It is an intricate and perplexing task to attempt follow the history of the different bands of the Sioux tribe through all thcir changes of location and afliliation-some in Dakota, some in Nebraska, and some on the Upper Arkansas with the hostile Cheycnnes and Arapahoes-signing treaties one summer, and on the war-path the next-prormised a homc in spring, and ordered off it before harvest-all the time mnorc and more hemmed in by white settlers, and more and more driven out of thcir buffalo ranges by cnigrations-liable at any time to have bodics of United States soldiers swoop down on now to them and punish whole bands for depredations committed by a handful of men, perhaps of a totally distinet band-the won- der is not that some of thenm were hostile and vindietive, but that any of them remained peaceable and friendly. Bandied about from civil authorities to military-the War Department recommending " that all Indians not on fixed reservations be considered at war," and proceeded against accordingly, and the Interior Department neglecting to provide them with "fixed reservations," or to definc or cuforce the boundaries of even their temporary reservations-tricked, cheated on all sides- starving half the timo-there is not a tribe of all the perse cuted tribes of Indians that has a more piteous record than the Sioux. Nevertheless, vancing in civilization. In the Yankton band nearly one hun dred children are in school, and eight hundred acres of land are under eultivation. The Lower Yanktons are peaceful and we find many of the bands, in 1870, ad always quiet, although they are ncar the Brnlés, who are roy ing and hostile. The Sissetons and Wahpetons, who were by a treaty of 1867 placed on reservations in Dakota, are "indus trious, and fast advancing in agricultural pursuits." Four The Yanktons are sehools are in operation among them "anxious to farm, and state that the Government has promised to assist and teach them to farm; that they ready for some time, but as yet the agent has not receired any are and have been