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Show REPORT OF T& COidMIBSIONER OF m l A N AFFAIRS.' 81 That report also wntains the public notice given by the Department, March 5,1890, cautioning white men from going upon any of the reser-vations included within the act prior to the formal opening of the lands to sale and settlement. Not over 500 Indians have yet removed to White Earth," and the work remaining to be doneis to remoye thither such as are willing to go there and to allot lands to the others and to those at White Earth. The commission commenced making allotments at White Earth De- . cember 9,1891, allotting to each Indian, irrespectiee of age, 80 acres, according to the provisions of the general allotment law as amended. They have submitted the first schedule containing 236 allotments.. The work of allotting land to these Indians has been greatly retarded by the unwillingness of the Indians to accept allotments of only 80 acres each, for the reason that their treaty of 1867 contemplated their receiv-ing upon ceitain conditions as to cultivation, 160 acres each, and the Chippewa Commission assured them that they would have that amount. A bill (Senate 3184) authorizing allotments of that size was intro-duced in Congress at its last session which it is hoped will become a law. With that in view the Indians have recently expressed a will-ingness to take 80-acre dotments with the hope of receiving an addi- ' . tional eighty hereafter. The Commission now consists of Darwin S. H@, of Minnesota, and Rockvell J. Flint, of Wisconsin. DISPOSITION OF RESERVES OPENED TO SETTLEMENT. The following schedule shows the disposition of the lands embraced within the Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation, Okla., and the Sh-seton and Wnhpeton (Lake Traverse) Reservation, in North Dakota and South Dakota: CHEYENNE ANII ARAPAHO REBERVATION. Ams. Allotted ..................................................... 529,682.06 Opened to settlement ........................................ 3,500,562.05 Reserved for ~ohoolla nds .................................... 231,828.55 Reserveafor military, agency, and other Government and mia-eion purposes.. ............................................ 33,343.93 BIBBETON AND WAEPETON (MKE TMYERBE) REBERVATION. Aow. Allotted -2.. .................-............................... 310,711.06 Opened to settlement ........................................ 673,812.26 Reserved for achool porposes.. ............................... 32,840.26 Ressrved far charoh, school, agency, etc., puvposes ............ 1,341.01 ' A lste reportfrom Mr. Hall dated October 13,1892, oohtains the foilowing as to the work of the Cornmiasion: "We have alloted n good share of the White Earth Indians their lmd, fully half of them, md the work is going on very aati~factorily. The aurvey was made many years &go %nd isvery old and vague now. Each Indim ha8 to be shown his corners, for they know nothing about desoript,ions of l a d , quarter sections or anything of the kind. We have allotted now to over 1,300 Indiana npon White Earth, md quite a number ham come from Mille Lao thia summer, though not tss generally as we de-sired." 8397 I a d |