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Show m 10 " this I think a regularly organised, Systematic campaign of adyertiaing and promotion should he resorted to. The land should "be appraised at a value so cheap that it cannot help but attract attention from prospective buyers. Thi3 can he done without iamairing ,he possibility of reimbursing the e*xpenditur«3 on the Project. Aid must be gi7en the Indians on a very larga _3xaly in the way c clearing, plowing and seeding the land which cannot be sold or oased.•-•:-. The Act of Ito 27th, 19C2)r allotting tbs land to the Indiaa an'1 restoring the • -lance to Heme stead entry, reads in part aa follovm: " And the proceeds cf the _,ala. of tho lands $0 restored to the public domain., -hall be applied, first, fo the reimbursement of tire Unitsd States for any acneys ^ivanced to said Indians to carry into effect the foregoing Provisions, and tbs remainder, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall be u3eu for the benefit of the said Indians * I understand thnt a grout deal of rnoney has been collected and .I3 being held. It nay bo that an advance from fchi-t fund aight ho /pade, whereby the zxoensez incident to the cultivation sale cr lease of the Indian land cay be met. It ia suggested that, on account of I.he ."mount involved it is very necessary to preserye unimpaired all the legal righta °f the Indians anQ to that end it might be well that a special iagal advisor be appointed whose duty it should be to prepare trlefo for all cases ?/here it is necessary to bring suit against Pirtiej committing depredations -/herein any right3 of the Indians r« involved, and to present the same to the proper authorities *na to S3Q that results are obtained. It is prohabla that such |