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Show ~ ebeten completed; . A system of irrigation is nox undkr construction on that reservation, and it will probably be advisable to defer the com-pletion of the allotments until it is %own what lands will be brought' under water. Whenever it shall be deemed best the work Can probably be finished in one or, at most, two years. No allotments have been made on the Tongue River or Nor'thern Cheyenne lteservation, as legislation is pending in Congress looking to .-the enlargemeut of the reservatiou,and the extinguishment of the claims of certain settlers. Wyoming.-Surveys have been ex'ecuted on the Wind River Reser-vation with the view to making dlotments of lands in severalty, but 1 pending negotiations for a r6ductionof the reservation no further steps have been taken. Idaho.-No allotments have been made on the Coeur d'8l6ue Reser-vation aa the Indians have thus far been opposed .to them, although they are doubtless fully qualified to own land in severalty. None have been made on the Fort Hall Reservation, it being consid-ered requisite that more extended facilities for irrigation should &st be provided. None have been made to the 1ndia;s of the Lemhi Reservation as, their removal to the Fort Hall Reservation is muaidered advisable. Allotments are nearly completed on the Nez Per& Reservittion. - Wa8hington.-The lands of. the small reservations attached to the ' Yuyallup and Tulalip agencies have nearly all been allotted in sever-alty under the provisions of existing treaties. The work of making allotments on theYaliama~eservahonis now in progress. , About one-half of the Colville keser~ation has beeu restored to the public domain. No allotments have been made on this reservation is. the Indians are not considered sufficiently advanced to be benefited\ by having their lands allotted. With the exception of the Oolville Reservation it is probable that within the next two years.al1 the Indians in Washidgton will have received allotments. . , Oregon.-All the Indians on the Grande Rouilr, Reservation have re-ceived their allotmei1t8. The work is nearly compieted in the field on the Siletz Reservation., It is also nearly completed oq the Umat!l!a Reservation, but there work h8s just beeu suspended for want of,f. knd6, Whenever an ap-'. propriation shall be made it can be completed iu a. few months. The work is progressing on the W?rm Springs ,R$servatjon. . . . The survey of the Klamath Reservation has recently been ordered. California.-No allotments have been made on any reservetiou, bot " they will soon be conunecced on all except the.Tn1e River Reservation. Owing to the charncter of the lanclof that reservation, allotments s e a unadyisable. ~. |