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Show 66 BEPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OP THE INTERIOR. md the schedules of 74 allotments were approved on June 28, 1905, leaving 320 acres unallotted. Charles H. Bates, who is the allotting ageut in charge of allotting the Pine Ridge Sioux, reports, on July 29, 1905, 694 allotments. Many of the Indians who have heretofore strongly opposed allotments have now changed their minds and made their selections, among others Red Cloud and American Horse. Mr. George A. Keepers, in December, 1904, began making allot-ments to the Ponca born since the former allotments were completed. On July 24,1905, he transmitted schedule showing the 156 allotments made. He is now making allotments to those entitled under the act of April 21, 1904 (33 Stat. L., 217), which provides that after allot-ments to the children have been made the surplus land shall be allotted so as to give each member of the tribe as nearly as possible an equal quantity of land in acres. On March 20, 1905, G. L. W~lliams, superintendent of the Pota-watomi School, submitted a schedule of 106 allotments, and on June 27,1905, another schedule of 3 allotments, which, it is said, completen the allotments to be made on this reservation under the acts of Feb-ruary 28, 1899 (30 Stat. L., 909), and March 3, 1903 (32 Stat. L., 1007). The land is substantially exhausted. The exact quantity remaining and to he sold, if the foregoing schedules are approved, can not now be stated. On May 15, 1905, the President designated Finch R. Archer a special allotting ageut for the Indians on the Quinaielt Reservation He began work July 1, 1905. The work on this reservation will of necessity proceed slowly, owing to the very heavy timber, thick under-growth, and many streams, so that it is not now possible to approxi-mate the date when it will be finished. Special Allotting Agent Carl Gunderson closed the work of allot-ting the Rosebud Sioux on May 29, 1905, the total number of allot-ments made by hi being 252 and 3 additional allotments. This leaves only 79 Indians unallotted, owing to their persistent refusal to take lauds in severalty. Allotments on the Unitah Reservation are referred to on page 145. Special Allotting Agent H. G. Nickerson began work on the Sho-shone Reservation on May 21,1903, and reported on July 31,1905, that he had made, up to that date, 1,174 allotments. These include revi-sion of allotments made by the former alloting agents. His work is referred to again under Shoshone Reservation, page 153. MOSES ADBBBPBNT ALLOTYIPNTS. Under what is known as the "Moses agreement," entered into on July 7, 1883, between the United States and Chief Moses and other Indians of the Columbia and Colville reservations in Washington (23 Stat. L., 79, 80), 37 allotments have been made. In certain of |