The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-19
DAWES COMMISSION REPORT.
Last Official Document Signed by the
Commission,

Muskogee, /. T., Jan. 1S.-An ad-
vance copy Of the annual report Of
the Dawes commission was received
here today. This report Is for tho fs-
cal year ending June 30, 1905, and Is
the last official document that was
signed by the commission before
Tams Bixby succeeded 10 the commits
slonership and the other members
we're discontinued. The report deals
with the enrolment Of Indians and
citizens, the allotment OF land TO cit.
liens who have been approved and
the making and delivering OF patents,
and the contest cases in the Five Civ
ilized Tribes.
The number OF applicants in the
Choctaw ami Chickasaw nations was
GG,217. The number enrolled or iden-
tilted is 81, 5,63s. Refused or dismissed,
27,719; undetermined, $3.50. In the
Cherokee nation there have been 49,
464 applicants. OF these there have
been enrolled and Identified 1894; re.
fused or dismissed, 1888; undetermin.
ed 6,431. n the Creek nation there
was 20,119 applicants. OF these there
were 1858 enrolled or identified; re.
fused and dismissed 157; undetermin.
ed 1850. In the Seminole nation there
were 3,171 applicants, Of whom 2,750
were admitted. Z refused or dismiss.
ed and 41i undetermined. This brings
the total number of applicants in the
fve nations up to 1892 and the TO-
tai enrolled Is s9,295, while there are
1876 as yet undetermined
There has been considerable pro.
gress made in the undetermined class
since this report was made six months
ago. The report shows that the total
amount OF allotable land in the five
nations is 19,526,967 acres. In this
there has been reserved from allot-
ment as coal lands and asphalt lands,
townsites, for churches, schools ard
for other purposes a total OF 549.513
acres.
There had been allotted June 80,
last, 70, 754,347 acres, and there re-
malned subject to allotment 6,222115
acres. OF the unallotted land there
are nearly 100000 of the number
OF acres stated that are in the Choc-
taw and Chickasaw nations. There
will be a surplus Of land in these two
nations when the allotment is com
pleted in addition to the aI1otments to
the new-borns which Is now being
made.
There will be practically no surplus
in any OF the other nations and there
will not be enough to go around in
the Cherokee nation.
One of the greatest tasks that the
commission now has to deal with Is
the contest cases, where more than
one allottee claims the same piece
of land, either by right OF improve
ment or otherwise. The report shows
that there have been fifty-eight cases
IN lnt otullNul' Ndllblt an VI NHlNh
have been disposed Of In the Creek
nation there were S27 contest cases
Instituted, all of which have been dis
posed of except "a.
There have been 3.i47 contest cases
In the Cherokee nation. This great
number was caused by the discovery
of oil in that nation and the value and
desirability of land in the oil belt OF
these contest cases there are pending
2,192 cases. OF the t,1SO contest cases
in the Choctaw nation all bat 55i have
been disposed of. In the Chickasaw ma
ton there have been 2,103 cases of
contests. all of which have been dis
posed of except COS.
The delivery of patents in the Choc-
taw and Chlckasaw nations has been
held up on account Of the difficulty
with which the chiefs OF those natiori
as TO who Is authorized to deliver
them. They have all been delivered
IN the Cherokee nation and none can
be delivered in the Semionle nation
before March.