Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs - 1898

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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN ABFAIRS. 61 Santee Agency, Nebr.-One farming and grazing lease for the term of three years. The annual rental is 31& cents per acre. Siiseton Agency, 8. Dak-One farming and grazing lease. The term is three years. The annual consideration is 31$ cents per acre. Umatilla Agency, 0reg.-Twenty farming leases--4 by the Umatilla, 9 by the Walla Walla. and 7 by the Cayuse dlottees--one of which is for 300 acres off the school farm. The consideration in the school farm lease is one-third of the crop raised. The annual rental for the remain-ing 19 leases ranges from $1.25 to $2 per acre. The terms are two an$ three years, respectively. Sixty-three farming leases, the consideration in which ranged from 70 cents to $2.689 per acre per annum, were returned to the agent-22 on January 24, and 61 on April 6-for a personal investigation as to the adequacy of the consideration, because it was thought that the lauds should command a higher rental. No report has as yet been received as to the result of his investigation. Yakima Agency, Wash.-Ten farming and grazing leases. The term is three years. The cash consideration ranges from 25 cents to $1.35 per acre per annum. In some instances the lessees are to place certain improvements on the land in addition to the cash consideration. Yankton Agency, 8. Dak-Nine grazing leases. The term is generally three years. The cash consideration is 10 cents per acre per annum. Tabulated, the above information as to leases of allotted lands may be given as follows: oheyennes nod ~rapihoea, Ok18. Oneidas Wi-a ................ Fond bn Lao Chippewas, wia. Nes Peroee, Idaho ........... Do ...................... Omahas,Nabr ............... Wfnnebaps.Nebr ............... Poyallupa, Wash ................. Po11088 Pameea Otosa,.nd Tonkhaas, od. Eastern Shawneas.In11.T seneoas,1na. T ................... Wgandottes,Ind.T ............... Modoca. Ind. T ............... Absentee Shawnees. Ind T.. Pottawatomiae, Ind.T ............ Sacnnd Fox,Ind. I ............... Do ....... ......-.... .... Iowns,Iod.T ................ Kickapooa.Ind. T ................ Santae Siour.Nebr ............... Sisneton Sioux, S. Dak ............ Umatillaa Oreg ................... Tall. ~hi.8, 0reg .............. Cq uses. Oreg .................... ~ a k ima sW, aah .................. Yankton Sioor, S Dak ...... Grasing and farming .. Farming ............... Gravel pita ............ Farming snd grauing .. Bn~ines.s.. ............ Parming and grazing .. do .................................. do ..... do ................. ......... do ................. do ................. do ................. Mining ... :.. .......... Farmingand graaing.. do ................. do ................. Bnsinesa ............... Farn~ingnndg rauing.. do ................. do ................. do ................. do ................. do ................. do ................. do ................. Graeing ............... 98 1 2 74 3 206 137 7 152 2 4 1 1 63 49 55 3 18 83 1 1 4 9 7 10 9 3 1 3 1 to 3 3 1 to 3 lto 3 2 3 1 to 3 1 to 3 1 to3 5 1 to 3 1 to 3 1 to 3 1 to 3 1 to 3 1 to 3 3 3 2 and 3 2 and 3 2 and3 3 3 n oenta to $1 per per &III111m. $2.50 per acre for M ncres. $75 and $85. $1 to $2.50 per acre per an. nmm. $00, $240, and $120 per sn. num. 25 cents to $2.50 per =re per anni.m. Do. $1.97 M $10 per aore per an-nnm. 50 oents to $1.25por aore per RIIIIYIO. $1.50 to $2 per aore per an. n,,m. 110. Do. 10 per cent of minerals mined. 15 oonta to $3 peraoreperan-an. nu",. no. Do. $5,$l2.50, and$wpersnnom. 15 cents to $3 per aore per &nn"m. Do. altoantspsraorepersnnam. 3l+esutapcracreperannam. $1.25to$?peraoreper~mum. Do. Do. 25 ~ e n t tao $1.36 per %re per annum. 1Ooallts p e r m perannom.