Can any one blame them, if they were bored to desperation by such a life as this, and preferred death to remaining on the reservation?
Nor is this all.

Of the two thousand acres of arable land on the reservation, about five hundred are kept for grazing, and one thousand acres are in actual cultivation this year--seven hundred in grain and hay, one hundred and ninety-five in corn, and one hundred and nine in vegetables.

A farmer, assistant-farmer, and gardener manage this considerable piece of land.

When they need laborers they detail such men or women as they require, and these go out to work.

They seldom refuse; if they do, they are sent to the military post, where they are made to saw wood.