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Show REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS L ~ I of his letter bearing same date to General Crook as to excitement amodg the Indians on rumomof the approach of tlie troops; in two letters from him to this office, each dated the 24th of August, 1886, it was stated that the Indians of both agencies mere greatly =cited by the marching of GeneralCrook with troops into their reservation on the 20th of that month, but that the excitement had almost entirely sub. sided on their meeting and conversing with the troops. On September 11,1886, I received, by Department reference, from the Acting Secre-tary of War a copy of the report of the commanding oEier at Fort Du Chesne in regard to his interview with the chief and headmen of the Indians on said reservati'ons, in which he says that theIndians seemed well satisfied with the interview, but were much excited and prepared to fight theday previous on the approach of the troops, but that no trouble .was then apprehended. On the 13th of September, 1886, I re-ceived, by Department reference, from the Acting Secretary of Wa? a copy of a report from General Crook, in which he states that he found the Indialis in a state of great excitemen6, and that they had been lay-ihg in supplies of ammunition, and had acut their families into the mountains, and that in an interview with some of them he told them to tell the others that the troops were there for no hostile purpose. I believe the garrison of Port Dn Chesne is sufficiently strong to hold the Indians under complete control, and to enable the new Indian agent in charge of both of said agencies to euforce the roles and ragolations of the office; but if it is found that the present force is not suffioiently lafge, I will report the fact to the Department and recomuiend hhat addi-tional troops be requested of the War Department. The.agent will bc instructed to use every endeavor l>oasible to promote the advauccment of the Utes in education and agriculture, and to endeavor as far as possible to avoid irritating them or giving them any just ground of complaint, but also tp act with. firmness iu his intercourse with them, and to give them to.understand plainly that all acts indicative of insub: ordinhtion must immediately cease. JOSEPH'S B~UID OF NEZ PERC*~ WA~HINGTON TERRITORY. ,These Indians, who were removed from the Indian Territory in June, 1885, have been permanently located on the Colville Reservation, in a fertile valley about four miles from the Nespilem mills and school-house. The agsqt reports that they arc much pleased with their loca-tion, and expresses the belief that they will be sclf.supporting after thc harvest, ne.xt summer, if meantime they are suppli.e d with wagons and . COW& , FISHERIES ON TIIE COLUMBL~ RIVFUR, WASHINGTON TERRITORY. By the treaty of June 9,1855 (12 Stats., 951), the Yakma Nation, in cedioglands in WashingtonTerritory, reserved certain rikhts and prir-ileges- among them the right of way with free access from their re- |