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Show ~ REPORT OF THE COXMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 101 Qen. Henry B. Carrington, of Hyde Puk, Mass., was appointed a special agent to secnre the consent of said patentees and make the appraise-ments provided for. His report is prioted in Senate Ex. Doc. No. 70, Fiftyfirst Congress, first session. A paragraph in the last Indian bill (26 Stats., 1009) contaiusau appropriation of $5,500 for the removal of these Indians from their present homes and their settlement npou the Jocko (or Flathead) Reservat~ou, and General Oarri~~gtoius now engaged in that work. Agent Ronan, of the Flathead Agency, has been instructed to receive them upon their arrival and to look after their location and settlement upon the lautls under his jurisdiction. GRAZING ON CROW RESERVATION, MONT. Theagreemeut with the Crow Indians, ratitled by the act of Congress April 11, 1882 (22 Stat., 43), provides ns follows: That if at any time hereafter we, as a tribe, shall consent to permit cattle to be driven across our reiiervation or graned thereon, the Secretary of the Intgrior shall 6x the arnalmt to be paid by parties so desiring to drive ar gr.aee cattle; all moneys wising from th~s souroe to be paid to os nuder such rules and reguls-tions as the Secretary of the Interior *nay presoribs. Under this agreement the I u d i a~~ins council have consented from time to time to pasturage on their reservation, and the amounts paid by the catde meu have been fixed by the Department and received and accounted for by the ageot. This syate~nh, owever, engendered much dissatisfaction among the Intlia~~me,l lile the oattle men i~ecamu involved in allnost co~ltinuoust rife in regard to allege11 encroachment^ upon districts occupied by them, thus bringin. upon this office much annoyance and labor. To avoid these co~nplicntions,a nd to bring matters more under it8 sxstematic cont,rol, this office, March 10, 1891, formulated a system which was submitted to auil receivetl the approval of the Deptsrtment. It constitutes five grazing districts, which mere, r~uder advertisement, to be let to the highest biticler. The perloit agreements, covering the five districts, executed by Agent Wyman, to be in force from July 1, 1891, to June 30, 1894, were approved by this office June 11 and by the Department June I, and are more particularly described as follows: The permit agreement coveriug district No. I, executed with Snmuel E. Eardin, of Bingham, Wyoming, is estimated to contain 183,000 acres, and the price to be paid therefor is 3 cents per acre par a1lnum, 01, $16,930 for 3 years. The maximum nn~uhero f cattle to be held a t any one time is limited to 8,500 bead. District No. 2, estimated to contain 291,000 acres, was secured by the Columbia Land and Cattle Company, by its managing director, M. Rosenbaum, esq., of Chicago, Ill., at the rate of 3.96 cents per acre per eonurn, or 832,633.50 for three years. The maximum nnmber of cattle to be held at any one time is 9,000 head. Portus B. fleare, of Ohicago, Ill., holds the permit coveriug district |