and this could be afforded to a sufficicnt extent by the sule fur their benefit of the timber upon the lands now oeeupied by them Probably the Governmcnt could provide for them in no better way.

The White Oak Point Chippewas were formerly known as Sandy Lake Indians. They were removed in 1807 from Sandy Lake and Rabbit Lake to White Onk Point, on tbe Mississippi, near the eastern part of the Leeeh Lake Reservation. This location is un- favorable to their moral improvement and material progress, from its proximity to the lumber eamps of the whites. Thus far the cffort made to bctter thoir condition, by placing them on farming land, has proved a failure The ground broken for them has gone back into grass, and their log-houses are in ruins, the for mer vccupants betaking themselves to their wonted haunts. It would be well if these Indians could be induced to remove to the White Earth Reservation.

At Red Jake the Indians have had a prosperous year: good crops of corn and potatoes have been raised, and a number of houses built. This band would be in much better cireumstances were they possessed of a greater quantity of arable lands. That to which they are at present limited allows but five acres, suita ble for that use, to each family. It is proposed to sell their tim ber, and with the procceds clear lands, purchase stock, and es tablish a manual-labor school

The Pembina bands reside in Dakota Territory, but are here noticed in connection with the Minnesota Indigns, because of their being attached to the same agency, They have no reserva tion, having ceded their lands by treaty made in 1863, but claim title to Turtle Mountain in Dakota, on whieh some of them re- sided at the time of the treaty, and which lies west of the line of the cession then made. They number, the full-bloods about 350, and the half-breeds aout 100. Thcy lead a somewhat nomadic life, depending upon the ebase for a preearious subeistencc, in conneetion with an annuity from the Government of the United States

The Chippenas of Minnesota have had but few educational ad- vantages; but with the facilities now being nfforded, aud with the earnest endeavors that are now being put forth by their agent and the teachers employed, especially at White Earth, it is ex- pected that thcir interests in this regard will be greatly promoted At White Earth school operations bave been quite successful; so much so, that it will requirc additional accommodations to meet the denuands of the Indians for the cducation of their children,