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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OP I91)IAN AFFAIRS. XXXIII act to grant a right of way for a railroad and telegraph line through the lauds of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of Indians to the Saint Louis and San Francisco Railway Oompauy, and for other purposes" (22 Stats. at Large, 181), the Saint Louis and Ban Francisco Railroad Company fiied a map of definite location of its road through the lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations in this Depament 0u the 22d September, 1883. Nez Perce' Beserve (Idal~o,C kar Water and Xontana Tran8portation Company).-In my Annual Report for 1882 I referred to the hostility . mauifested by the Nez Perc6 Indians to the building of railroads through their reservation. The Indians, however, having indicated a. desire of reconsidering their action, a council was held by the agent in the month of April, 1883, but with the same result, the applioation of the railroad company for ,permission to make a preliminary survey be-ing again defeated. There appearing, however, to be a division of opinion, aud that the adverse majority were dominated by a clique uu-der the leadership ofJames Lawyer, a would-be head chief of the Nez Perds, the qnestioy'was submitted to the Department whether, under the treaty provisi&s with the Nez Perds, authoriziug the construction of roads through/the reservation under authority of the United States, the preliminary 'urvey asked for by the compauy Should be permitted, or the compan referred to Congress for legislative action on its behalf. Underdate of, d ctober5,1883, the Department decided that, considering the attitude df the Indians, the railway company should be referred to legislation on the subject as might be deemed neces-t for the Indians was so informed. Dakota (Ckioago, Xilwaukee alad Saint PalcZ Rail-rtment having decided that the location of the three this reserve untlcr military authority* had ex-eserved under the agreement made by the United ax Iudians September 26,1876, ratified by act of ebruary 28,1877 (19 Statutes at Large, 2%), and ciples, "iu all cases where right of way for rail-reservations is not provided for by treaties or d States with the Indians, Oonpssional action reemeuts by railway companies with the In-way, Bc."; and having also directed that the necessary papers be prepared for submitting the agreements made by the Chicago, Milwaukee aud Saint Paul Railway Compauy with the Sioux Indians, referred to in previous ~ n n u aRl eports of this Office, to Congress at its next session for action, I had the honor, on the 26th November, lS83, to submit to the. Depa~tmenat full history of the case, together with copies of all material papers in connection therewith, with a draft of a bill to accept and ratify said agreements as made, 'General Orders No. 3, Headquarters Military Division of the Miaaouri, April G lW7. |
