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Show CO~IMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. xlvii Bad River Reserve, Wis. At the date of the last annual report, ne-gotiations were in progress in relation to t.he mensure of compe~~satioton be paid to the Indialis for a right of way through this reservation for the Duluth, Superior and Michigan Railway Co~l~penayu,t hority having been granted by the Department, April 12,18Si, for the comstructiou of the road, and riglit of way haviog been granted by the treaty of Septem-ber 30,1854 (10 Stilt., 1109). The company and the Indians were unable to agree up011t he amo ~ uo~f t c ompensation, the former offering $5 per acre, and the latter dr~uanding$ 25 per acre. Xo agreement betweeu thern has been reilot~ed. To meet this aud sirnilar cases, a draught of a bill was prepared in this office <'to authorize the Secret,ary of the Interior to fix the alnount of colnpensation to be paid for right of way for railroads through Indian reservations iu certsin contingencies," which was transu~itted to Dol~greas bx the l'resident January 4, 1888 (Senate Ex. Doc. KO. 40, Fiftieth (>ongre.sat, irat session). I do not find that any action has bee11 taken thereon by tllat body. In the nneau-time, the railroad has been constructed acrosa the reservation, atjd the Indians are greatly dissatisfied because they have received no coulpen-sation for lands taken. Bois Forte Reserve and Red Lake Chippewa lrnoeded lands, iMinnexota. By an act of Congress, approved April 24,1888 (25 Stat., 90, and page 293 of this report), a right of way was granted to the Duluth, Xainy Lake IZiver and Southwestern Rai1wa.y Company throughsaid lands. The consent of the Indiaus of each reserva.tioti was requested, as re. quired by the act, but both bands positively refused to give their con- . Bent to the proposed right of was. I t is understood that the Xed Lake Indians withheld their consent because of their dissatisfaction at the failure or delay of the Government to ratify the agreement made with them t,no years ago by the Northwest Iudian Commission. For the ac-tion of the Bois Forte baud no reasons are assigned. The proceedings of the councils with these tribes in regard to the right of way, and the reports of Agents Sheehau and Gregory relative thereto, were tmns-mitted to the Department on August 9 last. Cmur dlAIBne Reserve, Idaho. An act granting to the Washington and Idaho Railroad Company the ?ight of way through thia reservation (25 Stat., 160, and page 323 of thiu report) was presented to the Presi-dent May 18,1888, and became a law without his approval. On No~emhe2r7 ,1888, maps of definite location and station grounds were approved by the Department and instructions were issued as to the methods to be used in bringing the matter before the Indians and reaching au agreement with them as to the compensation to be given the tribe for the right of way and to be given individual Indians on ac-count of da~ua,getsh at may accrue to their respective improvements by reason of the construction of the road. Cruw Reserve, Montana. By an act of Congress approved June 4, 1888 (25 ~tat.,i67, and page 327 of this report), the riglit of way was |