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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF IDN^DI^IST 



1856 

 Feb. ; 



Feb. 11 



Feb. 21 



Apr. 21 



May 22 



Ang. 7 



Where or how 

 concluded 



Stockbriilge, 

 Wisconsin. 



Sept. 4 



KesUen a, Wis- 

 consin. 



Executive or- 

 der. 



Executive or- 

 der. 



Executive or- 

 der. 



Washington, 

 D.C. 



Reference 



Stat. L., 

 XI, 663. 



Stockb ridge, 

 and Mnnsee. 



Stat. L., 

 XI, 679. 



Stilt. L., 

 XI, 699. 



Chippewa o f 

 Lake' Supe- 

 rior ( Buffa- 

 lo's band.) 



Ottawa and 

 Chippewa 

 in Michi- 

 gan. 



Camel-el-po- 

 ma et al. 



Creeks and 

 Seminole. 



Round Valley 

 reservation 

 Indians. 



Description of cession i*r reserralion 



Cede 72 sections in Minnesota set apart by treaty of Nov. 24, 

 1848. 



U. S. to select another tract for them near S. boundary of 

 Menomoneo reserve. 



Cede two townships in SW. corner of their reserve for tlie lega- 

 tion of the Stockbridge and Munsee. 



President withdraws certain land from market until selertions 

 for Bufl'alo's baud are made under treaty of Sept. 30, 1854. 



President withdraws certain lands from market until selections 

 are made under treaty of July 31, 1855. 



President set apart Mendocino reserve in California in compli- 

 ance with recommendation of Superintendent Henlev of Nov. 

 17, 1855. 



Creeks cede to Seminoles tract within the following boundaries : 

 Beginning on the Canadian river, a few miles E. of the 97^ 

 W. longitude, where Ock-hi-appo or Pond creek empties into 

 the same; thence due N. to the N. fork of the Canadian; 

 thence up said N. fork of the Canadian to the southern line 

 of tlie Cherokee country; thence with that hue west to the 

 100'^ of W. longitude ; thence S. along said meridian of longi- 

 tude to the Canadian river, and thence down and with that 

 river to the place of beginning. 



Boundaries of the Creek country defined as follows: Begin- 

 ning at the mouth of the N. fork of the Canadian river and 

 running northerly 4 miles ; thence running a straight line so 

 as to meet a line drawn from the S. bank of the Arkansas 

 river, opposite to the E. or lower bank of Graml river at its 

 junction with the Arkansas, and which runs a course S. 44^ 

 W. 1 mile to a post placed in the ground; thence along said 

 line to the Arkansas and up the same and the Verdigris river 

 to where thcf old territorial line crosses it; thence along said 

 line N. to a point 25 miles from the Arkansas river, where the 

 old territorial line crosses the same; thence running W. with 

 the southern line of the Cherokee country to the N. fork of 

 the Canadian river, where the boundary of the cession to the 

 Seminoles, defined in the preceding article, first strikes said 

 Cherokee line ; thence down said N. fork to where the eastern 

 boundary line of the said cession to the Seminoles strikes 

 the same ; thence with that line due S. to the Canadian river 

 at the mouth of the Ock-hi-appo or Pond creek, and thence 

 down said Canadian river to the place of beginning. 



Creeks cede all claim to country other than as defined in arti- 

 cle 2. 



Superintendent Henley reports selection of temporary reserva- 

 tion at Round valley or "Nome Cult." 



