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Show this year. The delegation consisted of two Pimcs, one Papago, one Yuma. and four Anaohes. The renresentative character of tllese 111- .~ ~ .. , uf t l ~trl itti?~~ltisros long ~~[ ter i rnei11~1 i.\lr izorla. ( , I ) The Kioir.(rs.k r.-This delr~ntiont, l 1~:lrp~est and most iml)orra~~wdihh ever visited Washington,wis brought 70 this city by Captain H. E. Alvord, special comniissioner of the Indian Office, for the paci6. cation of these tribes. Tbe delegation comprised representatives of the Kiowas, Comanches, Apaches, Arapahoes, Wichitas and aftiliated 1)audn. The a.bsence of the Cheyennes, who had been scared away from tile 1)lacc of meoting nith the special commissio~~ebry the advance of Colouel Mclienzie's force, aid the refusal of the Qua-ta.da Oomanches to send representatives to mTasbingtou, co~istituted the only defects in the complt?teness and itlltbority of the delegation. (e) The Grand River and Port Peck 1ndiaits.-This double delegation was brought to this city by the commissio~~ewrsh o visited the Upper Missouri for the pacification of thero~ingS ioux. It consisted of fifteen Indians from the Grand River agency, the pri~icipalc hief of eacl~o f the three bands of Sioux attached to that agency being present, and of 11i11eteenI ~idiansS rolu the vicinity of Fort Peck, and from the huutiug-gro~~ ndwse st and south. The absence of Sitting Bull and Blaclr Moon, the most influential chiefs of the "hostile camps," preverikd that oom-plete sncoess wl~ich had beeu hoped for from the visit of this delega-tion; but the Indians thus brought ' to Washiugton were genuine Indians, out of the hostile camps, aud of no mean reputation and irrfln-euce anlong the "implacables." Their visit to Washington cannot Pcil to produce a. decided effect by reducing the number of those who stand out against the progress of the railroad,>ven if it does not wholly ~vith-draw the rovin-g bands from their position of antagonism to the Gov-ernment. (1') The Utes of Utah.-This delegation, consisting of three Indians from the Uintah Valley reservation, was brought to Washingtoil by late sl~eciada gent Dodge, of Salt Lake, under permission granted upon urgent telegraphic representations of the necessity of such a visit. The deleg:~t,iou seemed not to have beeu fortunately constituted, nor wasthe judgment of the special agent, as to the importance of the business to be transacted, approved by tile Department. (g) TIM Sacs aisd Po,~esof the i1fissoz~ri.-This delegation, consisting of four Indians, visited Washington at the expense of the tribe, \vit,h a * . view to concluding arrangements for t l ~ ed isposition to be made of the p+oceeds of their lands about to be sold under authority of law, and for their looatio~a~m oug the Osages in the Indian Territory. The ohjects of t,he mission were satisfactorily completed so far as t,beyconld be \vith-ont legislation. Th4 advantages of bringing well-cor~stituted delegations from wild and potentially hostile tribes to Washington are yery decided, and ?al-ply repay the expenditure involved. The imgression derived t,hereby to the savages of tlie strength of the Goverument, end the wealt,h aud power of the mhites, is a more effective peace-maker thanmany soldiers, get the expenses of all the Indian delegstious that have ~i s i tedW asli-ingtou the last three years have uot equaled the cost of maintaining a comlymy of cavalry for six months io the field. It most be couside,red that the Indians of the plains have, up to a recent date, really beliered +at the1 outnu~i~berethde whites. How, |