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Show LII REPORT OF THE COMMIS8IONER O,F INDIAN AFFAJES. Cherokees or their descendants, whom he declined to enroll, not believ-ing the evidence they submitted sufficient to sustain their claims. He files with the census a list of their names, accompar~iedb y all the papers and information he had received or could obtain in reference to them, which may be useful in case any of those so rejected in future claim that they have been wronged. The census list, together with all evidence and information available pertaining to it, was laid before a council of the Eastern Cherokees at their request (due notice having been given to the Cherokee Nation in the Indian Territory to be present by delegates if they so desired), and after having been carefully scrutirlized by said council was f~illya p-proved by them. A certificate signed by the council to that effect accom-panies the list, which list, after having been carefully examined and compared with the previous rolls in this office, was on my recommeuda- 'tion approred by the Department on the 4th of last February. TOWN OF PENDLETON, OBEGON-SALE OF VXATILLA RESERVATION LANDS FOE TOWN PURPOSES.* Referring to the mention of this subject in my last annual report, I have to say that the appraisement of the lauds referred to in the above title was completed in the early part of October following, and approved by the Department under date Deoember 22,1883. The lands, which had been surveyed and laid out into blocks and lots, were offered for sale at public auction in the town of Pendletou in May last, and nearly all disposed of. I have been informally advised by the General Land Office that the proceeds from the sales will aggregate very much more than the ap- , , praised valne, which was 824,344.95, not including the Goodwiu tract. More than thatamount has already been received on account of cash I entries or Brst payments, and it is estimated that the second anrl third 1 payments will increase this sum by $35,000, so that the total that will be realized from the sales mill probably not be less than $60,000. A few lots remain unsold. The Moses E. Goodwin claim referred to in the second section of the act was a,ppraised at $2.50 per acre; area, 2,672.09 acres; value, $6,680. The funds arising from the sale of these lands, after deducting the expenses incidental thereto, are to be placed in the Treasury to the credit of the Indians of the Umatillareservation, and bear interest at the rat.e of 5 per cent. per annum, and the Secre tary of the Interior is authorized to expend so much of the principa and accrued interest as he may see fit in t5e support of an industrial school for said Indians on said reservation. AGEEEMENT WITH CHIEF MOSES. The agreement with Chief Moses and other Indian8 of the Columbia and Colville Reservations, in Washington Territory, entered into July 'Act August 5, 188%. Stat. 22, p. 297. |