there wonld seem to be left no doubt in'the mind of any intel- ligent persou, after reading the above quotations.

It is not to be wondered that whon the news of such schemes as these reaches the Indians on thcir rescrvations great alarm We find in the reports froim and discontent are the result. the Nebraska agencies for this year unmistakable ndications of disheartonment and anxiety. The Winnebagoes ed to be very anxious to be made citizens. A majority favor of it, "provided the Government will adopt certain mcas ures which they consider necessary for the care and proteetion of their property."

They have had a striking illustration of the disadvantage of not being citizens, in an instance of the nnpunished murder of ene of their nnmber by a white man. are report агe in The story is related by the agent terscly and well, and is one of the notable incidents in the istory of the relation between the United States Government and its wards.

"Henry Ilarris, a Winncbago in good standing, an indus- employed by Joseph Smith, a white man, to cut wood on his land in Dakota Coun While alone and trious man and a successful farmer, was ty, a short distance north of the reservation thus engaged, on the 29th of last January, Ilarris was shot throngh the hcart with a rifle-ball, I bad his dead body taken before the coroner of the county, and at tlhe inquest held be- to the satisfaction of the jury that rendered a verdict in aecordance therewith, that the In shown, fore that officer it was dian came to his death at the hands of one D. Balinska, who had been for many years leading a hermit's life on a tract of land that le owned adjoiuing the reservation, and who had threatened Harris's life a few months before, when they quar- relled about damages for corn destroyed by Balinska's horse. There being snow on the ground at the time of the murder, Balinska was tracked from his home to the place wherc, under corer, he did the shooting; and his shot-pouch, containing