856 



INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITKD STATES 



SCHEDXJLIi; OF II^DI^INT 



Where or /loiii 

 concluded 



Reference 



JieM'rtpthin of cession or rciirrvation 



1872 



Apr. 9 



(Memoran- 

 dum.) 



Executive or- 

 der. 



(Memoran- M e t h o w , 

 dum.) Okanagan 



et al. 



Territory originally cl.Timed by Metbow, Okanagan, ICootenay, 

 Tend d'OreiUe, Colville, North .Spokane, San Poeil, and other 

 tribes. 



Apr. 23 Act of Con- 

 gress. 



May 8 j Act of Con- 

 gress. 



May 23 



May 29 



May 29 



Act of Con- 

 gress. 



Act of Con- 

 gress. 



Act of Con- 

 gress. 



Act of Con- 

 gress. 



Act of Con- 

 gress. 



June 5 Act of Con- 

 gress. 



M e t h w , President sets apart reservation known as Colville reservation, 

 Okanagan in Washington territory, bounded as follows: Commencing 

 et al. at a ])oiiit on the Coluiiibia where, the Spokane river empties 



into the same; theuce up the Columliia river to where it crosses 

 the forty-uiuth parallel N. latitude; thence E. with said 

 forty-ninth parallel to where the Peud d'Oreille or Clark river 

 crosses the same; thence up the Pend d'Oreille or Clark river 

 to where it crosses the western lionndary of Idaho territory 

 (117^ W. longitude); theuce 8. along said 117^ AV. longi- 

 tude to where the Little Spokane river crosses the same; 

 thence southwesterly with said river to its junction with the 

 Big Spokane river ; theuce down the Big Spokane river to the 

 place of beginning. 



Secretary of the Interior .authorized to negcitiatewith I'tes for 

 cession of the S. part of their reservation bv treaty of Mar. 2, 

 1868. 



Provides for sale of the reniaining portion of their "Trust" 

 and "Diminished reserve " lands and their removal to Indian 

 Territory. 



Stat. L., j Potawatomi Home provided for Shawnees on 30 mili-s square trait of the 

 XVII, 159. and a b - Pottawatomies in Indian Territory, 

 s e n t e e 

 Shawnee. 



Stat. L., trta 

 XVII, 55. 



Stat. L., 

 XVII, 85. 



Stat. L., 

 xvii, 190. 



Stat. L., 

 XVII, 190. 



Stat. L., 

 XVII, 213. 



Stat. .L., 

 XVII, 228. 



Stat. L., 

 xvn,228, 



Cheyenne and 

 Arapaho, 



Chippewa o f 

 Lake Supe- 

 rior. 



Miami (Me- 

 shin-go-me- 

 sia's band). 



Great and Lit- 

 tle Osage. 



Secretary of tho Interior authorizeil to negotiate for release of 

 land reserved to Cheyeunes and Arai>ahoes by treaty Oct. 

 28, 1867. 



If the above release is made, Cheyenues and Arapahoes to have 

 a reserve assigned them within Creek aud Seminole ces- 

 sion of 1866. 



Secretary of the Interior authorized to remove (with their con- 

 sent) Indians from Lac de- Flambeau, Lac Coiirt Oreille, and 

 Fond du Lac reservations to Bad River reservation. 



Partition to be made among members of this liand of tract 

 reserved for them by treaty of Nov. 28, 1840. 



Confirm amended reserve selected for Osages in Indian Terri- 

 tory as follows: "Bounded on the E. by the ninety-sixth 

 meridian; on the S. and the W. by the N. line of tho Creek 

 country and the main channel of the Arkansas river, aud on 

 the N. by the S. line of the State of Kansas: 7'roi-i(i((/, . . . 

 That s.aid Great and Little Osage tribe of Indians shall per- 

 mit the settlement within the limits of said tract of land 

 [of] the Kansas tribe of Indians, the lands so settled and 

 occupied by said Kansas Indians not exceeding 160 acres 

 for each member of said tribe, to be paid for by said Kansas 

 tribe of Indians, etc." 



Confirm reserve selected for the Kansas in Indian Territory 

 bounded as follows: Beginning at a point on the right bank 

 of the Arkansas river where the southern line of Kansas 

 crosses said river; thence down said river to a point where 

 the township line between townships 26 and 27 crosses said 

 river; theuce E. on said township line to a point due S. 

 from the center of section 32; thence N. to tho section line 

 between sections 29 and 32; thence due E. to a point due S. 

 of the center of section 27; thence due N. to the state line 

 of Kansas; theuce W. along said state line to place of 

 beginning. 



