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Show BEPORT OF THE COMXISSIONEB OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 95 STOCJCERIDGES AND MUNSEES IN WIBGONSW. The last annual report of this office stated that a report had been received fiom Agent Savage, Green Bay Agency, on his investigations into the question of what Stockbridge and Munseelndians wereentitled under the act of March 3,1893 (27 Stat., 744), to patents in fee simple for the lands allotted under the treaty of 1856 (11 Stat., 663), and the act of 1871 (16 Stat,, 404). It was also stated that administrative examination of that report was being withheld until certain protests touching the validity of the enrollment of the tribe should have been determined by $he Department. The Department, November 30,1896,overruled all the objections urged against the enrollment and confirmed it, with the exception of one person whose right to enrollment required further investigation, and with the exception of certain others whose names this office, October 15,1896, had recommended be dropped from the roll because they had elected to take rights with the tribes in New York, to which, through one parent, they belonged by blood. As the persons dropped from the rolls and the person whose right depended upon the result of further investigation did not claim any right to patents in fee ~impleu nder the act of 1893, Agent Savage's report of the Indians entitled to patents was taken up and wnsidered. He had recommended in 28 cases that patents be issued; in 18 cases that no patents be issued; md in 5 cases the facts were stated without recommendation, the rights of the parties being submitted for deter-mination by this office. In the examination by this office it was found that patents should be issued in 29 cases and that no patents should be issued in 22 cases. A schedule in duplicate embracing the allot meuts to be patented was sobmittad to the Department January 9, 1897, with the recommendation that if the Department concurred in the wnclusions reached by the office, the schedule be approved and the Commissioner of the General Land Office be directed to issue to the parties entitled patents in fee simple under the act of March 3,1893. The schedule was approved by the Department February 20,1897, and the General Land Office was directed to issue patents. Among the allotments for which the issuance of patents had been recommended were east half northeast quarter of section 25, township 28 north, range 14 east, made under the treaty to Aaron Koukapot, October 17,1856, and east half southeast quarter section 25, township 28 north, range 14 east, made to &'heirs of William Gardner," the allot teeunder the treaty. When the General Land Office came to issue pat ents for these tracts, it was found that the southeast quarter, northeast quarter, and east half southeast quarter of said section, township, and range had been patented to the State of Wisconsin as swamplands on November 13,1865, and that the State had declined to surrender the pateut embracing said tracts when called upon to do so in April, 1866. These facts were presented to the Department by the General Land |