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Show 54 , GOMMIF;~~ONEOFB INDIAN AFFAIRS. Comparatively few of the Osage Indians live on their allotments or farm the land themselves, many residing in the villages set aside by act of Congress for their use. To remedy this condition three Government farmers have been nssigned to this ngency, and evcry effort possible is being mnde to get the Indians to live, on their allotments. It is estimated that about 190,000 acres of agricultural land and 600,000 acres of grazing land, nllotted to the Osage Indians, are leased, and it has been customary in the past for the allottees to lease their land for farming and grazing purposes without submitting the lense for approval. In some instnnces lense brokers have built up an extensive business in leasing nllotted lands, without depart-mental npproval; this prnctice will be discontinued, and persons now holding lnnd without an approved lense are requested to submit their leases for approval at once or they will be subject to removal as trespassers. The totnl area lensed for oil nnd gas purposes nggre-gates 714,673 acres. The total receipts from oil and gas during the yenr nggregated $560,155.62. The total amount of oil run during that period aggregated 7,476,209 barrels. We are malting a strenuous effort to better conditions generally at Osnge. NEW YORK INDIANS. During the latter part of the calendar yenr 1914 a specific investi-gation wns mnde into the present condition of these Indians and the status of their title to the lands now occupied by them, with the view of evolving some suitable and effective plan for straightening out the tangled nffnirs of these people. The report of the investigating officer, nn interesting and instructive paper, was submitted under ddte of December 26, 1914. His report, with other data relating to the Seneca nnd other Indians of the Five Nations of New York, was printed as House Document 1590, Sixty-third Congress, third session. ROCKY BOY'S BAND OF CHIPPEWA. For severnl years this band of Indinns has presented a difficult problem to the Indian Office. A few of them were nllotted on the most undesirable part of the Blncltfeet Reservation, which they re-fused to accept, and have been in the habit of wanderin? about from place to plnce over the country thereabouts, sometimes m search of work, but generally subsisting upon charity. Several months ago permission was granted for these Indians to locate temporarily upon the southern part of the Fort Assiniboine Reserve and to use the land for gardens and pnsture for their stock Implements have been purchased and a farmer appointed to assist |