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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



[ETH. AN-N. 18 



SCHEDULE OP I^DI^V^^ 



1855 



July 16 



July 31 



JVhere or how 

 concluded 



Hell Gate, 

 Montana 

 territory. 



Reference 



Stat. L., 

 XII, 975. 



Detroit, Michi-! Stat. L., 

 gan. XI, 621. 



Description of cession or reservation 



Flathead, Koot- 

 enay, and 1 

 Upper Fend ' 

 d'Oreille. 



Ottawa and 

 Chippewa 

 of Michi- 

 gan. 



er.al tributaries of Bitter Root river from the waters flowing 

 into Saluion and .Snake rivers to the main ridge of the Rocky 

 mountains ; thence northerly along said main ridge to the 

 place of beginning. 



Reserve tract commencing at the source of the main branch 

 of .Jocko river; thence along the divide separating the 

 wiitere flowing intoBitter Root river from those flowing into 

 the Jocko to a point on Clarke's Fork between the Camash 

 and Horse prairies ; thence northerly to and along the diTide 

 bounding on the W. Flathead river to a point duo W. from the 

 point halfway in latitude between the northern and south- 

 ern extremities of Flathead lake; thence on a due E. course 

 to the divide whence the Crow, the Prune, the So-ni-el-em, 

 and .Jocko rivers take their rise ; thence southerly along said 

 divide to the place of beginning. 



Reserve in Bitter Root valley to be set apart for Flatheads if 

 deemed desirable. 



U. S. set apart for six bands ne.ar Sault Ste Marie all unsold 

 public lanils i n sees. 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28, T. 47 N., R. 5 

 W. ; sees. 18, 19, and30, T. 47N., R. 4 W. ; sees. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 

 22, 23, 25, and 26, T. 47 N., R. 3 W. ; sec. 29, T. 47 N., R. 2 W. ; 

 sees. 2, 3, 4, 11, 14, and 15, T. 47 N.. R. 2 E. ; sec. 34, T. 48 N., R. 

 2 E. ; sees. 6, 7, 18, 19, 20, 28, 29, and 33, T. 45 N., R. 2 E. ; sees. 

 1, 12, and 13, T. 45 N., R. 1 E., and sec. 4, T. 44 N., R, 2 E. 



XT. S. set apart for b.ands who wish to reside E. of Mackinac 

 straits all unsold public lands in T. 42 X., Rs. 1 and 2 W. ; 

 T. 43 N., R. 1 AV. ; T. 44 N., R. 12 W. 



U. S. set apiirt for Beaver Island band High island and Garden 



island in Lake Michigan, being fractional Ts. 38 and 39 N., 



^ R. 11 W. ; T. 40 N., R. 10 W., and in part 39 N.. Rs. 9 and 10 W. 



U. S. set apart for Cross and Jliddle Village, L'Arbreehroche, 

 Bear Creek bands, et al. certain unsold public lands as fol- 

 lows : Ts. 34 to 39 (inclusive) N., R. 5 W. ; Ts. 34 to 38 (inclus- 

 ive) N., R. 6 W. ; Ts. 34, 36, and 37 N., R. 7 W., and all that part 

 of T. 34 N., R. 8 W., lying N. of Pine river. 



U. S. set apart for Grand Traverse bauds certain unsold public 

 lands described in amendment as follows: Ts. 29, 30, 31 N., 

 R. 11 W. ; Ts. 29, 30, 31 N., R. 12 W., and the E. + T. 29 N., 

 R. 9 \V. 



U. S. set apart for Grand River bands certain unsold public 

 lands descrllied in amendment as follows: T. 12 N., R. 15 W., 

 and Ts. 15, 16, 17, and 18 N., R. 16 W. 



U. S. set .Tp.art for Cheboygan band certain unsold public lauds, 

 described in amendment as follows : Ts. 35, 36 N., R. 3 W. 



U. S. set apart for Thunder Bay bands certain unsold public 

 lands, as f(dlows : Sees. 25 and 36, T. 30 X., R. 7 E., and sec. 22, 

 T. 30N., R.8E. 



U. S. agree to purchase from Methodist Missionary Society sufli- 

 cient land for Indians desiring to settle at Iroquois Point. 



All hand within these reserves remaining nnassigned after ten 

 years to be sold by U. S., as in case of other public lands. 



