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square, be set apart therefor the exclusive use and benefit of the freedman of these two tribes, or any equivalent tract running from the Canadian to the Red Rivers.

A more thorough knowledge of the condition of the Freedman of the territory induces me recommend that provision be made by law for each single Freedwoman, who has one or more children living with her, to enter one hundred & sixty acres of land in the Reservation set apart for Freedmen.

There is a very large number of young women, who have from one to eight children, born while they were slaves, and who have not and never had any husbands.

Many of the children are mixed bloods, and with a home, may become quite valuable citizens. The large number of children of this class of females is a bar to their receiving good husbands, and unless some provision is made for them their case and that of their children