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Copy of Allotment of Land. Jos. La Flesche
No. 225 ( ^[[handdrawn circle]] red & gold Seal )
Department of the Interior
Office of Indian Affairs
March 17, 1871.

This is to certify that Joseph La Flesche
a member of the Omaha Tribe of Indians
having expressed a desire to adopt habits
of settled industry, and to claim an allotment
of land for the purpose of cultivation,
as provided for in the 4th Article
of the treaty with said tribe, concluded March 6, 1855, is Entitled to 160 acres
of land, and that he has selected for
such purposes the S.W. 1/4 of Section
12 in Township 25.  North of Range 9 East 
of the 6th principal Meridian
in Nebraska containing 160 acres.

The said Allottee is entitled to &
may take [[strikethrough]] possession [[/strikethrough]] immediate possession
of said land and occupy the same,
and the United States guarantees such