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Show - I REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INI)IAN AFFAIRS. 3 3 7 1 of the lands described in said act, at not less than the appraised value thereof. on the followine conditions viz. one-fourth cash in hand. the I . . . . balance ill th~e eq u:il nnnu;~)l ~n$mentsd, mwio:: interest at 6 per Gent. per unnum frmn t l~ed ay of sale; the vurchmer to ~ i v bco nd wit11 ade- I 1 &ate secoritv to commit no waste or damae., e.. bv" th; sale or destruction I 1 i f timber, orhtherwise, until the last payment should be made. Con 1 gross at its last session failed to enact the foregoing bill into a lam, and Go fnrther steps hare been takeu toward carrykg &t the provjsio'ns of the act of June 10,1872. The Pawnees have removed to the Indian Territory south of Eansas, aud have expressed the desire in open coun-cil, under date of October 8, 1874, that their entire reserve in Nebraska should be sold. A bill was submitted to Congress embodsing t h i ~pr o-posed provision, and such legislation relative to t.he dispositio~o~f the remaining reservationsnamed in the act of Jnne 10,1872, as was deemed advisable and proper. No final action was t,aken by Congress, but as the same reasons exist now as formerly, I think it importat~t that this st~bjecbt u again presented to Congress. ASSISTANCE RENDEEED BY MILITARY FORCES. The aid rendervrl by the T e r i)el~artnlt~iln~ et nforring disciplinc nod coml~ellingI n d i a~~tos rumaiu witl~in tl~eirr esrr!~ation~1, 133 been of &q~aste rvice d u r i ~ ~thge year. The eaml)aiyn against the ho$tila Chey-rnrles and ~oltlellchew~h, icl~w an ~nelltioll~i~l lc nl ly last report :is prob;~. I~lvn ear its closr, nn~tiuoedw it11 occnsio~~nslk iru~ishrr1 11lti1M arch. w6en the last of the hostiles came into the Chevenne agency and sur- ~ ~ ~. .~~ ~ vruderrd; hnr, ontorfu~~:~tedluyr,i ng the oelectic~hu ud iiit.nt16earion of the ringleaders for ~~llnisl~olbcyl ~~tl ltilleillellts t 1"rt >lilrioll, n %am-pede o&rred, in which the whole camp of surrendered prisoners broke away, after a severe engagement with the military. About four hundred of them made good their escape through Kansas and Nebraska to Red oloud aeenov. where they have. M to this time. eluded unrsuit bv the &j~itar<ani'ilare for~uetai mosi t~o~~l~l e aeolcmmcr ~i~l lt i or~ueetioirrith tho northern Arapahoes and Cheyeoucl;, and a turbulent portioo of tho Red Cloud Sioux. IVith this eserl~tiolt~h,e e a ~ ~ ~ p aaiyfaniu at the hos. tiles of the 1u<li:111l' urritory was ~uosts necear;iol aud l~enetieittl;t he ~ ~ u ~ ~ i s hmwheicnht has been visited npon the seventy of the ringletitiera ill maraodine. 11.v con611e111eant a ~ ~ ~ i l i tpnorstr iu Florida, ia r~r o v i~~g most salutary'np6n the tribes whom they represent. A few'maiauding . 0.mges have been driven in upon their reservations, and troops have been asked to assist in the arrest of their riogleaders. The military force at Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies has been su$cient to pre-vent bloodshed, though at times the peril of an outbreak has seemed im-minent. The escort to the geological survey of the Black Hills, nuder Colonel Dodee. made that snrvev successful. Soldiera have also been used for t h e r r e s t of Sioux o~eGdersa t Standing Rock. In August last;, the agent at Spotted Tail requested the aid of the militarv Tn exoelliu~tr ouble~ome.% icio~iws hites.-known as suuaw-men. who lire arut,ig theSioux ant1 &cite thnm to turbr~ln~~c~e. h rekque st; t h o u ~ilu~do rsed by thc Dcpnrtn~enth, :ix nor yet ~)roeurudt ho tleairt!!u |