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pat a stop to the granting of patents by the Preaidant. The Indiana here be-came reetlese and agent* Eells and Mil-roy, hafiiv tired of oorrespondenoe 1 with the department, obtained, at I Olympia, in the fall of 18HU, an aadi- | enoe with President Hayes, who at onoe instructed the commissioner to me certificates of allotment, temporarily, until the passage of s bill now before Congress whose provisions will give full protection to the Indians. The Skokomish to the number of45, and the Puyallup to tbs number of »135 have secured .these certificates of allotment (which have about the aame virtue aa the first papers under a homestead and permits the Indians to conduct a logging business). These allotments now cover nearly all the deeire-al’ie lands; and a number of Puyallup Indians have more reoently made entry with the agent and await their certificates.At present everything awaits the passage of the new hill in Congress, the Indians on the one hand being impatient ffr a final settlement of their land attain and the eager white settlers are on the watch to secure the balance of reservation lands not wanted by the Indians, which are at length to be offered at public aale and the prooeeds to be applied to the benefit of the Indiana. The Tukdip and Puyallup reservations com-p»im about six square miles each, and that at fikohomiah about 5000 acres.Ilia Government farms which are still farther reserved for Indian schools have about 40 acres each.The schools, aa a whole, are in a very prosperous condition and deserve the encouragement of our generous people.Yomum behalf of edaoation,A.T. Bchtill.smnmi nrfiFrpnm * e? t ? **«? s sm n
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Seattle Daily Post Intelligencer
Seattle, Washington, US
Fri, Jan 12, 1883
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