Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-01-30
RED LAKE RESERVATION
10 Be Opened About June l,
1890.
(Csom Thief River Falh rreas. ,

40 30 opened About June !,
I 1899.
! (Fsom Tibet River FulIs rress.) g
The townships to be thrown oneu
for settlement UPON the issuing If the
Presidents procla .,ation are situat.
ed IN the western and southwestern
part M the reservation. These lands
adioin the counties Of Polk and Mar.
shall on the east and nNmhsg in all
thirty-six townships.
The greater part OF the land 90 to
be opeLed consists of meadow and
farming lands OF the richest soil, a
black loan with clay shbsoil, ready
tor the pillow, the section Of marsh or
swamp and tamarsc going to the
government under the swamp land
act. &c.. ~
No one settler will he permitted to
take more than 100 acres. The en-.
try OF the full area would permit the
taking OF 5,1a4 claims OF 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.
aiming corps. thinks it will, there
would be 1888 claims of 100 acre.
each, less all ta,uarac and ,uarshy
tracts, --.. b.. 49,.
Row TO aFcUEE AN ENTRY.
These entire tracts OF land arr stu
ated in the Crookstoh land district
and to that Office must the settlers
apply for entry. He must not only
comply with the Ave years. residehce
clause OF the homestead law but
must also pay for the land at the
rate at d rs per acre. which amount
shall be p"id In Ave annual Install
ments Of $4,000 ench as is explained
by the following section Of "an act
tor the relief and civilization OF the
Chippewa Indians In the state OF
Minnesota" approved, Jau. IA, 1889:
"SEcT1,S 6. That when any OF the
agricultural lands on said reserve
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
and Crookston, in the state of Mime.
sofa, and at the expiration Of thirty
days, the snid agricultural lands 80
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 undrr aud in accordance With
the provisions of snid homestead
laws shall pay to the United States
tor tho land so taken by him the sum
Of one dollar and twenty-five cents
for each AMI every acre, in five equal
annual payments, and shall be en-.
titled to 4 patent therefor only at the
expiration vt Ave years from the date
ri entry. according to said home
st"Hh laws, and after the fn:l pmy-
ment Oi sni.i one dollar AMI tweuty-
Eve cents per ncre therefor. ind due
proof Of occupancy for said period OF
i've years; and any conveyance OF
said landssO taken ~ u homestead, or
any contr"ct touching the same, pri-
Or to the date Of final entry, shall he
null aud void; PROVIDED, That moth
ing in this ,'ct shall he held to author
ize the e"'" or other disposal uu,,rr
it's provisi.. ~ ofany tract upon which
there ssn: Stating, valid, pre-emptinn
or homestead entry, bnt any such
entry shall t~ proceeded with under
the rcRula IONS and decisions IL force
at the date "i it's allowance. aud ii
found rexu'arand valid, pa tents shall
issue thereon, PRovrDED, That any
person VIII" has not heretofore had
the benefit OF the homestead or pre-
emption law, and who has failed
from any cause toperiect the title to q
tract Of land heretofore entered by
him under either Of said laws may
make u second homestead entry nm.
der the provisions OF this act"