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Show 114 REPOET OF THE 00XMI89IONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. tion of the Washington and Great Northern Railway Company. The protest and maps will be transmitted to the Department at an early date. PIMA INDIANS IN MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZ. Last year this o5ce received information that 100 Pima Indians in two villages had resided for twenty-five years on sees. 1 and 12, T. 1 N., R. 4 E., Maricopa County, Ariz., and that outsiders had recently Bed upon those lands, which were highly cultivated, and had cut valuable timber. Immediate action was urged to prevent approval of these filings, and thus preserve the rights of the Indians and avoid further destrnction of their property. September 8, 1900, this o5ce recommended that an inspegtor visit these Indians and ascertain the character and value of their improve-menk and what were their irrigation facilities and rights. This was done, and the inspector reported that the lands had been occupied by the Indians for more than twenty-seven years, and that they had culti-vatedfrom 200to400acres on section 12, andmade other improvements. On recommendation of this oEce, the General Land O5ce was directed to cancel the entries made on section 12 and to allow no more filing thereon by white men. When the cancellation of the entries shall have been made, of which this ofice has not yet been advised, it is proposed by Executive order to withdraw sections 1 and 12 from entry by white people. MISSION INDIANS ON WARNER'S RANCH. The Supreme Court of the United States, in an opinion rendered May 13, 1901, decided adversely to the claim of some Mission Indians to retain occupancy of a tract in southern California known as Warner's ranch or Agua Caliente. The effect of this decision will be to dispossess about 200 Indians of the lands they claim to have held for generations. Under the anspices of the Attorney-General an agreement was reached with the attorneys for the Downey estate whereby the Indians will be permitted to remain in posseasion of the lands until the next session of Congress, when, it is hoped, legislation for their relief may be enacted. As a temporary expedient, all vacant lands in T. 10 S., R. 3 E., San Bernardino meridian, California, were, on June 11, 1901, withdrawn from settlement and entry and set aside for the use of the Indiana until such time as Congress may provide the necessary legislation per-manently reserving those lands. It has since been ascertained, how-ever, that the vacant lands in that township are practically worthless and that such small areas as are adapted for agriculture will not sup-port more than a few families. It will therefore be necessary for the |