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Show 3. That in &see the reservation bonndav should be extended, the asme be fenoed an its north and aouth boundaries st a oost not to exoeed $7,150. 4. That bolls and heifers be pnrchaeed for the Cheyennes at a. oost not to exwd $28,200. 5. That sn appropriation be msde for the erection of new buildings at the Tongue River Agenoy and repairing old ones, not to exoeed $10,000; alao for the establish-ment of a subissue station, blacksmith shop, and farmds residence on Tongue River, st s cost not to exaesd $3,055-the entire appropriation recommended being $200,ooo. The report and recommendations were submitted to the House of Rep resentatives January 16,1899 (House Doc. No. 153, Fifty-fifth Congress, third session), and an amendment was plaoed by the Senate upon the Indian appropriation bill which provided for establishing the bound* ries of the reservation, and made appropriation for purchasing the lands and improvements of the settlers, purchasing cattle, fencing the reservation, etc., as recommended; but the amendment was not agreed to in conference. Senate bill No. 5561, Fifty-fifth Congress, third ses-sion, containing provisions similar to the amendment, passed the Senate, but failed in the House. ZlJm PUEBLO GRANT, NEW MEXICO. The status of the grant of land occupied by the ZnEi Pueblos was net forth in my last annual report, and no change has taken place since. Their title to this tract, of which the tribe has been in possession for two hundred years, is still unconfirmed, andcan be secured to them only by special act of Congress. A draft of the necessary legislation will be prepared for submission to Congress at its next session. BOUNDARY OF KLAMATH RESERVATION, OREG. The Indians occupying the Elamath Reservation, Oreg., have had a long-standing grievance because the survey of the outboundaries of the reservation was not made in accordance with the terms of the treaty of October 14,1874 (16 Stat., TOT), and large areas of the land re8erved for their nse by the treaty were by the survey excluded from the reservation. Much of this laud has been taken up by white settlers, whose claims have been recogni~ed by the issuance of patents, etc. For more than twentyfive years the Indians have protested against this great wrong to them, and at timas it has required t.he influence of both civil and military authorities in the locality to prevent an out-break. Uongress finally provided, by a clause in the Indian appropri-ation act of June10,1896 (29 Stat., 321), for a commission to investigate and determine the correct location of the boundary line according to the terms of the treaty, the number of acres, if any, excluded from the reservation, and its character and value in a state of nature. The commission consisted of W. P. Coleman, of Missouri; R. H. |
