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Show REPORT OF THE COMMIBSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 19 Let usfor a moment consider that the Spotted Tail agency was in 1871 on the west bank of the Missouri Xiver, where the whites became ex- . ' . % ~. ~= - oeedingly troublesome, and the river afforded abundant facilities f&W the introduction of intoxicating liquors. In 1874 the Red OIoud and Spotted Tat1 agencies were removed to, what a ~ubs~que lsl tu r-the Uuiou t'acific Railroad. Here the usual ill fortune attending the proved to be, the State of Xebraska, the f i ~ r ~ ra~geern cy 165 miles f-, Oheyeooe and the latter 108 miles fro111 Sidoey, the nearest p o i n t ~ a - ~ removal of these I~rdiar~wasK agaio exemplified, ill placing the agellcies on absolutely barren laud, where there was no posvibilit~o f cnltivating the soil, 110 hope of their being enabled to become self.supporting, and where thry have of ~~ecessi tbye en kel~tk ) the hopeleas condition of paupers. In the hope of placiug these Indiaus ups^ vrMe land, where they might become civilized and self-supporticq& tLs d&ermilutis aoa has- ~ , tily taken to relnove thelo back to the ~ s s u u r Iit iv*. Tlris -# ;- 1,. undertaken without n proper examinatiolt of ethar pdpts OTI ths - - vation, where it is stated, on good authority, tbat a -.qrrpa.m : --. of excellent wheac-landa can be found ou either Saok of the 8b. River run~linge astward into the Missouri, and where, also, tbe r sk. .S<T her sufficient i u quautity aud quality for all practical purposes. 'I%: &,-- however, should be fully deterlniurd before auother movemeut of these Indians is attempted. . The Indianchiefa, in their interview with the Presideut ill September last, begged that they might not be sent to the Missonri Biver, as whisky-drinking, and other demoralization, would be the consequence. This was the bes jlidg~nel~oft the best menof the tribe, but the neceu-sity was one that the President could not control. The provisions and supplies for the eusuing wjuter had been plaoql according to law on the Missouri,.and, owing to the lateness of the season. it waa impossible to remore them to the old ageucies. Accordingly the necessities of the case coml~elledt he removal of these Indians in the midst of the snowv aud storms of early winter, which have already set in. REMOVAL OF THh: NORTHERN UUEYENNES AND ARAPAHOES. These Iudians for several years past have beeu reported as receiving ratlons with the Sioox, at Red Olond agency, but as '$ belongingJ' with their southern brethren in the Ind~an Territorv. whom they could not be iniluced t o j o i ~I,J~ ally l ~ e r s ~ ~ aoar i~o~~~~I I I ~ I ~ I I ~ ~ I I ~ UIbyI If~orIc~e.O ~ ~ ~ The Raule diWerrl~ce het!vec~~ the ditipositiou of tBe two tribes Itas beeu shosv~~~I I I I Urb~e Sioux war t l~awt as nlnl~ifrstedi n tlre Chcjeune autl Amp~h o e\v ar of 1874 and 1b75 in the I~~dian'l'erritorj. The whole body of the Chesenneu took i)ronlpt aud active part in l~ostilities,w hile the-Arapahoes, ilmost without exception, remained logal to the govern-ment. Atter the surrender of the main portion of this tribe, the Obey. ennes were snddeuly seized bg a desire to remove to the Indian Ter-ritory. Thia uurxpGcted ; ~ u u o ~ ~ ~ ~ eweans ~foellnotw ed by prou~pta ction, U I I ~on the Zhlh 01N ay laar,!lYi Che~c.uaesl rtt Krd Clou~al geucy uuder military escort, aud after 'iU dajs' journr~ reportcd at lbrt lieno, an11 were turned over to the Cheyenne and Arapaho agent. In accordance with their earnest request made to the President dur-ing the recent visit of the delegation in this city, permission was given the Northern Arapahoes to join the Shoshoues on the Wind River re-nerve in Wyoming. In a ibrmal council held last monih by Agent |