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Show 20 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. Mi~ission Reservations, Ca1.--Of the twenty-eight reservations set apart for the several bands or villages of Mission Indians in southern Cali-fornia, allotments have been made on Pala, Rincon, Potrero, Campo, Temecula, Sycuan, and Capitau Grande, and partly completed on Inaja. The Pala and 8ycuau allotments have been approved by the Department; the others hare not yet been officially acted upon by this office. The remaining reservations upon which allotments were recom-mended are the San Manuel, Ramona, Cahuilla, Agua Caliente, Los Coyotes, Torros, Morongo, and Santa Ysabel. Before allotmel~ts can be made on auy mission reservation, a patent for the reservation in common must first be issued to the Indians belonglug thereon; Such patents have not yet beeu issued for Cahuilla, Twenty-nine Palms, San Pasqnal, Sau Jacinto, Agua Caliente, Los Coyotes, Torros, Santa Rosa., and Cabezon. Of these, Cahuilla, Agua Caliente, Morongo, Los Coyotes, and Torros which have beeu recom-mended for allotment, are large and important reservations, and the work of allotting them should not be postponed; but the issuance of patents therefor is still delayed because, as I am informed, the neces-sary surveys have not yet been made by the General Land Office. Round Valley Reservation, Ca1.-The allotment of the agricultural or valley lands of this reservation has been completed, and the patents therefor, to the number of 601, as stated above, wereissued on April 15, 1895. The wester11 portion of this reserve, composed of grazing and timber lands, will for the present be held in common by the tribe, but'may, in the discretion of the President, be allotted in severalty. Port Berthold Reservation, I?. Dak.-Special Allotting Agent W. S. Grady, who was engaged in making allotments on the Fort Berthold Reservation, died April 7, 1895. He had nearly completed the allot-ments to the Indians of that reserva,tion, having made about 750 and prepared duplicate schedules covering the same. His work was done in a most excellent and satisfactory manner. Clande N. Bennett was appointed his successor, and entered npon his duties, under instructions approved by the Department, May 6,1895. Ee reported, July 29 last, that he had finished the work of allotments in the field on the 27th of that month, and that 938 allotments had been made. September 16, he submitted a complete schedule making the total number of allotments 949 which is the whole number of persons entitled to allotments on that reservation. Wichita Reservation, 0kla.-April25, 1895, this office made report on the agreement with the Wichitas, ratified by tbe act approved March 2, 1895 (28 Stats., 976), and suggested that the work of making allot-ments to those Indians should be commenced as soon as possible. Klamath Reservation in Oregon.-Special Agent Charles E. Warden is continuing the work on this reservation, and additional surveys have been recommended. Lower Bnl6 Reservation, El. D&.-The work of making allotments to the Indians of the Lower Brule Reservation, S. Dak., has been about |