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Show 1 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 65 the county of Pawnee, by way of the town of Pawnee, to the north line of the Creek Nation, near the confluence of the Cimarron and Arkan-sas rivers; also from some point on the line of road first mentioned at some accessible point in Pawnee County and extending northeasterly, by way of Stillwater, Pawnee, and Pawhuska, to a connection with the line of road of the Arkansas, Oklahoma Central and Southwestern Railway Company at or near Bartlemille, in the Cherokee Nation. Chioago, Xilwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company.--June 19,1899, the Acting Seoretary of the Interior granted authority for said companyto make a survey for the extension of its line of road through the lands of the Yankton Sioux Indians in Bonhomme and Chmles Mix connties, 8. Dak. SPEOIAL GRANTS XADE SINCE LAST ANNUAL REPORT. Iudian and Oklahoma Temtoxiek-Arkansas and Choctaw Railwag Gonapany.-By act of Congress approved January 28,1899 (30 Stats., 806, and p. 487 of this report), the above-named.company was granted right of way for the oonstrnction of a railway, telegraph, and tele-phone line through the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, in the Indian Terribry, beginning at the point on the boundary line between said Choctaw Nation and the county of Little River, in the State of Arkan-sas, where the said railway as now constructed runs; thence running by the most feasible and practicable route in a westerly direction through the Choctaw and Ohickasaw nations to anch poiut on the western boundary line of the Chickasaw Nation at or near the town of Sngden as the company may select. Three maps of definite location of 20 miles each, for the purpose of barring subsequent settlements and improvements on the company's right of way have been filed in this office. Section i of the act provides that a map showing the entire line of road in the Indian Territory shall be filed with and approved by the Secretary of the Interior before the construction of the road shall be commenced. Little River Valley Railway Company.-By act of Congress approved Februmry 4,1899 (30 Stats., 816, and p. 490 of this report), the above-named company was granted right of way for the construction of a railway, telegraph, and telephone line through the Choctaw and Chick-asaw nations, in the Indian Territory, beginning at the point where said railway now intersects the bonndary line between the State of Arkansas and the Choctaw Nation, in Little River Connty, Ark., run- . ning thence by the most feasible and practicable route in a westerly direction through said Choctaw Nation to such point at or near Atoks, in said nation, as said company may select; thence from such point in a northwesterly direction up tbe valley of the Washita through the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations to the bonndary line between the Chickasaw Nation and Oklahoma Territory; and also branch lines, begiuning at the most feasible and practical points on the main line 8896--5 |
