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Show (IOMMSSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 3 AGREEMENTS FOR CESSION OF LAND. ! Red Lake, Him.--An agreement was concluded March 10,1902, with I the Indians of the Red Lake Reservation, Minn., ceding the western portion of their reserve, embracing 256,152 acres. The consideration was $1,000,000, of which $150,000 was Lc be paid within ninety days after the ratification of said agreement, and the remainder in fifteen equal annual payments. This agreement was ratified by act of Feb- , ruary 20, 1904 (33 Stats., 46). . The Commissioner of the General Land 0ffi'ce reports under date of. September 19,1904, that the ceded lands were offered at public sale at Thief Eiver Falls, Minn., commencing at 9 o'clock a. m. June 20, and continuing until July 14, at which time the sale was adjourned to take place at Crookston, Minn., October 3. There were sold 610 tracts, aggregating 93,747.59 acres, for $589,117.20, or an average price of $6.28 per acre. The amount received at this sale was 8117,823.44, being 20 per cent of the total value of the lands sold. There were left 1,035 unsold tracts, aggregating 162,197;29 acres, to be disposed of at the resumption of the sale, October 3, returns from which had not been received at the time of preparing this report. ffrande Ronde, 0reg.-The agreement with the Indians of the Grande Ronde Reservation, Oreg., concluded June 27,1901, provided for the ceding of all surplus unallotted lands (except 440 acres), aggregating 25,791 acres. The agreement was ratified by act of April 28,1904 (33 Stats., 567). The General Land Office reporta that sealed bids for thesale of a part of the reservation were received at Oregon City, Oreg., land office from 9 o'clock a. m.'on Monday, August 1,1904, until 11 o'clock on Monday, August 8. The total areaoffered for sale was 26,021.54 acres, divided into 181 twts, of approximately 160 acres each. Three hundred and thirty-three bids were received for 111 different tracts aggregating 16,418.48 acres; the bids ranged from 81.2Sto 811.75 per acre, or an average price of $4.08 per acre, and amounted to $66,497.21. Checks and money orders for $13,215.44 were received, representing practi-cally 20 per cent of the amount bid. The acceptance of these bids has been approved by the Secretary of the Interior. There remain 9,603.06 acres, for which no bids were received. The act of April 28,1904, provided that no bids should be considered until the sum of all the bids received should equal or exceed $28,500. As $66,497.21 was receivedfor less than two-thirds of the lands offered for sale, the sale is considered highly satisfactory. Rosebud, 8. Dak.-An agreement was concluded September 14,1901, with the Indians of the Rosebud Reservation, S. Dak., by which they ceded the surplus unallotted lands of that part of their reserve sitmted |