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Show XLVIII REPORT OF THE COJIMISSIONER OF INDLAN AFFAIRS. strict,ly with an order of the President, of the 25th of June last, to iihold out no inducements to themln but "if they come in and surrender their arms and ponies, and submit as prisoners of war, it must be without conditions." Since thenover 1,000 of these Indians have surrendered. About 1,000 are at Port Keogh, where they will remain until provided for permanently, and others are at agencies to which they formerly be-longed. The office also has advices from military sources, that on the 13th of October over two h~mdredlo dges of hostiles were camped some forty miles distant from the Fort Peck Agency, who would soon prooe@rI to Fort Keogh, and that Sitting Bull was then moving towards Milk River, aud it mas believed that he would soon surrender. ESl'IRATION OF TREATY PEOVISIONS WITH INDIANS IN IVASHINGTON TERRITORY AND OREGON. I 1 The treaty provisions with the following tribes of Indiaus iu Orego11 and Washington, providing for annuities for a limited nnmber of years, , on account of lands ceded to the government in 1855, expired with the . , fiscal year endiug Juue 30, 1880, viz : "Confederated tribes and bands" 1 and the Walla Walla, Cagnse, and Umatilla tribes, in Oregon, and the D'Wamish aud other allied tribes, Maltahs, Qninaielts, Qnillehntes, i S'Klallams, and Yakamas, in Washington Territory. I Under the treaties with these Indians, appropriations hare been n~ade annually for their benefit, for the support of schools; for salaries and I subsistence of teachers, mechanics, and laborers; for the purchase of agric~~lturiamlp lements, tools, and medioines, and books, &c., for sohools; am1 for repairs of shops, mills, hospitals, agency b~uldings,k c. The present condition of these Indians renders it rery important that the aid and assistance heretofore esteuded be continued, and that early steps betaken for their permanent settlement upon lands in severalty, a i~dfo r the sale of so mach of their respective reservations as may not be required by them. Many of these tribes have made columendable progress in civilized pursuits in the post few Fears, and there is an un-easy feeling, and great anxiet,j-on the part of mauy of their leadingmen to knom what the fut.ure policy of the governmeut will be toward them. The discontinuance of the appropriations for the support of their schools, and for other necessary objects, mill pro\-e very detri~nental to their interests, a11d it is respectfully reoommencled that measnres be taken to l~egotiatew ith the said tribes, with the ricw of extendiug to them sncl~ additional he~lcfitsa s their present condition cleemauds. PURCHASE OF SUPPLIES FOE TEE INDIAN SERVICE. The business of a n u ~ l a lplw~ ol~asiilgs upplies, goods, S:c., for 'the In-dion service is one of great magnitude. The multiplicity of articles re quired to meet the ~ a r i e daa nts and necessities of the Indians, situated as they are in localitiesmidely separated, cannot be better demonst,rated thml by the statelnent that uearly two thousand rliffercnt articles arc |
