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Show A. Winder, who, up to July 30, had made 2,305 allotments. Special Agent John H. Knight has recently heen assigned to assist him, in order that the progress of the work may be hastened. There remain to be made some 1,200 allotments. Sioux ceded lands.-May 6,1896, Special Allotting Agent William A. Winder transmitted to this office a schedule of 15 allotments to the Sioux residing or entitled to reside on the Old Ponca Reservation, Nebraska Strip, Nebr., embracing the following families: Barker, Whiting, Anderson, and Lewis. The schedule was forwarded to the Department June 7, and was approved June 10,1898, with instructions that patents issue. March 10,1897, Allotting Agent Winder transmittad to this office a schedule of 10 allotments made to Sioux residing or entitled to reside on the Sioux ceded lands in Sooth Dakota. This schedule, which embraced two families-k3cissous and Boncher-was transmitted to the Department June 9, 1898, and was approved on the 11th of that month, with instructions that patents issue in the names of the several allottees. On August 4,1898, the Commissioner of the General Land Offiee transmitted the patents to this office, and they will be trans-mitted to the United States Indian Agent at an early date for delivery to the parties entitled. June 28, and Angust 4,1898, Allotting Agent Winder was instructed in regard to making allotments to an Indian named John Bob Tail Crow and his children on the Sionx ceded lands. This tract, cover-ing 1,251 acres, was occupied and claimed by them when the Sioux agreement of March 2, 1889, took effect by the proclamation of the President dated February 10,1890. Shortly afterwards several white men filed homestead entries upon these lands, and a contest in behalf of the Indians was initiated before the local land office. By appeal the case oame before the General Laud Office, where a representative of this office made a personal argument in favor of the Indians, based upon the evidence submitt~a. Hrom the Land Office the case was again appealed, to the Secretary of the Interior, who sustained the decision of the Commissioner of the Land Office in favor of the Indians. Again the Indians nearly lost their lands by the attempt of the white men to purchase them for a paltry consideration, which this office refused to allow. The lands were finally allotted to the Indians, and schedule of allotment was forwarded to the Department for approval on the 8th of $his mouth.* Uncompahgre Ileaervation, Utah.-Owing to the early beginning of winter, the commission appointed nuder the act of Jnne 7, 1897 (30 Stats., 62), to make allotments to Uncompahgre Utes was unable to make any allotments on the Uucompahgre Reservation prior to the 1st of April, 1898; and on that day all the lands therein, except those oon-taining gilsonite, asphalt, elaterite, or other like substances, became *These rsllotments were approved by the Department, September 28,1898. |