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Show REPORT OF THE COM~ ~SSIONEORF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 101 May 13 he was directed to endeavor to reach amicable settlement. between the allottees and the railroad company, especially as he had said that in his opinion $100 was extremely liberal. Northern Pacific Railway Company.-November 1, 1901, the Depart: ment authorized this company to amend its located line through cer-tain Indian allotments in the CrowReservation, Mont., under the act of March 2, 1899; and November 23 the company was authorized to proceed with construction upon condition that it file the necessary I and otherwise comply withDepartment regulations. The map has not yet been filed, but July 18 the office was advised that the necessary papers will be filed and compensation made the Indian allotteeu'. Application for permission to survey a line through the Quinaielt Reservation, in the State of Washington, was approved December 23. April 26, 1902, authority was. granted to survey a line through the Standing Rock Reservation, N. Dak., commencing at a point of con-nection with the main line near Mandan, N. Dak., and entering the reservation at its northern boundary a short distance west- of the Missouri River and extending within the reservation to Fort Yaks. August 14,1902, authority was granted to survey a line through the Yakima Reservation, Wash., commencing at Satos, on the main line within the re~ervation, and extending thence south-westerly, following the Satus Creek and its south fork through the reservation. Oklahoma City and Western Ilailway Company.-Two drafts were mentioned in the last annual report as tendered by this company. The one for 84,109.35, in payment of tribal damages on the approved line through the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Reservation in O::lahoma, was returned to the-company September 11, 1901, with the informa-tion that by act of June 6,1900, all the lands of that reservation, except such as would be allotted to Indians or reserved for pastures, became the property of the United States. The draft for $1,471 for tribal damages in the Chickasaw Nition was also returned, with the information that damages would he Rssessed by an agent of the Department. His assessment, approved October 30, 1901, showed damages to individuals in the sum of $683.30, and to the' Choctawand Chickasaw nations in the sum of $2,749.87, which amounts were paid. Damages were also assessed for right of way through the town of Chickasha in the sum of $775.20, hut they were not collected, because maps were filed February 24 and May 14, 1902, showing a change in the location of the line through Chickasha and the designa-tion of an extended area as station grounds. The former was approved April 21, and the latter was transmitted to the Department June 25, 1902. I May 26,1902, there was approved a map of amended line, diverging I |