824 



INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF INDIAN 



1861 



Feb. 18 



Mar. 6 



July 2 

 Oct. 3 



Where or liote 

 concluded 



Fort Wise, 

 Kansas ter- 

 ritory. 



Great Nemalia 

 ageucy, Ne- 

 braska ter- 

 ritory. 



Stat. L., 

 xii, 1163. 



Stat. L., 

 XII, 1171. 



Leavenworth, Stat. L., 

 Kansas. ! xii, 1177. 



Executive or- 

 der. 



Nov. 15 Potawatomi ; Stat. L., 

 agency, Kan- xii, 1191. 



Arapaho and 

 Cheyenne of 

 Upper Ar- 

 kansas. 



Dvscripiion of cession ur reservation 



Sauk and Fox 

 of the Mis- 

 souri, and 

 the Iowa. 



Delaware .. 

 Uintah TTta. 



Potawatomi .. 



Cede all land claimed by them except one reserved tract. 



Reserve tract for future home, described as follows: Begin- 

 uiug at the mouth of the Sandy fork of the Arkansas river 

 and extending westwardly along thesaid river to the mouth 

 of Purgatory river; thence along up the W. bank of the Pur- 

 gatory river to the northern bouudary of the Territory of New 

 Mexico; thence W. along said boundary to a ]ioint where a 

 line drawn due S. from a point on the Arkansas river 5 miles 

 E. of the mouth of the Huerfano river would intersect said 

 northern boundary of New Jlexico; thence due N. from that 

 point on said boundary lo the Sandy fork to the place of 

 beginning. 



Sacs and Foxes of the Missouri cede their reservation as fol- 

 lows; Beginning at the mouth of the S. fork of Great Ne- 

 maha river; thence up the SW. bank of the Great Nemaha 

 with its meanders, to the mouth of the W. fork; thence up 

 the W. fork with its meanders to the 40^ N. latitude where a 

 stime marks the SW. corner of the Sac and Fox reserve; 

 thence E. along the fortieth parallel to the W. bank of the 

 S. fork of the Great Nemaha 14 miles, 27 chains 60 links to the 

 SE. corner of said reservation ; thence down the S. fork with 

 its meanders to the place of beginning. 



The lowas cede to the Sacs and Foxes the ibllowing tract W. 

 of Nohearts creek ; Beginning at the point where the south- 

 ern line of the Iowa reserve crosses Nohearts creek; thenoe 

 with said line to the i'^. fork of Nemaha (known as W.ilnut 

 creek) ; thence down the miildle of said S. fork to its mouth 

 and the middle of the Great Nemaha; thence down the middle 

 of said river to a point opposite the mouth of Nohearts creek ; 

 thence in a southerly direction in the middle of Nohearts 

 creek to the place of beginning. 



Certain chiefs and others to make individual selections. 



lowas retain balance of their reserve for future home. 



Confirms the sale to Leavenworth, Pawnee and West<rn Rail- 

 road of lands under treaty of May 30, 1860. 



President sets apart Uintah Viilley, Utah, for various bands of 

 Utes in Utah, so as to include the entire valley of Uintah 

 river within Utah territory, extending on both sides of said 

 river to the crest of the tirst range of contiguous mountains 

 on each side. 



Remainder of country claimeil by them taken possession of by 

 U. S. without formal purchase. 



A portion of their reserve to be held iu common. The lands 

 set .apart for the "rest of the tribe," known as the Piairie 

 band of Pottawatomies, .are as follows; Sees. 25, 26, 35, and 

 36 of T. 7 S., R. 13 E.; sees. 25 to 36, both inclusive, of T. 

 7 S., R. 14 E.; sees. 28 to 33, both inclusive, of T. 7 S., R. 15E.; 

 sees. 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35, and 36, T. 8 S., R. 13 E. ; 

 all of T. 8 S., R. 14 E. ; sees. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 

 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33, T. 8 S., R. 15 E. ; sees. 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 

 and 14, T. 9 S., R. 13 E. ; sees. 1 to 18, both inclusive, ofT.9 

 S., R. 14 E. ; sees. 4. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 16, 17, and 18, T. 9 S., R. 15 E., 

 containing 77,357.67 acres. Of this amount of land 28,229.24 

 acres have been allotted to 265 members of the band under 

 the general allotment act of Feb. 8, 1887 (24 Stat., p. 388). 



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A portion ot their reserve to be allotted in severalty to indi- | 

 viduals. J 



A portion of their reserve to be sold to the Leavenworth, ] 

 Pawnee and Western Railroad Company. | 



