The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-25

the reservation large quantity or sur
plus lands which were doing them no good
and for which the government would be
willing to pay them a good round sum
over half q million Of dollars-in order that
these surplus lands might be opened to
settlers.
The portion Of the reservation which the
Indians have agreed to cede to the govern
nielt lies along the Oregon Short Line
railroad and contains about 1850 acres.
This amount includes lands already sold
to the town of Pocatelio and to the Oregon
Short Limo Railroad Company for right
of-way. which concessions do not exceed
2500,000. OF the amount coded, about 5000
acres, lying in bodies of some extent, are
susceptible of irrigation and cultivation.
The balance is mountain land. a large
amount of which Is excellent for grazing,
with small portions capable of being Gull
It is said the prospects for minerals are
VIII Beneht the Indians.
1t win not be to the disadvantage OF
these Indians to dispose of this portion OF
their reservation, as few families are at
present residing thereon. One reason for
leaving them the land on the west was
hammock creek, and Il would have been q
hardship to cut off this portion from their
reservation. The line is extended south
in order to leave the Indians quite an
amount Of timber in this section and also
that they might retain the water from the
sources of the Ross Fork creek.
The price agreed upon was $4,000, or
about sl.25 per acre. to which was added
$4,000 as reparation for the right to nunt
In the Which was ar sy of w ths
they were deprived by decision of the
United states supreme court. May q.
issS. II is stipulated that this slS.o SS,n y
at or near Ross Fork The Indians
would not agree to have q portion OF the
erga Price PLACED 20 rne
The irst payment of 10000 is to be
made Within three months after som
dollars year is thereafter to be paid un-
til the entire sum has been paid, except
that the $4,000 for the Ross Fork school
shall be expended by the secretary of the
interior as he may elect. The first $780,
900 is to be divided pro rata to each man,
woman and child actually residing on the
be made upon all deferred payments, the
interest being placed annually to the
credit of the Indians and expended for
their benefit by the secretary OF the inte-
rior.
lands and made homes on the portion OF
removed therefrom without their consent.
and may receive allotments upon the
lands they now occupy. So long as any OF
Indians may cut timber for their own use,
pasture their stock and hunt and fish
thereon.
Majority Sign Document.
The government agrees to survey the
new boundary lines, and the bill carries
appropriation OF $1,000. The existing
main travelled roads leading from Nc
Cannon to Blackfoot and from Mccain
mon to American Falls are declared pub
JIG highways, and the proper use of them
The water from the streams on that por-
ton of the reservation coded. which Is
necessary for irrigating land actually cul-
the Indians now using the same, SO long
as the Indians remain where they now
live. This agreement was signed by 227
male adult Indians. majority of those
The secretary of the interior, in ex-
PLANTATION to congress-, says 1t has for
shoad be taFen tf
condition Of the Fort Hall Indians Sew
eral years ago system of irrigation was
fSas and s9nrasa eeyed pG INTO B
s wasSs re 70 n saass sup1ss
sss made r ne prov dss1 the sr ss
inent with the Indians for the irrigation
system, 1t had been hoped that at least
the Indians would be devoted to extend
ing and completing the irrigation sys-
tenn, but this the Indians would not listen
til The Of the interSr says
for the reason that it leaves the depart
ment without the means necessary to
fully carry out its plans with reference
payments, especially when continued for
term of years, are, on the whole, consid-
Indans Unless g II
lied pursuits. So y s-f'-
The present population Of the Fort Hall
Ths Viii rivs to eneh rndsn 'hao
first cash payment Of 100000. about ss7.
or to a family OF five about 1886. The
ANNA w n%an to Up to The
sums The interest on deferred pay
ments is. however. placed at the dis
expended for tns bene Of the 1n
dams. This will probably be sufficient
for the department to do 2 limited amount
t 81 work upon the OF tne iga
tenanee charge Of $3.50 to The Idaho
Canal The efoe aeeea e the ps s Is ths
dams by the secretary Of the inferior for
tine proposed cession, while deemed very
The ntsd staes to oe nut as bo sS
ably aes aasGp p. and
under the Idaho Canal companys canal,
and across Ross Fork creek for that 'pur-
pose. These lands are under contract
with the canal company to be supplied
with water at an original charge OF IS
per acre and IS cents pet. acre. thereafter.
This win no doubt greatly enhance their
value.
While the agreement. as whole, is not
all that could be desired, the secretary
says 1t Is about the best that could be
mends its ratification The only portion
of the agreement to which the depart
mcnt seriously objects and to which It
which gives the, frtffans the rfRfft 80 &tt&