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Show I. : 110 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 1 - they are the only ones who ea.n buy it is only a question of time, if no i relief is gra~ltedb, efore these members, few in number, will become the ! owners of the whole reservation. Rome of the allottees have left the reservation, and it is probable will never return. Complaint has been made that some allotments hare been made lo white persons who were never members of the tribe. In view of this conrlitiou of their affairs and the fact that under the general allotment act of February 8, 1887, they were lnade citizens of the United States, I respectfully recommend that Congress be asked to grant authority to issue patents in fee to the allottees of the several tracts, or their assigns, and that such lands as are vacant or aban-doned, including their school and mission lands and the tract on which the schoolhouse was located, be appraised and sold by the Commiss-toner of the General Land Office, the net proceeds arising from the sale to be funded for the use and benefit of those members of said tribes . born since the allotmelits were made, or who never received an allot-ment. MEDAWAKANTON BAND OF SIOUX IN MINNESOTA. In various Indian appropriation acts the aggregate sum of $58,000 has been provided for the benefit of these Indians. By the act of July 4, 1884, Congress appropriated $10,000 for the purchase of stock and . other articles necessary for their civilization and education, and to assist them in their efforts to become self-supporting (23 Stats., p. 87). By the act of March 3,1885, that of 1884 was so amended as to allow the Secretary of the Interior to disburse the same to them for agri-cpltural implements, lauds, or cash, according to his discretion. The act of May 15, 1886, appropriated the further sum of $L0,000 to - 'be expended under the same general condi~ionsa nd for the same gen. era1 purposes. By the act approved Juue 29,1888, Congress appropriated $10,000 for those of the Medawakanton Sioux who had resided in Minnesota siuce the 20th day of May, 1886, and had severed their tribal relations, this sum to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior for agricultural implements, cattle, horses, and lands, provided that out of this amount, if he thought it for the best interests of the Indians, he might cause a schoolhouse to be built for their use, and at a cost not to exceed $1,000 (24 Stats., p. 229). By the act of March 2, 1889, the further slim of $10,000 was appro-priated for the support of those above named and those who were eu-gaged on the 20th of May, 1886, in removing to Minnesota, had since ' . resided there, and had severed their tribal relations-$1,000 of this sum to be used for the completion and furnishing of the schoolhoose I authorized b~ act of 1888, and the baiance to be expended by the Seere. ' . tary of the Interior in the purchase of such lauds, agrionltural imple-ments, seeds, cattle, horses, food, or clothing as might be decided upon |
