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Show 2 the thermometer registering from zero to 36* below zero, it will be seen that camping out,even if the coramiBsion was provided with a camping outfit,would be dangerous to the health of the commission and palrty." He stated that from this report he was satisfied that no allotments could be made on the Uncompahgre reservation before the first of April next (on which day all the unallotted lands,except those containing gilsonite,&c.»are,under the Act of June 7,1897, 30 Stats.,p.62,to be opened to settlement),and that it therefore seemed to be imperative that the opening should be postponed for a sufficient time to permit allotments to be made to the Indians residing oh the reservation who wish to remain. I do not find in the Record any reference to the Joint Resolution,but the Indian Appropriation Bill as passed by the Senate contains an amendment (t.o.50) extending the time for opening this reservation six months from April 1,1898. The necessity for this extension still exists as the Chairman of the Commission in a communication,dated February 25,1898, states that the snow is fran 18 to 25 inches deep. He expresses the opinion that the allotments on the Uncompahgre reservation can be completed by October first. While it is probable that the Senate amendment will be concurred in by the House.it is unlikely that the Indian Appropriation Bill will become a law before the first of April. (The earliest |
