OCR Text |
Show REPORT OF THE CO~ISSIONEE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 93 interests, inasmuch as it was intended to reach remote portions not connected with railroad lines, and January 16,1901, maps of definite location showing the survey of the portion of the line through certain Indian allotments in Klickitat County, Wash., were submitted to the Department. January 18, the maps were approved, under the act of March 2, 1899, and Supervisor Frank M. Conser was designated to act for the Indians in negotiating amicable settlements with the com-pany for right of way through their respective lands. The supervisor's report was submitted April 16,1901, accompanied by a schedule showing the settlements effected with Indian allottees, amounting to $430, and, also, a schedule showing the payments made to certain of the allottees, amounting to $265. Accompanying the report was New York exchange in the sum of $165, being the amount unpaid to Indian allottees, the payment being deferred in these two cases on account of certain action to be taken to perfect titles of allotments. The matter of perfecting title was taken up with Special Allotting Agent George A. Keepers by office letter dated April 29,1901. One . . of the allottees has been paid, as shown on the schedule prepared by Mr. Conser; the other case has not yet been satisfactorily adjusted. There was a third allotment affected, over which there is a conflict which is now in course of adjustment. It was agreed, however, that $200 would cover the amount of damages in this case, and accordingly this amount was collected from the irlilivad company and is held in this office pending the final adjudication of the matter. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company.-In the last annual report it was noted that on July 15, 1899, the Department approved three sectional maps of 25 miles each of the semnd south-western branch line of this company's road from n point in the NE. & of sec. 13, T. 13 N., R. 8 W., to a point in the SW. a of sec. 8, T. 2 N., R. 11 R., in the Kiowa and Comanche Reservation, Okla. June 11,1901, there were filed in this office three maps showing station grounds selected by this company along its line of road as fol-lows: I n the E. & of sec. 17, T. 6 N., R. 10 W., 13.6 acres. In the S. &of see. 21,T. 5N.,R. 11 W.,13.8 acres. In the W. &of sec.21, T. 4 N., E. 11 W., 13.8 acres. These maps were approved by the Department June 28, and the Indian agent of the Kiowa Agency, was designated to act on behalf of Indian allottees upon whose lauds the station grounds are located. - July 8, 1901, there were filed by this company map of definite loca-tion, showing the survey of a line of road extending southerly from a point in sec. 8, T. 2 N., R. 11 W., to a point in the NW. a of sec. 4, T. 2 S., R. 14 W., in the Territory of Oklahoma, a distance of 25 miles. Also a map showing station grounds located in the NW. of see. 32, T. 2 N., R. 11 W., containing 12.3 acres. These maps were submitted to the Department July 15. and July 23 they were returned |