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Show COMMISSIONER OR INDIAN AFBAIRS. 67 Citizen Potawatomi and Absentee Shawnee, Oklahoma.-The sales of these lands have fallen off very much since the adoption of the amended rules, adopted October 7, 1903, which provided for sale under sealed bids. The last annual report stated that up to August 15,1903, under the &DtS of August 15,1894(28 Shts., p. 295), and May 31,1900(31 Stats., p. %7), 1,305 conveyances of land had been made by the Citizen Pota-watomiand Absentee Shawnee Indians, amounting to 134,921.67acres, at a valuation of $807,183.17, an average of $5.98 per acre. Between August 15,19.03, and Auguvt 15,1904, there were approved by the Department only 46 conveyances of land by the Citizen Pota-watomi Indians, amounting to 4,831.32 acres, at a valuation of $51,230.90, an average of $10.60 per acre, and only 27 conveyances by the Absentee Shawnee Indians, amounting to 2,469.60 acres, at a val-nation of $24,970.45, an average of $10.11 per acre. The total sales of land by theve two tribes of Indians since the pas-sage of the act of August 15,1894, are 1,378 conveyancen, aggregating 142,222.59 acres of land, at a valuation of $883,384.52, an average of $6.21 per acre. Peoria, Hismi, and Wysndot, Indian Territory.-The last annual report of this Office stated that up to August 15, 1903, under the act of June 7,1897 (30 Stats., p. 72), 118 conveyances of land had been made by the Peoria Indians, amounting to 8,442.76 acres, at a valuation of $95,995, an average of $11.36 per acre; also 49 conveyances by the Miami I n d i a , amounting to 3,687.80 acres, at a valuation of $42,552.50, an average of $11.54 per acre; also 26 oonveyances by the Wyandot Indians under 6he act of June 10,1896 (29 Stats., p. 343), amounting to 567.50acres, at avaluation of $12,892.50, an avemge of $22.73 per acre. Between August 15,1903, and August 15,1904, there were approved by the Department 10 conveyances.of land by the Peoria Indians, amounting to 452.57 acres, atavaluation of $3,318, an average of $7.33 per acre; 2 conveyances by the Miami Indians, amounting to 80 acres, at avaluation of $860, an average of $10.75 per acre; and 2 conveyances by the Wyandot Indians, amounting to 48.75 acres, at a valuation of $1,060, an average of $621.75 per acre. The totaly~leso f lands by these three tribe8 of Indians since the passage of the acts of June 10, 1896, and June 7,1897, are 128 covey-ances by the Peoria Indians, amounting to 8,895.33 acres, at a valua-tion of $99,313, an average of $11.16 per acre; 51 conveyances by the Miami lndians, amounting to 3,767.80, at a valuation of $43,412.50, an average of $11.52 per acre; and 28 conveyances by the Wyandot Indians, amounting to 616.25 acres, at a valuation of $13,952.50, an average of $22.62 per acre, making 207 conveyances by the three . tribes, aggregating 13,279.38 acres, at a valnation of $156,678, an average of $11.71 per acre. L'Anse and Ontonagon bands of Chippewa, Miohigan.-The last annual report of this O5ce stated that up tu August 15, 1903, there had been |