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Show < , ' , REPORT OF THE CO~ I I SBIO~TEOI ~F INDIAN AFEAIR8. 15 ations in the field. It has not been resumed owing to the need of ad-ditional surveys, a subject which was brought to the attention of the Department in reports from this office dated, respectively, April 2 and 17,1889. Special Agent Minthorn commenced work on the Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon, in November last, and continned the same until he was obliged to suspend it, owing to the fact that the disputed loca-tion of the uorchern boundary rendered it impossible to determine what lauds could properly be selected by the Indians. This question has now been settled, and on the 26th of July last; Special Agent Minthorn was instructed to resume and complete the work ot allotmeuts. He reporta, however, that owing to the absence of the Indians from the reservation, 1 who are laboring for the whites and preparing food for winter, it will be impracticable to resume operationsfor the present. Under date of April 23,1889, Special Agent Porter was instructed to complete the allotmeuts to the Absentee Shawnees and Citizen Potta-wqtomies in the Indian Territory, and he is now engaged in that work, without, however, any prospect of oompleting it this season. April 27,'1889, Special Agent James G. Eatehitt wasinstructed to proceed to the Yankton Reservation, Dak., for the purpose of carry-ing forward the work commenced in 1887, by late Special Agent West. . , His reports indicate that the allotments are proceeding satisfactorily, and with areasona~~eprospeocf tc ompletion during the present year. Under date of April 13,1889, the President granted authority for - making allotwents on the Lapwai or Nez Per04 Reservation in Idaho, revoking the authority for that purpose granted July 7, 1887. A new ' i authority was regarded as necessary in view of the fact that the date of t,he order is the basis upon which the apes and status of allotte~asr e determined. May 4 1889, Special Agent Mice C. Fletcher was in-strncted, to make the allotments on the said reservation in Idaho, and :she is now engaged in the work. April 13? 1889, the President granted authority for making allot-ments on theDeviPs Lake Reservation, in Dakota, revoking that granted ' April 19,1887. June 10,1889, Special Agent Malachi Krebs was in- . , structed to make the allotmento, and soon after entered upon duty. These Indians had been for several years located on separate farms, and were represented as auxions to have their lands allotted, but upon Special Agent Krebs's arrival they most unexpectedly refused to make their selections. The principal ground of their opposition was that they would he subject to personal taxation, and that the treaty under which they hold tlieir lands allows single persons on becoming of age a grehter quantity of land t h a n i ~al lowed minors u n d e ~th e severalty act. Two co'uncils were held, at which Special Ageut Krebs and Ageut Cramsie endeavored to remove their objections, but without material result. A few of the young men have expressed a desire to make their selections and will be encouraged to do so. No further steps have been taken, owing to the illness and death of Special Agent Krebs. |
