legislation upon it. Standing Bear Washington, and to seeure and his party went to Washiugton, aud, in spite of the secret hostility of the Tnterior Department, produced a powerful im- pression upon Congress. Senator Dawes, of Massachusetts, and Senator Morgan, of Alabama, both became warm advocates of their eausc. The subject once started, ease after case came up for investigation; and the Congressional committees called for evidence in regard to several of the more striking instances of injustice to Indians

White Eagle, one of the Ponca chiefs, who had lost his wife and four children, aud who was himself fast sinking under dis ease developed by the malarial Indian Territory, came to Wash- ington and gave eloquent testimony in belalf of his tribe. The physicians there predicted that he had not three months to live A bill was introduced into Congress for restoring to the Poncas their old reservation in Dakota, and putting their houses, farms, ete., in the same removal

The story of that removal was written out in full at the time by the agent who superintended it. That he should for ward this report to the Department of the Interior was nat ural; bnt that the Department of tlhe Interior should have been willing to publish it lo the couutry, lo ave it on tho oflicial record of its managrement of Indian affairs for the year good eondition they were at the time of their 1877, is strange. It wil make a fitting conclusion to this sketeh of the history of the Ponea tribe. The name of this IHe calls the report "Journal of the agent was E, A. Iloward March."

"May 21st. Broke camp at seven o'clock and marched to Crayton, a distance of thirteen miles. Roads very heavy. The child that died yesterday was here buried by the Indians, they preferring to people.

"May 22d. Broke camp at seven o'clock and marched to bury it than to have it buried by the white