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Show XISPOBT OF 'THE CO3I>IlShlOSER OF ISDIAX .41.'I.'AIRS 1.XXI in\-011-ed in the clad~nso f the Cheroliees east upon the la,ods a1111 f ~ ~ n d s of the Cherokees we:&t Lad bee11 before the clepsrtme~it for a loug aeries of years, \vithont any f;~:voraI)lper ospect of ar\iost~uenta, nd from th~b: elief that the adjudication should be made by solne anch e ~ ~ ~ a p r t e n t and final tribm~ala s the Conrt of Claims. Aolini~tiledgiugth e g~avi tyof the issnes involved, a11 iten1 \!.as i~leor-porated by Congress in the. sundry c:iril al~l~mpriationo~ti,, ; ~ . l q ~ l n ~ e ~ l Ang'ust 7, 1883, a,s follows: l'lu: S<:erut;,q' of tlte Iutrriar sllibll invl!ritig;~r,e al!,l I'egort, to i:ul!grr.r;s wbat, ill llis ol~inion,~ vrionlal be im qn~itablcs?e ttlerneut of all laattern of ilinpntc 1,otx~iprunt he Emtt:n~ 13snrl of Chcroliao Inclinus (iuolnding all t,hu Cherokees rusi<liug <.art of tllr Missic+si~q~&i i\-er) mu1 tho Cherokee tribe or Nation \\-vat; also n l I rn;?,tt,e~o.rfi di rpt~te Iaetwee~t~,t, lter b r n ~o~r lp~ar ts of tlu, Cheroko~N ation; also all lc~nt,teIrI~H IWYCa1U1 y 4 , f mid i ~ n ~ todrs p ;n.ts thcrenf,:turl the Unitod States, arising front or grnwing onCc>f t.re;tt,y atilmlnt,ious.o r the laws of Cangreas misting tl~t~etnoi:l d vrlla,t 8nnt ox rnma of ~sorley,i t' ;u~)-a,l iot~llli,n his opiiiion, be paid nndca socl~s ettton~enti;i nd tile snnt nf two tlro!~s;t~itirrlt : 1111n<lvcc<llo llrt~vi s l~evcl,y;a plropriut,mi fol. aneh it~v(:litigatinn. lTncler date of Angnst 18, lSS!, the. Secretary of the 111tcrior a,p-pointedCour t l i~~C~. ~Ull e~neuts,e srj.. of R,ichmoud, Ind., special agent to inventig:tt.e all matrers of dispute betveen these bi1,uds and parh of bauds end tlre ~ ~ a t inoers~t, 01. the United States, as provided in said iten) of the s1uidr;y uivil appropriation act, and he is now ellgageit iu the ess~ui~latioonf the records of this oEcr upon the issues involr-erl. l.IiWATILL,\ RISSk:PVA'l'lON IN ORISGON. J<ills kave been introduue~lin the present. Uongl.ess (S. W4 aud H. 1C. 2579) 1)ruviding for allotnlents in severalty to tlw Indians of the a,box-e- 11an1ed reservat.io11, aud for the sale of the rernaiiider tilereof after sncB allot~neutss hall have bee11 made, the funils arising from sue11 sale to he nsed in cstablishing the Inclians on tlieir several allotn~ents,f or the support of an indostrial t';l.rm and scl~ooflo r the children of %ti11r exer-vat, ion, and for otller like be~leti~iapl~ ~rpont~Tsh. e gellerad pro~isions of these bills, being in keeping vith t:lw l)olic!y stc2a<lfastly;t llvoowted by thir; buwau for allntments in sex-cra.ltj- to 1ncliins wit11. &~erfecatu d permanent title, wire recommeuded to t11r fa,vorable eo~~rrider;~tioof n Congress i11 a special report to the rlepsrtment (in req)oune to a call of the Swate Committee ou Indiin Affairs fo~,i~~foonnatiodoa,)t,e d .Tan-uary 19, 1882, ;md suppleruental report of Pebr~~ar1y f olloming. It appears that 1s large mmiqjoxit.y of the In<linus occupying said reser-vatiou are anxious to take lands in severalty ; they hare nlore laudt.han is actually needed for that pnrpose, and the cible of a ptrt of their reser-vation, as contemplated, would furnish them the tneans for a fair st,art, npon their several allotments. I renew my reoomme~~datiofonr the early paasage of one or the other of the peudiug bills, with the amend-ments proposed in the speciai oflice reports above ment.ioned. |
