BOYCE] CESSIONS OF 1«25 



LA-ISJD CESSIOI^S-Contiiaxied. 



709 



Ilistoncal ildia and reiiiurht 



This constitutes tb^ portion of the tract grantee! the Choctaw l)y the U. 8. in 

 1»20, which lies within the limits of Arkansas. 



This treaty was Ueelared null anil void Iiv trcatv of ,!au. 21, 1826. 



This cession iu terms iucliules the country E. of a line drawn from the sources 

 of Kansas river southward through the Kock Saline. The sources of the 

 Kansas were at that time very imperfectly known, and S. of the Arkansas 

 river the domain of the U. S. did not extend W. of 100- W. longitude. The 

 western limit of the Osage country X. of the Arkansas is made to correspond 

 on the map with the eastern limit of tlie Cheyenne and Arapaho as cstah- 

 lished by tlie treaty of Fort Laramie in 1S51. S. of the Arkansas their west- 

 ern limit followed, as was subseipiently determined by the U. S. authorities, 

 the supposed lOu- of W. longitude, thus leaving the Kock Saline a consid- 

 erable distance to the eastward of the western Osage limits. According to 

 the map and field notes of the survey of J. C. McCoy, the deposit of rock 

 salt, known as "Rock .Saline," was on the headwaters of Salt creek, in Avhat 

 is now T. 18 N., K. 12 W., near the N. fork of Canadian river. 



This reservation was relinquished and sold under provisions of the treaty of 

 Sept. 29, 1.S05. and act of Congress of July 15, 1870. 



From this cession 12 tracts each of 1 square mile were reserved for the use of 

 individual half breeds and .j4 tracts of similar dimensions to be sold to raise 

 a fund to establish schools for Osage children. 



This was an indednite and umlelined claim, wbiih is specilioally covered by 

 a previous Osage ce.ssion. 



The description of tlio boundaries of this cessioVi extends to the headwaters 

 of Kansas river, leaving tlie village of the "Pawnee republic," however, to 

 the W. The sources of tlie Kansas were at this time very imperfectly known, 

 and from collateral facts it is evident that the headwaters of Solomon fork 

 were referred to. The country farther up the Republican fork to the borders 

 of the Arapaho and Cheyenne w.as unquestionably claimeil and eontiHlled 

 by the Pawnee. The boundaries ot that portion of this cession lying within 

 the limits of Missouri are indicated by a dotted line and overlap the cession 

 of July 15, 1830, by the Sauk and Fox and others. 



This reserve was ceiled to the l'. S. by treaty of .Ian. M, 1846. 



Designation of cesaion on ma}) 



122 ' Arkansas 2. 



Arkansas 1, Missouri 

 1, Kansas 1, ludiau 

 Territory 1. 



Missouri 1, Kansas 1, 

 Ncliraska. 



