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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 135 The inspector also caused an investigation to he made concerning the condition of 103 small towns in the Choctaw Nation, and recom-mended that they be not surveyed, as they contained hut few inhab-itants and the conditions did not warrant surveying and platting them. The Office concurred, and the Department on June 9 and July 14,1902, authorized him to give notice that no town sites would be established at the points named. In the Chickasaw Nation, of the small towns having less than 200 inhabitants the inspector recommended that the following he sur-veyed and platted: Alma, Graham, Maxwell, Tatumq Atlee, Harrisburg, Midland, Thackemille, Bebee, Hart, Ninnekah, Troy, Brake, Hennepin, Oakman, ~ W Y , Brock, Hewitt, Okra, Tyrola, Burneyville, Hird, Overbrook, Velma, Dibble, Holder, Palmer, Wallville, Dixie, Hoper, Platter, Wayne, Dolberg, Hope, Powell, Whitehead, Eastman, Iona, Reagan, Woodford. Elk, Jesse, Roco, Foster, McMillan, Sneed, Grady, Mamden, Springer, The office concurred in the inspector's recommendations, and the Department, on July 24 and 25, 1902, directed him to survey and plat the-towns named. - The inwector caused to be investig-a ted the conditions surroundin-g 100 other small towns in the Chickasaw Nation, recommending that no towns he established there. The o5ce concurred in his recommen-dation, and the Department, July 6 and July 25,1902, directed him to give notice to the inhabitants that no town sites would he estah- . lished at such points. In the Cherokee Nation the inspector recommended that of the towns having less than 200 inhabitants the following he surveyed and platted: Beggs, Ketchum, Ochelata, Vera, Big Cabin, hwtan, Owasso, Watova I Briertown, Long, pepgs, i Gritts, McLain, Redland, Kansas, Maple, Texana, After an examination Inspector Wright recommended that no town sites be established at 94 small towns in the Cherokee Nation. The Office concurred in his recommendation, and August 18,1902, the Department directed him to give public notice that no town sites would be established at these places. From the above statement it will he observed that the town-site work under the ~upervision of the inspector is progressing in an |