CESSIONS OP 1854 



795 



X^J^JSTT) CESSIOISrS-ContiiaiTecl. 



Jiistoriiiil (hilii ami rcmnHx 



Designation of cession on map 



These lands were pateutcd to the allottees and sold by them fiom time to time 



under rules prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. 

 Ceded and sold to actual settlers under twenty-lirst article of the treaty of 



Feb. 23, 1867. 



See act Mar. 3, 1873, for sale of unallotted portion of this reserve. The tracts 

 selected for this reserve contained 70,633.5.") acres. Of this reserve, 60,025.58 

 .acres ■n-ere allotted to individuals. This is colored scarlet, while the remain- 

 der or unallotted portion is colored yellow. 



This was done and the reserves continued to be occujiied by the Indians until 

 ceded by them. The portion l.ying N. of Minnesota river was ceded June 19, 

 1858. After the Sioux outbreak of 1862, Congress, by act of JIar. 3, 1863, 

 took possession of the remainder. 



This reserve was surveyed by Nicholas Gray in Sept., 1857, and contained 

 25,139.71 acres. It was])ractically abandoned by Superintendent Hanson in 

 July, 1861. He recommended its s.ale. July 7, 1870, the Commissioner of 

 Indian Aft'airs oflficially notified the (ieneral Land Office that it was uo longer 

 needed for Indian jturposcs. 



An Executive order was issuetl Mar. 7, 1855, formally withdrawing these lands 

 from market. This order covered, among other lands, the whole of T. 51 N., 

 R. 31 \y., instead of only that part of it \V. of Huron bay. 



Although the part E. of Huron bay was subsequently relinquished, the Indians 

 claimed compensation for it, which was granted them by act of Congress, 

 June 22, 1874. 



This tract constitutes the present La Pointe or Bad River reserves 



Surveyed by A. C. Stuntz in 1863, as originally seleiteil, and bounded by crimson 

 lines. An alteration was miulc in thr liouiidaries by order of the Secretai'y 

 of the Interior June 22, 18 .6. Tin- reserve as altered is colored yellow. By 

 act of Congress May 29, 1872, j)rovisiou was made lor the sale of the reserve 

 and the removal of the Indians, with their consent, to Bad River reservation. 

 The Indians refused to give their assent to removal and the law was not car- 

 ried into effect. 



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