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Show I I REPORT OF THE COMMISSIOEER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. XV I these Indians to come into their agencies, and issued an order requiring them to no noon their reservations bv the 31st of Januarv last. or be regardvti'is 1;ostile and turued over t6 the mil~tarj. 'Po th~sortlvrc, o n~n~~~n ibc~j o~~tot crile rsfr om the oever:~la gencies, no reear11w as naicl. The (;enem1 aud Lit.uteu:~~~t.Ge~uE~ trhreu ilr .nr were ofYopiniou that a movement against tho '<ho stiles" undertaken in the winter would be entirely practicable, for which none but the regular troops stat~ouedin that part of the country would be needed; and on the 1st of February these Indians were accordingly turned over to the War Department for appropriate wtiou by the Army. The increase in the number of Sitting Bnll's retainers by accessions from the agency Sioux, already alluded to, and the terrible slaughter of our forces under General Custer, the details of which are familiar to the public, have extended throughout the year what was expected be a campaign of but few weeks' duration. It is hoped that the coming winter-campaign, for which extensive preparations are now iu progress, will result in the unconditional surrender anil entire submission of these Sioux, and that this will be known hereafter as the last Indian war. THE BIOUX COMIIIISSION. Iu tile last 111diana ppropriation act, $20,000 was appropriate~l,t o bo expended 1111dert he dinaction of t l~oP reside~~fto,r the pnrposo of se. curiugl'com !he Sioux ludialls the rrliu(j~~iahmrouf t " ~ 1 1ri ght il1111rl niul to any country outside of the boundarLes of the permanent reservation established by the treaty of 1868 for said Indians, and also so much of their said perinanent reservation as lies west of the one hundred and third meridian of longitude,"and to secure ''a grant of conven. ient and aceessibte way over said reservation to the countrj thus ceded, for wagon and other roads, from points on the MissouriRiver, in all not more than three in number." The act further provides thatthe Indians hereafter shal1 receive their supplies at such places on their said reser-vation in the viciuity of the Missouri River as the President may desig-nate; and also,.t a t l' no further appropriatiou for said Sioux Indians for snbsistenoe shall hereafter be made until some stipulation, agree-ment, or arrangement shall hare been entered into by said Indians I with the President of the United St,ates which is calculated and de- s&ed to enable said Iudiaas to become seKsupportiug?J In pursuance of the provisions referred to, a commission was appoiuted in August last, col~sistit~ogf Hon. George W. Many~ennyB, ishop H. B. Whipple, Hon. A. S. Gaylord, Hon. H. C. Bolis, Hon. Newton Ed-munds, Col. A. e. Boone, and Dr. J. W. Daniels, who proceeded im-mediately -to the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies, for the purpose of securing from the Indians the agreement contemplated in the above-named act. The commissiou have not yet submitted their report, but it is understood that their mission has been successfitl. I For the unruose of urovidinn some suitable location to enable said lndi:~nst o - l~r&~ms rel f . s~~ppo&tullu~ .c !on~n~i&sio\rne re instrtlctccl to cousi~lert he propriety of securing 1110 a s s e ~ ~of t the Indians to their retno\.;tl to the 111di11Tn erritoly. H;~rinni nclicatrd n willinc~~eatos consider the question of remoxkl, a, delegation of Sioux are-now en I route to the Indian Territory to examlne the country and make report. The report of the commission, as soon as received by this office, will I he forwarded to the honorable Secretary, to be submitted to Congress 1 for its action. |
