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^[[1889]] ^[[copy]] They are accounted for by Exhibits "A", "B", and "C". ^[[and by 209]] [[strikethrough]] 210 [[/strikethrough]] patents endorsed as fictitious [[strikethrough]] are returned for cancellation. ^[[209]] [[/strikethrough]] ^[[78]] Patents assigned by the patentees. [[strikethrough]] ^[[78]] [[/strikethrough]] ^[[5]] Patents of patentees dead having no heirs ^[[, making]] [[strikethrough]] making ^[[5]] [[/strikethrough]] ^[[292]] patents which are returned for cancellation. [[strikethrough]] ^[[292]] [[/strikethrough]] Recapitulation. ^[[Total number of patents - 487]] [[strikethrough]] ^[[52]] [[/strikethrough]] Patents [[strikethrough]] are [[/strikethrough]] retained. ^[[ - 52]] [[strikethrough]] ^[[73]] [[/strikethrough]] Patents [[strikethrough]] are [[/strikethrough]] held by heirs. ^[[ - 73]] [[strikethrough]] ^[[292]] [[/strikethrough]] Returned for cancellation. ^[[ - 292]] [[strikethrough]] ^[[417]] [[/strikethrough]] [[strikethrough]] Patents actually recovered, leaving [[/strikethrough]] [[strikethrough]] ^[[70]] [[/strikethrough]] patents not obtainable. ^[[ - 70 [[line]] 487]] These 70 patents which have been lost or destroyed need to be canceled, as the land covered by them is all claimed by living Indians, and a considerable portion has been occupied and cultivated by men, who have for years, lived on the land and who are now allotted on these tracts. Certificates for the 95[[overwritten]] 5 [[/overwritten]]^[[4]] allottments have been made out and a large part of them have been personally delivered before I left the Reservation, the remainder have been sent to -11-