Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-12-29
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

The whole surf.ce of tAe public domain is
stated at /, ,450 .0JJ,D0o acres, of which 57,4l2,
$40 acres have never been offered for sale, and
9J000,001 acres were subject to entry at private
sale on the 3Jsh September last. The number
of acres thus far sold is 1863, ,562 46i leaving
disposed of, l03jI37 ,536 acres. Last year,
- 833, ,46l acres Of pabiic lands were Surveyed
and reported; $500 so acres were sold for cash;
1881 .OI0 we"c located with military warrants,
and the Raj Road grants uude: the ac. OF March
were 5n6,00O acres. The sum received on
cash sales was 8 223 95S, falling off Of So
so, lis. with a corr, spouing falling off in the
location Of lands with warrants Of more than -
per cent. There are 81 organized Land Dis
.ricts-but none for New Mexico or Utah.
The Indian tribes within oar limits now num-
Der 325.9)) sonls. The Indian Bureau IL put
ting fo~th eiT,.ts to in luce the savages to take
up with tixei hl5itatlons without winch little
can ba dlae towards am slioratIug their condi-
ton. 4 p an. re-, 'nn"n lei b. the 1a'raf1-y-
su rre,ts the gathering afihc Indial~ on smaller
reservations and in dsaser settlements,-.he
reservations to be divided into farms and dis
tributed among the individuals of the tribes,
without the p,wer ofs1le or transfer, with cell
tral farms for the instruction of the children,
aud a supply Of implements of agricultural for
all The tribes which have advanced in civiliz-
/ alton and VII ,se prospects are gratifying, are
/ those in the Southern aperinrendeacy. the
/ Caoct7ws. ChicLasaxs Chc-akees and Creeks
with the Scminolcs in the territory west Of Ar
lans7s. The establish ucn. Of i District Court
for this Superip,enlency IS rec nnnende3, to
heal disputes among the people. In ashlng-
ton and Oregon the savages rem lin beitIgerent.
Ii IS reeomnen led that the expenses Of 4 dele
cation from these tribes to the Federal capital
be p,id by the Govern nnnt, in order that they
may have an opportunity to be act right In
dian trust funds have been invested IN State
Stocks to the amount of S2.4sl4I6.
The Bureau of Pensions returns satisfactory
report. Upto June, 1887, a total of S5l,3l l6'0
in money. and large donations of land, had been
paid to Revolutionary soldiers or their widows
During the past year fl ,453 warrants for bounty
land have been issued, requiring to satisfy then
6352, 100 acres of public land. The 'm5er o.
warrants issued under all tire Bounty Land act
of Congress from the Revolutionary War 10 th'
present time is 5i7,250-requirlng 611049i,
, acres of land Frauds upon the Pension Olhc,
are numerous. and an extension OF the statutor.
a limit of two years IS recommended TO remcd.
this evil.
The wagon-road works have been commenc
ed on the routes from Fort kea~ney to Hone
, Lake, in California, from FL PaSo to Fort \ unE
: At the mouth Of the CHA. and from the Pia;t
river to the Running Water.
The Patent OFicc reports that from Januar
a1- !. ,--
EMS were received, so caveats were hiled' :
p 066 patents we're issued, aud 2251 aPPs'e,ition
were rejected. The receipts of this bureau II
three quarters of the year have been Sl6i,9 Z
y excess of expenditures. S2,526. OF the expeno
. itu. es 527.93) were made up Of fees restored
:, applicants after the examination of their case