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Show 54 REPORT OF THE OOMMISSIONEB OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. Allotments have been approved by thm office and the Department as follows: Colville Reservation, Wash.. .................................. 646 Fort Berthold Reservation, N. Dak ............................ 940 Klamath Reservation, Oreg .................................... 1,174 Oto Reservation,Okla. ........................................ 440 Sioux of the Rosebud Reservation, 8. Dak. (including469previously . approved which have been revised under act of March 3,1899, 30 Stats., 1692). ............................................ 3,107 Yakima Reservation, Wash. (approved September 13, 1899, but not included in last annual report) .......................... 599 Certificates issued to members of the Kiowa and Comanche tribee. 6 Schedules of the following allotments have been received in this office, but have not been finally acted upon: Chippewa of the Mississippi on White Earth Reservation, Minn.. 4,367 Sioux of the Lower BrulB Reservation. S. Dak.. ................ 556 Sioux of the Rosebud Reservation, S. Dak. ..................... 473 The condition of the work in the field is as follows: Cheyenne River Eeservation, S. Dak.-April 7, 1900, the President granted authority for making allotments on the Cheyenne River Res-ervation, and Special Allotting Agent John H. Knight, who had just completed the work of allotting the Indians of the Lower Brul6 Reser-vation, was designated to make the same. Instructions were given him April 19, 1900, which were approved by the Department April 25, and shortly thereafter he entered upon the duty. August 20 he. had made 127 allotments. Kiowa and Comanche Reservation, 0kla.-The agreement concluded with the Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache tribes of Indians October 21, 1892, was ratified by Congress June 6, 1900, the original agreement as incolporated in the act being materially changed and amended. As ratified, the agreement provides for the allotment of 160 acres of land to each member of said tribes, the allotments to be selected within ninety days from the ratification of the agreement. Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, may extend the time far making such selection; and should any Indian entitled to allotments here-under fail or refuse to make his or her selection of land in that time, then the allotting agent in charge of the work of making such allotments shall, within the next thirty days after said time, make allotments to such Indians, which shall have the same force and effect as if the selection were made by the Indian. The act authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to cause the allotment of said lands to be made by "any Indian inspector or special agent." It also provides that the time for making allotments shall in no event be extended beyond six months from the passage of the act. July 6, 1900, Inspector C. F. Nesler and Special Agents E. B. Reynolds and A. C. Hawley were designated to make the allot-ments. Instructions for their guidance were approved by the Depart- |
