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Show In addition to the foregoing the Department has authorized the alienation of tracts of land for town sites in accordance with applica-tions made under the act of March 3, 1903 (32 Stat. L., 996), as follows : Lum3.a a2denated for twvn sttes. Nation. Number EStimated Chootsw ........................................................ 24 1,305.66 a44 W9.08 Ohickassv ...................................................... 9 614.M 38' 712.85 Chamkee ........................................................ 24 OB1.M 77:19843 Creek ............................................................ -66- a,m-.m -288,6 18.86 Total ..................................................... 122 7,228.30 548,681.11 Under the same act and under the act of June 21,1906 134 Stat. L.,, . 339), allottees have been authorized to selI all or parts of their allot-ments in lots and blocks for town-site purposes, as follows: Allotted lands alienated for town sites. Number 1 Nation. I d ofsp~lf- A&age. / oatlone. I Chms*. ..... ................................................................................................. ...... Chlck-w .; : Chwkee ....................................................... Cmek .......................................................... Total ...................................................... Adult Creek allottees, with the consent of the Secretary of the Interior, have the right under section 16 of the act of July 30, 1902 (32 Stat. L., 500), to seU the lmds allotted to them, exclusive of their homesteads, and the following sales have been made: Number of traits ............................................ 867 Number of acres ............................................. 73,379.42 A s v e.. . ........................................... $886,969.68 Amount for whlch sold ....................................... 8,163,748.39 PROTECTION OF FULL BLOODS. It came to my knowledge that many full-blood, Indians of tbe Indian Territory were giving deeds covering their surplus lands and were receiving in return very much less than their reasonable value. Therefore on March 4 I issued a circular letter addressed to "Every full-blood Indian citizen of the Five Civilized Tribes, and had 25,000 copies of it distributed. The letter was printed on one side of the sheet in English and on the reverse side in the languages oT the flve tribes respectively. The full bloods were told that in winding up their affairs and distributing the property of the respective nations among their citizens the Government was doing everything in iks |