The guard that accompanied these Iudians consisted of four commissioned officers, one hundred and thirty-five soldiers, and one laundress; in all, one hundred and forty persons. The num- ber of Santee Sioux transported was tlhirtcen hundrel and eigh tecn. For the transportation and subsistenec of these Indians and the guard there was paid the sum of $86,322 10

The number of Winnebagoes transported was nineteen hun- dred and forty-five; for their transportation and subsistence there was paid the farther sum of $56,042 60 making the whole amount paid the contractors $95,864 70

The Sioux were transported from Fort Snelling to Hannibal, Missouri, on two steamboats. One of tbe boats stopped there, and the Indians on it crosscd over to St. Joseph, on the Missouri Riv- er, by rail. The other boat continued to the junction of the Mis- sissippi and Missouri rivers, and thence up the latter to St. Joseph; and here the Indians tliat crossed over by rail were put upon the boat, and from thence to Crow Creek all of them were on one boat. They were very much crowded froum St. Joseph to Crow Creek. Sixteen died on the way, being withont attention or medical supplies, All the Indians were exeluded from the cabin of the boat, and confined to the lower and upper decks. It was in May, and to go among them on the lower deck was suffocating They were fed on hard bread and mess pork, much of it not cook ed, there bcing no opportunity to cook it only at night when the boat laid up. They had no sugar, coffee, or vegetables. Con- finement on the boat in such a mass, and want of proper food, created nuch sickncss, sueh as diarrhoea and fevers. For weeks after they arrived at Crow Creek tlhe Indians died at the rate of from three to four per day. In a few weeks one hundred and fifty had died, mainly on account of the treatment they had re- ceived after lcaving Fort Snelling."-MANEYTENNY, Our Indian Wards

"During the summer the Indiaus were fed on flour and pork; they got no beef till fall. They suffered for want of fresh beef as well as for medieal supplies. In the fall their ration began to fail, and the issue was gradually reduced; and the Indians complain