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No. 7 held in common, with the restriction that now shall cut off the timber for sale. There are many good farms on this reservation, some men have upwards of 50 acres in fall wheat; 20 in spring wheat, besides Oats, corn and potatoes with other vegetables. There is in the reservation 200 acres of meadow, and some of their farms number 200 acres but the average is thought would be about 40 acres; They own about 60 Ploughs, and have many Orchards of grafted fruits, the work of natives; There are about 300 who are divided into families of 50 each, living in log houses except 10 who have frame and one has a store house of considerable size. 14 frame barms a meeting and school house, all the work of the natives; They have about 22 wagons, 150 horses including ponies, 100 milck cows, and not less than 250 neat cattle, 200 sheep and 500 hogs; As husbandmen this tribe must be considered in a triving condition. They have about 100 children of suita- ble ages to attend school, and a day school is taught by a female with an average of 50 children of both sexes. The Presbyterians have labored with this tribe for 50 years, commenced with them in a wild state and have now about 60 church members and no Pagan party; several of the middle aged men have education sufficient for com- mon purposes, but very few of the women can read and not one write; as housekeepers they are behing the other tribes, owing to their devoting