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Show L CONCERNING INDIAN TRIBES. .89. remain until the tivo sets of purchase~s who hare bought the lantls can find some way by which each can get the better of the other. When such method is discovered, it is probable bhat legislation by Uongress will be practicable, by which the Black Bobs may be able to realize somethingfor their raluable lands. The h'astem fllhawnees are those who, mith some Senecas, emigrated direct from Ohio to the Indian Territory, where they now are. They 4 number 07, are engaged in agricultnre, and have raised good crops. Intemperance among them is decreasiilg. They hare a school, in con-nectioll with the Senecas and Wyandotts. The Al18eiztee 8lhaennee.s are those who, nearly thirtpfive years ago, separated themselves from the main portion of the tribe in Hansas and located in the northern part of the Indian Territory, and have since received no aid from the Gorenlluent, except in the Way of schools. Their prosperous condition was fi~llyre ported last year. Their greatest need has been supplied by the establishment of a manual-labor boarding-school, which has so increased the interest of the Shawnees in educa-ti011 that the number of pupils enrolled is double that reported last Fear. SHEEPEATERS. They nnmber 340, and are confederated with the Bannacks and Sho-shones on the Lemhi reservation. Tbe remarks respecting the Ban-nacks apply equally well to these Indiaus. SHOAL-TVATER BAY LNDIAKS. They uumber only 50, and have a reservation near Puget Souud of three hundred and forty acres of sandy beach, from which the^ should be removed to the S'Kokoluish reserre. SHOSBONES. Nine hilndred on the Fort Hall reserration in Idaho are showing an increased readiness to ellgage in civilized pursuits, and the agent has no difficulty in obtaining all the India11 help required in cultivating the agency farm. Bat five families are engaged in farming independently, but the 255 bushels of wheat and 210 bushels of potatoes raised this year on forty-two acres will not only encollrage them to persevere, but mill incite others to follow their example. The tmenty boys who hare spent their first year in school hare made satisfactory progress, notmithst:aud- ~ . ing great disadvantages in the way of boarding accommodations. In-creased facilities for edncation will be furnished during the conling year. Little change in the condition of the 500 on Leluhi reservation, in the same State, has occurred since last report.. On the Wind River reservation in \Vroming 1,800 Eastwn 8f~oshones are lualring some progress in farming. They cultivated during the past rear tmo hundred acres, but the crops being destroyed b.? grasshoppers, they will depend on the issue of Government rations for subsistence. Few have discarded either the wigwam or blanket. The Western Bhoshones number 1,945, and are scattered through Xe. raila. One Government employ6 resides at Hamilton, Nev., who has a general orersight of tlieir interests, aud through whom the Government occasionally renders them assistance. Be reports their 'condition as ~o~~o!Ts: ~- . i |