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Show tion iscovered by the grant to the Central ~aci f ioR ailroad, as provided in the act of Gongress approred Jnly 2,1864. (Stat. at L., vol. 3, p. 356.) Xegotiations hax7e been openedwith the railroad company respect-iug the purchase of the company'n interest nithin said reservation. No public surrey has been made of the lands in question, wbich the rail-road, through its laud-agent, is williog to sell at the usual rate for such lauds, or to exchange for other lands in lieu thereof. It is recornmended that legislation b~ Congress be had at its nest session authorizing the exchange of these lands for other Ionas, and preserrinp this reserm-tion intact with boundaries as established by the order of the President, inasmuch as these Indians have held it in nudisputed possession so loug a.time, beliering the entire area to bare been legally withdrawn from sale as their hone, npou Thich they hare made considerable improve-ments. Strnap.latcds in Viseonsin. The treaty of September 30,1866, with the ChippeGa Indians of Lake Superior nlakes reservation for the Ida Poiute baud of those Judians of a tract of country, the bouutiaries of which are therein defined. This treaty also provides for an allotnlent of lands in severalty to certain members of the band and the issue of patents therefor. Allotmer~ts hare already been made to a large number of those residing upon tbe reserrt!, and it is now ascertained tbat a considerable qliantity of the lands within the reservatiou limit8 have been tleclared swamp-lands, to which the State of !Viscousill is entitled under the srramp.laud act o-f .-i x...in . .. These swamp lands include the tracts allotted to twent.7-five or more of the Indians, in sel-eralty, and colnprine sorne of the most valuable hay, rice, cranberry, and garden lands within the reservation, and upon which a large proportion of the inost raluable improvements made by the Iudians are located: I caraestlv rccommeud tbat lee-i slation be asked of (:on-rcss, giriug to the State of \Vis('011sil1R U ecp~atll oantity of publie ltincls in lie11 of' tbesr SW: ~ I I I ~ lIn ods, locat~lle lsewhere witlrin r t~eli u~irxo f snit1 State. or that i,ro\.iai<~b~er made for otheraiae intlern-nifying thestate, an& that their-reservation be preserved intact for the Indians, inasmuch as they hare been enconraged for twenty years to believe that these lands belonged to them,and that when allotments should be made in severalt~th ey would receive patents therefor. Relg-ing upon the guarantees contained in their crea.ty, they have made extensive and valuable improremeuts, andshould they now be deprived of both their lands and improremente, it mould be a very great hard-ship, and one that should be prerented if possible. Sale of Indian la+u?s in. Nebraska. The act of Congress approved June 10, 1872, having provided for the sale of portions of the Omaha, Pawnee, Otoe, and Missonria, and the whole of the Sac and Fox of the Missouri Indian reservations, on sealed bids, for cash, an appraisement was made of the Omaha and Pawnee, which received the approval of the Secretary of the Int+rior, and the Omaha lands were orered for -sale last year. The bids were bcry few in number and for small tracts, so that awards were only lnadeof 300.72 acres. It was deemed inadvisable to again offer the lands upon the same terms, and therefore, on the 10th of December, 1873, the De-. partment submitted to Congress the draught of a bill to amend the act of June 10, 1672, the object of which was to provide for the sale of an3 |