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Show the Superintendent to draw from the Indian's individual Indian money (The industrial fund now being placed), without the'Indian"s consent, a sum of money sufficient to defray the expenses^ the first year of the lease; of clearing, breaking, leveling and fenolng the land. It may be already clear to the Office why this unusual and radical authority must be sought, but it will be more clear when the Office is made acquainted with the fact that there are Indians on thia reservation who will not admit that they possess allotments; who positively affirm that they have no allotments; that they own all the country in sight; and that they expect to continue to own everything in sight. it might be that in the course of years these Indians could be brought to look at these matters differently, and that,, if the •-uperintendent had time, to coax and cajole them, he might ultimately succeed in accomplishing his desire v/ithout the authority now being sought; but during this interim the water right would be lost; in which event, the Indian's statement that he had no allotment would, to all intents and purposes be true, for with the loss of the water ri*?ht, he would have lost everything of value on the allot- |
