The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-14
LEASING OF OTOE ALL0TMENTS
Rules Governing are Prescribed by
Agent Jensen.


Guthrie. o. T. March 13.-The following
rules prescribed to govern the leasing OF
the Otoe allotted lands just opened sub
let 10 lease are announced by John Jen-
sen. United States Indian agent;
Sealed proposals, to be opened in the
presence Of such bidders as may be pres
ent. for the grazing of cattle, but not
sheep or hogs, on the surplus tribal lands
Of the Ponca reservation, for the period
Of three years from April !, 1900, endorsed
proposal for leasing tribal lands, Ponca
reservation and addressed TO the under
signed United States Indian agent, etc,
agency. White Eagle, Q. T., will be re-
ceived at the office until 2 O'Clock D. m
On the 2Ist day of March, 1900.
Prospective bidders should carefully
note that only the tribal or unallotted
lands of the reservation are offered for
lease and that the term has been fixed
at three years from April l. 1890. No bid
for a different period viii be considered.
For the information of the bidders, it
is stated that there are about thirty
thousand acres of tribal lands on the
reservation subject to lease, about all
lying south of the Salt Fork of the Ar
kansas river. These lands do not lie in
compact body, many individual aIlot-
ments being interspersed throughout the
reservation. The location of the tribal
lands and the number Of acres in each
separate tract or body proposed for leas-
ing can be ascertained upon personal in
quiry at this office. Two large pastures
on the reservation are already under
MI
as practicable, in the fencing of adjacent
bodies or tracts of land, under the direc-
ton Of this office The lessee of each
tract will be required to fence the same
prior t. occupancy with a good, substan-
tial barbed wire, cattle-pro0f fence, &C
cording to the customs Of the country.
Where roads are located over these lands
lessees vii lbe required to put in gates
where necessary for use Of the public.
The fences and al Improvements Of every
character on the land shall revert to the
Indians and become thir absolute prop
erty at the end of the term. Each tract
or body OF land bid upon must be cor
rectly described according to the legal
survey. or otherwise correctly designated.
50 that the different bids can be conven-
iently compared. The land must be used
for grazing purposes only. and any viola
ton of this provision shall ipso facto
work a forfeiture Of the Iessees. A mini
mum price Of 70 cents per acre per annum
has been placed upon said lands. and no
bid at lower rate will be considered.
The rents must he paid in two equal
semi-annual installments in advance. TO-
wit. on April l and October of each year.
Each lessee will be required TO furnish
bond through some acceptable surety or
guaranty company. in an amount equal
10 the deferred payments. conditioned
upon Che faithful performance Of all the
terms and conditions of all the terms and
conditions Of the lease. Bonds with per-
sonal sureties will not he accepted.
Everything being satisfactory. 1t is pro-
posed to award the grazing privilege Of
each particular tract or body. as desig-
mated by this office for lease. to the bid
de- proposing to pay the highest price
therefor; but the right Is hereby reserved
70 reject any and all bids or any part of
a bid without assigning reasons therefor.
In case that the same shall be deemed
Tor the best interests of the Indians; and
the leases executed hereunder will he
bUojctt 10 tilt approval or the secretary
Of the interior before they become bind
ing upon either party.
Each proposal must be accompanied bv
a certified check or draft upon some
United States depository or solvent ma
tional bank. in the vicinity of the bid
der's place of residence. made payable To
the order Of the commissioner Of Indian
affairs, for az least 10 per cen}um of the
entire amount of the proposal, which
check or draft Will be forfeited to the
United States for the use and benefit of
the Ponca Indians in case any bidder re-
oeking an award shat lfau to enter into
the prescribed lease for the lands bid
upon and to furnish suitable bond with
some acceptable surety or guaranty COM
pany. conditioned u9on the faithful rer-
iormauce OF the terms OF the leases.
otherwise TO he returned to the bidder
Proposals not conforming to the require
ments Of this advertisement viii nor 10
considered. Holm Tr>NSr,N-
Z. 5. Indian Agent.