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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF IInTDI^N 



1866 



War. 21 



Where or how 

 concluded 



Washington, 

 D.C. 



lie/erence 



Deacription of cession or reservation 



Stat. L., Seminole. 

 XIV, 755. 



Apr. 



Apr. 



Cede to U. S tract ceded to tbem by Creeks. Aug. 7, 1856. 



U. S. grant them for a reserve a portion of the W. one-half of 

 the Creek domain, obtained subsequently by Creek treaty of 

 .lune 14, 1861), bounded as follows: Heginniug on the Cana- 

 dian river where tlie line divides the t'reek lauds according 

 to the terms of their sale to the U. S. by treaty of Feb. 6, 

 1866, following said line due N. to where said line crosses 

 the N. fork of the Canadian river; thence up said fork of 

 the Canadian river a distance sufBtient to make 200,000 

 acres by running due S. to the Canadian river ; thence down 

 said Canadian river to the place of beginning. 



Washington, Stat. L., Chippewa Cede all claim to land everywhere and especially to reserve 

 D.C. xiv, 765. (Bois Forte held by them at Vermillion lake. 



band.) U. S. agree to set apart a reservation of not less than 100,000 



acres for their future home. 

 Also reserve of one township on Grand Fork river, at mouth 



of Deer creek if such location be found practicable. 

 Sundry grants to individuals. 



Washington, | Stat. L., Choctaw and j Cede to U. S territory W. of 98- known as the leased district. 

 D.C. XIV, 769. Chickasaw. | Cede right of way for railroad. 



I Agree to receive and locate 10,000 Kansas Indians. 



July 



July 19 



Washington, 

 D.C. 



Delaware 

 agency, 

 Kansas. 



Stat. L., 

 X1.V, 785. 



Creek Cede to U. S. for location of friendly Indians the W. half of 



their domain. 



Cede right of way for railroad. 



Retain E. half of their domain for their future home. 



Creeks agree to sale by Seminoles of their domain to the U. S. 



.Stat. 1,., Delaware 

 XIV, 793. 



Washington, Stat. L., Cherokee. 

 D.C. XIV, 799. 



July 20 j Executive Ol- 

 der. 



Santee Sioux - 



U. S. guarantee payment for lands sold to Leavenworth, Paw- 

 nee and Western Railroad Company by treaty of 1860. 



Delawares sell to Missouri River Railroad Company remainder 

 of their reservation. 



U. S. agree to sell Delawares a reservation in Indian Territory 

 equal to 160 acres for each person removing there. 



U. S. authorized to settle any civilized Indians on unoccupied 

 lands E. of 96° within Cherokee country. 



U. S. authorized to settle friendly Indians on unoccupied lands 

 W. of 96°. 



Cede to U. S. tract of 800.000 acres known as " Neutral land," 

 to be sold in trust for their benefit, beiug the same conveyed 

 to the Cherokees by the U. S. by the second article of the 

 treaty of 1835, as follows: That tract of land situate between 

 the \V. line of the state of Missouri and the Osage reserva- 

 tion, beginning at the SE. corner of the same and run N. 

 along the E. line of the Osage lands 50 miles to the NE. coi- 

 ner thereof; and thence E. to the W. line of the state of 

 Missouri; thence with said line S. 50 miles; thence W. to 

 the place of beginnin.t; estimated to contain 800,000 acres 

 of land; provided, that if any of the lands assigned the 

 Quapaws shall fall within the aforesaid bounds, the same 

 shall be reserved and excepted out of the lands above granted. 



Cede to LT. S. strip lying between Osages and S. boundary of 

 Kansas, to be sold in trust for their benefit. 



Any lands owned by Cherokees in Arkansas or E. of Missis- 

 sippi may be sold as their national council shall direct. 



Cherokees retain remainderof their country for a future home. 



I'resident withdraws certain townships as an addition to Santee 

 Sioux reserve, establishedby Executive order of Feb. 27, 1866. 



