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Show XXTIII REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF XWDIAN AFFAIRS. knrveys were performcd under the supervis~on of the agents in charge of the respective reservations. There are few objects, if any, to which a like amount of money could have been applied wlth equal benefit to the.service. However,there is much of the same kind of work to be done before we can hope to be en-tirely freed from the vexations embarrassments resulting from igno-rance of the exact location of reservation bo~indaries. The following is an exhibit of the surveys performed during the anm-mer or in progress at the present time : Stste or Territory. Reser.sation. I. Work performed. Indian Tsrritory. ........ Kiowa 8ndComsnohe ........... North boondsr,y line. D@. ...........---..W ichita ........................ \Yeat bonndsry line. Do ................. Seminole ....................... East bonndary line. D o. ................ Cheyenne snd Ap~paho... ...... North nnd %st bonndary lines. New Mexico .......... ;. . Navajo ......................... Esst and soot.hbonndary line.. Colorsdo ................. Southam Uta ................... The entire out boundary Utah ................... Uocompahgre .................. East end aooth boondpcry lines, and ao much of the north and west.boondaries ae bad not been established previously. DO ................ ; Ui ~ t a h.. ....................... North and ne s t b0ondnr.v 1ines:and no - muah of the moth boundafy aa had not already bren e~tabIisl\d. Wyoming ............... Wind River .................... About one-third of the snntb boundary and the west bollndary as f&r north A wind River. The remaining portion had either bsenpreviounlg eurreyed, or is mallred b~ naturalobjeota. XeBrBBL*. ............... Omaha .......................... Sooth boundary line. Mianesota ............... WhiteEarth.. .................. A small portion of tile boundary line (14 miles) end sulrdiv'din 1% sections of 8 agrioultoral land tor slktmenh. Do ................ XebLaks ....................... The south and aouthwesc boundaryline~ from Turtle Lakotoibamoutll of ~ h i e i River. Dakota .................. Devil'sLake .................... Subdiuidiog 3 townshi s of aerianltorel land into 40.aore trao&for allotment to the 1naims. DO ................. Y m k h ....................... Sobdividinr aeotions and resllrveying and remarldoeald lioea abd Eornecsfor ~liotmentto the indiaos. Idsbo ....,. .............. Nea Per06 ...................... Rssuraey of the north and sonth boond-i arr linea. W8ahingtonTsrritory. .. Qoinaielt ....................... South houndary line. DO ................. Y&k&me ........................ South bounda?yline, and the reauwe of township hod subdivisional 1inesof6e toxvnahips. &nd aubdiviaiuoaf foor ad. ditiunal townshipa (ori@oal sorse ) into 160-sme trGts for allotment to tie Indinns. Do. ................ T ~ l . .8.. ...................... A portion of the sooUl boundsqline. Do ................. Xuc eahoot and Port Madinon. Reronnine and remarking lines snd cor-e nem of old intsrior surveys for allot-ment tofndtans. Oregon .................. Silets ........................... The north south and east boundary lines, an6 ~wm&ldng lines of I n d i a allotmanta. DO ................. Grand h d e ................... Resurvey of aertain donotion landolaims in T. 6 S., R. 7 \V. o&omia ............... MasionIndian.. ............. .1 Survey or resu,wey and ~ a r k i n ge x t e rioilinesof mne raserusttona, eltherm aholn or in part. I shall ask Congress for a further appropriation to c'ontinne the work so wisely begun. Encroachments upon 1ndian.lands are of frequent occurrence, and it is impossible to deal intelligently with trespassers where the exact loca-tion of boundaries is nnknown or in doubt. , |