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Show ON RESERVATIONS. The allotments approved during the year, but for which patents I have not yet issued, were: During last year patents were issued and delivered to Indians, classified by reservations, as follows: Kiowa, a . . 513 ' La Pointe , Wis .---------11- -.--- Oto and Missourla, Oklc. ._....1 21 1 Crow, Mont ----.--.--1.,9-8-1 --.--- Pine Ridge, S. Dak ---.--1-,4-63- -De-vl-ls Lake, N. Dak -----.------- .-- Standing Roek, S. Dak ----.-86-8 -. / Sae'and Fox, Kana. and Nebr-- 37 Shoshoni, Wyo ---.---1-,7-81- 8 C-ro-w -Cr-eek-, S-. D ak ------.-2 --- Rosebud, S. Dak ....-_.__25.2 .' _Wh-it.e Ea rth, Minn _-_3-,15.8_ ----- Yankton, S. Dak .---_?---_ -.2- 1 -Tu rtle Mountain, N. Dak ---..-32-6 Quinaielt, Wash- --_---11.9 -I -----_ - Yakima, Wash. ------..--.--.-T-ot al ---------10-,6-43- -...-- Pine Ridge, S, D& .-_..--81-6 --_- Lummi, Wash ---..------9 ..---- Crow, Mont -----..--.-.52- ..---. Swinomish, Wash- ------.-1- .--. Kiowa, Okla .--..-.----.5-11. .--. Skokomish, Wash- ----.--.3-1 -.-- Oto and Missonria, Okla. .-._.36.9 The condition of the work in the field is as follows: Columbia (Moses agreement) .-Under what is known as the "Moses agreement," confirmed by the act of July 4, 1884 (23 Stat. L., 79), 37 original and 3 supplemental allotments were made to the Columbia Indians in Washington. Nos. 30 and 34, in favor of Snain chucks and Paul, respectively, were relinquished by the allottees, and the allotments canceled; No. 37, in favor of John Salla Salla. was restored to the public domain by Executive Order of January 19, 1895 ; and Nos. 33,35, and 36 in favor of KO mo dal kiah, Que lock us som, and Se cum ka nal lux, respectively, are unsurveyed, but the Commissioner of the General Land Office has directed the surveyor-general for Washington to close the public surveys on these allotments and segregate them from the public lands. Patents for the remaining allotments, as "replatted and lotted" by the surveyor-general of Washington under instructions from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, were sent on May 13, 1907, to 'Inspector Tinker for delivery to the allottees or their heirs, the heirs to be ascertained according to the laws of the State of Wash-ington. The "Moses agreement act" of March 8, 1906 (34 Stat. L., 55), provides a ~ o n got her things that the allottees, or heirs of deceased' allottees, may sell and convey all the lands covered by any patent, except 80 acres, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, all such conveyances to be subject to his approval tcz convey title. The inspector was instructed to visit and appraise each lot separately and to report all the facts, so that the Department Walker River, Nev .-----.4-90. --- Yakima, Wash ---..-.--..6-53. --- Columbia (Moses agreement)., Wash ---...----.--3-3 -----.--- Shoshoni (ceded lands), Wyo- -368 Total ---------3-,3-63- --.---- |