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Show REPORT OF THE C0,MMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 77 mnning due west to the Colprado River; thence roonipg southweeterly along the east bank of the Colorado River to the San Josn River where it ernptiee into the Colorado River; thenoe ronning easterly along the north bank of the San JnanRiver to the place of begi~ming. For and in wnsideration of the cession of their reservation in Colo. rado, and the relinquishment of any claims they may have to lands elsewhere, and their promise to remove to the new reservation provided for them in Utah, the United States is to pay the Indians (art. 3) $50,000 in ten annual installments of $5,000 each, the same to be di-vided per capita among them without regard to age or sex. The Gov- .' drnment a l ~ oag rees (art. 4) to give them 1820,000 worth of%sheepa s soon as they take up t,heir residence on the new reservation, the sheep to be distributed per capita. Five of the chiefs are to receive a small money annuity, amounting altogether to.$2,000 (art. 5). Provision is also made for the establishment of an agency on the new reservation ( a t . 6). Permission is given the Indians to hunt on We unoccupied lands in and around the La Sal Mountains (art. 7). The provisions of existing treaties not inconsistent with the agreement are to remain in force (art. 9). Settlers who have not acquired rights binding upon the Government are to be removed from the new reservation.(art. lo), and-the improvements belonging to Indians on their present reserva-tion in.Colorado are to be sold for the benefit of the individual owners. The agreement is signed by two hundred and fifty-three male Indians, being more than three-fourths of all the male Indians eighteen years of age and upwards belonging to the reservation. Besides these, the chiefs signed for twenty-four others represented to be of adult age and desiring t,o sign. The agreement, report of the commission, and journal of its proceed-ings, and the proceedings of the several councils held with the Indians were transmitted to the Senate by the Department January 11, 1889, together with a draft of a bill to ratify said agreement, prepazed in this office, all of which may be found printed in Senate Ex. Doc, No. 67, Fiftieth Conpress, second session. The bill was introduced in the Sen-ate, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported hack with amendments, debated, amended, and passed the Senate February 25, 1889 (cong. Rewrd,vol. 62, p. 2455). In the House the bill was read a first and second timeand referred to the Committee on Indian affairs February 28, 1889 (Oong. Record, 270. 64, p. 2576), but failed to receive further action. SEldINOLES IN FLORIDA. Miss Lily Pierpont, who was appointed a special agent November 16, 1888, to make further attempt to find lands for the Seminoles in Florida, and to settle them thereon, was unable t.o amcomplish anything of im-portance, and early in Jnly tendered her resignation by request. |
