The Tomahawk., 1920-09-02

allOtmentS OF lou acres were mace
by the original Chippewa Conn.,
mission, viz; The White Earth
Mississippi Chippewas and the
Gull Lake Mississippi Chippewas
residing Oh the White Earth Res
ervation.
I'd. To those Indians of the
Mississippi bands who may remove
to the White Earth Reservation
and who are entitled to take allot-
ments uuder Article Z of the treaty
proclaimed April 18, 1867, viz:
Gull Lake, Mile Lac, and White
Oak Point Mississippi Chippewas.
But in order for these Indians to
be entitled to the additional al}ot-,
ment provided for in this act, they
must have actually removed to the
White Earth Reservation and must
have received an original allot-
ment of 80 acres under the pro-
visions of the Act of Congress of
January IL, 1889. The Indians
of none of the other bands are en-
titled to additional allotments un-
der said act.
1t is supposed that the rolls OF
your Agency will enable you to
determine just what Indians are
entitled to additional allotments of
land under said act, and under
these instructions. But in making
these additional allotments, the
usual rule and practice of this
office must be observed, viz: The
Indian must be in being at the time
the allotment is made or assigned
to him. Or in other words no
allotment can be made to a dead
Indian.
AS you are aware, very many OF
the White Earth Mississippi Chip
pewas have already received allot-
ments of 100 acres, orapproxlmat-
ing 100 acres, under the 'cultiva-
ton clause" of Article Z of the
Treaty promulgated April Is,
1867. Additional allotments cannot
be made such allottees. But where
the allottee has received less than
100 acres, be can be given addi-
tlonal land conforming to the legal
subdivisions approximating 100
acres.
AS you will note the Act pro-
vides that if there is not sufficient
land on the Diminished White
Earth Reservation subject to allot-
ment to give each Indian entitled
thereto 100 acres, then the land
shall be pro rated among those en-
titled to allotments. It will there
fore be necessary for you to first
determine, so far as you can be-
computation, whether there will
be land enough on the Diminished
Reservation to give each Indian
entitled thereto, an allotment of
100 acres. In case there is not,
then the lands will have to be pro
rated among the Indians; but in
pro rating the land it will be neces-
sary to adhere to legal sub divis-
ions of not less than 20 acres, or
legal sub divisions designated as
Lots, which may coataiR !ess than
20 acres. That il, the allotment,
SHOULD be made upon the basis of
giving each Indian approximately
100, 100, 40, or 100 acres Of land,
as the case may Do.
These additional allotments must
be mad, on a separate schedule by
bands, following the numerical
order of the original allotments
under the Act of January IA, 1889.
The left hand column of the ea!,ot-
ment sheets should be divided,
making two columns. The first
column should run ia namerical
order, 1, 2, 3, 4 etc. In the second
column YOU should place in red
ink the allotment numbers of the
allottees as they appear on the
original schedule. This rule is
necessary to facilitate ready ref
erence to the original allotments.
In other respects the allotments