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Show 84 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN UFAIRS. 14. Dced, dated October 12,1892, from John N. Adams and Lucy R., his wife, to same grantee, in trnst, etc., the BE. 2 of the NW. a, the 8. 4 of the east 28 acres of the SW. 2 of the NW. 2, and the NE. & of the SW. a, and the N. 2 of the SE.2 of the SW. 2, a11 in sec. 19, T.83 N., R. 15 W., containing 124 acres; consideration, $3,503. This deed is recorded in Book 100, page 380. 15. Deed, dated October 12,1892, from Daniel S. Eiuegardner and Mary J., his wife, to the same vendee in trust, etc., the SE. 2, except 6 acres railroad and 4 acres south of the Iowa River, in sec. 26, T. 83 N., R. 16 W., and the south 6 acres of the west 12 acres of the SW. a of the NW. 2, and the S. 2 of the 833. Q of the SW. &, and cnmme~~cinagt the SW. corner of the SE. & of sec. 19; thence north on quarter-section line 7.10 chains, S. 690 30' E., 6.31 ohains S. 500 10' E., G.78'chains to south line of said section; thence west 11.31 chains to beginning, containing 48 acres; and all that part of the NW. 2 of the NE. & and the N. 4 of the NW. 2 of see. 30, that lies north of tbe Chicago and Northwestern Railway, except 6 acres in the northeast corner thereof, commencing at the NE. corner of the NW. 2 of the NE. & of said sec. 30; thence west 20 rods, south 40 rods, east 20 rods, north 40 rods to beginning, Ocn-taining 27.5 acres; a11 in T. 85 N., R. 15 W., and contai~~ining all 197.625 akres of land ; oo~~sideratio$n5 ,928.75. This deed is recorded in Book 101, pages 256,257. 16. Deed, dated October 21, 1892, from Sarah 0. Oounell, Mary O. Forker and Allison, her husband, William i'd. Oonnell and Addie L,, . his wife, William O. Walters and Mary H., his wife, to the same vendee in trnst, eta., the BE. % of the SW, a; the south 5.76 acres of the W. g of the SE. 2 of the BE. &; the west 3 acres of the north 14.25 acres of the W. &of the SE. 2 of the SE. &; the SW. 4 of the BE. 2; the S. 4 of the SW. 2 of sec. 13, and the NW. and the NE. & and all of the SW. 2 that lies north of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, containing 124 acres, all of [in] section 24; all of the above land being in T. 83 N., R. 16 W., and containing in all 612.75 acres; consideration $20,067. This deed is recorded in Book 101, page 254. By reference to the annual reports of this office for the year 1867, page 347, and 1884, page 100, it appeared that traats of laud other than the 2,480.075 acres contained in the above enumerated sixteen b a o t ~ had been purchased, owned, and claimed by these Indians, and it was important that this office should have a record of all deeds conveying laud to them. The United States Indiau agent, Horace M. Rebok, was instructed, July 18,1896, to have an examination made to date of the deed records for Tama County, Iowa, from and including the year 1857, which appeared to have been the earliest land pnrchase made by these Indians. After making a preliminary examination of the records, Agent Rebok reported, July 25, 1896, a record of about thirty additional deeds con-veying seventeen tracts of land belonging to these Indians, a certified |