St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-14
Personnel Of the Commission
That Will Dickep for.
Them.
The Trio Will Leave the Ma
tional Capital To-Day
for Bismarck.
They Compose the Most I'm
pOrtant Indian Commits
sion Of Recent Years.
Work Will Be Begun at Stand
ing Rock Agency
at Once.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, July 13.-There will
start from Washington tomorrow a
commission composed of Judge John v.
Wright, of. Tennessee, the law clerk of
the general land office; Rev. W. a.
Cleveland, missionary of the Episcopal
church at Rosebud agency, and Capt.
X. III. Pratt, superintendent of the Car
Isle, Pa, Indian school, who are to ne
gotiate with the Sioux Indians of Da-
kOta for the surrender of large part of
their great reservation. This commits
sion in view of the results desired
to be accomplished will doubtless
be the most important Indian COM
mission for years. In addition to
its endeavOr to secure part of the reser-
vatiOn for the public domain, the COM
mission will make allotmentS of lands
to the Sioux Indians. The act of con-
gresS which the commission hope to
have Endorsed by the Sioux Indians pro-
videS for permanent reservations, to be
taken out of the great Sioux reservation
as it now stands. with agencies at Pine
Ridge, Rosebud, Standing Rock, Chey-
enne River, Lower Brule and Crow
Creek. If the Indians agree to the
allotment in Severalty, many thousand
acres of land will be thrown
OPEN TO PUBLIC SETTLEMENT.
To carry out the provisions of the act
of congress $4,000 is provided for the
expenses of the commission, and the
president authorized, whenever in his
opinion any reservation OF the Sioux In
dianS or any part of it is advantageous
for agricultural or grazing purposes
and the progress in civilization of the
Indians receiving rationS on either or
any of the reservations shall be such as
to encourage the belief that an allot-
ment in Severalty to such indians, or
any of them, would be for the best i'll
terests of the Indians, to cause the res
ervation or so much thereof as
re-surveyed, and to allOt the
lands in the reservation in Severalty to
the Indians located thereon, i'll quanti-
ties as follows: To each head of fam
lily, one-fourth of a section; to each SIN
gle person over eighteen years OF age,
One-fOurth of a section; to each orphan
child under eighteen years of age, one
fourth of section, and to each other
person under eighteen years now liv-
ing, or who may be born prior to the
date of the order Of the president
directing an allotment of the lands en-
braced in any reservation, one-elghth OF
a section. In case there is not sufficient
land in either of the reservations to
allot lands to each individual of the
classes named, in quantities as provided,
the lands embraced in such reservation
or reservations shall be
ALLOTTED TO EACH INDIVIDUAL
of each of said classes pro rata in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the act.
1t further provides that where the lands
.on any reservation are mainly valuable
for grazing purposes additional ailot-
ment of such grazing lands in quanti-
ties shall be made to each individual. or
in case any two or more Indians who
may be entitled to allotments shall so
agree, the president may assign the
grazing lands to which they may be en-
titled to them in one tract, and to be
held and used in common. The COM
mission will take with it for distribu-
ton among the Sioux Indians
1000 printed copies of the
act of congress, that the Indians may
become familiar with its provisions.
The members of the commission will
meet in Bismarck, OAK, the early part
of next week. Work will be begun at
the Standing Rock agency. The other
agencies will be visited i'll their
regular order as they are reached in
moving down the Missouri river. The
Rev. Mr., Cleveland appointed a MEM
Der of the commission, is not brother
of the president, as has been stated. lie
speaks the Sioux language tiuently.