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INDIAN TRIBES OF WASHINGTON TERRITORY. 



cost of establishing agencie , and finally of the yearly expense of maintaining them. It is be 

 lieved that the plan suggested will prove efficient, and that the expense is but trifling, compared 

 with the extent of the country to be purchased ; the number and situation of the tribes occupying 

 it, and, above ail, of the advantage to be secured to the Territory in the quiet and effectual set 

 tlement of perspective difficulties. No plan, however well devised, can be successful without 

 the concurrence of the citizens; and in making these suggestions, the advice of men possessed of 

 experience in Indian relations has been obtained. 



GEORGE GIBBS. 

 Capt. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, 



Commanding Western Division N. P. Railroad Exploration. 



I have examined the foregoing report, and fully approve of Mr. Gibbs s views as therein ex 

 pressed, and would respectfully recommend that they be adopted. 



GEORGE B. McCLELLAN, 

 Lieutenant Engineers and Brevet Captain Commanding, 4 c., c. 



The estimates, as they relate to the Indian service solely, and as they are not approved by 

 me, are not submitted. The Nez Perces are almost exclusively in Washington Territory ; and 

 being closely affiliated with the other tribes of the Territory, accompanying them always in their 

 annual hunt, they should be attached to the Washington superintendency. There should be three 

 agencies in the Territory the eastern, central, and western agencies for reasons set forth in 

 my reports to the Indian bureau, and which have been approved both by the department and by 

 Congress. By a law of Congress it is made the duty of the officers of the Indian department to 

 make all treaties with Indians. Hence, the proper commissioners will be the Indian superin 

 tendent and his agents. There are minor points which are not approved; but the report, gener 

 ally, is submitted as one of ability, and as exceedingly creditable to its author. 



ISAAC I. STEVENS, 

 Governor of Washington Territory. 



Census of various Indian tribes living on or near Puget Sound, N. W. America, taken by W. F. 



Tolmie in the autumn of 1844. 



