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Show which has been a constant cause of complaint by white settlers. For: a yeas or more prior to September, 1893, a baud of aome200 or more, un&r Chief Santiago Largo, had its headquarters in Mora County, N. Nex., several hundred miles ham the reservation. The depredations wf this band were complained against by the whites in Mora, Taos, and Colfax counties. However, on the 6th of November last, all these Indians had returned to their reservation. It is believed that if these Indian8 were inducted into the pursuit of sheep raising the problem of keeping Lhem upon tlieir reserve would, at least to a large extent, be solved, and that in time they would become largely, if not entirely, self-supporting. The opinion of those personally familiar with the conditions is that sheep raising on the reserve of these Indians would prove suocessful and profitable, and this office has received numerous and repeated communications in con-firmation of this belief. The success of the Navajoes, but a short dis-tance southwest of the Jicarillas, in ihe pursuit of sheep raising is pointed to. The provisions of the act above mentioned have been brought to the attention of the Secretary, and suitable rules and regulations to govern the proposed sale of timber have been prepared. PrompCsteps will be taken to carry out the provisions authorizing the sale of timber in order that the Department may realize thereon at an ewly day and assist the ludians in the ma,nner contemplated. Though the amount ($20,000) is much smaller than might be desired for the purpose, it will at least enable the first step to be taken, which, lt is believed, will be one in the right direction, at once atfording relief to the Indians and at the same time solving the problem of keeping them on their reserve. I EOOTENAI INDIANS, NEAR BONNERS FERRY, IDAHO. Reference was made in my annual report of last year to the troubles of the Kootenai Indians, located near and upon lands embraced in the town of Bonnets Ferry, Idaho, and to the fact that a special agent of thie office bad been sent there to make a full and complete investiga-tion of the whole matter and submit report thereon. Some of these Indians had been assisted in making application for allotments by the U. 5. Indian agent of the Flathead Agency, Mont., under instructions from this office dated August 28, 1889. Their claims had been tres-passed upon by whites, and the Indians deterred from attempting to improve and cultivate some of the land they had always used and occu-pied, and to which they were justly entitled' under the general allot-ment act as amended. The rights of these Indians having been reported by the special agent as paramount to those of the whites, tbis office requested the General Laud Office to facilitate the survey of the township in which the lands involved were sitnated, in order that the allotments might be adjusted so as to be made tooonform to the piiblic survey. Therequest |