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Show BEPOETS CONQEBKINQ INDIAN8 IN WASHINGTON. 331 of the misaion, and it is hoped that the school will soon be in its new home at Pan-guitch, or failing that, in its own home somewhere. I rrspectfdly recommend that the wire for fencing in the "remmtion " thus re serving the pasture for the Indiana' use, be purchased at the earliest pdssible &< and that a limited number of young cows, to be iasned to certain Indiana aa a start in esttle raising, be also purchased, for reasons stated above; and tbt the work of bn- dwellmg housea, each head of a family furnishing certain materiale, and aiding m the building of his own house, be pyhed as rapidly aa individuals are willing to comply with the above terms, these bemng the steps most needed at praent in my 'udgment to aid these Indians toward civilization and self-mpport. tery respectfully, LAWA B. WORK, &pm'n&n&nL The Coaaarnvl~o~O~E nI NDIAANm ~ r a e REPORTS CONCERNING lNDIANS IN WASHINGTON. REPORT OF AGENT FOR COLVILLE AGENCY. COLVILLAE GENCYM, iles, Wash., September 4,1908. Snr: I have the honor to submit the following report for the year ended June 30, 1903: The I n b on the several reaervatious under the jurisdiction of thia agency are makine m n a b l e nroereas in the matter of supwrtina themselves and irnumvinp Zei r ronres. On t f~e~ pokanR ewwation and kko on'inueh of tho Colvill; Reeri: \.ation crop an: not up to the uanal etandard hccauar of tlronght, hut most of thc lr~dinnvn n these mms t ion. harig cuhivawd 1 0 0 l~an d and dona kt t e r work Illis ~ ~~~ vear than ever before. * Moet of the Indians on the Coldle Reservation have very good land. The Spkm Heaervation is small and, as a body is pour lalal, consr.quently the Str~hawar~notm~,-w~o irunoalnvr oanrrnw and can not hrcomeso iunless hv oxreutional . . ~ ~ and mdustry; but they are &ea&l$, though slowly, im roving their cagdition, and if they can be protected in the peaceable ossession of tfeir homes they will in a fen ears need no further special attention A m the Government. In tzis conn-ec.tio-n i~t is ~mat ifvine to note that in the United Sbtea court recentlv ~~~~ I have defeated a second t bt6 e Sooners," who, last vear in droves and swami. attcmptc,l tu c,\r.rrun thrSp,kan Rmrrvation underprrtdnrid that it had Lwn tlirown open 1s.r loinrml entry. I trunt that ribere will be no lunl~er truuhle on that line rw.---.~." u l i ~t1w.e n-llo-tw~ent.~ C --I I-t il~e la nd in rrn,mltv to three Inalinm. who dcnervc more ~ ~ -~ than thev have received and who ahould c&tainlvbe allowed to keep the little they havk. Only a few old and indigent of the Spokans and of the various Colville tribea receive any material &stance from theGovernment, and none receiveany annuities. The Cnur d'AlAne Indians have a beautiful and fertile bodv of land in the hest 1 &of the State of Idaho. They have receive3 much mane? and other assistance froto> the (;uvrmme~it, and ouglit 1,) be 11ixhly pm.vemu?. Tltny hare duueonly lairly well durin. the part year,and have nude nopanirular pmglpss. I again urge that tllirrrrillcof kn~iilnslmbkrufr ou, under the ioriadictlonoi flri6aernr~ao~J i \ . c n 1 a resident agent; alao that their lands be allotted in severalty at the &=lie& praztical - date. At present this agency is unwieldy. The Colville and Spokan resewations, lying toeether. sre alone a much lamer territorv than I can effectuallv oversee, and isr~er am freqneritlv 'com6elled 6 uostpone imuroperlv or wholly ukaleet iiuporiant b u ~ i tno w~h ich I ii>,uldo the<wi& ive rilhcti<e aiwnriou. A neri#&nta ged could clo more in two ymr, than I a n <fi,n a1.e !cam to pnnh the Cmur d'AlCnea inm sovmnriate utili~ath,roi f tlreir onoununitirn and ret them reatlv for citieenshi~. If 1-ioul'd send the emploveea who are now allowed for that resewition inln the &mote pm of the Colvilli Rir,r~ationw, hich ane now practic.all withoot aupewisiuu of any chanu!ter, I n,trld mcunipli.!~ wry rnurll ntow than 1 <&now in thoec sr.tion~. As ha [wen r,wntion,d in ~rseral pmcial moorlr on the ml,iwt. thu whiskv tmffic, particularly on the south half oiAthe Col6lle Reservation, haa'continued tb |