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Show 62 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIOXER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. ings, &c., $1,600; and for salary of head chief, $500. These appropria-tions. with the excention of the first item, are to continue twenty. y- ears from'the date of thk trea,ty. Chehnlis and otlbers, remnants of h.ibes, and parties to no treaty with ,t78 Covernntent.-These Indians n~unbera bout 600, and have a re.servatioll of 4,322 acres in the eastern part of the Territory, sec ap'art for them by Executive order of July Y, 1864. -4 considerablr portion of the lanfl in this reservation is excellent for agricultural purposes, arid quite exten-sive crol)s are being raised b.y the Indians of the Chehalis tribe. None of the other tribes for whom the reservation was intended reside npo~l it, declini~~tgo do. so for the reasou that they do not recognize it as their own, and fear to prejndice their claims to other lantls by so doing. All these Indians pare horses and cattle in abuntlance. They are in-dustrious, and beirig goo(1 field-ha.nds, those of them who do not farm on their own account, find ready employment from the surrounding farmers, their services a lwa~aso mmanding the highest wages. Having no treaty relations with the Government, no direct appropriations are made for their benefit. They, however. receive sorne assistance from tlie general incidental fund of the Territory. The Indians herein re-ferred t.o as not living upon the reservation, are of the Cowlitz, Chinooli, Shoalwater Bay, and Hnmboldt tribes. Tliey profess to desire a home. at the 111onth of the Humboldt and Chinoose Rivers, where they origi-nated. Co!oluillea nd otl~ertr ibes.-These Indians. nutnberine 3.349, o c c u t~he~ northeaster11 portion of the Territory. ~ l t e yha ve io' t rci ty reiLtions with the Gn\.ernruent, and, tuitil the present year, have had no reserva- ' tiou. set apart fbr them. 'They are-now, ho~ve<er?t o be est:bblished, under an order of the President, of July 2, 1872, in the general section of the Territory where they now are, up011 a tract which is boonded on the south and etst by the Columbia Ltiver, on thewrst by the Oki-naka, ne Itiver, and on the north by British Golorubia. The tribes for whom this reservation is designed are frnown as Colvilles, Okiuakanes, San Poels, Luke Spokanes, Ucenr cl'Albnes, Calis~~ellasn, d Metho~s . Sotne of tfirse Indians, however, have settled upoil valuable tracts of land, and have made extensive improvements, while others, to a cou-siderable. number, have begun farming in a small way at various points within the district from which it is proposed to remove their respective t.ribes. It is doubtful mhether these individuals willroluntarily remove to the reservation referred to, which is some distance west of their present location. It is proposed, therefore, to illlow such as are eugaged it1 farmiiig to rewain where they are, if they so desire. Owing to the influx of whites into the country thns claimed or occnpied by these Iudians, many of them ktve been crowded out, and some of them ha~!e had their own nnqrtestionable iinprovciuents forcibly wrested from them. -This for a time during the past summer caused' considerable troilMe, and serious difficulties were apprehe11de.d; but thns far peace has bee,n preserved by a liberal distribut.ion ainong them of agri'cnltnral imple-ments, seeds, blankets, &c. No funds are appropriated specid.lly for these Indi~nss, nch supplies and presents as are given thein being fur. nishcd from the general incidental fund of tile Territorr. OREGON. The tribes residing in Oregon are the Urnatillas, Gaynxes, Walla- Wallas, Wascoes, Molels, Chasta Scotans, Coosas, Alseas, Klamath, Modocs, and Wid-pah-pee Snakes, besides uomqous other small bands. |