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Show OWN BROAD ACRES. Indians Aro Possessed of 58,000,000 Acres in United States. Outside of the Indian Territoo-, the total population of tho Indians living iu the United States, according to the census bureau, is 190,746. These Indians In-dians aro scattered over twenty-seven States and Territories and occupy 80,-398 80,-398 square miles of land, or 51 ,4 9,000 acres, of which hardly any portion is under cultivation. Tho State oi Montana Mon-tana has tho greatest number of acres reserved for Indians, 7,952,172 acres, covering a surface of 14,845 square miles. South Dakota comes next with 7.450,264 acres and 12,425 square miles. North Dakota has 3,095,644 acres and 5774 square miles; the rest of tho States vary from 2,500,000 in Utah to 17,928 in Nebraska. It is a strange fact that the State of New York has &7.077 acres still reserved for its Indian population. |