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Show 58 COMMISEIONEB OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 1, 1904, the Department designated Special Allotting Agent Charles H. Bates to make such allotments. He entered upon duty August 26. Crow Reservation, Xont.-Special Allotting Agent John K. Rankin reported September 5, 1904, that he had made 1,920 allotments, being 563 for the year ended on that date. -%pklahoma.-Section 8 of the Indian appropriation %IaCct,, ap proved ~ ~ r i l1@904 (33 Sfria., 217). contains the following provisions for the allotment of Ponca and Oto lands: That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be allotted, under the provisionsof the actof Congressapproved February 8, 1887 (24 Stats., 388), * * as amended by the act approved February 28, 1891 (26 Stats., 784), to each and every child born of a recognized member of the Ponca tribe, and to each and every child born of a recognized member of the Otoeand Mis-souria tribe of Indians, since the completion of allotments to said tribes, respectively, and prior to the 30th day of June, 1904, and alive and in being on that date, 80 acres of agricultural or 160 acres of grazing land within the reservation of the trihe to which said child belongs. That after said allotments shall have been made the remaining unallotted lands in each of said reservations shall be allotted under said acts in such manner as to give all the members of the trihe living on the 30th day of June, 1904, as near as may be, an equal quantity of land in acres. Provided, That before making said allotments the Secretary of the Interior may reserve for Govern-ment purposes, or far the common use of the tribe, not exceeding 640 acres in each of said reservations. June 10,1901, this Office instructed the superintendent of the Ponca and Oto agencies to prepare schedules of children living on June 30 and born since allotments to the tribes were completed, and also lists of allottees who were alive on June 30. July 1 Superintendent New-man forwarded lists of 71 unallotted Oto and Missouria children and 293 allottees, and July 6 Superintendent Noble forwarded lists of 156 unallotted Ponca children and 472 allottees. July 18 the O5ce submitted to the Department the recommendation of Hon. B. S. McGuire that R. If. Bressie be appointed allotting agent for the Ponca and George T. Hart for the Oto and Misouria tribes. Moencopi, Ariz.-Sixteen allotments to certain Moqui and Navaho Indians at Moencopi Wash in the vicinity of Tuba City, Ariz., have been adjusted to the correct public survey by Inspector McLaughlin. Such action was made necessary by the erroneous survey of Deputy Von Erxleben, the original allotments having been made in accordance with that survey. July 23, 1904, the Department advised this Office that the Commissioner of the General Land O5ce had been requested to amend the schedules embracing these allotments, on file in his office, so as to conform to the new and corrected schedules, and to cause patents to issue thereon in lieu of the patents issued October 20,1902, the same having been relinquished by the respective Indian allottees. Authority was accordingly granted to amend the schedules embracing these allotments on file in this O5ce, and they will be so amended |
