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Show REJ?ORT OF TEE COMMISSIONFA OF INDIAN AEFAIES. 55 In 1885 the stocks and bonds purchased under the treaty of 1836 were sold and the proceeds converted to the use of the United States. The tribe still maintained that it did not surrender the securities men-tioned, and was authorized by the act of March 3, 1905 (33 Stat., 181), to take its cause to the United States Court of Claims. The sum of $9,786.69, which represented certain moneys that had been erroneously covered into the fnnds of the Treasury, is included in this payment. ~ . The roll of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan entitled to participate in these funds wasmade in accordance with the act of April 30,1908 (35 Stat., 70). It contains the names of 5,442 members of the tribe living March 4, 1907, and also the names of 202 children born after that date and prior to August 1,1908, the date of complet-ing the roll in the field. The sum of $105,758.69 is being disbursed to the 5,442 members of the tribe, a per c?.pita payment of $19.43. The $9,786.69 to be paid to the 5,442 members of the tribe plus the 202 children born after the date of the judgment will be divided equally, making a second per capita payment of $1.74. The total per capita to be paid to the adult members of the tribe is $21.16. The children born subsequent to the date of the award will receive per capita $1.74. The Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of =chigan represented by the treaty of July 31,1855, as entitled to share in the award and other fnnds mentioned were made up of five bands-Sault Ste. Marie, Mackinac, Little Traverse, Grand Traverse, and Grand River. The ' Chippewas known as Black River, Swan Creek, and Saginaw bands were not parties to the award and are not entitled to share in the payments now being made. Respectfully, ROBERGT. VALENTINE, Commi8sioner. |