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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF INr)I^:N^ 



Where or how 

 concluded 



Beference 



Description of cession or reservation 



1857 



Jan. 20 Executive or- 

 der. 



June 30 



Sept. 24 



Executive or- 

 der. 



Table creek, 

 Nebraska 

 territory. 



1868 



Mar. 12 



Tona wanda 

 reservation, 

 New York. 



Wasliington, 

 D.C. 



Stat. L., 

 Xi, 729. 



Stat. L., 

 XI, 735. 



Stat. L. 

 XII, 997 



IT i s kwal i 

 and others, 

 parties t o 

 tr e a t y of 

 Sec. 26, 

 1854. 



Confederated 

 bands of 

 Willamette 

 valley. 



Pawnee (four 

 confeder- 

 ated bands). 



Seneka (Ton- 

 a w a n d a 

 band). 



President changes size and location of reserves as authorized 

 by sixth article of the treaty of Dec. 26, 1854, as follows : 



Enlarges Puyallup resene at S. end of Commencement bay to 

 accommodate 500 Indians. 



Enlarges and changes location of Nisqually reserve . 

 Establishes a new reserve at Muckleshoot prairie 



President establishes reserve at Grande Ronde in accordance 

 with treaty of Jan. 22, 1855, consisting of the following lands : 

 Ts. 5 and 6 S., R. 8 W., and parts of Ts. 5 and 6 S., R. 7 W., 

 Willamette district, Oregon. 



Cede all Lands claimed by them, except as herein reserved, which 

 lands are bounded as follows : On the E. by the lands lately 

 purchased by the U. S. from the Omahas; on the S. by the 

 lands heretofore ceded by the Pawnees to the U. S. ; on the 

 W. by a line running due N. from the junction of the N. with 

 the S. fork of the Platte river to the Keha-Paha river, aud 

 on the N. by the Keha-Paha river to its Junction with the 

 Niobrara, L'eau qui Court or Running Water river; thence 

 by that river to the western boundary of the late Omaha 

 cession. 



Reserve a tract 30 miles in length from E. to W. by 15 miles 

 ■wide from N. to S., including both banks of the Loup fork 

 of Platte river, the E. line of which shall be at a point not 

 farther E. than the mouth of Beaver creek. 



Half-breeds to receive scrip entitling them to locate 160 acres 

 each. 



Cede all claim to lands W. of Missouri, set apart for New York 

 Indians by treaty of Jan. 15, 1838. 



Toiiawanda baud may purchase of Ogden and Fellows a part 

 of or the entire Tonawauda reserve. 



Tonawaud.a baud to surrender to Ogden and Fellows such por- 

 tion of the said reserve as they do not purchase. 



The Poncas cede to the U. S. all lands they own or claim, 

 except the tract bounded as follows : Beginning at a point 

 on the Neobrara river and running due N. so as to intersect 

 Ponca river 25 miles from its mouth ; thence from said point 

 of intersection up said river 2U miles; thence due S. to the 

 Neobrara river; thence down said i\\et to the place of 

 beginning. 



Half-breeds to receive scrip entitling them to locate 160 acres 

 each. 



