| OCR Text |
Show agents in the delivery of deeds to the Snake element, and the spirit of o position on the part of the recalcitrant Indians to the acceptance o f their deeds seeems to be slowly dying out. Seventy-three deeds to the 1-acre tracts reserved from allotment for church purposes under the provisions of the Cherokee agreement have been prepared and delivered to the proper authorities. During the year recommendations of this office have received departmental approval and appro riate notations on the rolls have been made in the cases of 9 enrollel citizens where field investigations develo ed the fact that they had died rior to September 1,1902, in the case o ? one minor who died prior to %arch 4, 1906, and in 8 cases of duplicate enrollment, so that the number of enrolled citizens of the Cherokee Nation entitled to allotments, including "New borns," 1s 41,698 as ag- ainst 41,716, th'e number a.p.p e arhg- in the last annual re ort %he.following tables show the status of enrollment and allotment in the Cherokee Nation: Status ofallotments in Cherokee Nation June SO, 1911. Awes. Total area of Cherokee Nation ....................................... 4,420,067.73 Reserved !=om allotment for milroad right of way, town sites, etc. (approxmte). .................................................. 22,880.00 Total a ~ e sau bject to allotment ................................ 4,397,187.73 Allotted . rior to July 1, 1910 ...................................... I . . 4,345,419.02 ~l lot t edfu ly 1, 1910, to June 30, 1911. .............................. 2,003.27 Unallotted land sold, regulation8 of Oct. 12, 1910 ...................... 10,362.39 Undlotted land sold, replations of Feb. 20, 1911.. .................... 25,330.64 Unallotted land to be dqosed of ...................................... 14,072.41 Distribution of allotments made in Cherokee Nation during year ended June SO, 1911. Acres. 1 Citizens by blood, act of July 1, 1902. ...,... :.. .......................... 385.35 Freedmen, act of July 1, 1902 ........................................... 185.38 Minor Cherokees, act of Apr. 26, 1906 ..................................... 1,353.96 Minor freedmen, act of Apr. 26, 1906 .................................... 78.58 Total.. ....................... ;... ............................. .: 2,003.27 ~ r o l lme notf citizm ojt he Cherokee Nation and numbers of each classfor whom allot-ments have been made. . The large number of citizens to whom no allotment was made is accounted for by reason of the failure of land suitable for allotment and the consequent desire of these citizens to take in lieu thereof 11366"-1~~ 1911-VOL 2-45 |
