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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF IISTDI^^ST 



1855 

 June 9 



Where or Jiow 

 concluded 



Ca.i.,;) Stevens, 

 AVashingtou 

 territory. 



Camp Stevens, 

 Washington 

 territory. 



Hef'.reiicc 



Stat. L., 

 XII, 951. 



Stat. L., 

 XII, 957. 



Yakima, etc . . 



Nez Perc^ 



Washington, 

 D.C. 



Stat. L., 

 XI, 611. 



Choctaw and 

 Chickasaw. 



lieHt-yiptiou of ce 



or rtserrul'ion 



E. course to a point whose longitude is 119° 10', ■which two 

 latter lines separate said tribes and bands from the Oakina- 

 kane Indians; thence in a true S. course to 47° of lati- 

 tude; thence E. on said parallel to the njain Palouse river, 

 which two latter lines of boundary separate the above tribes 

 and bands from the Spokanes; thence down the Palouse 

 river to its junction with the Moh-hah-ne she, or southern 

 tributary of the same: thence in a southcsterly [west?] direc- 

 tion to the Snake river at the mouth of the Tucannon river, 

 separating the above tribes and bands from the Ncz Perces; 

 thence down the Snakt river to its junction with Columbia 

 river; thence up Columbia river to the "White Banks "below 

 the Priest's rapids ; thence westerly to a lake called " I. a Lac ; " 

 thence southerly toapoiut ou the Yakamariver, called Toh- 

 mah-luke; thence in asouthwesterly direction to the Colum- 

 biariver, at the weistern extremity of "Big Island.'' between 

 the mouths of the Umatilla river and Butler creek ; all of 

 which latter boundaries separate said tribes and bauds from 

 the Walla-Walla, Caynse, and luiatilla Indians; thetice 

 down the Columbia river to midway between the mouths of 

 White Salmon and Wind rivers; thence along the divide 

 l)etween said rivers to the main ridge of the Cascade moun- 

 tains; thence along said ridge to the place of lieginning. 

 Eeser\ e the following tract: Commencing on Yakama river at 

 the mouth of Attah-nam river; thence westerly along said 

 Attah-nam river to the forks; thence along the southern 

 tributary to the Cascade mountains ; thence southerly along 

 the main ridge of said mountains, passing S. and E. of Mount 

 Adams, to the spur whence flow the waters of Klickatat and 

 Pisco rivers; thence down said si)ur to the divide between 

 the waters of said rivers; thence along said divide to the 

 divide separating the waters of Satass river from those flow- 

 ing into Columbia river; thence along said divide to the 

 main Yakama, 8 miles below the mouth of Satass river; 

 thence up Yakama to the place of beginning. 



Cede the following tract: Commencing at the source of the 

 Wo-na-ne-she, or southern tributary of the I'alouse river; 

 thence down that river to the main Palonse; thence in a 

 southerly direction to Sn.ake river, at the mouth of Tucanon 

 river; thence up the Tucanon to its source in the Blue moun- 

 tains; thence southerly along the ridge of the Blue moun- 

 tains (?); thence to a point on Grand Konde river, midway 

 between Grand Konde and the mouth of Woll-lo w-how river : 

 thence along the divide between the waters of the Woll-lo w- 

 how and Powder river; thence to the crossing of Snake 

 river, at the mouth of Powder river; thence to the Salmon 

 river, 50 miles above the place known as the "Crossing of 

 Salmon river;'" thence due N. to the summit of Bitter Root 

 mountains; thence along the crest of Bitter Root mountains 

 to the )dace of beginning. 



Reserve the following tract: Commencing where the Moh- 

 ha-nashe or southern tributary of the Palouse river flows 

 from the.spurs of Bitter Root mountains; thence down said 

 tributary to the mouth of Ti-nat-pan-up creek ; thence south- 

 erly to the crossing of Snake river, lOmiles below the mouth 

 of Al-])0-wa-wi river; thencetothesourceofAlpowawi river, 

 in the Blue mountains; thence along the crest of the Bine 

 mountains; thence to the crossing of (ir.and Ponde river, 

 midway between Grand Ronde and the mouth of Woll-low- 

 how river; thence along the divide between the waters of 

 Woll-low-how and Powder river; thence to the crossing 

 of Snake river, 15 miles below the mouth of Powder river; 

 thence to Salmon river .above the crossing; thence by the 

 spurs of Bitter Root mount.ains to the place of beginning. 



Defines boundaries of Choctaw and Chickasaw country as fol- 

 lows: Beginning at a point on the Arkansas river 100 paces 

 E. of old Fort Smith where the western boundary line of the 

 state of Arkansas crosses said river; thence due S. by Red 

 river; thence up Red river to the point where the 100° W. 



