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Show XLlV REPORT OF T H C~OX MISSIONER OF INDIAN AFAIRB. gress. There should abo be an acL passed to enable the Seminole boundary to be definitely settled. These matters having been left un-determined from year to yew, will, if not properly attended to, finally result in conterntion and perhaps war. INVASION OF THE INDIAN TERRITORY. In the early part of last winter an extensive scheme was organized to 1t ake foroible possassion of certain lands in the Indian Territory which had been ceded to.the government for Indian purioses. .Letters were pnb-lished and eircnlated in the States surrounding the Territory by parties interested in the project, declaring that these were public lands, and were open to settlement by citizens of the United States. In a short time a large number of persons from Missouri, Kansas, and Texas were discovered in the act of entering the Territory, arrying their household goods and farming implements, with the evident purpose of making permanent settlement. This unlawf~c~oln spirmy w k ascertained 60 be so extensive as to necessitate the adoption of speedy and yigorous memures, in order to prevent serious complications and trouble with the Indiana. The atten-tion of thePresident having been called to tthe matter by thia depart-ment, on the 26th of April last, he issued a proclamtion which will be ' found. on page 188, warning all persons who were intending or prepar-ing to remove to.the Indian Territory without permission of the'proper authorities against attempting to se&tle upon any lands in said Territory, and notifying those who had already so offended, that they would be speedily removed therefrom by Indiaa agents,.and that, if nemsmry, the aid and assistance of the military would be invoked 6 enforce the laws in relation to such intrusion: Accordingly, upon the recommendation of the department, troops were post'ed at available points dong the lines between the Indian Territory ' and Missouri, Kansas, and Texas, to prevent unanthorized narties &om entering the Territory, anddetachmeots andsoouts were detailed to arrest and remove such intruders as could be found within its borders. By the diligent oo-operation of the military authorities with the Indian Bureau, the intruders were slieedily removed, and the unlawful invasion was checked. IN[NTILUSION ON INDIAN LANDS. Intruders have been equally troublesome on other Indian lands. In fact, there is hardly an Indian reservation within the limits of the United States which has not been subject to their encroachments. They resort to all kinds of devices and schemes to obtain a foothold on Indian soil, and offer ready and varied excoses for their continuad nulawful occn-pancy of the same. The great influx upon the diierent reservritions of squaw-men, or White men married to Indian women, acwrding to the lax custom of |