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Show 18 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. years; for the reason mainly that, their t,reaties expiring, the provisions previously existing for educational uses failed. It may,,perhaps, also be justly said that missionary egortain respect to these Ind~anhs are during the same period relaxed. The following comparison will show the loss occasioned by the joint result of these two causes. For the year 1872, report is made of bot eight schools, with three hundred and twentythree scholars j, while, for the Sear 1862, there were as many as t h i r t ~sc hools in operation, with one thousand and sixty-eight scholars. WISCONSIN. The bands or tribes in Wisconsin are the Chi pewa,s of Lake Supe. rior; the Menomonees; the Stockbridges and Junsees; the Oneidas, and certain stray bands (so called) of Winnebagoes, Pottawatomies, and Chippewas. The Chtppewas of Lake Superior (under which head are included the following bands: Fond du Lac, Boise Forte, Grand Portage, Red Cliff, Bad River, Lac de Flambeau, apd Lao Ooiirt D'Oreille, number about five thousand one hnndred and fifty. They constitute a part of the Ojibways, (anglicized in the term Chippewas,)-formerly one of the most powerfill and warlike nations in the Northwest,.embracing many bands, and ranging over an immense territory extending along the shores of Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior, to the steppes of the.Upper Mis-sissippi. Of t h ~ sg reat nation large numbers are still fonnd in Minue-sota., many in Michigan, and a fragment in Kansas. The,bands above mentioned by name are at present located on several small reservations set apart for them by treaties of September 30, 1864, and April 7, 1866, in Wisconsin and Dliunesota, comprising in all about 695,290 acres. By act of Congress of May 29,1872, provisioll was made for the sale, with the consent of the Indians, of three of these reserva-tions. viz, the Lac de Flambeau and Lac Coort D'Oreille in Wisconsin. ~ ~~~ nlltl ;he h l d du Lnt: i l l .\Ii~~nesotaan, d for the ren10~i1o1f tile i~~: l i i i u~ lt!~:nredt hrreon ro the Bad River rcserruriou, rnl~vret llcrc is 1tlw11ryo f good arable land. and where thev can be bro~erlvo ared fi~ra ll& in- ;rr~i(.trd iu ngrieiilture and rneel~~tn~cd~. h r<eis ons which i~~rloettced the J)ep:~rtn~rilrirnr cummet~dingt he abo\~el~yislationwere,firjf,tl~.~t,lleir Dresent reservation these-bands are com~letelvs ar'rou~~deadn d .it~terpo~~et~b~ya erveidl iutlueoces, f'rou whieb, ili t b e '~a t li <i\.cr rtssel.- wi~tion,t lley \ro1111bl e rneasi~r:tWye xempt ; sceouil, thxt iu tl~eipr resenr loeution thev have no sutticirl~rf uuds to allow them to tnakc 11c111.fi~:i;~improvemedts on any considerable scale, while by the sale of their land .they would realize a capital sum sufficient to handsomely establish :them on the Bad River, and provide them with stock and tools. Under the provisions of the treaties of Septen~be3r 0,1854, and April 7, 1866, !these Indians (excepting the Boise Forte band) have a limited annuity, ,(two install~nentss till due,) it1 coin, of $5,000 ; in goods, &c., $8,000; ag-ncultural implements, &c., $3,000 j edncatlonal purposes, $3,000 ; and ;an anrlual appropriation for the support of eight smiths and shops, and two farmers, of $9,220. The L'Anse band, in Michigan, participate in -these anonities. The Boise Forte band, under treaty of April 7, 1866, jrecci\~el imited annuities, (thirteen installments still due,) as follows: Iu money, $3,500; in goods and other articles, $6,500 ; provisions, ammu-- n- i-t .i-o .n- . and .tobacoo. $1.000: for s n n~o r to f blacksm~tba nd assistant. .@1,50d;,for suppordof teacder, puro'6ase of books and stationery, $800; and for rnstruetiou of Indians in farming-., p- urchase of seeds, tools.. &c.., $800. The greater part of .these Indians at present lead a sotoewhat roving |