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Show 90 REPORT OX' THE UOMMI9SIONER 03 INDIAN AFFAIRS. northeasterly direction to a point on the subdivisional line between the NE. % and SE. of sec. 32, T. 22 N., It. 5 E., a total distance of 34.71 miles; also one plat of station grounds located on the NE. of sec. 31, T. 22 N., R. 5 E., on the allotment of Big Bear near the town of Pawnee, Okla. February 7,1900, the Department designated Special Agent Taggart to act with and for the allottees of the former Pawnee Indian Reservation, Okla., in negotiating amicable settlements with the company for right of way through their respective allotments. March 26, 1900, the Department approved his schedule of appraise-ments, amounting to $717.90. This amount was tendered by the com-pany, and the Department, on the same date, authorized the distribu-tion of the same to the Pawnee allottees rightly entitled thereto. May 2 Special Agent Taggart submitted a schedule of receipts showing the payment to the several allottees. Fmt Smith amd W~terRna ilroad Conpamy.-The above-named com-pany, by act of Congress approved March 3,1899 (30 Stats., 1368), was granted right of way for the construction of a railway, telegraph, and telephone line through the Choctaw and Creek Nations. By act approved May 24,1900 (31 Stats., 182, and p. 524 of this report), section 8 of the above act granting the company right of way was so amended as to permit the company to commence the construction of its road upon the fling and approval of its maps of definite location from Fort Smith, Ark., to a crossing of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad. June 8, 1900, the Department approved the company's maps of definite location from a point on the eastern boundary of the Choctaw Nation, near Fort Smith, Ark., extending thence in a general westerly direction to a crossing of theMissouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad, in the eastern part of sec. 14, T. 7 N., R. 35 E., I. M., a distance of 80.99 miles. June 14 the Department designated Special Agent Elisha B. Reynolds to act .with and for the individual occupants of land in the Choctaw Nation in negotiating amicable settlements with the company for right of way through their individual holdings. July 16,1900, Special Agent Reynolds was relieved from further duty in connection with making these appraisements and was directed to turn over a11 maps, papers, and letters of instruction to Agent Shoenfelt, of the Union Agency, Ind. T., and the latter was instructed, either in person or by some competent and trustworthy employee, to continue the work of negoti-ating with the company for right of way through the lands of the Indians. &lf m d N mthwn Rai l~oadC ornpamy.-The last annual report, at page 63, speaks of the granting of authority for the above-named company to make a preliminary survey for the location of its road through the Osage, Pouca, and Otn and Missouri reservations in Oklahoma, and also through the lauds of the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory. September 30, 1899, the company filed for |