51-1Indian AffairsChicago, Milwaukee. and St. Paul Railway
Co. [2807] Railway has been constructed
through the Lake Traverse reservation
of the Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux. but agreement on this has
not been ratified yet.1890-5

House of Representatives Report No. 81, 51st Congress, 1st Session (1890)

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51ST CoNGRESS, } HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 1st Session. { REPOR'r No. 81. SISSETON AND WAHPETON BANDS OF SIOUX INDIANS. FEBRU.ARY 15, 1890.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Mr. GIFFORD, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following REPORT: [To accompany bill H. R. 3732.] The Committee on Indian Affairs submits the following report on House bill 8561, to accept and rat.ify au agreement made by the Sisse-ton and Wahpeton bands of Sioux Indians, aud to grant a right of way for the Chicago, .Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway through the Lake Traverse Reservation in Dakota: Your Committee on Indian Affairs has had its attention called to the matter of ratifying an agreement entered into between the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company, of the one pnrt, and the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Sioux Indians, of the other part, in 1880. These bands of Indians occupy a small reservation in Dakota bonler-iug upon Lake Traverse and extending southwestward from said lake. From the reports upon this subject made by tlle Secretary of the In-terior and the Commissioner of Indian Afl'airs, dated December 12 and 17, respectively, 1885, it appears that the aggregate snrn of $2,402.13 has been paid by the rail way company in pursuance of this agreement, and that the sum of $266.11 remains unpaid under tlle agreement. The bill herewith presented is prepared with care and amply protects the interests of the Indians. The President especially calls the attention of the committee to this matter. It appears that this money is now lying idle and is much needed by the Indians to purchase seed, grain, and other things neces-sary to secure a crop the coming season. These Indians are among the most advanced of those in the United States. The railway has long since been constructed, and it is not improper to state that it is a matter of injustice and hardship to the Indians to retain this money longer. Your committee recommend the passage of the bill herewith pre-sented. 0 

Sisseton and Wahpeton Bands of Sioux Indians.

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