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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF USTDI^IsT 



18S5 

 June 22 



July 1 



1856 

 Jan. 25 



1855 



July 16 



Where or liow 

 concluded 



Washington, 

 D.C. 



Wasco, Ore- 

 gon terri- 

 tory. 



Quinaielt 

 river and 

 O 1 y m p i a, 

 Washing- 

 ton terri- 

 tory. 



Hell Gate, 

 Montana 

 territory. 



Reference 



Stat. L., 

 XI, 611. 



Stat. L., 

 XII, 9(53. 



Stat. L., 

 XII, 971. 



Stat. L., 

 XII, 975. 



Choctaw and 

 Chickasaw. 



Confederated 

 tribes of 

 middle Ore- 

 gon. 



Qui-nai-elt 

 and Quil-leh- 

 ute. 



Flathead, Koot 

 enay, and 

 Upper Pend 

 d'Oreilles. 



Description of cession or reserration 



longitude crosses the same ; thence N. along said meridian to 

 the main Canadian river; thence down said river to its junc- 

 tion with the Arlcansas river; thence down said river to the 

 phice of lieginuing. 



Establishes and deKnes boundaries of Chickasaw district as 

 follows: Beginning on the N. bank of Red river at the mouth 

 of Island bayou, where it empties into Red river, about 26 

 miles on a straight line below the mouth of False Wachitta; 

 thence a northwesterly course along the main channel of 

 said bayou to the.junctiou of tlie three prongs of said bayou 

 nearest the dividing ridge between Wachitta and Low Blue 

 rivers, as laid down on Capt. K. 1j. Hunter's map; thence 

 northerly along the eastern prong of Island bayou to its 

 source; thence duo N. to the Canndi.^n river; thence W. 

 nlong the main Canadian to 98^ AV. longitude; thence S. to 

 Red river; thence down Red river to the beginning. 



Remainder of the tract to constitute Choctaw district 



Choctaws relinquish all claim to land W. of 100^ W. longitude. 



Choctaws and Chickasaws lease to U. S. their country W. of 

 98^ for location of Wiehitas and other tribes. 



Right of way granted for roads and railroads. 



Cede tract within the following boundaries: Commencing in 

 the middle of Columbia river at tUe Cascade falls, running 

 thence southerly to the summit of the Cascade mountains; 

 thence along said summit to 44"^ N, latitude ; thence E. on that 

 parallel to the summit of the Blue mountains, or the west- 

 ern boundary of the Sbo-sho-ue or Snake country; thence 

 northerly along that summit to a point due E. from the 

 head waters of Willow creek; thence W. to the head waters 

 of said creek; thence down said stream to its junction with 

 the Columbia river; thenoe down the channel of the Colum- 

 bia river to the place of beginning. 



Reserve the following tract: Commencing in the middle of 

 the channel of De Chutes river opposite the eastern termi- 

 nation of a range of high lands known as Mutton mountains ; 

 thence westerly to the summit of said range, along the divide 

 to its connection with the Cascade mountains; thence to the 

 summit of said mountains; thence southerly to Mount Jef- 

 ferson; thence down the main branch of De Chutes river 

 heading in this peak, to its junction with De Chutes river; 

 thence down the middle channel of said river to the place 

 of beginning. 



Cede tract within the following boundaries : Commencing at a 

 point on the Pacific coast, which is the SW. corner of the 

 lands lately ceded by the Makah tribe to the U. S., running 

 thence easterly with and along the southern boundary of 

 said Makah tribe to the middle of the Coast Range of moun- 

 tains; thence southerly with said range of mountains to 

 their intersection with the dividing ridge between the Che- 

 halis and Quiniatl rivers; thence westerly with said ridge 

 to the Pacific coast; thence northerly along said coast to the 

 place of beginning. 



Reserve a tract or tracts to be selected for them by the Presi- 

 dent. 



Cede tract within the following boundaries: Commencing on 

 the main ridge of the Rocky mountains at the forty-ninth 

 parallel of latitude; thence westwardly on that parallel to 

 tlie divide between the Flat bow or Kootenay river and 

 Clarke's Fork ; thence southerly and southeasterly along said 

 divide to 115^ longitude; tlience in a southwesterly direction 

 to the divide between the sources of the St Regis Borgia 

 and Cceurd'Alene rivers; thence southeasterly and southerly 

 along the main ridge of the Bitter Root mountains to the 

 divide between the head w.aters of the Koos-koos-kee river 

 and of the southwestern fork of the Bitter Root river; thence 

 easterly along the divide separating the waters of the sev- 



