Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-01-07

lns flsurss 90 the suljsst
MAsnisNfoS. iAHnaV Ala response
q 4 lrQufsi for additional lnfofmaiion a.
planaiaIy of toe recommendation 10 bic
last annual report ia Iesard 10 tho Indian
has written Iho following siaiemrnl' In
my annual report fof 1854 recommended
that each Indian family b. given and
locAlrd mon 800 acfss now provided fuf
them b law IN The euufse Of actual settle
monl, that lhe Government then condemn
The remainder OF each reservation and buy
Il ln Al sLes prg acge and with lhe Iforeris
purchase Government bonds " le held m
trust By The Interior napaIlmrnl, giving 10
Tho Indians each year No Interest oa The
bonds iol ihell support
Since the appropriations Zoe ihe support
of lir Indians are not lH eyefy ease made
specially ioF those upon any particular ffs.
cr,ailon, bat faihef collectively fnr those
lnhablng some Siar " Territory, Ia ulak.
lnr Companions with NE rom n0N ifquifed
Tot The subsistence Of the Indians and lhe
annullea allowed them by treaty. The argfo-
gate fof a Territory OF i0f several Teuilo-
Iles has necessarily been considered rather
than fur each irbe or reservation. In Da'
kulA the
PRINCIPAL nksrnYAffoNs
are The Font brilhuld and those Inhabited
hy The various bands NJ Sioux. The Font
Berthuii reservation. win an area Of over
1900 900 acres has a populations of 100
people; the oilen an AREA Of nearly aa, 00O..
600 acres and popa'aton OF about a3, 500.
Carrying or the proposals Of my IMPORT
would, In the former ease, ahod an annual
income of over sit0,OU5 and ln the latter
case a surplus nnoccuped hY The lndiaOs
OF over 20 SOC. 900 acfcs. or an extent of Ter.
fliory equal 10 the combined area OF the
States OF New llamIslllte, Vermont, Mas.
sachusells and Connecticut, tie proceeds OF
which Al four per cent per annnm would
yield an interest OF over $1,000, 600. On
two OF the smaller reservations the
Devils Lake and South Mountain, area
276. $40. population over i.sO0-nearly half
The land would be required by the Indians
IN ihl, case then the Income from the sur
plus would be small, being little less Than
$1,000 per annnm. In Montana the Back
feet reservation contains over 2l,5o0,00O
acres niid population OF lees than 1000
Indians. The surplus land, equal 10 tho
area Of the State of Maine, would then re-
turn an income OF Si,060,000
Considering all the Indians and reserva-
tlons la the Territories OF Dakott aud Mon
tana we have an aggregate area OF over
d00O,000 acres and a population OF less
than $1,000. The surplus area Of nearly
s1l 900 square miles would produce an m.
nual interest OF over s2,bOO,OOO. The ap-
propTlatlnns for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1884, for fulfilling treaties with these
tribes aud for their subsistence and ciyll1a-
ton and the pay Of the employees incident
10 such undertaking amount 10 about sl0.-
0o0 less than this sum. In Wyoming the
ShOshones are located upon tho Wind
River reservation. One hundred and
seventeen thousand dollars per year
could be realized from that surplus
land, III Idaho The Fort Hall Reset Ris5sif7a 7attiioii,
occupied by the Bannocks aud Shoshones,
would in the same way produce each year
S55,00o, and the Cgur d'Alene Reservation
S2s,000. In these two territories OF Wyom-
lug and Idaho, tue total area of the reser-
yatIons are nearly 100000 acres, and the
totli population nearly 5000. An area OF
nearly 1900 square miles almost equal TO
The State OF New Jersey would not he re-
qured for the Indians, aud an Income
would be yielded Of about S2Sb, 900, sum
more than 100000 In excess OF The appro-
priation for this current year. In Oregon
the most populons reservation Is the
Klamath, with
OVER A MILLION ACRES,
lt,s I fftl 4
yield nearly $4,000 year. In Washing
ton Territory the Yakamas, about 8, 200 in
number, occupy the reservation OF 500, 900
acres OF the same name Here the surplus
land would bear but $4,000 a year. In
this State aud Territory the reservation,
with total population OF about i6, 900, EN-
braces s,400, 600 acres, or about seven and
one-half million acres nlnre than would be
required By them under the plan proposed
which would produce per annnm sa10, 600
or about $500 900 more than Is appropriated
for these Indians The different bands
OF Utes in Utah and Colorado mum.
Der about 1860 aud their res
ervatons include over 100000 acres, Of
which the surplus portion would produce
yearly income OF about 100000, or about
Sl75,0O0 more than is being discussed this
year for Their benefit In New Mexico the
Nayaios on the reservation OF the same
name have now 5000. 000 acres for a popu-
latlon OF $4,000 people. Here the surplus
land would yield over S3S0,O00 year For
the surplus lands OF the Mescalero Apaches'
reservation the income would be nearly
100000. In Arizona the principal reserya
liOn Is the White Mountain. with |
the agency at San Carlos. 1t en-
braces more than 100000 acres.
Considerable uncertainty exists as
to its population, but it is probably about
2oo0 in the vicinity Of the agency, and |
2O,00O more who have removed iuto the !
northern part, and are now engaged In 1
farming and IN efforts 10 make themselves /
Carrying out the proposals OF my report /
would leave a balance Of considerably over /
2, 900, 600 acres with, according to the pan, /
about $4,000 per year.
Considering collectively tie Ind ans OF |
New Mexico and Arizona. We have reserya-
lions embracing l6,5O0,000 acres inhabited !
oy nearly $4,000 people. The surplus land /
would Include ahcal l3, $50 900 Of acres,
nHf@H NbutN 1ttfN NANHlNlN4 10 AIt lEdil D
nearly S64O,O00--a sum greater
by sS5o,00O than that appropriated for the
current year for the support Of these In.
dlans. In the Indian Territory the Chey.
enne and Arepah0e, the Ki0wa aud
Commche and the Wichita rcserYa
tons embrace over 5000, 000 acres
The population Is ABOUT 1880
The income from the surplus land
would come within SIS 900 Of eQualing the
amount appropriated Considering all the
Indians, We have a total population OF
nearly $4,000, and an extent Of reservation
Of iS,500,o00 acres, which would produce
IN annual income Of about sl.3S8. 00O The
Indian reservations Of the United States
contain about 100000 square miles. their
population Is about 260.00o Tweniy-six
thousand square miles would locate each
family bron half section Of land, leaving
4 surplus Of about 1904 square miles.
which according to the plan have proposed
would produce annually s4,4sO,C09.
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Imported Ieprnss.
LANSING, Ia, January t-The MiiTul