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Show This agreement was referred to this office July 12, 1902, and it will he reported on to the Department in time for it to be submitted to Congress at its next session. Bive Civilized Tribes.-The agreements with the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, and Chickasaw tribes are referred to on page 121. Pending during last session of Congress and still unratified.-Congress failed to ratify any of the agreements pending before it during the last session providing for the cession of lands by Indian tribes to the United States. These agreements are as follows: With the Indians of the Crow Reservation, in Montana, concluded August 14,1899, ceding about 1,116,000 acres, comprising the northern portion of the reserve; With the Indians of the Lower Brnl6 Reservation, S. Dak., con-cluded May 6, 1901, ceding the western portion of their reserve, embracing 56,000 acres; With the Indians of the Grand Ronde Reservation, in Oregon, con-cluded June 27, 1901, ceding all surplus unallotted lands (except 440 ' acres), aggregating 25,791 acres; With the Indians of the Rosebud Reservation, S. Dak., concluded September 14, 1901, ceding the surplus unallotted lands of that part of their reserve situated in Gregory County, amounting to about 416,000 acres; With the Indians of the Red Lake h s e l ~ a t i o nM, inn., concluded March 10,1902, ceding the weatern portion of their reserve, embracing 256,152 twres. The consideration is $1,000,000, of which $250,000 are to be paid within ninety days after the ratification of the agreement, and the remainder in fifteen equal annual payments; With the Yankton Indians, in South Dakota, concluded October 2, 1899, providing for the cession of the well-known Red Pipestone Quarry Heservation, in Minnesota, containing a little more than one section of land: With the Indians of the Devil's Lake Reservation, N. Dak., con-cluded November 2,1901, ceding all the surplus unallotted lands of that reservation, aggregating, approximately, 104,000 acres. The consideration agreed upon was $345,000, or a little more than $3.30 per acre for the lands ceded. The amount, however, included $80,000 which the Indians claimed to be due them for lands excluded from their reservation on the west by an erroneous survey made some years ago. This claim was urged with great persistency by the Indians in council, and its justice was recognized by tbe inspector in concluding the agree-ment. The agreement provides for the payment of the purchase money to the Indisns in cash-$145,000 when the agreement is rati-fied and the remainder in ten annual installments of $20,000 each. Provision is also made for the allotment of 6,160 acres to 62 persons whose lights to allotments were recognized by the Indians, but who |
