining labor among the whites, issues a few seeds, and is appealed to by both whites and Indians in the frequent cases of dispute arising between t.hem. In their treaty, in which only one-fourth of these Shoshones took part, it was stipulated that, at the will of the President, thej should be called on to a reservation. Thes exuress a \rillinguess to remove " . - - to Fort Hall. One thousand Pni-Utes, in Western Nevada and Northeast California, and 460 Gouhip Utes in Nevada and Utah, and 134 Pah-Vants in Utah,. are in much the same condition as thc Western Shoshones, but more largely engaged in farming. The Pai Utes are allied to those already collected ou the Malheur reservation. They are anxious to obtain lands. andapermanent home,aud little difficulty would probably be experienced in inducing them to settle there. The other tribes are allied to those in Uintah Valley, and should be removed thither. IDAHO. FORHTA LLA GENCY-The BannacEsand Shoshones,nnrnberiugres1~ect-i ~ e l yGO O and 9U0, have a reservation of 2,160 square rniles i l l Soutl~west Idaho. They are peaceable, willir~gto work, and ready to adopt citizen's dress. Aside from the agencyfarm of 292 acres, only 28 acres belonging to individual Indian8 have been cultivated for themselves. A school-house and four other buildings have been erected during the year, and the first school alxong these Indians wau opened in September, taught by an educated Indian. The results af eEorts to induce civilization upon this reservation have not so satisfactorily corresponded with ex-penditures as 't most other points, and information is not now at hand by which the OBce can account for these small results. The Indians of the Leruhi and Weiser have been ordered to remove to this reservation. NEZ PER& AGENCY.-The Nez Percis. numbering 2.807, have main- ~ tained :iu unbroken pence with theC:overlirnent. TL;,~ lin\.&two ~.eserva-tious, sixrymilesnpnrt,oue ill Sorthwrst Idal~ocnlle~thle Lnpwai reserve, and the otlirr i l l Nu~tllenstO regon, kuown as K;~luinl~T. hese eoutain |
