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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 111 iathe case of each Indian or family. Provision was made for the ap-pointment of a suitable person to make the expenditures in such manner that each of the Indians should receive as nearly as possible an equal amount in value ont of this appropriatiou and that of Joue 29,1888: Provided, that as far as practicable the lands should be pur-chased in such locality as each desired, and that none should be required to remove to any locality against their will (25 Stabs., p. 992). The act of Augost 1!1,1890, appropriated $8,000, to be expended in the same mauucr and for the same purposes as tile last mentioned ap-propriation; provided that $2,000 of it should be usad for the Prairie Island settlement ofIr~diansin Goodhue County. Under the authority set forth in these various acts Walter 8. Mc- Leod, esq., of Bloomington, Minu., was appointed Vctober 16, 1886, special agent to purchase Lands, etc., for this baud of Sioux. At a total eost of $4,103 he purchased 339.70 acres of laud as follows: 10 acres in Dakota County for $175; 84.70 acres in Goodhue County for $1,070; 98 acres in Scott County for $1,475, and 147 acres in Redwood County for $1,383 (besides expending $549.17 in payiug of mortgages on 36 and 80 Bores in Redwood County, purchased by the Incliaus, Charles Law: reuce and Good Thuuder, respectively). A sohedule showing the Indi-ans to whom the land was conveyed in fee, its areit, and cost will be found on page 178. Robert B. Hentou, esq., of Morton (Birch Cooley post-office), Minn. was appoiuted, and October 20,1888, was instructed, to make further purchase of laud, for which additional appropriations had been made, and accordingly expBude11 $4 L6,iSL.g2 for 1,100.99 acres, as follows : TARLE P2.-Londs purchased hy Agent Henton for Jledaruakanton Siom. Locstioo. Date. Coonty. Subdivision. Seo T. R. I 1889. ?day 20 MariaLattoaodhoahand. 40.00 $670.00 SE.SE ........... 30 Andrew A. Johnson and 120.00 1,560.00 SE. NE. E.f SE.. . wire. and Joaopb Tyson and wife. Apr. 15 W. F.Diokinnonsndwife 80.00 1,516. 72 SWNE. NW. SE. 15 Edward H. Valentine 156.50 2.034.i;O N.t NE.SE.BE. 1 112 35 Redwood. and wifa EI SE. 10 Christians Dripps a d 200.00 2,900.00 NE.EtE.&NN.. 12 112 35 Redwood. busband. 10 Elizabeth Neild ......... 127.00 1,905.00 N.t NE.SE.NE. 2 112 35 Red+ood. E.tSE..lessuar. rain iraots. Jol 9 SamuelTeope and wife.. 9.00 , 1.00 PsrrSW ......... 1 112 36 Rndwoad. lSVg0. Apr. IQ To-%on-to-e-=heo, r John 10.00 .......... 34 115 22 Scott. Bluestone. Jone 4 James Sullivan and wife. 158 25 70.3, M ~1 FEli znbethEnpp and hns- 90.00 1,820.00 1 NE. SW. N. 50 2s 115 n. soott. ' hand John Sohmitt aorsa. E.& NE. 2 3 ' 115 1 22 Scutt. and 'wire. ~atburine Daliwa and hosb&nd. 1890. Apr. 7 Fraooia Talhot .......... 58.00 1,000.00 . Lot lo 7 .... do .................... 62.24 261.20 1 ~ o 6tj .......... l0 'lo WBbssh*. ---_I Total ............... 1,loo.99 i6,581.4a I . |