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Show meut in civilizittiou must necessarily be slow. A school has been estab-lished on the reservation, and is attended by 22 scholars. Under the treaty made with these Ir~dians January 26,1855, ~ppropriatious are made annually, fbr their benefit, as follorrs: For beueficial ol~jects, $2,400, (two iustallmeuts due, after which they become entitled to $1,600 annually, for five years;) for support of an agricultrlral and industrial school, i~relndiugp ay of teachers, $2,500 ; for the employment of certain mecl~a~~aincds labovers, $4,600, and for the support of shops, $500. These benefits are to colltinue for twenty years fiom the date of the treats. Qui-$zai.elts,Q ui-lt.71.-%fHao, 7is, and Quits.-These Iudians number 520, aud hare a, reservation of 25,600 acres in the extreme eastern part of the Territorx, and almost wholly isolated from uzhite settlements, set apart uuder a lreaty uia.de with them July 1,1855. But oue of the four tribes men tionecl, the Qui-nai-elts, live upon the reservation; the other: reside at differeut poir~tsa long the coast, northward from the reserva-tion. These declare that they riel-er agreed to sell their coontrx, and that t,hey never knowingly signed any treaty disposing of their riglit to it. The bottom landon the reservation is heavily t,imbered, and a great deal of labor is required to clear it; but, when cleared, it produces good crops. &lany of the Indians, though in the main fish-eaters, (the Qui-uni- elt River furnishinn them with salmon in ereat abnndauce.1 are oulti-scholars. Under the treaty referred to? appropriations are ~ t ~ a daenn u-ally, for the benefit of these Indians, as follo~rs: For beneficial objects, $1,000, (t.\ro installme~~~dutse , after which they are to receive $700 annually for five years ;)for tbe support of an agriciiltural and industrial school, and pay of teacher, $2,500; for the employment of a blaclis~nith, fiir~nerc, arpenter, and physician, $4,100, and for the support of shops, $600. These appropriations, with the exeeptioo of the first, are to be ~t.a,dfeb v twents years from the date of the treaty. Yakamas.-The Yaka~irasu umber 3,000, aud have a reservation in the southern part of the Territory, contaiuiug 7Y3,360 acres set apart for them by treaty of June 9,1855. These Indiaus belong to numerous bauds, confederated uuder the title of Yakamas. Nany of them, under the able mauagem(.ut of their present agent, have become noticeably advanced in civilization, and are good fa.r~uers or skilled mechauios. The manual-tabor school at the Etkama agency has been a complete success, and of incalculable benefit in imparting to the children a prac-tical knowledge of filrmiug and of the different mechanical arts. Their principal ~vealthi s in horses,,of which they own 12,000. The fact that the reservat,ion for these Iudrans is located east of the Cascade Mount-ains, away from all contact vith the whites, has doubtless tended, in a great measure, to make this what itis-the model agencj- on the Pacific slope; though to this result t,he energy and devotion of Age~tt' Wilbnr have .m. eatlv coutributed. Cburehes have been built on the r r s r ~ ~ ;&r\irlo~~ic~hi, r e scll t r t r~*~~t~hel c tdi(,'r via:es hciug C O I I ~ ~ I I Cby~ C ~ i~i~ri\p.ree a~chrrs. There nre : ~ptr esrllr two iicl~oolsw, it11 au atrrutlnore of 14 6(:holi1r~. U~~aletirl e ~~o v i s i o uoti' the trcntv uacle \!it11 tllcse Indians in 1855, appropriat&ns, to continue for s limited uumber of years, are made annually for their benefit, as follows: For beueficial objects, $6,000, (two installments due, atter which they are to receive $4,000 anuuallj for five year*;) for the support of schools, pay of teachers, purchase of books, &c., $4,700; for employBs of diflerent kinds, $12,600; for keeping i~ repair shops, mills, hospitals, and aget~cy-build- |