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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



«CIiI±;i3ULH: OF INDI^jN 



Where or how 

 concluded 



EeJ'erence 



Description of cession or i 



1854 

 Nov. 29 



Calapooia 

 creek, Ore- 

 gon terri- 

 tory. 



Stat. L., 

 X, 1125. 



Umpqua and 

 Calapooia. 



Dec. 9 



Dec. 26 



Nebraska 

 City, Ne- 

 braska. 



Medicine 

 creek, Wash- 

 ington terri- 

 tory. 



Stat. L., 

 XI, 605. 



Stat. L., 

 X, 1132. 



1855 

 Jan. 22 



Point Elliott, 

 Washing- 

 ton terri- 

 tory. 



Stat. L., 

 XII, 927, 



Oto and Uis- 

 souri. 



Ni sk wall, 

 Puyallup, 

 Steilacoom, 

 Squaxin, 

 S ' Homam - 

 ish, S t e h - 

 c h a s s , 

 rPeeksin, 

 Squ i a i 1 1 , 

 and Sa-heh- 

 wamish. 



D w a mish, 

 Suquamish, 

 and other 

 allied tribes. 



riilge between the waters of Umjiqua and Coose rivers; 

 thence along that ridge and the divide between Coquille 

 and Umjiqna rivers to the western boundary of the conntry 

 purchased of the Galeese Creek Indians or of the Cow Creek 

 Indians, as the case may be ; thence to the jilace of beginning. 

 Reserving to the Indians, pMrties to this treaty, the lauds 

 embraced in the tollowing limits: Commencing at a point 3 

 miles due S. of the mouth of a small creek emptying into 

 the Umjiqua river near the western boundary of .John 

 Churchell's laud claim at the lower end of Cole's valley ; 

 thence N. to tlie middle of the channel of Umpqua river; 

 thence np said river to a jioiut due IS. of the highest peak of 

 the ridge immediately W. of Allan Hulibard's land claim; 

 thence to said jieak; thence along the summit of the ridge^ 

 dividing the waters to its termination at or near the mouth 

 of Little Canyon creek; thence crossing the Umpqua river 

 in a westerly directiou to tlie highlands opposite the month 

 of said creek; thence following the divide until it reaches a 

 point whence a line drawn to the place of beginning will 

 run 3 miles S. of the extreme southern bend of the V'mpciua 

 river between these two points; thence to the place of 

 beginning. 



Changes boundaries of reservation made by treaty of Mar. 15. 

 1854, as follows: It is agreed that tlie initial point of their 

 reservation, in lieu of that stated, shall be a point 5 miles 

 due E. thereof; thence W. 25 miles; thence N. 10 miles; 

 thence E. to a jioint due N. of the starting point, and 10 

 miles therefrom; thence to the place of beginning. 



Cede tract of countrv within tlie following boundaries: Com- 

 mencing on the eastern side of Admiralty inlet at Point Pully ; 

 thence scmtheasterly, following the divide between the 

 waters of the Puyallup ;ind Dwamish (or White) rivers, to 

 the summit of the Cascade mountains; thence southerly 

 along the snmmit of said range to a poiut opposite the main 

 .source of the .Skookum Chuck creek; thence to and down 

 said cnek to the coal mine; thence northwesterl.v to the 

 summit of the Black hills; thence northerly to the upper 

 forks of the Satsop river; thence northeasterly, through 

 the portage known as Wilkes' jiortage, to Point South worth, 

 on the western side of Admiralty inlet; thence around the 

 foot of Vashon's island easterly and southeasterly to the 

 place of beginning. 



Reserving, however, for the use of said Indians the small 

 island called Klah-che-min, situated opposite the mouths of 

 Hanimersley's and Totten's inlets. 



Reserve 2 sections on Puget's sound, near mouth of She-uah- 

 nam creek. 



Reserve 2 sections on S. side of Commencement bay 



President may remove them to other reservations whenever 

 he sees fit. 



Cede tract withiu the following boundaries: Commencing at 

 Point Pully, on the eastern side of Admiralty inlet; thence 

 eastwardly ;ilong the N. line of lands cc<led by the Nisquall.y, 

 to the summit of Cascade range of mountains; thence north- 

 wardly along the summit of said range to the forty-ninth 

 parallel; thence W. along said jiarallel to the middle of the 

 Gulf of Georgia; thence through the middle of said gulf 

 and the main channel through the Canal de Arro to the 

 Straits of Fuca, and crossing the same through the middle 

 of Admiraltv inlet to Suquamish head; thence southwest- 

 erly, through the peninsula, and following the divide be- 

 tween Hood's canal and Admiralty inlet to the portage 

 known as Wilkes' portage; thence northeiistwardly, follow- 

 ing the line of lauds heretofore ceded as aforesaid, to Point 

 South worth, on the western side of Admiraltv inlet; thence 

 round the foot of Vashon's island eastwardly and south- 



