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Show 60 REPORT OF THE COMMIK~IONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. cured to them by patent. Without such a commission it is impossible to make any satisfactory adjustment of their difficulties, or to determine , , ' ' the just rights of white settlers. This bill, with such amendments as may be considered necessary in , , the light of later information, will be prepared for submission to Con-gress at the begirlning of its next session. BOUND VALLEY RESERVATION IN OALIFOBNIB. The state of affiirs existing upon this reservation has been the sub-ject of repeated eo~nmenit n the annual reports of this Office for many years. The matter is of such grave importance, and the necessity for legislation is so great, tbdt a complete history of the reservation and the'efforts made to maintain the rights of the Government and the In- ' . dians is deemed essential. .Round Valley was first selected for Indian purposes by ~uperintend-ent Henleg in 1856. In a letter addressed to him from this office, dated November 18, 1858, he was, by order of the Secretary of the Interior, directed to give public notice that the entire valley was set apart and reserved for Indian purposes. It had been claimed that Superintendent Henley did not makethis order public, and that it was not proclaimed until 1860. On the 28th of January, 1859, however, Superintendent Henley transmitted to this office a remonstrance agaiusb. the occupa-tion of Round Valley for Indian purposes, signed by a number of set-tlers, dated January 18, 1859, in which they said : , Now we learn that a proclamation ha% been made by the Superintendent of Indian ' Affairs, by order of the Department, claiming the entire valley a8 an Indian reserva-tion. In a letter dated January 6, 1860, from this office to the General Land Office, reciting the facts in regard to the establishment of this reservation, it was stated that they were deemed sufficieqt to show that Round Valley had been duly set apart and recognized by the Depart-ment as an Indian reservation, and the Commissioner of the General . Land Office was therefore requested to respect the same upon the books of that office, and to notify the local officers accordinglv. May 3, 1860, the unrveyor-general of California, acting under instroc. , tions fro111 the General Land Office, reported a survey of the bouuda-ries of said reservation. In a qornmunication dated June 21,1860, the General Land Office inclosed to this office a plat of said survey, certi- ' , fied by the surveyor-general of California, May 4,1S60, showing the reservation to be situated partly in townships 22 and 23 north of ranges 12 and 13 west of the Mount Diablo meridian, and'to comprise 25,030.8 acres. . Odtbe 27th of October, 1863, an appraisement of the claims and'im. provements of settlers in the valley was reported by Superintendent Steele, the value of the same, including growing crops, being placed at $50,000, and of their stock at $25,000 additional. |
