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Show REPORT OF THE CO~IISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. ,49 new allotments, and the granting of authority by the President, on March 26,1895, for the sale of the timber on those allotments to said J. H. Cushway & Co.; 101 contracts for such sales ba,ve been received in this office for approval. Bd River Eesemation, Win.-As stated in my last report, the President granted authority January 6,1894, for the sale to Justus S. Stearns of I timber on allotments to the Indians of the Bad River Reservation, and the dead and down timber on the unallotted or tribal lands of said reser-vation, the plan of operation being similar to that in force at Lac du Flambeau. Mr. Stearus completed the erection of his mill and com-menced to saw lumber in September, 1894, and so far as the reports in this office show, the logging on this reservation has proceeded satisfac- I torily and to the benefit of the Indians. Deoember 7,1894, the President approved a list of eighty-four new allotments to Indians of the reservation, and granted authority, on the 24th of the same month, for the sale to Mr. Stearns of tbe timber on \ those allotments. Mr. Stearns has entered into contract with eighty-two of these new allottees, and these contracts have bee11 approved by this office. Lac Court d'0reilles Reservation, Wi8.-The conditions affecting the timber of this reservation are n~ateriallyd ifferent from those existing at Bad River and Lac du Flainheau. The quantity of merchantable timber on the reservation in September, 1894, mas estimated at not more than 24,000,000 feet, and there is no railroad neare.r to the reser-vation than 19 miles, and no navigable streams flowing through it that will d o r d a practicable means of transporting lumber to market. The plan of erecting a mill and nianufacturing the timber on the reserva-tion, which is in operation at Bad River and Lac dn Flambeau, could uot, therefore, be applied to the Lac Conrt dlOreilles Reservation. August 18, 1894, Lieutenant Mercer, the acting agent of the La Pointe Agency, which includes the Lac Court dlOreilles Reservation, reported that he had received from Eenry Turrish, of Eau Claire, Wis., a bid of $2.50 per 1,000 feet stumpage for the green white pine and $1.25 per 1,000 feet stumpage for green Norway and dead and down pine on that reservation. He stated that he had endeavored to obtain better bids, but that, on account of the small quantity and scattered condition of the timber, the distance it would hiwe to be hauled to the banking places, and the distalice to drive thence to market, he believed that the prices offered by Mr. Turrish mere the best that could be I obtained, and he therefore recommended that the bid be accepted. At the same time he stated that the LBC Court d70reilles Chippewas were in a most ~Iestitutec ondition, and mould not be able to subsist. through the approaching winter unless some relief be afforded them by permitting them to sell their timber and reap the benefits thatwould arise from the opportunities for employment which the contemplated logging operations would give. The extensive Gres in Wisconsin during the 6069 I A& \ |
