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time fix upon a suitable location for the Wichita, and make such an examination of the country as will enable you to determine upon the proper places for locating and colonizing the Texas and other Indians which it is intended to place within that dis- trict. In carrying out this policy the different bands, so far as they cannot be united are to be located upon distinct reser- vations, with circumscribed limits containing only so much land as may be necessary for their actual occupancy and use, it being the intention as soon as it can be done, to divide the lands in the reservations into small parcels amongst them in severalty; and generally, to carry out the plan laid down in the last annual report of this office in regard to Indian Colonization. I enclose for your information, a copy of instructionrc: just issued to Superintendent Neighbors 'in regard to the removal of the Texas Indians, to the country referred to, and from which, you will perceive that he is directed to furnish you with the names of the bands, number of the Indians and such other infor- mation as will enable you to fix upon a proper plan for locating them properly. All of them should be placed as near to the Agency as circumstances will admit of, so as to be as much un- der the immediate supervision and control of the Agent as prac- ticable. Should you require or desire the aid and cooperation of Mr. Neighbors in ascertaining and determining upon proper locations for the Texas Indians he will t-e required to join you for that purpose. So soon as it may be practicable and safe for the Wichita to remove to their new location you will require them to go there, giving them to understand that it is to be their permanent home and that none of them must leave their reservation with- out the permission of the Agent. The same understanding must be impressed upon the other Indians; and no white persons ex- cept those in the employment of the Government, must be per- mitted to go upon any of the reservations for any purpose what- ever without the permission of the Agent. The Wichita, can of course remove themselves so that the only expense attending their removal will be for such subsistence as it may be actually necessary to supply them with during the shcrt time they are on the route, and which you are authorized to have them fur- nished with, in whatever way you may ascertain will be most economical. Some subsistence will of course have to be fur- nished them until they can raise their first crop, but every ef- fort must be made to prepare them to maintain and support
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