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Show I REPORT OF THE C03fMISSIOSER OF INDIAN AFFAIES. XXXIX EIIO-I(O.RO-KO BAND OF SAC AND FOX INDIANS. These Indians belong to tbe Sac and Pox t;cibe of the Mississippi, but under the inflaence of their chief, Mo-ko-ho-ko, mho died two years ago, have persistently refused t~ remove from Bansas to the reservation of the tribe in the Indian Territory. By the favor shown their brethren in Iowa they have been induced to believe that, if they would persist iu their refusal to unite with their tribe, they would e~~entualhlayv e lands assigned them where they now are, in Osage County, Kansas, and obtain their share of t l ~ eS ac and Pox ani1t1it.y fund, by having it set apart for them. In 1874 their brethren in the Indian Territory generously consented to defray the e.xpenses, amounting to $1,000, of sending a delegation of this baud to this city, mith the distinct understanding that they woulfl make immediate preparations thereafter to remove to the Indian Territory. Accordingly, in December, 1875, they were removed, but very soon returned to Kansas, ( 4 living vagabond lives and intri~derso n lands of citizens there,'' dependent at times upon the charities of white settlers, their children growing up in ignorance, and the vhole band den~oral-ized by the evil influences resulting from the whisky tmffio. Ample provision is made for them under the provisions of their treat.y of 1868, by which they eaii have all the lands ou their reservation in the Indian Territory that they desire to cultivate, can have their children edncated, and can also share in the annuities of the tribe. Frequent complaints have been made to the office by citizens of Kan-sas on account of the intrusions of this band, and in August last United States Agent Linn, of the Pottawatomie Ageucx, was directed to make an investigation of matters complained of. He reports that there are 175 iu all belonging to the band ; that they are living upon the lands of settlers, but persist in claiming these lauds as their own, and that they do not acknowledge the treaty under which it'is claimed that the lands have been sold, and will not leave. After representing to them the numerous advantages they nouId realize by eompIging with their agree-ment to removc, they informed him emphaticillly that they wonld not remove to the 1ndi;an Territ0r.r. CHIPPEWAS OF JIINNESOTA. For the Chippewas of Minnesota three reservations have been set apart-the White Earth Reserve, contai~~in36g square miles of the best farming laud in illinnesota, mith abt~ndanee of wood and water; the Red Lake Reserve, where the arable land is limited in quantity but snffieient for the needs of the tribe, and of good quality; and the Leech Lake Reserve, whera there are only a few patches of laud scattered dong the shores of ;the take and accessible only by canoe, on which fair crops of corn and potatoes can be raised. The rest is corerecl with pine |