The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-05

eaen other single person so acres of
agricultural and not exceeding so acres
OF grazing land Under a provision of
the act, however, any adult indian may
select personally for himself and for
those for whom he Is entitled to make
SelectlonS) less quantity of land, If
more desirable on account of location
Second--You viii allow the Indians
70 select their lands, heads of families
selecting for themselves and their mi
nor children.
Third.-Selections for orphans will be
made by. the Indian agent
Feurth.-AIIotments should be made
FOR the best interests of the Indians.
Fifth.-Every allotment should be
distinctly marked and each allottee of
sufficient age should be shown the
boundaries Of the allotments selected
by and for him, SO that he will under
stand exactly where the land selected
lies, and every possible means should
be taken TO familIariZe him With his
boundary lines.
Si1th.-The subdivisions of each ag-
ricultural allotment should be contig-
uous as far as practicable, but an al
lottee may be allowed TO select de-
t@ehed tracts If necessary in order to
6iYe him his full quota or to secure a
proper portion of wood and water priv
iliges.
Seventh.-Each Indian should be al
lowed TO select his land so as to retain
improvements already made. Where
the improvements of two or more In
dams have been made on the same
subdivision, a provisional line should
be run dividing the land between them
unless an arrangement can be made
by which the tract can be given to one
OF them, which arrangement must be
satisfactory to all the parties
Eishth.-In all cases where Indian
women have been married to Indian
husbands and have children born of
such husbands, and have been divorced
after the Indian custom. the mother
should be allowed to select land for
her minor children, not under charge
OF the father, if competent TO do SO.
Nlnth.-1ou will prepare a schedule
of the allOtments made, each family
being grouped by itself, and the rela-
tlonsnip of each member to the head
thereof shown in the column of re-
marks. The name of the wife should
be inserted in the schedule Immediate
~ under the name of the husband (for
purpose of Identification hereafter), but
she should not be numbered as an al
| lottee
When persons have both Indian and
English Cor Spanish) names. each
should be given and great care taken
TO have the names properly spelled and
very plainly written The sex and age
of each allottee should be given in the
proper column. The column of re-
marks should indicate whether each
description is agricultural or grazing
land
MAY TAKE OTHER LANDS.
Allotments should first be made upon
the uncompahgre reservation, then
upon that portion of the Uintah reser-
walton upon which the Uncompahgres
are located. and elsewhere uDon the
bintah reservation, as they may select.
If any Uneompahgres desire aIIot-
merits outside Of the two reservations. s.
continue the instructions. you win al
lot such unoCcupied and unentered
lands elsewhere in Utah as they may
select, such lands being, of course,
non-mineraI.
IF any further surveys are needed
You viii report ito this office as soon
as practicable, with a sketch or dja-
gram indicating. what lands should be
surveyed.
You will do such retracing Of lines
and .re-astablish such monuments as
may be found requisite, employing a
surveyor and the necessary assistants,
who should be Indians in all cases
where practicable. You win also en-
plny an interpreter or Interpreters.