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Show REPORT OF THE DOMMISSIONEB OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 31 check the schedule of allotments made by the former alloting agent. Prior to the time of being relieved from duty allotments were made to some 296 Indians, covering an area of 20,240 acres. There re-main about 60 Indians entitled to allotments under the act of March 1, 1907, who have not as yet had lands assigned to them. The act of June 1, 1910 (36 Stat., 455) authorizes an additional allotment of 160 acres of agricultural or 320 acres of grazing land to each Indian on the Fort Berthold Reservation; the act provides also for the disposal of the surplus lands within that part of the reservation lying north and east of the Missouri River. It is the intention of the office to have the superintendent of the Fort Berthold Indian school, under authority found in section 9 of the act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat., 858), to complete the allotment work on this reservation under the act of June 1,1910. Standing Rock, N. D&.-Former Special Allotting Agent Carl Gunderson, now supervisor of allotting agents, during the early fall of the past year completed the allotment work on this reservation to all unallotted lndians then living. The act of May 29,1908 (35 Stat., 444, 451), authorizes allotments to children born to members of any of the tribes on the various reservations into which the former Great Sioux Reservation was divided by the act of March 2, 1889 (25 Stat., 888), so long as the tribes living thereon remain .possessed of any unallotted tribal lands. It is the intention of the office to have the superintendent, under the authority of section 9 of the act of June 25, 1910 (36. Stat., 858), make allotments from the surplus un-allotted lands of the reservation to children born to members of the Standing Rock tribe. There is no authority for the disposal of the surplus lands within this reservation as diminished by the act of May 29, 1908 (35 Stat., 460), the lands within that part of the reservation covered by the act last mentioned having been opened to homestead settlement. Cheyeme Rimer, S. Da7e.-It is expected that Special Allotting Agent John D. Deets, who has been engaged in making allotments to Indians on the Cheyenne River Reservation during the past few years, will have completed this work by August 1, 1910, or shortly thereafter. There is no authority for the disposal of the surplus lands within the diminished reservation. (See remarks under Stand-ing Rock Reservation.) Piw Ridge, S. Dak.-Under the provisions of the acts of March 2, 1889 (25 Stat., 888), and March 1, 1907 (34 Stat., 1048), allot-ments to 3,569 Indians on the Pine Ridge Reservation have been approved previously. During the past fiscal year Special Allotting Agent Charles H. Bates has completed allotments in the field to 891 Indians in addition to those heretofore approved. As there are in the neighborhood of 6,000 Indians on this reservation entitled to |
