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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFI'AIRS. 45 treaty made with this band April 19,1858, they have a limited annuity of $40,000, six install~ner~otsf that amount still due, and thereafter $25,000 for ten years, anc! then $15,000 for the further term of twenty veaxs. aart of which is naid to them ver oa-vita., the residue hein-e ex- j?endhd for their benefit: The Sisseton and Wahpeton bands have two reservations ; one in tl~e eastern part of the Territory, at Lake Traverse, containing 1,241,600 acres, where are 1,496 Iodians, and one in the northeastern part of the Territory,at Devil's Lalie, containing345,60Oaeres, where are7201ndlans, irlcluding a few from the '' Gut-Head" band of Sioux. These two reser-vations are provided for in a treaty made with the bands in 1867. These Indians were a nortion of the Sionx livine. in Minnesota at the time of thr ontbrenk ~II'IJO".3 1~11nyf tllern i.l;*i;n; to 11uvc hcen, and donbrlrss \rere, friendly to the allitrs d u r i ~ ~thgt! troubles referred to, and \rRen the reruoval of the Sioux rouk r ~ l ~irne 1 Xti8, 118 noticed l~eretofnrru, ndt r the title of Li Santee Sioux," t h y went to the western part of Minnesota and to the eastern and northern parts of Dakota, near their present re-servations. They are quite generally engaged in a.gricultural operations, under the system adopted while they were on their reservation in Min-nesota, by which the individual Indians receive pay in goods or supplies for all work performed, only the aged, infirm, or sick being supplied with clothing and suhsiste~iceg ratuitously. So far as these Indians are con-cerned, the scheme has been decidedly successful, and it should be ex-tended to all the tribes and bands now on the "feeding-list," so soon as practicable. There are four schools inoperation for the bands at Lake Traverse, attended by 123 schcla,rs. An unusual degree of interest is manifested of late in having th~:ir children educated. By treaty made with them in 1867, the amount of funds to be appropriated anunally for their benefit is at the discretion of Congress. For the present year, the sum of $75,000 has been appropriated for the benefit of these Indians. They also parbicipate in the proceeds derived from the sales of the Sioux lands in Minnesota, which furnish a considerable revenue yearly. The Oncpapa, Blackfeet, Lower Yanktonai, Upper Yanktonai, Sans Arc, Upper and Lower Yrult5, TWO Kettle, Dlinneconjon, and Ogallala bands are located at five different agencies, viz: the Upper Missouri, or Crow Greek agency, on the east side of the Eilissouri; the Graud River agency, at the mouth of the Grand River ; the Cheyenne River agency, at the mouth of the Cheyenne River; the Whetstone agency, (so called from its former location at the junction of the Whetstone with the Mis-souri Bivers,) on the White Xirer, about two hundred and twenty-five miles west of the Missouri; and the Red Cloud agency, at present on t,he North Platto, about thirty miles southeast from Fort Laramie. The Indians at these agencies number in the aggregate about 22,000. They have a reservation set apart for them by the treaty of 1868, contair~i~~g about 25,000,000 acres,.lying west of the Missouri River and nortli of Nebraska. Prior to this treaty, these Indians had for Fears been sn-gaged in acts of hosti1it.y against the Govermnent and in depredations upon the white settlers. Claiming to own most, if not.all, of the Terri-tory of Dakota, and portions of the Territories of Montanaand Wyoming, as well as the western Dart of Nebraska.. thev used ererv effort to orevent the s~rtlrtueuto f thecb~~nt ra; y clainlch, t&ir hoetilit; being c ~ i ~ e v i a l l ~ directed against the Unio~P~; ~~:ifSic{ ailro;td. The u~ilitnryo ]~r~a t iol~s of 1867-'68, hnwerrr, conrine~dth e Sini~xo f the hopelessnrsa uf uppos-ing the progress of the railrond ood the srttlrmeut of the i~ur~~edibaetltt* t h r o~~gwhhi r11 it w11s to pass, aucl tliiil)osed them to accept rhepr.ovisinu . made ior them by the treaty of 186ic. With thc eserptiun of tho 111aiu |
