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Show XXII REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. U?nanatilla Re,wue, Oregon-Oregon Railway and Naoigaticm Compary.- Under the treaty of June 9,1855, with the Walla Walla, Caxuse, and Uma'illa Indinns, occupying the Umatilla Keserre in Oregon, a right of way is yeserved for all roads, highways, and railroads, wlienever iu the opinion of the President of the United States the public interest mag require such accommodation. Upon pet.itiou presented by the Compa.uy to the President on the 9th July last, praying for the issuance. of an. Executive order, under the prorisions of said treaty, toenableit tocon- Rtruct a line of railway &om Pcndletou to C:eutrerille, Oreg., t,hrough said reservation, the President,, on the 16th Jalylast, issued au Execu-tive order authorizing the comp.any to proceed with the oonstruotiou of said road, upon arriving at an agreement with the Indians npou theres-ervatiou for compensation to he paid to them by said company for right of way, such agreement to bc subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, who shall secure to his satisfaction the performance of the conditions thereby imposed upou the company, and shall prescribe such further conditions as to filing maps of definite location, &c., as shall be deerued necessary and proper. Maps of definite location of the right of way (which covers about 17 miles through the reser~e)a,n d of grounds required for station pur-poses hare been filed in the Department, and, under Four instructious to this office of the 19th July last, the agent for tho Un~atillasw as directed to convene a council of the Indians for the purpose of arranging terms upou which the r0a.d could be built without molestation. Under date of September 4, the agent reported that the Indians had, in council assembled, on the 17th August last., consented to a right of wax, with uecessary grounds for statioli purposes, on couditioi~t hat the comptanj pay to the Secretary of the Interior for their use and benefit the Rum of 85 per acre for the iauds taken and wenpied (aggregating 15G/iB awes), and compensate inaiv!dual Indians of the confetlerated tribes for damages to their improrements occasioned by the constr~ictiono f tlie road. These terms hare been reduced to writing, and signed by a major it^ of all the a.dult male members of the tribes, and accepte* by the company, which (pending completion of the arrangements) has been permitted to proceed with the building of the road. Wal1;er 12iwer Reserue, Newada--Palh- UteIndians-Carson and Colorado Railroad.-On the 4th December, 1882, I had the honor to subniit to the Department, for transmission to Congress, thedraft of abill to cou-firm an agreement made with the Pah-Ute In~lianso n the 9th August, 1S82, and to grant a right of way to the Carsou and Colorado Railroad Com~auyth rough the abore-named reservat,ion. The agreemetlt in question provides for a right of way 00 feet wide, extending over and across the resen-lttiou about 45 miles, together wit.h the use and occupancy of four plots of land for station purposes, aggregating 72.313 acres, in consideration of $750 coin paid by the company to the Indians, with free transportation for themsel\~es,t heir fish, game, and product^, to and from all points on the road. |