The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1919-04-24

tunity to participate in said suit. 1t
should further be provided that the
acceptance, of the amount recovered,
by the General Council should operate
as complete extinguishment of any
: claim by the Indians growing out of
said transaction, and that the money
should be deposited upon acceptance
by the Indians in the interest bearing
fund in the Treasury of the United
States created under the act Of Janu-
airy IA, 1889. @%
81 (c) Attempt Made BY Act of Con-
gress to Give to the State of Mime
sofa Valuable Timber Lands Which
Were Part of the Trust Property.
The act of June 81, 1906 GA Stat,
at p. 1922, granted to the State Of
Minnesota, to be used as a State forest
reserve or public park, upon condition
that if at any time the State shall
cease to use the said island so re-
served and granted for forest reserve
or park purposes the title to the same
shall be forfeited and shall revert to
the United States the following de-
scribed heavily timbered land: =.
"And Cooper Island in Cass Lake
composed of the following described
pieces Of land situated in the State of
Minnesota, to-wit, lots one and two OF
section twenty-five; lot one of section
twenty-six; the southeast quarter of
the southeast quarter, and lots five
and six of section twenty-seven; lots
one, two, three and four of section
thirty-four; the west half of the north
west quarter, the northwest quarter
of the southwest quarter, the south
east quarter of the southwest quarter,
and lots one, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, and eight of section thirty
five; lots one, two, three, and four OF
section thirty.six; all in township one
hundred and forty-six north, range
thirty-one west; also lot one of sec:
ton one, lots one, two, three, and four
of section two, of township one hun
dred and forty-five north, range thirty
one west."* - ~ ".
The act also contained this proviso:
Provided, that the Secretary of the
Interior is authorized to convey the
same to the State of Minnesota for
such consideration and under such
terms as may be agreed upon between
said Secretary and the governor of
said State" -. s:~#-- T.
: This provision was absolutely In V1oi
lation Of the terms and conditions I'M
| der which the lands were coded to the
United States in trust under the agree
ment of 1889. So far as the Indians
are advised the grant has never been
completed. But If so it was nullity
unless the consideration received for
the land and timber thereon was at
least equivalent to the amount the In
dams were to receive therefor under
the act of 1889. - :a
.>.-,.s@ The Remedy. ~...s T.
The above provision of the act of
1906 should be repealed and If the
State of Minnesota desires these lands,
the timber should be appraised and
paid for at It's market value and the
land paid for at the price named in the
act of 1885, In either event further
legislation is necessary. Otherwise a
claim against the United States will
accrue. =. .s-r ID ''rs-s- = ~ .+..E"
(d) The Erroneous Diversion of
the Proceeds Derived from the Sale
of 256,15 Acres of Land on the Red
Lake Reservation. =. '.. 80,
BY the agreements entered into un-
der the act of January IA, 1889, with
the various bands comprising the Chip
pewa Indians of Minnesota all of the
lands on the Red Lake Reservation not
needed Ito make and I'LL the allot-
ments'' provided for by said act were
ceded to the United States in trust to
be disposed of as the act of 1889 d.
rected and the proceeds were to be
placed in the Treasury of the United
States to the credit of all the Chip
pewa Indians in Minnesota, as held
by the court in Minnesota v. Hitch
cock, 1876 u. S., at PIP. 394-5, and as
stated by the Commission in its re-
port, quotations from both of which
have hereinbefore been set out on PIP.
s, and 10. Notwithstanding the Chip
pewa Indians had parted with their
title to all of the lands on the Red
Lake Reservation not needed to make
allotments to those Indians residing
thereon, the Department in 1902 mis-
takenly sent representative to the
Red Lake Reservation to negotiate
with the Red Lake Indians for the
cession of 256 ,152 acres Of land within
the diminished Red Lake Reservation.
An agreement was prepared by which
the Red Lake Band was to make the
cession, in consideration for which
the Indians residing on the Red Lake
Reservation we're alone to receive one
million dollars (all other Chippewas to
. be excluded), two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars Of which was to be
paid per capita to those Indians re-
siding on the reservation within nine
ty days after the ratification Of the
agreement, and the remaining seven
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
was to be paid in annual per capita
payments exclusively to Indians re-
siding on the Red Lake Reservation.
The paper was signed by the represen-
tatives of the Red Lake Indians and
the Department March IL, 1902 (33
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