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reserve created by this Act, or to dispose of said land, except as provided by the 

 Act of January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled "An Act 

 for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota," 

 and an Act of June twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and two, entitled "An 

 Act to amend an Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in 

 the State of Minnesota," or the provisions of this Act; or to guarantee to find 

 purchasers for said lands or any portion thereof, it being the intention of this 

 Act that the United States shall act as trustee for said Indians to dispose of the 

 said lands and the timber thereon, and to dispose of the proceeds thereof, as 

 provided in said Acts, only when received from the sale of the timber and the 

 lands, as therein provided. 



LETTER FROM MR. GIFFORD PINCHOT, U. S. FORESTER, IN 

 REGARD TO THE FOREGOING ACT OF CONGRESS. 



The following letter from Mr. Pinchot, explains the 

 effect of the foregoing Act of Congress : 



Washington, April 22, 1908. 

 Hon. Moses E. Clapp, 



United States Senate. 

 My dear Senator; 



The joint letter from you and Senator Nelson of April 10 is 

 received. The boundary as embodied in your bill (S. 4186), as it 

 was amended and passed the Senate on April 15, is satisfactory 

 to this service because the advantages to the Minnesota National 

 Forest carried by your bill are worth more to it than the land it 

 loses. Apparently the bill eliminates 69,380.88 acres. This, 

 however, is offset by the following additions: 



The Ten Sections, 



Sugar Point, 



Pine Point, 



Cooper and other islands in Cass Lake, 



In all, - - 14,679.20 acres 



In addition to this, the Indian allotments within the boundary 

 established by your bill approximate 50,000 acres, which under 

 the terms of the bill may be relinquished to the Government for 

 other allotments or for a money consideration. It is possible, 

 therefore, that 64,679.20 acres may be added to the forest, as 

 against 69,380.88 eliminated from it, leaving the forest positively 

 reduced in area by 4,701.68, 



