Show STATUS OF SQITATTZfRS t Statement of Circumstances Under i Which Bights Were Granted I Fort Hall Agency 1la5 Time TAs the ti 0 opening of the southern half of the Fort zJ Hall reservation approaches much spec I ulallon is Indulged in us lo the ataiun of J the squatters on thin west side of Marsh j creek in township 0 3 unith range S6 cast thii > being within thy reservation boundary JJ boun-dary Thero arc about l vcnty five holding I hold-ing iiomelhliig like 1000 acres of land j A great many of these people located here as early as 1V7I having remained m 5 5 piaeoyblu pofleseion of the hind all these i yoira They have built substantial home lu Improved the land and ire numbered with ii the luat citizens of Bannock county and i it hceiim that provision for ihHr prot t i tlon should have bien embodied In the J trttty ceiling thisu lands however the j crcim of public sentiment Is with th m fit and he will by a hold strong fellow who attempts to lilt on my of these t homes and dlsposboss the original holder I In May 1SW O an agreejnmil was entered Into betwc i head men of tho Bannock nnd Shnshonrt Indians arid lie t Gnxcrn 1 rnrtit whonby cvrtjiln Innds including thcio now ou4upiul by i squatters worn to I be reded to iho i United Slates In conxld tratlon of CCCJ lo bo paid annually for twenty yaif At t his j wune time an agreement S agree-ment us made with the JUcmhl liullanti is by whlcSi thy v4ie to rtinove to tho I Fort Hall reservation suriiMidcrliif their I uialniK lo the land then held Thus to rat ify bin JI II nrOand S 17501 wen intro 1 ibieid Inti the Fortysixth CongrSM but i fulled to pats In I his report for the Jli cal year If SO the Commissioner of Indian Af I fairs iiyK J So fiir HP the Lcmhl Indian are con ccrnid Unit purt of the ngrcumcnt which I t nluicsi to them becomes Inoperative I the I trlbo I having sliico declined to remove lo I Fort Hall I thurcforu recommend that so ji Hindi of said agreement as nlaUH to lieS I lie-S Fort Hall I Indians I and their reservation bo arcipied and rntlJIcd by Con resa At t thin llrst y < > Hlim of tho Fortysevenih toiiBiesii hllln S 1CI3 and 31 I R WO wejc 1 I again Introduced and favorably reported In committee U K J Rupert No wS yet Ii thjy failed oC JIIISSJKU for the second time I o Under those circumstances with legis lation fuvorid by all Scnale I house In Quint and Indian office it i ceilalnly ictms 4 thai tlicae sittlcrB had at 1 lit very least 1aJ Rood irroimda jor locating where they arc j nnd where the > liavu utoudlly remained 10 I I ino ooneilt of Hannock county and the j ptnlo of Idaho In their roclnmatlon of lttnj I Ju and upbuildimr of homes |