Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-01-30
RED LAKE RESERVATION
TO Be Opened About June 1,
1893.

TO Be Opened About juno /,
1890.
trrom Thief River FylA rraas.l !
The townships to, be thrown oper
Tor settlement UPON the issuing ii thu
Presidents Proclamation are situat
ed IN the western and southwestern
part o! the reservation. Thessl.nd.
edjoin the counties Of Polk and Mar
shall on the east and number in al
thirty.six townships.
The greater part Of the land 90 &c
be opeLed ,eonsists OF meadow and
sarmin. lands Of the richest soil, q
black loan With q clay subsoll, ready
for the pillow, the section Of marsh or
swamp and tanarac going to the
government under the swamp land
act.
No one settler will he permitted to
cake more thNh 100 ncres. Tie en-.
try OF the full area would permit the
taking Of 3,1s4 claims OF a quarter
section each. And il three-quarters
OF the thirty-six townships should
prove desirable for entry, rs Chief
Douglas, OF the government land ex-
amiaing corps. thinks it will, there
would be 1888 claims of 100 acres
each, less al! ta,uarac and marshy
tracte.
Row TO sFcuEE AN ENTRY.
These entire tracts OF land arr stu
ated in the Cr,okstuh land district
and to that Office must the settlers
apply for entry. He must not only
comply with the Ave years residence
clause OF the homestead law but
must also pay for the land at the
rate at d. rs per acre. which amount
shall he paid in Ave annual install.
ments Of $<O.0O ench 40 is explained
By the following section Of IAN act
tor the relief and civilization Of the
Chippewa Indians In the state OF
Minnesota approved Jan. IA, 1889:
''SEcTlt,S 6. That when any OF the
agricultural lands on said reserva-
ton not allotted. under this act nor
reserved for the future use Of said In
dams have been surveyed, the Secrs-
tary OF the Interior shall give thirty
days notice through at least one
Newspaper published at Saint Paul
end CrookstOn. in the state of Mime.
sofa, and at the expiration of thirty
days, the snid agricultural lands 90
surveyed shall be disposed of by the
United States to actual settlers only
under the provisions of the home.
stead law: PROVIDED, That each
settler under aud in accordance with
the provisions Of snId homestead
laws shall pny to the United States
for tho land 50 taken by him the sam
Of one dollar and twenty-five cents
for each AMI every acre, in Ave equal
annual payments, and shall be en-.
titled to patent therefor only at the
expiration Vt I've years from the date
ef entry, according to said home
stead laws, md after tn, fu:l pny-
nlent Oi sni.i one dollar and twenty
I've cents per mcre therefor. and due
proof OF occupancy for said period Of
five years; md any conveyance OF
said lands SO taken ~ homestead, or
any cohtrnct touching the same, pri-
Or to the date Of final entry, shall he
null and void; PROVIDED, Thut moth
ing in this net shall be held to author
ice the sale or other disposal uu.irr
it's provision ofany tract upon which,
there 10 III: siating, valid, presumption
or homestead entry, Int any such
entry shai' I've proceeded with under
the. regula ions and decisions IN force
at the date of it's allowance. and il
found regular n'I valid, pa tents shall
issue thereon, PRovlDED, That any
person who has not heretofore had
the benefit OF the homestead or pre-
emption law, and who has failed
from any cause toperiect the title toa
tract Of land heretofore entered by
him under either Of said laws may
make second homestead entry nm
der the provisions Of this act"