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Show vau 111i1de fur the sale of a portion or d l of tlccirrcserrotion, the [)rol't?eJ~ of such a:lle to be rupe~~tleftolr tlleir ilu~ucdiateust.o, r for tlleir r e n ~ o ~ a l to the I~ttlii~Tue rritory 01. els~wl~ereT. l l r 11:lve co~~senteatol the stile of their entire reservation, and so soon as findsshall have been received from that source, steps will be taken to have them removed to the Indian Territory south of Kansas. There are no schools in operation for this tribe. Up to the present year they hare not ~uanifested any special desire to be educated in lettersor in industrial pursuits, and it could only be said in t.heir favor that they were a civil and inoffensive people. During the preselit season, howerer, ther hare asked the Oovernment to set apart ol~e-half t,he r)roceedn of their lauds for the erection andendowment of a m;bnual-lab& school, being mored thereto by the spectacle of the Iowa and Omaha children receiving instruction in sehools of this character, and have professed a verx st&ng uesire to secure the same adva:~t:bgds for their own children. The willingness, thus manifested, to sacrifice the present to the future is a new thing for these Indians, audia so far hope-ful. Congress will be asked to authorize the creation of an educatioual fundfor them& accordance with their wish. They desire, after disposing of their lauds in Nebraska, to make their new home on the Osage reservation in the Indian Terntory, purchasiug fiom the Osages thirty sections for that use. It is uhderstood that the latter trike are farorable to this proposition, and so soon as their formal consent shall have been obtained, Congress will be asked to co~~tirtmhe sale. The lands owned by the Sacs and Poxes in Kansas should also be sold at an early day for their benefit, and legislation to tbat end will, at the proper time, be recommended. loans.-These Indians, nun~beriug at present 225, emigrated years ago from Iowa and Northnlesterii Nisuonri, aud now have a reservatiou adjoining the Sacs and Foxes of the Afissouri, contaiuing about 16,000 acres. They belong to a much better class of Indians than their neigh-bors, the Sacs and Foxes, beiug teu~perate,f rugal, industrious, and in-terested in the educatiou of their children. They nrem tl~oroughlylo yal during the late rebellion, and furnished a number of sol(1iers to the Union Army. Many of them are good farmers, and as a tribe they are generally extellding tbeir agricultural operatious, improving their dwellings, and adding to their comforts. A large lnajority of the tribe are anxious to have their reservation allotted in severalty; and inas-much as tLer are not inclined to remove to another locality it would seem desirable that their wishes in this resrmct should bc comnlied ~~~ - ~ vith. One sebool is i u ol,eration OII tile rusrr\.atiol~,virl3~11 a l t~~i~l i iut~e of 6S scholars, besicles ;III iutii~slrialh ulue for or1,11;11.r sau. -~-# por'tcb.~y lt he Indians themselves. l'he 1onas have secured to then), auder thc treiltg of 3In) 17, 18.i-4, the iuterext on $;;,.5OO, a111011ntill~gI I I I I I ~ I ItIo, ~P (?,S;I>; also the illlercbt on 5107,3XF.O, L'nitetl Stntes i111t1 State bul~~lbse,lt 1 i l l trllst tbr tllrur by the see re tar^ uf the Interiur, itu~ol~llti~l~1ngt1 1ii1l1.vto $G,Gl13.:j4: itlid 011 $liG,T:i5, 111;1t:ed to tlleir crrtlit OII thr hooks ot' the Trenswy I)?. :let ut' Jnl r 12. Ill??. anlull~ltinrar nuuallv to $;1.336.75. These srvernl sums of interest are &her paid 'to them & expended for their benetit. Otoes and Missouvias.-These Indians, numbering 464, an increase of 14 over last year, vere re~uoredfr om Iowa and Missouri to their preuent beautiful and fertile reserration, comprising 160,000 acres, nnrl situated in the southern part of Nebraslra. Unt,il quite receutly they have evinced but little disposition to labor for a slipport or in an) way to better their miserable condition ; yet, cut off fro111 their moutcd source of |
