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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF II^DI^ISr 



1851 



Sept. i 



Where or how 

 concluded 



lieference 



Sept. 17 



Co - lu, Wil- 

 lay, Co-ha- 

 ma, Tat- 

 nali, Cha, 

 Soc - due, 

 Cham - e t - 

 ko, and Toc- 

 de. 



Description of cession or reserration 



Sept. 18 



FortLaramie, Revised : Sioux, Chey- 

 Indian I eane, Aia- 

 Treaties,! 

 1047. 



paho, Crow, 

 Assiniboin, 

 Gros V e n - 

 tre, M a n - 

 dan, and 

 Ankara. 



Reserve a tract ou Sacramento river. 

 Cede all claim to other territory 



Boundaries of the Sioux or Dabcotah nation defined: Com- 

 rai'ucing at the mouth of the White Earth river, on the Mis- 

 souri river; thence in a southwesterly direction to the forks 

 of the Platte river; thence up the N. fork of the Platte river 

 to a point knoviu as the Red Hute, or where the road leaves 

 the river; thence along the range of mountains known as 

 the Black hills to the head waters of Heart river; thence 

 down Heart river to its mouth; and thence down the Mis- 

 souri river to the place of begiuning. 



Boundaries of the Gros Ventre, ilandau, and Arrickara nations 

 defined as follows: Commencing at the nmuth of Heart 

 river; thence up the Missouri river to the mouth of the Yel- 

 lowstone river; thence up the Yellowstone river to the 

 mouth of Powder river, in a southeasterly direction, to the 

 head waters of the Little Mi.ssouri river; thence along the 

 Black hills to the head of Heart river; and thence down 

 Heart river to the place of heginniiig. 



Boundaries of the Assinahoin : Commencing at the mouth of 

 Yellowstone river; thence up the Missouri river to the mouth 

 of the Muscle-shell river; thence from the mouth of the 

 Muscle-shell river in a southeasterly direction until it strikes 

 the head waters of Big Dry creek ; thence down that creek 

 to where It empties into the Yellowstone river, nearly oppo- 

 site the mouth of Powder river; and thence down the Yel- 

 lowstone river to the place of beginning. 



Boundaries of the Blackfiiot: Commencing at the mouth of 

 Muscle-shell river ; thence up the Missouri river to its source ; 

 thence along the main range of the Rocky mountains, in a 

 southerly direction, to the head waters of the northern 

 source of the Yellowstone river; thence down the Yellow- 

 stone river to the mouth of Twenty-five Yard creek; thence 

 across to the head waters of the Muscle-shell river; and 

 thence down the JIuscle-shell river to place of beginning. 



Boundaries of the Crow: Commencing at the mouth of Pow- 

 der river, on the Yellowstone ; thence np Powder river to its 

 source; thence along the main range of the Black hills and 

 AVind River mountains to the head waters of the Yellow- 

 •stone river; thence down the Yellowstone river to the mouth 

 of Twenty-tive Yard creek ; thence to the head waters of the 

 Muscle-sliell river; thence down the Muscle-shell river to its 

 mouth; thence to the headwaters of Big Dry creek; and 

 thence to its mouth. 



Boundaries of the Cheyenne and Arrapahoe: Commencing at 

 the Red Bute, or the place where the road leaves the N. fork 

 of the Platte river; thence up the N. fork of the Platte river 

 to its source; thence along the main range of the Rocky 

 mountains to the head waters of the Arkansas river; thence 

 down the Arkansas river to the crossing of the Santa F<? 

 road; thence in a northwesterly direction to the forks of the 

 Platte river; and thence up the Platte river to the place of 

 beginning. 



The foregoing nations, however, do not abandon any rights or 

 claims they may have to other lands. 



Cu-lee, Yas- j Reserve a tract on Consumnes river, 

 see, Loc- ! Cede all claim to other territory . 

 lum-ne, and 

 Wo-pum- I 

 ne. I 



' 'J'rcaty uf I'ort Laramie never mlified. 



