The Portland daily press., 1886-01-04

vations include over 10000 acres, of which
the surplus portion would produce a yearly
income of about $240,0O0. or about $4,000
more than is being disbursed this year for
their benefit.
In New Mexico the Navjos on the reserva.
tion of the same name have now over 100000
acres for population of q, 900 people Here
the surplus land would yield over $330000 a
wear. Tax the surplus lands of Miscalero
Apache reservation the income would be
near $1,000
In Arizona the principal reservation is the
White Mountain with the agency at San
Carlos. 1t embraces more than D million
acres and population of 5000 in ALL The
plan proposed would leave balance OF con-
siderably over two million acres with about
$4,000 per year.
In Indian Territory the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe KiOWa and COmanche and Wa
chita reservations embrace over 100000
acres, the population is about 1850 and the
income from the surplus land ($370,000)
would come within $4,000 of equalling the
amount of the appropriation.
In Wyoming the ShoShoneS are located on
the Wind River reservation and one hundred
and seventeen thousand dollars per year
could he derived here from the surplus land.
In Idaho, Fort Hall reservation is occupied
by the Bannocks and Shoshones, and would
in the same way produce each year S55, 900;
the Occur D'Alene reservation S2S, 600. In
these two territories of Wyoming and Idaho
the total area of reservations is nearly 5,OOO,-
600 acres and total population nearly 5000.
An area here of nearly 7200 square miles, al
most equal to the State of New Jersey, would
not be required for the Indians and an in
come would be yielded of about 900,
sum more than 100000 in excess of the APP
preparation for the current year.
In Oregon the most populouS reservation is
Klamoth with over 100000 acres but less
than 1000 inhabitants. 1t would yield nearly
$4,000 year.
In Washington Territory Of the Yakamasa
about 300 in number, occupy reservation
of 500. 600 acres of the same name. Hear the
surplus land would bear but $4,000. year
In this state and territory reservations Win
a total population of about 10000 embrace
S,400,000 or about seven and one third million
acres more than would be required by them
under the plan proposed which would pro-
duce per annum $370,000 or about $780,
more than is appropriated for these Indians,
The Indian reservations of the United
States contain about 100000 square miles,
and their population Is about 100000; $4,000
square miles would locate each family upon
half a section (320 acresl of land, leaving a
surplus of about 100000 square miles, which,
according to the plan proposed, would pro-
duce annually S4,4S0,000. This amount ex-
seeds yod0ed by a6oat 6SGGe Ge paTen tRe dn'f of
their annuities and for their subsist--
ence and civilization. The policy advocated
in my report would be most advantageouSly
applied gradually the general government OF
the Indians being continued according to the
methods now in vogue on such Improvement
of them as time and experience may suggest
The ultimate development of the suggested
policy would as the Indians advance in civ
ilization and intelligence result in the return
to them of the principal derived from the
sale of their lands which until such measures
were taken by act of Congress would be held
as trust for their benefit and the income
applied to their support.