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Some time ago the Dominion Gov ernment purchased 120 acres of land in the section of what is known as the “Spy,” a tract of land adjoining the St. Regis Indian reservation, near Cornwall, Ontario. The other day the Government sent an officer to survey and divide the land into eight lots of fifteen acres each, which constitutes a homestead, and to allot the land to red men who did not posses a home stead. The allotment was made in the following unique manner: Those Indians who were without land and who were the fathers of a family, and who were in poor circum stances, gave in their names to the chiefs of the tribes, and those whom the chiefs considered worthy were placed on a list. When all applica tions were in the chiefs selected sixty nine names. But there were only homesteads for eight, so the difficulty was overcome by placing in a hat sixty-nine names, sixty-one of which were blanks. An Indian boy drew from the hat as the names of the ap plicants were called out, and in this way the eight capital prizes were drawn. The Indians were satisfied with the method of distribution and its results.
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The Suburban Citizen
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Sat, Jul 07, 1900
Page 6
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Lesley K.
