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



SCHEDULE OF IISTDI^^t 



Where or how 

 concluded 



1877 

 Sept. 29 



1878 



Apr. 17 



Apr. 20 

 Mav 3 



Executive or- 

 der. 



Act of Con- 



Reference 



Act of Con- 

 gress. 



Tribe 



Description of cession or reserralioii 



UisBion Indi- President withdraws and sets apart further tracts for reserra- 

 ans. tion, as follows : All the even-numbered sections, and all the 



nnsurveyed portions of T. 4 S., R. 4 E.; T. 4 S., R. 5 E.; and 

 T. 5 .S., R. 4 E., San Bernardino meridian, excepting sees. 

 16 and 36, and excepting also any tract or tracts the title to 

 I which has passed out of the U. S. Government. 



New York In- Extends time for proving identity of New York Indians, allot- 

 dians. tees in Kansas. 



Brothertown. . Provides for issue of patent to trustees for balance of township 

 granted by Menomonee treaty of Feb. 17, 1831. 



Act of Con- I irta 



May 27 ! Act' of Con- 



May 27 Act of Con- 

 gress. 



June 18 Act of Con- 

 gress. 



Stat. L., 

 XX, 74. 



Aug. 3 



Executive or- 

 der. 



Oct. 29 



Executive or- 

 der. 



Agreement . 



Nez Perce 

 (Jose ph's 

 hand). 



TJta (Span- 

 ish For k. 

 Com Creek, 

 Seep Creek, 

 and S a n - 

 pete). 



Tule River, 

 King's River, 

 et al. 



TJta (Muache, 

 Capote, and 

 Wiminu- 

 chi bauds). 



Authorizes negotiations for purchase of southern part of l^to 

 reservation in Colorado. 



Provides for immediate removal from Quapaw reservation to .a 

 new home W. of the Kaws. 



Provides for their removal from Fort Leavenworth and their 

 location upon a reserve in Indian Territory. Tliese Indians 

 selected as a reservation Ts. 25 and 26 N., Rs. 1 and 2 \V., in 

 Indian Territory, containing 90,710. 8!t acres, for which a deed 

 was made to the U. .S. by the Cherokees in trust for these 

 Nez Percos. Determining to return to Idaho, they deeded 

 their claim to the U. S., May 22, 1885. 



Repeals portion of act of May 5, 1864, and directs restoration 

 to the public domain the several tracts above described in 

 Nos. 449 to 452. 



President restores to public domain part of reservation set 

 apart by Executive order of Oct. 3, 1873, bounded as follows: 

 Commencing at a place where a line running due N. from a 

 point ou the S. fork of the Tule river, 4 miles below the Soda 

 Springs ou said river, crosses the ridge of mountains dividing 

 the waters of the S. fork and middle fork of the Tule river; 

 thence N. to the ridge of mountains dividing the waters of 

 the N. fork and middle fork of Tule river; thence ou said 

 ridge easterly to a point from which a line running due 

 S. would intersect a line running due E. from the place of 

 beginning, and at a distance of 10 miles therefrom; thence 

 from said point due S. to the ridge of mountains dividing the 

 waters of the S. fork and middle fork of Tule river; thence 

 westerly on said ridge to the place of beginning. 



President sets apart tract as an addition to Navajo reservation 

 established by treaty June 1, 1868, as follows: Commencing 

 at the N\V. corner of the Navajo Indian reservation, on the 

 boundary line between the territories of Arizona and Utah; 

 thence W. .along said boundary line to 110^ \V. longitude; 

 theuce S. along said degree to 36^ N. latitude; thence E. 

 along said p.arallel to the W. boundary of the Navajo reser- 

 vation; thence N. along said W. boundary to the place of 

 beginning. 



Cede all their right to confeder.ated Ute reservation in Colo- 

 rado established by treaty of 1868, especially to southern part. 



U. S. agree to set apart a reservation for them ou San .Juan 

 river in Colorado. 



