the white settlers. They hang about the settlements and mili tary posts, begging and stealing; and, unless some prompt meas- ures be taken to bring them under the care and control of an agent of the Government, serious trouble may result at any time Congress should make tho nccessary appropriation during the coming scssion to uaintai an agent for tiese Indiaus, to creet the ageney buildings, and to provide subsistence for snch as may be collected and may remain upon the reservation.

Indians not upon Heservations.-There are a number of Indians, probably not less than 3000, "renegades," and otlhers of roving habits, who haye no treaty relations with the Government, and are not in charge of any agent. The trilbal names of some of these are the Clatsons, Nestucals, Tillamooks, Nehalims, Snakcs, and Nez Pereés. The renegades," suclı in fact, and so ealled, roain on the Columbia River, and are of considcrablc anuoyance to the agents at Warm Springs and Umatilla: others, tle Snakes, 200 in nun ber, are upon the edge of the Grand Ronde Reservation. These live by hunting and fishing, andd profess to desire to hare lands allotted to thcn, and a school provided for their children. The Nez Percés, elonging in Idaho, to the estimated mumber of 200, are found in Wallowa Valley, in the castern part of the State They claim tliat they were not parties to the treaty with thhe Nez Percê tribe years ago; that the valley in whicl they live has al ways belonged to them; audl they strenuously oppose its settle ment y the whites.

The tribes in California are the Ukie, Pitt River, Wylackie, Conco, Redwood, Humboldt, Hoonsolton, Miseott, Siah, T'ule, Tejon, Coaluila, King's River, and various other bands atd tribes, including the "Mission Indians," all being native to the country

Round Valley Ageney.-The Indians belouging to this agency are the Ukies, Concons, Pitt Rivers, Wylaekies, and Redwoods, nnmbering in ali 1700. The number has been incrcased during the past year by bringing in 1040 Indians collected in Little Lake and other valleys. A reservation containing 31,683 aeres las been set apart, per Aet of April 8th, 1864, and Exccutive order of March 80th, 1870, in.the western and northern part of the State, for these Indians, and for such others as may be induccd to locate tlhereon The lands in the rescrvation are very fertile; and the climate ad- mits of a widely varicd growth of crops. More produce bcing raised than is necessary for the subsistence of the Indians, the