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No. 5 On the Allegany reservation there are about 900, including nearly 100 Onondagas and Oneidas, who are located on two reservations about 14 miles apart; the main body of land is estimated at 40 square miles, the small tract of land is a mile square, called Cornplanters reser- vation situated on the Allegany river, in the State of Pennsylvania, and is considered the private property of Cornplanter heirs; the land belonging to the nation also lies on the Allegany river in Cattaraugus County, and is held as Common Stock; on both reservations, there are about 150 families, 50 of whom live in frame houses, 14 of which have been built within five years and are larger and better finished than those preciously erected. Considerable domestic arrangement &; cleanliness is observable in some families, and the furniture suited to their condition; this domestic economy, no doubt is the result of missionary labor; They also have 25 frame barns and some orchards of natural fruit; Their farms are from small lots to 100 acres, but the aver- age would not exceed 20 acres; The men depend on the sale of lumber, to the neglect of their farming opperations, and it is thought this nation does not raise sufficient for their own consumption. They have about 100 horses including ponies; 250 cattle, 120 sheep acres a pretty good supply of hogs &;c. some mechanics but none make it a business. There are not less than 300 children of an age to attend school and 4 day schools in which about 100 children receive instruction,