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Show 94 REPORT OF THE 00?CHISS10NER OF INDIAN AFPAIRS. CHIPPEWA OF MINNESOTA. Substantial progress has been made in carrying into effect the pro-visions of the act of January 14, 1889 (25 Stat., 642), relating to allot-ments to Chippewa Indians, cession of their lands, and sale of their pine. The provisions relating to classifying and disposing of the pine lands were modified by the act of June 27,1902 (32 Stat., 400). The allotments to the Leech Lake Pillager on the Leech Lake Reser-vation have been readjusted and the amended schedule was approved on October 14, 1903. A supplemental schedule of allotments to the Leech Lake Pillager, the White Oak Point and Sandy Lake bands, and the Cass Lake and Wmnibigoshish Chippewa, who had not previously received allotments, has been submitted and now awaits examination in this Office. Last May the Eed Lake Chippewa declined to accept the provisions of section 11 of the Indian appropriation act of March 3, 1903 (32 Stat.; 982-1009), providing for the sale of 256,152 acres of land com-prising the western portion of the diminished reservation. The act provided for the sale of the lands by the Secretary of the Interior to the bighest and best bidder, subject to the homestead laws of theunited States, at not less than $4 per acre. The Commissioner of the General Land Office, on November 10, will open to entry and settlement 766,607.20 acres of agricultural lands on the ceded portion of the Red Lake Re~ervation,a nd 2,279.96 acres on the four ceded townships on the White Earth Reservation, the lands to be disposed of to actual settlers, under the homestead laws, as provided for in secrtion 6 of the act of January 14, 1889. During the year 4,318 trust patents have been delivered to the Mississippi Chippewa on the White Earth Reservation. The work of making allotments to those who by inadvertence were omitted from the original schedule has also progressed, but the schedule of these additional allotments has not yet been submitted for approval. SETTLERS ON NORTHERN CHEYENNE RESERVATION, MONTANA. The Indian appropriation act approved March 3,1903 (32 Stat., 982), provides $2,965 for the payment of settlers for improvements upon certain lands situated within the boundaries of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Montana. On January 16, 1901, James McLanghlin, United States Indian inspector, transmitted to this O5ce agreements made by him with saven additional settlers found by a survey to be within the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. These negotiations had been conducted under Department instructions of December 11, 1900. The Office recom-mended on March 20,1903, that Inspector McLaugblin be instructed |