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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES- 



SCHEDULE OF II^DI^^ 



Where or how 

 concluded 



I)cscrq)iiuii of cession or i 



1866 



Sept.. 25 



1887 



Feb. 18 



Executive or- 

 der. 



Washington, 

 D.C. 



Stat. L., 

 XV, 495. 



Washington, 

 D.C. 



Stat. L., 

 XV, 505. 



Feb. 23 



Washington, 

 D.C. 



Stat. L., 

 XV, 513. 



Puyallup and 

 others. 



Sauk and Fox 

 of the Mis- 

 Eissippi. 



Sioux (Sis- 

 seton and 

 Wahpeton 

 bands). 



Seneka, Mixed { 

 Seneka, and j 

 Shawnee, [ 

 Q uapa w, 

 Peoria, Kas- 

 kaskia, Pi- 

 anki s h a w , 

 Wea, Ot- 

 tawa of 

 Blanchard's 

 fork and 

 Roche de 

 BcBuf, and 

 certain Wy- 

 andot. 



Pn-sident withdraws parts of sees. 2 and 3, T. 14 N., R. H W., 

 for a reservation at Shoal water bay. 



Code unsold portion of diminished reserve defined by article 

 1, treaty of Oct. 1, 1859. The boundaries of the diminished 

 reservation as shown on the map are as follows: Begin- 

 ning at a point on the northern boundary line of their 

 reservation 6 miles W. of the NE. corner of the same ; thence 

 due S. to the southern boundary of the same 20 miles ; thence 

 W. along said southern boundary 12 miles; thence due N. to 

 the northern boundary of said reservation 20 miles; thence 

 E. along said boundary 12 miles to the place of beginning. 



Cede abs(dntely to U. S. unsold portion of trust lauds described 

 in article 4, treaty of Oct. 1, 1859. 



U. S. agree to provide them with a new reservation of 750 

 square miles in Indian Territory, beginning at a point on the 

 left bank of the N. fork of the Canadian river, 29 chains E. 

 and 27.32 chains S. of the N\V. corner of sec. 25, T. 11 IS'., R. 6 

 E., Indian merididn, being the point where the Creek Indian 

 line crosses said river; theme N. along said Creek Indian 

 boundary line to a point on the right bank of the Cinuirmn 

 river, 10.20 chains E. and 3. 30 chains N. of the N\V. corner of 

 sec. 13, T. 18 N., R. 6 E. ; thence up the said Cimarron river, 

 on the right bank thereof, to a point on said bank 58.20 

 chains N. and 80.20 chains W. from the SE. corner of sec. 20, 

 T. 18 N.. R. 4 E. ; thence S. to the NE. corner of sec. 19, T. 13 

 N., R. 4 E. ; thence W. on the N. boundary of said see. 19, 80.67 

 chains to the NW. corner thereof, being also the range lino 

 between ranges 3 and 4 ; thence S. on said range line to the 

 left bank of the N. fork of the Arkansas river; thence down 

 said river, along the lelt bank thereof, to the place of begin- 

 ning, containing 479,668 05 acres of land. 



Sundry reserves made jfor individuals. 



Define boundaries of their claim and cede right to construct 

 roads, railroads, etc, through same, as follows: Bounded on 

 the S. and E. by the treaty line of 1851 and the Rod river of 

 the North to tlie mouth of Goose river; on the N. by Go(is<' 

 river and a line rnnniug from the source tliereof by the most 

 westerly point of Devil's lake to the Chief's Bluff at the head 

 of .lames river; and on the W. by .lames river to the mouth 

 of Mocasin river, and thence to Kampeska lake. 



Reservation set apart for them at Lake Traverse: Beginning 

 at the head of Lake Traverse ; theuce along the treaty line of 

 1851 to Kampeska lake; theuce in a direct line to Reipan or 

 the NE. point of the Cote.iu des Prairies; thence ii.assing N. 

 of Skunk lake on the most direct line to the foot of Lake 

 Traverse ; and thence along the treaty line of 1851 to the place 

 of beginning. 



Reservation set apart for them at Devil's lake: Beginning at 

 the most easterly point of Devil's lake; thence along the 

 waters of said lake to the most westerly point of the same; 

 thence on a direct line to the neiirest point on the Cheyenne 

 river; thence down said river to a point opposite the lower 

 end of Aspen island; thence on a direct line to the place of 

 beginning. 



Senecas cede to U. S. a strip off N. side of their reservation, 

 bounded ou the E. by the state of Jlissouri; on the N. by tho 

 N. line of the reservation ; on the W. by Neosho river, and 

 running S. for the necessary distance to contain 20,000 acres. 



Senecas retain remainder of their reservation for future home. 



Senecas (confederated with Shawnees) cede to II. S.,N. one- 

 half of Seneca and Shawnee reservation, bounded on the E. 

 by the state of Missouri ; N. by the Quapaw reserve; W. by 

 the Neosho river, and S. by an E. and W. line bisecting the 

 reserve into two eiiual parts. 



Shawnees (confederati'd with Senecas) cede to the U. S. 12,000 

 acres of their r<'m:iiiiing hinds, bounded as follows: Begin- 

 ning at a point where Spring river crosses the S. line of the 

 tract last above ceded ; thence down said river to the S. line j 

 of the Sliawuee reserve; thence W. to the Neosho river; j 

 thence up said river to tlie S. line of said ceded tract; thence j 

 E. to tho jdace of beginning. | 



