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Omaha and Winnebago
December 13."  3.

Hon. H. Price
Commr of Indian Affairs

Sir

I have the honor to submit the following statement concerning the progress of the work committed to me [[?]] of allotting the lands to the Omaha Indians.

[[?]] [[?]] to date [[?854]] allotments have been made, of these the papers assigned, [[?]] and the certificates made out for [[?148.]]  Papers awaiting signature [[?etc.]] are [[?48]], leaving [[?155]] allotments for which papers are not yet prepared.

Of the certificates issued in [[?1872]] we have [[?been]] [[?returned]] and unallotted, and [[?now]] have been [[?]] and [[?5th]] accounted for as destroyed by fire or