Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-12-16
AID FOR INDIANS.
report ofthe Commission orths Work
that has been Accomplished.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l3.-rhe commiss'Cu
consisting of Bishop H B Wlipple, of NJ n
neso,a; Colonel 10 IN V. Wr ght, OF Ten.es
see, and Major c. F. Larrabee, of the Indian
Office appointed under act OF congre s to ne
gotate with certain tribes and bands II In
dams In NJ nnesota, Dakota, Non ana, Idaho
and Wash ngton territories, have submitted
to General Atkins, commissioner of Indian a.
fairs, a report of their OF erations up to De-.
/, 1886. The r,port says that two Sc arate and
distinct agrt ements have been efrec ed as q
result OF their negotiations, one with the In.
dams Of White Earth, Leech Lake, Cass Lake,
Lake W nnebigoshlsb aud White Oak Point
reservations and the Gul River band, and the
other with the Ind ans Of the Red Lake reser.
vations. By the terms of the agreement with
the White Earth, Lake Winnebigoshish and
other scattered bands of the Oh ppewas, con-
cluded August II, 1856, the unoccupied Ian Is
of the White Earth reservat ons are thrown
open for all of the tribes and ban]s of Cl!ppc
was in Minnesota, the Indians now occupying
the reservation, which contains about $1,000
acres, being first perrnittt to make selections
for themselves. The quantity of land each
Indian will be entitled to receive und2r the
agreement is as follows: Each bead Of fami-
ly, 100 acres; each single person over eighteen
years of age, 80 acres; each orphan child I'M
der eighteen years of age, 50 acres; each othor
person under eighteen'yearso of age, 40 acres. The
Indians are to have the benefit of and be subject
the criminal laws of the State in all offenses,
the penalty of which l. death or Imprisonment
in the State renitentiary. Provision is made
for the support of the In lians removing to
White Firth, to be continued until they
are able to take care of themselves, but in no
event to exceed two years. Each head Of q
family and each male Indian over IS years of
age, when he becomes a permanent resident
upon his allotment, will be provided with a
comfortable hewed-log house, cook stove, q
yoke of oxen, a pillow, wagon and COW, an
axe and other implements of husbandry. Each
Indian shall have five acres Of laud broken for
him and be provided with seed for the first
crop. Indus al aud district schools are to be
establishei 70: all children on the reservation.
To enable the government to carry out these
designs the In ians cede large tract of land
belonging 10 them NORTH of Leech lake, which
Is to be sold upon the most advantageous
terms possible. The agreement cont inns sew
eral other provisions intended to protect the
persons and property and i'm prove the moral
conditions of the Indians. BY the terms of
the agreement with the Red LAX, band OF
Chippewas, concluded Aug. %, 1886, about
two-thirds OF their reservat OIL, or an area esti-
mated to contain over loco, o % acres, cod d
10 the United States to b. sol 70: the benefit
OF The Ird ans. The por lon ceded embra e;
vast timber zone. said to be Of almost incaicu-
liable value. The rel ort saws that these Indians
require immediate hlp and was agreed tina
the Unit d States should advance $4,000 tn
be expended in the building of an agency, saw
and grist mill, AMI in the erection OF Comfort
able houses and the purchase of certain need
full implements. Schools are provided for as
in>the cas- Of the White Earth Ind ans. As
W tn the White Earths, the Grim nal laws of
Minnesota are extended over the reservation
in certain cases. These agreements cannot be-
come operative until they are approved by
Congress.