A treaty has been made and signed yesterday in Lapointe in which $2000 are to be allowed for the schools. Robert Stuart, the Indian agent who made the treaty, came to see Baraga and gave him hope that something might also be done for a Catholic school. Baraga wrote to him in the morning the enclosed letter. Stuart answered that Baraga should write to his Bishop about it - Baraga encloses also that letter. He asks the Bishop to represent this matter to the Secretary of War in Washington, telling him that it is not fair to give all to the Protestants and nothing to the Catholics, especially as the Catholic Indians and half-breeds are just as numerical in strength as the Protestants on the land the government bought. If Baraga could obtain $300 it would suffice to keep a teacher. Baraga also asks to have the three enclosedbooks bound and to bring them next summer when the Bishop intends to come. A.L.S. French 2pp. The enclosures are as follows: