REPORT OF THE COMMIS8IONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. XLIX 
their lands secured to them I ypatent before any portion of their reser-

vation is .restored to the public domain. 
The non-reservation lndians.--Scattered along the banks of the Kla- 
math River on both sides between the Klamath River Reservation on 
the north and the Hoopa Valley Reservation on the south, are fourteen 
villages of Klamath Indians, having a total population of two hundred 
and seventeen, men, women, and children. The river affords them a 
partial food supply, and, with huntingstock-raising, truck farming, and 
day labor among the whites, they are entirely self-supporting. The fish-

eries are their chief dependence, however, and their villages are situ- 
ated with especial reference to convenience in their use. They have 
long been in possession of the lands occupied by them, and as their 
locality offered no special attractions to the whites, they have been left

quite undisturbed until recently, both in the occupation of their lands 
and in their fishing privileges. 
Early in the present year reports reached this office of apprehended 
trouble between these Indians and the whites, growing out of the grad- 
ual occupation of their lands by the latter. So serious did these com- 
plaints become, that I dispatched a special agent to the scene of the 
reported troubles, with full instructions to investigate the matter, and,

if possible, devise some plan for the protection of the Indians. As the 
result of his visit quiet has been restored, a better feeling exists, and

there is no apprehension of serious trouble between the parties. How- 
ever, the Indians are sadly in need of protection in respect of their 
lands, and I propose to make suitable recommendation-having that ob- 
ject in view. This I shall do in a special report to the Department. 
The special agent's report will be found herewith, page 264. 
ROUND VALLEY RESERVATION IN CALIFORNIA. 
This reservation was first selected for Indian purposes in 1856, and 
according to the survey made in 1860, comprised 25,030.8 acres (being 
the entire Round Valley), of fertile and productive land. Under the act 
of March 3, 1873 (17 Stat., 633), the boundaries of the reservation were

changed, and the southern portion of the valley thrown open to setie- 
ment, leaving between 5,000 and 6,000 acres of it within the reserva- 
tion. On the north the boundaries were extended, thus adding a large 
tract of grazing country to the reservation, Which, including Camp 
Wright, added by Executive order of July 26, 1876, increased its area 
to 102,118 acres. 
The act of 1873 provided for the appointment of three commissioners, 
directed them to make an appraisement of all improvements of, white 
persons north of the southern boujadary of the reservation as estab- 
lisheA hy the act, and Authorized the Secretary of the Interior to pay for

t1ese :improvements out of the proceeds of the sale of the lands author-

itdto be sold. Appraisement was made a otoefth        lispi 
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