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Show REPORT OF THE COMXISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 97 13,1899. May 29, 1900, the Department designated Special Agent Taggart to conduct negotiitions with the company for right of way through the individual holdings of the Indians of said nations for the entire line of the road. July 5,1900,the Department accepted a draft for $4,638.50, tendered by the company as payment in full for right of way through the Creek Nation, covering a distance of 92.77 miles. St. hi\Ten.cm,seh amA i k i r q t o n Ra i h a y Company.-Reference is made in the laqt annual report to the fact that on March 9,1899, the Department granted authority for the above-named company to locate and survey its line of railroad over and across Indian lands and reser-vations lying between the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway at or near the town of Stroud, in Oklahoma, and extending thence in a southwesterly direction, by way of Tecumseh, to the town of Lex-ington, Okla. Such authority was granted, with the express pro-vision that formal application for the location and survey of the road would thereafter be made and that the proofs and papers required by the regulations of the Department would thereafter he submitted for approval. December 5, 1899, the Department accepted the proofs and papers submitted by the company as a full compliance with Department regulations and as a fulfillment of the conditions under which the original authority was granted the company to make a sur-vey of its line of road. Sham, Oklahoma umd I d i a n Territory Railway Company.-In addition to the authority previously granted the above-named oom-pany for the location and survey of a line of road as mentioned in the last annual report (p. 64), on September 22 the Department granted authority for the location and survey of a line of road commencing at the termination of the line, for which authority had already been granted, at or near Stroud, in Lincoln County, Okla., and extending thence by the most feasible and practicable route in a northerly and northwesterly direction through Lincoln, Payne, and Pawnee counties and the Osage and Kaw Indian reservations to the southern boundary of Kansas. No maps of definite location of the line of road have yet been submitted for approval. Temmeh amd S h e e Railroad Company.-For data respecting the granting of authority for said company to locate and survey a liue of railroad through Indian lands in Oklahoma, see annual report of thxs office for 1899, page 64. No maps of definite location of the liue of road have yet been submitted for approval. lien Perc6 Indian lands.-Cleamatm Vdq Railroad Cqamy.- July 31, 1899, the Department approved four maps showing the defi-nite location of the line of road of the above-named company through the former Nez Perch Indian Reservation and one plat of station grounds along the line of the road situated in lot 5 and the SW. a of the NE. 2 of aec. 3, T. 36 N., R. 1 W., Boise meridian. March 17, 6266-7 |