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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 61 Reservation in New Mexico, the reallotment of the lands, and the sale of the timber, the proceeds from which are to be used for the advance-ment of the Indians. An allotting agent has been at work there since June readjusting allotments heretofore made. ZT1amath.-An allotting agent has been designated to make allot-ments to the children of the Klamath Indians in Or,egon as provided in the act of May 27, 1902 (32 Stat. L., 260), and instructions were forwarded to him on September 3,1907. Makah.-On April 16, 1907, the President appointed William M. Peterson special allotting agent to allot the agricultural lands of the Makah Reservation, in Washington, under the act of February 8,1887 (24 Stat. L., 388), as amended by the act of February 28,1891 (26 Stat. L., 794). He was instructed on April 24 to allot to each Indian, belonging on the reservation 10 acres of agricultural land, and to reserve the necessary tracts for school and other purposes, including sue% lands adjoining the town site of Neah Bay as might be needed hereafter for town-site purposes. Oto.-The Oto Reservation, in Oklahoma, has been divided among the members of the tribe entitled to land under the act of April 21, 1904 (33 Stat.L., 217). Theonly unallotted land is 640 acres reserved for the use of the tribe in common, and 728 acres reserved for administrative, church, school and other public uses. Osage.-Allotments on the Osage Reservation are referred to on page 119. Py~amid Lake.-A complete census has been made of all Indians who belong to the Pyramid Lake Reservation, in Idaho, or are enti-tled to receive allotments thereon. This is preparatory to a compli-ance with section 26 of the act of April 21, 1904 (33 Stat. L., 225), which provides that 5 acres of irrigable land shall be allotted to each Indian belonging on the reservation, and that any lands in the reser-vation made irrigable by work prosecuted under the reclamation act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. L., 388), may be reclaimed, utilized, and . disposed of" by the Secretary of the Interior as though tbey were a part of the public domain. Quinaie1t.-The allotting of the Indians on the Quinaielt Reserva-tion, in Washington, has been attended with more difficulties than elsewhere. The total number entitled by the latest computation will probably not exceed 400; on July 20, 1907, 366 selections had been scheduled, of which 119 have been approved, and the allotting agent has designated November 1 as the date when he will be able to com-plete his work. It will then be necessary to consider what shall be done with the surplus lands and their timber. Sac and Fom in Kansas.-The remnant of the lands of the Sac and Fox of Missouri who live in Kansas has been allotted to the children |