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Show 4 OOMMI88IONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. in ~ r e ~Coournty~, S . Dak. The agreement was ratiied by wk of April 23, 1904 (33 Stats., 254). The General Land Office reports that on August 8, at Bonesteel, S. Dak., the unallotted and unreserved lands ofthis reservation, aggre-gating 385,817.11 acres, divided into 2,412 claims of approximately 160 acres each, were opened to homestead entry, by registered applicants only, in the order established by the drawing of July 28. The opeu-ing was continued for the lands in that district through September 10, and thereafter was tp he at Chamberlain, S. Dak. The number of persons who had registered as applicants for these lands was 106,308. During last August 938 homestead entries were made for these lauds, aggregating 147,838.68 acres, upon which the first payment required under the act of April 23,1904, of $1 per acre, was made. Returns for the month of September had not been received at the time of preparing this statement. Full information concerning the price per acre and the manner of disposing of these lands is contained in proclamation of May 13, 1904, which will be found on page -. Devils Lake, B. Dak.-An agreement was couclnded with the Indians of the Devils Lake Reservation, N. Dak., November 2,1901, by which they ceded all of the surplus unallotted lands of that reservation, aggregating approximately 104,000 acres. The consideration agreed upon was $345,000. This amount, however, included $80,000 which the Indians claimed to be due them for lands excluded from their res-ervation on the west by an erroneous survey made some years ago. The agreement provides for the payment of the purchase money to the Indians in cash-$145,000, upon the ratification of the agreement, and the remainder in 10 annual installments of $20,000 ewh. Pro-vision was made for the allotment of 6,160 acres to 62 persons whose righk to allotments were recognized by the Indians, but who had not received any lands. Thi? agreemeut was ratified by act of April 27, 1904 (33 Stats., 319). The General Land Office states that the unallotted and unreserved ceded lands on this reservation, aggregating 88,948.39 acres, divided into 556 claims of approximately 160 acres each, were opened to home-stead entry, by registered applicants only, at the Devils Lake land office, North Dakota, on September 6, 1904, at 9 o'clock a. m., in the order established by drawing of August 24, and such applications will continue to he received 'and considered in their numerical order as prescribed by proclamation of June 2,1904, until all of the lands sub-ject to entry under the homestead laws and desired thereunder shall have been entered. The number of persons registered as applicants for these lands was 15,086. The lands are to be paid for at the rate of W.50.per acre, as follows: One dollar and fifty cents when entry is made, and the |
