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1 Herbert Welsh & Samuel M. Brosius, To the Honorable Members of the United States Senate 1 (1898)

handle is hein.amindian/iralets0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Lo. 47--SECOND SERIES, 25Mo.1 INDIAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION, 1305 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA., June 8, 1898. TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE: Your attention is requested to the importance of a careful consideration of the Bill, H. R. 10,049, entitled, An Act to Ratify and Confirm an Agreement with the Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache Tribes of Indians in Oklahoma Territory, and to open their Reservation for Settlement, which passed the House of Representatives, May 16, 1898, and which has been referred to the Committee of Indian Affairs, United States Senate. The Treaty between the United States and these Indians, proclaimed August 25, 1868, contemplated a liberal allotment (Articles 3-6) of the lands of the reservation, sufficient to pro- vide for their support. It is claimed by the tribe that the agreement upon which the present legislation is based has not the approval of the Indians, and recognizing this contention, it is important that no injustice be done. The conditions affecting agriculture in the district occupied by the Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache Indians are plainly set forth in the following correspondence to which your careful at- tention is invited: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, WASHINGTON, D. C., June 7, 1898. INDIAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION. Gentlemen :-My opinion has been asked concerning an agree- ment with the Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache Indians of Okla- homa Territory recited in H. R. 10,049; the particular point being that as to whether the proposed allotment of 16o acres to each individual of the tribes may be considered as sufficient for his or her support. 1 Reproduction by Permission of Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Buffalo, NY

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