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Show I REPORT OF CONMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIES. 97 The ground that the reservoir is to be used for mining and power purposes Is not honest. There are no mining interests requiring these improvements, and absolutely no warrant or reason for the generation of power in that locality. * * Mr. Mamby, it will be understood, claims under the Antonio Martinez grant, which was made in 1716, and which can be followed by the green lines on the map marked "Exhibit E." * * The department will rmderstand that since the filing of this suit, the pur-chasers of the Vegil heirs have had what is known as the "Leronx grant" approved by a special act of Congress, the land court of New Mexico, which grant or survey is now before the Commissioner of the General Land OBica It will be seen (Exhibit Bl) that the Leroux grant, which is shown by the yellow lines, overlaps both the Indians' and the Mamby interests. This grant was made in 1742. The special attorney for the Pueblos has been instructed to carry out several recommendations made by Mr. Brewster for the protec-tion of the rights of the Indians. m E EASTERN BAND OF OHEROKEES. Last year's report referred to the sale in 1906, by the council of the Emtern band of Cherokee Indians, of 35,000 acres of land in Swain County, N. C., known as the Love speculation tract," for $245.000. When this land was sold the Indians undefstood that the money was to be distributed to them per capita as fast as it was paid in. As I the o5ce had no authentic roll on hand, it became necessary to take a new census of the band in order to determine who were entitled to share in the fund. Superintendent Harris of the Eastern Cherokee School reported on June 14,1907, that he was having great difficulty in preparing the new roll, and he was thereupon directed to submit two rolls, one showing the names of all Eastern Cherokees whom tho council was willing to enroll, and the other showing those who claimed the right to enrollment but who had moved into the State since October 23,1874, the date of the award of the Qualla bcund:try lands to the Indians. On September 27, 1907, he requested that the enroIIment be as-signed to some one else, since he could not attend to that work and to his duties as school superintendent at the same time. United States Indian Inspector Frank C. Churchill was accordingly instructed by the department on October 11, 1907, to make a complete census of the band. His report of May 20, 1906, with the new census roll and a large number of applications, was returned to the department with ofice recommendations on August 15, and was approved as recommended on August 17. It became evident, soon after the inspector began work, that con-siderable time must elapse before the money then in the hands of the |