be asked for a law "making it a misdemeanor to harbor these Indians for amusement purposes, as suggested by the late Hon. Clement S.

Ucker.

ADVISORY COUNCIL

21. That Mr. Ucker's suggestion of an advisory council of six, three white citizens and three Indians, also be adopted.

Whatever will increase local interest and participation in Indian affairs is desirable; whatever will stimulate the Seminole to take a long view of his own problems is to be desired. Transportation would have to be furnished the Indian members of such a council.

TROPIC EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK

22. That upon establishing the Tropic Everglades National Park the Monroe County Reservation be exchanged for an equal acreage in one solid block in Collier County north of the Tamiami Trail, and title thereto be transferred from the State of Florida to the United States.

I have omitted reference to the cost of Seminole administration, which, in recent years, has amounted to about $12,000 annually. This appropriation must be somewhat increased if my suggestions be accepted. The problem goes deeper than dollars. The expenditure of a billion would not rectify the wrongs of the Seminole wars, nor pay the debts of a generation that is dead. The only proper approach to the problem is, what is best for the Florida Seminoles? Respectfully submitted.

ROY NASH, Special Commissioner to Negotiate with Índians.

Hon. CHARLES J. RHOADS,

Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

APPENDIX A

LIST OF RESERVED SEMINOLE LANDS

The lands in Collier, Martin, and Broward Counties were reserved in the following Executive order:

FLORIDA

SEMINOLE RESERVATION

THE WHITE HOUSE,

June 28, 1911.

It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands in the State of Florida be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposal and set aside as a reservation for the Seminole Indians in southern Florida, provided that this withdrawal is subject to any existing valid rights or claims of any persons:

COLLIER COUNTY

SW. 4 of sec. 21, SE. 4 of NE. 4 of sec. 23, S. 1⁄2 of NW. 4 of sec. 24, N. of NW. 4 of sec. 25, NE. 4 of NE. 1⁄4 of sec. 26, N. 1⁄2 of NW. 4 of sec. 27, E. 1⁄2 of NE. 4 and NW. 4 of SE. 4 of sec. 28, SW. 4 of SE. 4 and SW. 4 of sec. 29, and SE. 4 of sec. 30, township 51 south, range 32 east.

MARTIN COUNTY

All of sec. 1 except the W. 1⁄2 of lot 2 of NW. 4, all of sec. 3, E. 1⁄2 of sec. 11, N. 1⁄2 of NW. 4, SW. 4 of NW. 4, and E. 1⁄2 of SW. 4 of sec. 11, NE. 4, E. 1⁄2 of SE. 4, NE. 4 of NW. 4, and SW. 4 of sec. 12, township 39 south, range 37 east.

BROWARD COUNTY

SE. 4 of SW. 4 of sec. 23, and NW. 1⁄4 of NE. 1⁄4 of sec. 25, township 50 south, range 40 east.

NE. 4 of SW. 4 of sec. 20, township 50 south, range 41 east.

SW. 4 of NE. 1⁄4, NW. 1⁄4 of SE. 1⁄4, E. 1⁄2 of NW. 1⁄4, SW. 1⁄4 of NW. 1⁄4, and N. 1⁄2 of SW. 4 of sec. 1, and E. 1⁄2 of SE. 4 of sec. 2, township 51 south, range 41 east, of the Tallahassee meridian.

WM. H. TAFT.

The following-described areas were purchased for the Seminole Indians (see Annual Report for 1900 (p. 101) under the acts of:

The 80 acres purchased at Immokalee in 1891 was the south half of the northeast quarter of section 4, township 47 south of range 29 east.

MONROE COUNTY RESERVATION

(Compiled General Laws of Florida, 1927 annotated)

CHAPTER VIII

SEMINOLE INDIAN RESERVATION

1994 (1313). Land set aside; description.-The following described lands in the county of Monroe, State of Florida, are hereby set aside and given to the Seminole Indians of Florida as a reservation, to wit:

All of the lands now belonging to the State of Florida in township 56 south of range 32 east, being all of sections 7 to 15, inclusive, and 17 to 36, inclusive, containing 18,560 acres, more or less.

Also all of sections 1 to 4, inclusive; 10 to 15, inclusive; 22 to 24, inclusive; and sections 35 and 36, in township 57 south of range 32 east, containing 9,600 acres, more or less.

Also all of sections 1 to 3, inclusive; 10 to 14, inclusive; 24, 25, 35, and 36, of township 58 south of range 32 east, containing 7,680 acres, more or less.

Also all of sections 7 to 15, inclusive, and 17 to 36, inclusive, of township 56 south of range 33 east, containing 18,560 acres, more or less.

Also all of sections 1 to 15, inclusive, and 17 to 36, inclusive, of township 57 south of range 33 east, containing 22,400 acres, more or less.

Also all of sections 1 to 15, inclusive, and 17 to 36, inclusive, of township 58 south of range 33 east, containing 22,400 acres, more or less. (Ch. 7310, acts 1917, par. 1.)

1995 (1314). Trustees to convey to board of commissioners of State institutions in trust for benefit of Indians.-The trustees of the internal improvement fund are hereby directed to convey to the board of commissioners of State institutions the title to said described lands, in trust, however, for the perpetual use and benefit of the Indians aforesaid, and as a reservation for them. (Id. par. 2.)

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