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Show I REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 47 granted a right of way through the Omaha ana Winnebago reserva-tions, Nebr. No maps of definite location have yet been' filed for approval. Chippewa reservations, Minu.-The last annual report states that the Brainard and Northern Railway Company, by act of Congress approved July 6,1894 (28 Stats., 99), was granted right of way through the Leech Lake Reservation, Mim. Also that by act of Congress approved July 18, 1894 (28 Stats., 112), the St. Paul, lllinrreapolis and Manitoba Railway Company was granted right of way through the White Earth, Leech Lake, Chippewa, and Fond du Lac reservations, Minn. Also that by act of Congress approved August 27,1894 (28 1 Stats., 504), the Duluth aud Winndpeg Railroad Company was granted a right of way for the extension of its road through the Chippewa and White Earth reservations, Minn. Likewise that by act of Congress approved August 23, 1894 (28 Stats., 489), the Northern Mississippi Railway Company was granted right of way for an exteasion of its line of road through the Leech Lake, Chippewa, and Winnibigosbish reservations, Mmn. No maps of definite location of these lines of road have been filed for approval. Fond du Lac Reservation, Xinu.-The last annual report refers to the fact that the Indians of the Fond du Lac Reservation, Minn., have never bee11 paid for the right of way of the Northern Pacific Railway Company through their reservation lands. A brief account of the steps preliminary to bringing suit against the company is also given. September 22,1894, the facts in the case were laid before the Secretary of the Interior, with the recommendation that the Attorney-General be requested to direct the United States attorney for the district of Minnesota to institute action in the proper United States court, on behalf of the Indians, to enforce payment from the company. Under date of October 4, 1894, the Attorney.Genera1 stated that the papers had been sent to the United States attorney for Minnesota, with instructions to institute action. Devils Lake Reservation, K. D&.-The last annual report referred to the fact that the Jarnestown and Northern Railway Company had never paid for its right of way through the above reservation. A full history of this case is printed in House Ex. Doc. No. 3, Forty-eighth Congress, second sessio~i, and Senate Ex. DOC. NO. 16, Forty-ninth Congress, first session, to which atteution is invited. On a number of occasions this office has recommended that Congress ratify the agreement entered into July 28,1883, between the company and the Indians; but no final action has yet been taken. I Itenornonee Reservation, Wig.-Mention is made in the last annual i report of the fact that by act of Congress approved July 6,1893 (27 Stats., 83), the Mar6nette and Western Railway Convpmy was granted a I right of way through the above reservation. No maps of definite looa-tion of the line of the road have yet been filed. |