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Show REPORT OF THE COXblISBIOSER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 37 hnving no ~eerirityasto theirponsrssion of the lands nod inrprovements thereon, ao oecul~ied. As the uiijtnke w:!s not theirs, tllev loolc to the Government to idinst the matter with the Creeks. and to-secure them in their rights and in t,he possession of their homes. The De-partment has the matter nuder careful advisement, and will earnestly seek to avoid any unfortunate issue of the complic~tion. So soon ag the best method of saving at ouee the rights of the Creeks and the eqmties of the Semiuoles shall be determined, Congress will be asked to provide the requisite authority for the adjustmeut of the question. The schools of the Seminoles number 4, with an attendance of lli9 scholars. They receive, under treat~es made with them August 7, 1856, and March 21, 186G,aunuities, he., as follows: Interest on $500,000, amount-ing to $26,000 annually, which is paid to them as annuity; interest on $50,000, a~uounting to $2,500 anuually, for support of schools; and $1,000, the interest on $20,000, for the support of their government. Senecas and 8haionees.-The Senecas, numbering 214, and the Shaw-nees. numbering 90. at the nresent time. removed. some thirtv-five or fort?: ~. t . ;~algvo ;'ll.ok Ohio <o rlirir pre-jent loe:~rio~i lik rlle nortileastern corner ot' tllr Terrirorj. Thvj slrtit~re~al~ verrly1 111ringt lie rebellion, beilrc obliced to ltl;~\.etl li.ir 11~111;rlr!s!d ilv to t l i ~N urrl!. thrir conntrr being devastated by troops of both armies. Under the provisions if the treaty of 1567, made with these and other tribes, the Senecas, who were then confederated with tlie Shawnees, dissolved their connection with that tribe, sold to the Uuitad States their half of the reservation owned by them in commou with the Shawnees, and connected themselves with those Senecas who then owned a separate reservation. The Shaw-nees now have a reservation of 24,960 acres, and the united Senecas one of 44,000 acres. These tribes are engaged in agriculture to a consider- . able extent. They are peaceable and industriorrs. Many are thrifty far-mers and in comfortable kircumstances. They have one school in oper-ation, with an attendance of 36 scholars, which includes some children of the Wyandotts, which tribe has no schools. The Senecas, under treaties of September 29,1817, September 17, 1818, and February 23,1867, have at the present time annuities 8nd stocks as follows: Permanent annuit,ies in specie to the amount of $1,500; for national purposes' $1,660 ; bonds held in trust for them by the Secretary of the Interior, $40,944.37, on which an annual interest of $2,047.22 ispaid to them; also, in coouection vith the Shawnees, bonds held in trust as afore~aidto the amount of $15,655.443, on mhich interest to the amount of $880.39 is annaally paid. The Shawnees have, under treaties of September 17,1818, and Februar.~2 3, 1867, permanent an-unities to the amount of $500 in specie, and $1,060 for agricultural qur-poses, together with a half ioterest in the item of $15,655.49, bonds above referred to. With the Shawnee bmd is a party of 40 L'Black Bob" Shawnees, recently arrived from Ha~lsa~ins an impoverished con-dition, whose wants have, for tho present season, been partly met by the Government. Qz~apaws.-These Indians number at tbe present time about 240. They are nati~zeto the country, arld occupy a reservation of 104,000 acres in the extreme northeast corner of the Territory. They do not appear to have advauced oirich within the past few years. In common wit,h other tribes in that section, they suffered greatly by the late war, and were rendered very destitute. Their proximity to the border towns of Kansas. and the facilities thereby afforded for obtaiuiog whisky, have tended to retard their progress; but there has receutly been manifested a strong desire for improvement, and, with the fuuds |
