Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1901 — Government Buys Indian Lands. [ARTICLE]

Government Buys Indian Lands.

Major McLaughlin, special agent of the interior department, has cpncluded a treaty at Devils Lake, N. D„ with the Fort Totten reservation Indians and the government. The Indians agree to sell 104,000 acres for 8550,000, the Bum of 8145,000 to be paid after ratification and 820,000 a year for twenty years. They also agree to relinquish all rights to a recognized claim against the government of 880,000. Senator Hansborough believes the reservation will be ready for settlement next spring.