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Show OOM?A88IONE& OF INDIAN AFFAIES. 123 Ghief Joseph 6aa heenailing for some time psat. Some six weeks apo he drove 76 miles over very mngh roads to pay his respscta to me here. At that time he looked thin, ill, bmkyn in spirit, and complained of always feeling tired. Joseph's death will probably have little appreciable effect on the future of hispeo-ple. I find that he has been rwrded as a malcontent, insubordinate; and not work-ing for the heat intereats of his people. His long-continued refusal to consent to the education of the Nez Per& children cauaed him to be looked upon as nonpmgrewsive ; and a 8tumbIing block in the path of civilization. But I formed a different impres-sionof theman. His demeanor was subordinate, meek, and pathetic. He declared that he had heen utterly misunderstood and his motives misconstrued; that laat year most of the available children of his tribe attended the school here, and that he would use his utmost endeavors to wend in every one that could poasibly be spared this year. He slao indiintly disclaimed encouraging gambling and drunkenness among his people. WINNEBAGO HOMESTEADS IN WISCONSIN. . In the annual reports of this O5ce for the years 1895,1896,1897, and 1898 the status of the homestead entries and selections by the Win-nebago Indians of Wisconsin, the laws under which they were made, and the necessity for their investigation were set foi%h in detail. All of the 680 original entries and selections, and 40 entries made in 1897, have been finally disposed of except 2, and it is gratifying to be able to state that this difficult and complex matter has been so nearly dia-posed of. Recently this Office informally requested the General Land Office to furnish a statement as to the present status of the Winnebago homestead entries in Wisconsin. The Office was advised that all the Indian entries and selections for homesteads in that State have been finally disposed of with the exception of-the following, which includes the 2 Winnebago entries above referred to: Wausaw, Wis.-Winnebago: homestead entry No. 8782, Starwoman. Dick, proof to he made; homestead entry No. 8402, Joseph Goodheart, proof to be made. Potawatomi: homestead entry No. 8164, Joe Pem-mobine, subpended because of contest. Chippewa: homestead entry. No. 7308, John Wildcat, proof awaiting examination. Eau Claire, Wis.-Winnebago: homestead entry No. 8572, Beauti-ful Cloud, proof to he made. Chippewa: homestead entry No. 4975, Ole Thompson, suspended because of contest. SHOSHONI RESERVATIONW, YO. . Since my last report Special Allotting Agent H. G. Nickerson has been engaged in the revision of the allotments previously made cn the Shoshoni Reservation by his predecessors, John W. Clark, of Georgia, and John. T. Wertz, of Nebraska, and also in the making of new allotments. His predecessors made 766 allotments to the Shoshoni ,and 442 to the Arapaho Indians, aggregeting 1,208. On Tune 30, |