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Show of the Department, granted at the request of the Office, on April 2. 1.906. The desired consent has not yet been obtained. According to the superintendent's response of June 16, the Indians seem indifferent about the matter, but he says he will endeavor to carry out the instruc-tions of the Office at the earliest practicable date. If they give their written consent to the sale of these tracts an appraisement thereof will be made and submitted for approval. The current Indian appropriation act c34 Stat. L., 377) authocizes the Secretary of the Interior in his discretion to sell, under regula-tions to be prescribed by him, any tract or'tracts of land heretofore reserved for the Puyallup Indian School not now needed for school purposes, and to use the proceeds of said sale for the establishment of an industrial and manual training school for the Puyallup and allied tribes and bands of Indians at the site of the present Puyallup Indian School. Should any sales be made as authorized by the law cited, steps will be taken to use the proceeds thereof for the establishment of E U C a~ t raining school. The clause restricting the sale ,of Puyallup allotted lands by the allottees and true owners thereof expired on March, 3, 1903, since when these Indians have had the same right to sell their lands as any other citizens of the State of Washington. Before that date the Government had sold for the use and benefit of the Indians more than 7,027.26 acres'for a total consideration of $420,308.83. The amount of cash and deferred payments collected to June 30 last on the sale of allotted lands, principal and interest, aggregates $430,- 675.24. These sales were made for one-third cash and the balance in five equal annual payments. The last of the deferred payments on the allotted lands will not probably be made until about March 3, 1908, and the last deferred . payments on the Indian addition lots will be due February 14, 1911. The Puyallup Commission work can be closed then or about that time, unless the Indians consent to sell tracts 2, 4, 5, 20, 21, and 22, above mentioned, on the usual terms as to deferred payments; that would delay somewhat the completion of the work. STOOKBRIDGE AND XUNSEE INDIANS. The affairs of the Stockbridge and Munsee Indians in Wisconsin have been badly confused for many years. The act, of March 3, 1845 (5 Stat. L., 645), which provided for the allotment of their lands and made them citizens, was very unsatisfactory, and resulted in dividing the tribe into two factions, styled the Indian party and the citizen party, the Indian party rejecting the provisions of the law. Owing to the many controversies which arose, the Congress, by act of August 6, 1846 (9 Stat. L., 55), repealed the act of 1843 and |
