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Show : . Considerable correspondence has ale been had respe'eing $he leas- . , ing of the tribal landaon th6 Fort Berthold, San Carlos, Nez Perces,' Kla- . math, ~ i n t a hF, o rt Hall, and Letuhi Reservations, bnt as yet no leases - ' .' thereon have been executed. ~ , COMHISSIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS FOR REDUCTION OF ' RESERYATIONS. ' .The,Indianappropriationaot apprbved March 3,1891 (26 Stats., 1010), .contained the following provisions: To enable the Seoretary of the Interior, in his discretion, to negotiate with any Indiana for the surrender of portions of their respective reservations, any agree-ment thus negotiated being subject to subsequent ratifioation by Congress, $15,000, or 80 mnch thereof as may be neoessmy. Under the provisions of this - act, the Secretary of the Interior ap-pointed three commissions to negotiat.e, respectively, with the-Indians of the Shoshone or Wind River ~eservationin Wyoming, the Pyra-mid Lake Reservation in Nevada, and the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah Territories, for the surrender of portions of their lands. 8ho8hone Reseraa,tion, Wyo.-On October 2,1891, an agreement was conclukled with the Shoshone and Arapaho tribes in Wyoming, .which :pas reported to the Department December 5,1891, with certain objec- , tions thereto. It was transmitted to Congress by the President on January 11 last. This agreement having failed of ratification, Congress authorized, by clause contained in the Indian approp1;iation act approved July: 13, 1892, which will be found ou pagc720,$be reopening of thenegotiations with these Indians. Draft of instructions has been prepared and snb-mitted to the Department for the guidance of the commission to be ap- - pointed for the purpose indicated. It is expected that the commission will be able to negotiate an agree-ment satisfaotory and just both to the Indims and the Government. Pyramid Lake Reserruation, New.-An agreement was negotiated with the Pah-Ute Indians residing upon the Ppamid Lake Reservation in Nevada on October 17,1891, for the surrender of the southern portion thereof, embraoing the town of Wdsworth. It mas transmitted to 'this Office October 30,1891, and reported to the Department December 5,1891, with full explanations as to its provisions. The President transmitted it to Congress on January 11,1892. ~. ' It appears that this agreement was not ea,tisfa&my to the Senate, and as the people of Ne~ada desire further reduction of the Pyramid Lake Reservation a,nd the restoration to the publio' domain of the . entire Walker River Reservation in that State, this Office on July 9 la& prepared and submitted to the Department draft of a bill in lieu of the bill to ratify the said agreement,. which draft mas forwarded to Congress and introduced in the Senate, where it is pending. This |
