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Show 64 . REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AJ?FWS. Any attempt to force agriculture on such Indians as a regular vocation would undoubtedly spoil a lot of good watermen in order to make a few poor farmers. Therefore a. town site has been sur-veyed at Neah Bay, and it is purposed to issue to the Indians who occupy the village lots certificates of occupancy, which will give them a guarantee of title sufficient to warrant them in investing their sav-ings in the construction of substantial homes. The 10 acres allotted to each will give enough land for their simple needs in the way of hay and vegetables, to be cultivated when they are not engaged in fishing. The remainder of the reservation is covered chiefly with timber, and it is believed that this should be allotted in 40-acre tracts, or else some plan should be devised for its protection and care as the common property of the entire tribe, the income derived from the sale of the matured timber to be applied to the construction of wharves, furnishing a water supply for the town of Neah Bay, and other municipal improvements. It is the intention of the office to recommend legislation which will authorize the issue to the Indians of patents for their town lots, containing only such restrictions against alienation as will protect the owners against spoliation. Mopui, Arioona.-The General Land Office is now surveying this reservation, which includes 2,472,320 acres,and at the same time a special allotting agent is making allotments to the Indians under the provisions of the act of March 1, 1907 (34 Stat. L., 1015-1021), and the general allotment acts. He has made 372 allotments and expects to finish his work within one year. Osage, 0klahm.-Allotment work on this reservation is referred to on page 114. Quinaielt, Washington.-The allotment of the Indians on the Quinaielt Reservation has been attended with many difficulties, principally because of the heavy growth of timber and underbrush and consequent inaccessibility of the lands to be allotted. Special Allotting Agent Finch R. Archer' has been in charge of the work, which was continued throughout the last fiscal year and now is nearly complete. Sioux, North and South Dakota.-Under the provisions of the act of March 1, 1907 (34 Stat. L., 1048), Special Allotting A&nt John D. Deets has been allotting lands to children and to married women in the Crow Creek, Lower BrulQ and Cheyenne River Reservat.ions. He has made 478 allotments, and, having practically finished his work at Crow Creek and Lower Bml6, is now making allotments at Chey-enne River. Special Allotting Agent Carl Gunderson ha8 been making allot-ments to the Indians on the Stahding Rock Reservation. Of a possi- , ble total approximating 3,500, he has finished 2,970. |