878 



INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES [kth.ann. 18 



SCHEDULE OF II^IDI^ISr 



1874 



Nov. 24 



1875 

 Jan. 11 



Feb. 12 



Where or how 

 concluded 



Executive or- 

 der. 



Act of Con- 

 gress. 



Executive or- 

 der. 



Executive or- 

 der. 



Beference 



Stat. L., 

 XVIII, 291 



Mar. 



Act of Con- 



Act of Con- 

 jrress. 



Act of Con- 



Act of Con- Stat. L., 

 gress. 1 XVIII, 447. i 



Stat. L., 

 xvili, 445. 



Stat. L., 

 xvill, 446 



Stat. L., 

 XVIII, 447 



Southern 

 Apache. 



S hos honi, 

 Bannock, 

 and Sheep- 

 eater. 



Eastern band 

 of Chero- 

 kee. 



1 Ivscriplion of cession or reservation 



President restores to public douiaiu Tularosa River reserva- 

 tion, set apart by Executive order of Aug. 29, 1871. 



Ratities agreemeut of Sept. 26, 1872, for cession of part of res- 

 ervation establi.shed by treaty of July 3, 1868. 



President sets apart tract on E. side of Missouri river as an 

 addition to reservation established by treaty Apr. 29, 1868, 

 bounded as follows: Commencing on the E. bank of the 

 Missouri river where the forty -sixth parallel N. latitude 

 crosses the same; thence E. with said parallel to 99° W. 

 longitude ; thence S. with said degree of longitude to the E. 

 bank of the Missouri river; thence up and with the E. bank 

 of said river to the place of beginning. 



President sets apart tract on Lemhi river in lieu of reserve 

 provided for by unratified treaty of Sept. 24, 1868. Boun- 

 daries as follows : Commencing at a point on the Lemhi river 

 that is due W. of a point 1 mile due S. of Fort Lemhi ; thence 

 due E. about 3 miles to the crest of the mountain; 

 thence with said mountain in a southerly direction about 12 

 miles to a point due E. of Yeanun bridge on Lemhi river; 

 thence W. across .said bridge and Lemhi river to the crest 

 of the mountain on the W. side of river; thence with said 

 mountain in a northerly direction to a point due W. of the 

 place of beginning ; thence due E. to the place of beginning. 



President restores a portion of Moapa Kiver reservation to 

 public domain. 



President retains 1,000 acres of Moapa River reservation as 

 future reserve for Pai Utes. The boundaries of the reserva- 

 tion as reduced are as follows: Commencing at a stone 

 marked "U. S. No. 1" on a small hill known as West Point; 

 thence N. 60° W. 80 chains to a stone marked " U. S. No. 

 2;" thence N. iO° W. 97 chains to a stone marked "U. S. 

 No. 3;" thence S. .56 chains 50 links to monument of stones 

 on the top of a hill ; thence S. 70° E. 97 chains to a monn- 

 ment of stones at the base of a hill; thence S. 60° E. 80 

 chains to a stone marked "U. S. .SE. corner;" thence N. 

 56 chains and 50 links to the place of beginning. 



Restores a portion of Alsea and Siletz reservation to public 

 domain. 



Retains a portion of reserve for Indians' future home, as fol- 

 lows: Beginning at a point 2 miles S. of the Siletz agency; 

 thence W. to the Pacific ocean; thence N. along said ocean 

 to the mouth of Salmon river; thence due E. to the 

 western boundary of the eighth range of townships W. of 

 the Willamette meridian; tlience S. with said boundary to 

 a point due E. of the place of beginning; thence W. to the 

 place of beginning; which is hereby set apart as a perma- 

 nent reservation for the Indians now ocenpying the same 

 and to be hereafter located thereon, and all the balance of 

 said Alsea and Siletz reservations is hereby thrown open to 

 settlement under the land laws of the U. S. 



Funds appropriated by act July 29, 1848, to be expended in 

 perfecting Cheiokees' title to their lands in North Carolina. 

 The courses and distances of this tract are too numerous to be 

 given here. The plat as given i.s copied from that accompa- 

 nying "H. R. Ex. Doc. 128 of the Fifty-third Congress, sec- 

 ond session." 



Act confirming sale by Eastern Shawnees of N. E. part of their 

 reserve to Modocs, by agreement June 23, 1874. 



