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Show I . 0 0 ~ I 8 8 I O N E R OF INDIAN AEFAIES. 69 I LAND SCRIP ISSUED BY INDIAN OFFICE. t Recently request was made that the General Land Office be fur-nished with a statement of land scrip issued by this Office, giving the acts of Congress under which it was issued, number of pieces, different 1 series, and area of land called for nnder each series. This information was desired for the useof the Public Land Commission appointed by the Presided for the purpose of examining into the operation of the present land laws. The information furnished will be convenient for future reference, and may nbt be uninteresting in this report. Lake Pepin Sioux scrip.-There were issued under the act of July 17, 1854 (10 Stats., 304), to half-breed and mixed bloods of the Sioux Nation of Indians scrip covering 322,320 acres, known as Lake Pepin Sioux half-breed scrip, as follows: Issued in 1856: 641 pieces for 40 acres ewh, series 1 A to 641 A; 641 pieces for 40 wren each, series 1 B to 641 B; 641 pieces for 80 wres each, series 1 C to 641 C; 641 pieces for 160 acres eaoh, series 1 D to 641 D; 641 pieces for 160 acres each, series 1 E to 641 E. Issued'in 1860, known as "New Issue": 38 pieces for 40 acres each; 38,pieces for 160 acres each; 38 pieces for 160 acres each; 12 pieces for 40 acres each, Nos. 1 A to 1 M, both inclusive; 12 pieces for 40 acres each, Nos. 2 A to 2 M, both inclusive. It should be remarked that Nos. 11 D and 11 E, each for 160 acres, appear to have been exchanged in 1862 for 8 pieces for 40 acres each, numbered 11 D, and that Nos. 12 D and 12 E, eaoh for 160 acres, appear to have been exchanged. in 1862 for 8 pieces for 40 acres each, num-bered 12 D. Duplicates of the above-described scrip have been issued in some cases because of the established loss or destruction of the original scrip, but in no instance has the quantity of land covered by scrip of this cha~ltcterb een either increased or diminished. Red Lake and Pembina scrip.-There were issued at various dates, under the treaty of April 12, 1864 (13 Stats., 689), with the Red Lake andpembina bands of Chippewa Indians, to half-breeds and mixed bloods of those bands 477 pieces of scrip, each for 160 acres of land. The series Ian from Nos. 1 to 490, excepting Nw. 413, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 423, 424, 426, 430, 433,434, and 437, for which scrip did not finally issue. This scrip aggregates 76,320 acres. Chippewa of Lake Superior strip.-Under the treaty of September 10, 1854 (10 Stats., 1109), with the Chippewa of Lake Superior and .Mississippi, there were issued at different times 326 pieces of scrip for 80 acw each to the mixed bloods belonging to the Chippewa of Lake Superior. The series ran from Nos. 1 to 333, except 110,111, 205, 312, 313, 314, 315, which were never issued. This scrip cov-ered 26,080 acres. a Ponca half-breed scrip.-Fifteen pieces of Ponca half-breed scrip were issued under the provisions of the treaty of March 12,1858, third aAdditional scrip rvaa reported to the and Office Deccrnber 3, 1904. |