fulfilment of one of the provisions of the trcaty, were neverthe less ordered by tlhe Indian Burean to be "kept as Department stock." The Indians very naturally held that they had a right to these cows; nevertheless, they continacd peaceable and con- iented, in the feeliug that they had at last fonnd a home," where they might "hope to remain and entivate the soil with the feeling tlhat it is theirs, and that their children will not in a few days be driven from their well-tilled and prodnctive lands. the allotment of their lands in severalty."

In 1869"preparations" were " being mado for allotting the They are, however, "growing exeeedingly anxious for lands to heads of familics."

In 1870 "the allotment of land in severalty to the Indians has been ncarly copleted, each head of a acres. The Indians anxiously look for the patents to these, as many have already eommeneed making improvenents. *** At least thirty lave broken four acres of prairie apicce, and several have built houses. *** Three schools are in operation, family receiving eighty and fonr hundred aeres of ground under enltivation."

In this year comes also an interesting report from the stray Winnebagoes left behind in Wiseonsin. They and the stray l'ottawottomies who are in the same ncighborhood are "re- no cause of eomplaint; markably quiet aud inoffensive, giving on the contrary, the towns and villages where they trade their berries, maple-sugar, etc., are deriving considerable benefit from them: a number have been employed in lumbering, harvesting, and hop-picking. A number of mill-owners and lumbernen have inforimed me that tlie Indians they have employed in their bnsiness have been steady, good hands. ** There are near ly one thousand of these Winnebagoes. Some of theu have bought land; others are renting it; and all express an anxiety that the Great Father should give them a reservation in this region, and allow them to remain."

In 1871 the Nebraska Winnebagoes deposcd their old chiefs,