746 



INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



[ETH, ANN. 18 



SCHEDULE OF IjSTDI^ZS^ 



Fort Gibson, 

 ou the Ar- 

 kansas. 



Feb. 14 : Fort Gibson. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 414 



Cherokee na- 

 tion west of 

 the Missis- 

 sippi. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 417. 



Muskogee or 

 Creek. 



tbenco in a straight line to a point 4 :uili',s northerly from the 

 luouth of the N. Fork of the Canadian ; thence along tl]e said 

 4 miles line to the Canadian ; thence down the Canadian to 

 the Arkansas; thence down the Arkansas to that point on the 

 Arkansas where the eastern Choctaw boundary strikes 8ai<l 

 river, and running thence with the western line of Arkansas 

 territory, as now detined, to the S\V. corner of Missouri; 

 thence along the western jlissouri line to the land assigned 

 the Seuecas; thence on the S. line of the Seuecas to Grand 

 river; thence up said Grand river as far as the S. line of the 

 Osage reservation, exteudeil if necessary; thence up and be- 

 tween said S. Osage line, extended W. if necessary, and a line 

 drawn due \V. from the point of beginning to a certain dis- 

 tance \y ., at which a line running N. and S. from said Osage 

 line to said due W. line will make 7,000.000 acres within the 

 whole described boundaries. In addition to the 7,000,000 

 acres of land thus provided for and bounded, the If. S. further 

 guarantee to the Cherokee nation a i)erpetiial outlet \V. and 

 a free and unmolested use of all the country lying \V. of the 

 western boundary of said 7,000,000 acres, as" far W. as the 

 sovereignty of the U. S. and their right of soil extend : Pro- 

 vided, however, that if the saline or salt ])laiu on the great 

 western prairie shall fall within said limits prescribed for 

 said outlet, the right is reserved to the U. S. to permit other 

 tribes of red men to get salt on said plain in common with 

 the Cherokees, and letters patent shall be issued by the U. S. 

 as soon as jiraclicable for the land hereby guaranteed. 



The Cherokee nation relinquish and ([uitclaiiu to the U. S. all 

 the right, title, and interest which the Cherokees have or 

 claim to have in and to all the land ceded or claimed to have 

 been ceded to said Cherokee nation by the treaty of May 6, 

 1828, and not embraced within the limits or boundaries fixed 

 in this present treaty or agreement. 



It is further agreed by the Cherokee nation that 1 mile square 

 shall be res(M red and set apart from the lands guaranteed as 

 above, f<irtbe accommodation of the Cherokee agency, and 

 the location of the same shall be designated by the Cherokee 

 nation in conjunction with the agent of the U. S. 



The U. S. agree, with the consent of the Creek and Cherokee 

 delegates, this day obtained, that the Muskogee or Creek 

 country W. of the Mississipjd shall be embraced within the 

 foUowing boundaries, viz: Beginning at the mnuth of the 

 N. Fork of Canadian river, and run northerly 4 miles; 

 thence running a straight line so as to meet a line drawn 

 from the S. bank of the Arkansas river opposite to the E. or 

 lower bank of Grand river, at its junction with the Arkansas, 

 and which runs a course S. 44° \V. 1 mile, to a ]>ost placed in 

 the ground; thence along said line to the Arkansas, and up 

 the sameand the Verdigris river to where the old territorial 

 line crosses it; thence along said line N. to a ])oint 2."> miles 

 from the Arkansas river, where the old territorial line crnsses 

 the same; thence running a line at right angles with the 

 territorial line aforesaid, or W. to the Mexico line; thence 

 along the said line southerly to the Canadian river, or to the 

 boundary of the Choctaw country ; thence down said river 

 to the place of beginning. The lines hereby dcHning the 

 country of the Muskogee Indians on the N. and E. bound the 

 country of the Cherokees along these courses, as settled by 

 the treaty concluded this day between the U. S. and that 

 tribe. The U. S. agree to grant the foregoing lands by pat- 

 ent in fee simple to the Creek nation so long as they shall 

 exist as a nation and continue to occupy the country herel)y 

 assigned them. 



It is mutually agreed that the lands assigned to the Creek na- 

 tion as above shall be cousiilere«t the property of the whole 

 Creek nation, including those residing E. of tlie Mississippi. 

 It is also agreed that the Seminole Indians of Florida, whose 

 removal is jirovided for by their treaty of May 9, 1882, .shall 

 have a permanent home on the lands set apart for the Creeks, 



