Mr. DOOLITTLE. This report ismade by Mr. E. B. Taylor superintendent of Indian affairs, and Mr. Charles Matthewson, U.S. Indian agent, which report accompanies the recommendation of the SecyInterior and the ComrIndnAffr. In this report these gentlemen say: "Soon after the massacreof the white settlers in Minnesota by the Sioux it became apparent that not only that tric. but all the Winnebaizoes (who had no complicity With the Indian murders) would be compelled to leave the State. public sentiment in Minnesota seemedto demand their removal and accordingly an act of Congress was passed.(ap proved February 21.1863.)providing for the rempva of the Winnebagoes iindt 0saleof their reservation in minnesota for their benefit. (SeeAnnual report. comrIndAffr for 1863p. age307. This act provides that the POTUS is authorized to assign and set apart for the Winnebago Indians a tract of unoccupied lands equal in extent to their diminished reservation. (be yond the limits of any State.) the same to be well ad“aptheedefoomr amgnisespioltnuerru0l Inur ionsnes Affairs. for the purpose of complying with the requirementsof said act. on the 10thof April 1863. Issued a letter of instructions to late Agent aleombe.then in chargeof the tribe. (Seepageslitlfi. 306.307. CommissionersReport 1863.} “ In this letterthe honorable Commissionersays: t has thus becomethe duty of the President to set about their removal. apd he has determined to locate them on the Missouririver. somewherewithin 100 miles of Fort Randall. where it is not doubted they Will be secure from any danger of intrusion from whites. Localities may be found there where they can be establishedWith ariver front and abundance of timber for all necessary purposes.with a rich and productive soil. easyof cultivation. where th“ey Scuapne. rWinittehnpdreonpteTrheotimoprtsso.lnivheashappilly. alre y gone forward to make the proper selection for their new homes and to purchase arming implements. animals seeds, and to engage artisans and laborers to build them houses and open farms. soas tomakethemmoreoo m for table than they haveover yet been. Everything will be done for their welfare and they Will be greatly advantaged by the change. They Will not only not be required to pay anything for the land they Will occupy. but will receive. in such form aswill bestad vance their interest. the proceeds from the sale of their present homes. You will explain the accompanying act of Congressto the Indians at the propertime and the advantages that Will resultto themfrom an early compliance therewith and direct all your energies to that end.” f " am well aware of tbe reluctance of the Winne bagoes to abandon their present reservation and I regretthe necessityof their sodoing. but I am equally satisfied the provision which is being made for them will be for their benefit and you will fail in no effort to convmeethem of it. "Agent Balcombq complied faithfully pith these instructions. He failed in no effort to convince them that their removal would be for their benefit. He told them they were to be made more comfortable in their new homes than theyhad everyet been; that they were to be greatly advantaged by the change; that they were not to eroquired to pay anything for the land tihey were to piggy. All 8f {.Jhesginduce men an assurances been may by the proper authorities of the Government and the agent had a right to believe that they would be faith ully complied With. “. Thus assured the Winnebagoes peacefully left their comfortable homes in Mmnesotmwheretheyhad been surrounded by all the comfortsof civilization. They were huddled together (nearly 2000 souls) on steamboatsand transported down the Mississippi. froni Maukota to the mouth of the Missouri and up the Missouri to Grow creek. in Dakota terrritory. There they were located by Superintendent Thompson who h been authorized tomakea proper selection for them. in the midst of a very Sahara of sterility and desolation. where no amount of labor will avail to produce a crop. Agent Balcombe. after becoming satisfied that this reservation was utterly worthless for ricultural purposes.so informed the Dept. cting Commissioner Mix. on the receipt of this information. addressed a letter to the Blight. (see page324 CommissionersReport, 1863, f prom wlliph we may of the following extract:. You will inform them(the Winnebagoes)that in casetheir presentlocation is found unsuited to their wants. Measures will betaken to secureforthem else owbhj eccrteiona locatIiton is thtaht esd heatlelrmnoint abteiolniaobflethteoi rsu Great Father that a home that shall be healthy pleasant and fertile shall be furnished to themat the earliest practicable moment. I desire to impressupon your mind and through you upon the Indians. that it is the intention of the Government to deal with them in good faith and to fulfill all the promises made to them; and further. that in carryin this intention lnto effect no unnecessary dela wi i be permitted, and in the mean time they will a supplied with the necessary moanii of subsistence. These promises. under the circumstances were eminentlyjust and proper. That they shonld have been faithfully fulfilled no one will question. What are the facts? They were removed at their own expense. 100,000 dollars of their trust ends were retained to meetthis expenditure. They have been subsisted from the day of their removal to the present time from their own funds and so anxious are these poor people to obtain homesfor themselves, where they can subsist by honest industry. that they have agreed with the Omahas to pay them $30,00Ofor the reservation which they have recently purchased and to bear all the expenses of fitting it up and providin themselves with horses farming implements. Ate. he Government should not permit this sacrifice on the part of this much abused tribe. Their new homes should be purchased for them Without cost to their tribal fund. The cost of their subsistence since their removal should be reimbursed to them by the Government and they should be rendered comfortable and self sustaining at the earliest practicable moment. In every council which we have held with this tribe they recur to those premises on the part of the Governmen and ask us why it is that the Winnebagoes.who have always been peaceful and loyal. should be thus treated. We can only answert at the Government meansto deal justl y them; and that their wrongs will be speedily rignted. We sincerely be e that the present car will vindicate the sincerity of theseott repeate premises and that justice, though turd in its accomplishment.will be ampleand complete. Now, Mr. President they have gone down with the Omahas, and the arrangement has been made to purchase a part of the Omaha reserve for them. This bill proposes to set apart certain sections of our public lands. On a portion of those lands there are some persons we have some claim of right or title, and the bill provides that for the purpose of getting those rights settled, a sum of mono may be expended under the direction of the SecyInterior under the provisions of the 2nd section, which is as well guarded as a section can possibly be drawn, I believe, to secure its properand just expenditure; and the 3rd section provides that $100,000 shall be set apart in the Treasury for their benefit, and that the interest of it shall be paid to them as a part of their fund. Under the circumstances it certainly appeals to me as but an act of justice, which I cannot deny, that the recommendation of the Dept shall be carried out.