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INUUN LAND CESSIONS IX THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF ESTDIA^IST 



1888 



May 1 



May 24 



Where or how 

 concluded 



Ileference Tribe 



Act of Con- 

 gress. 



Stat. L., 

 XXV, 113. 



Act of Cuu- 



gress. 



Stat. L., 

 XXV, 157. 



Vescriplion of ceanioii or I'eaervatian 



Indians of For these Indians the lands boumleil as follows: Beginning at a 

 Fort Bel- poiutinthemiddlenf the njaiu channel of Milk river, opjiosite 

 knap agen- the mouth of Snake creek ; thence due S. to a point due \V. of 

 cy. the western extremity of the Little Kocky mountains ; thence 



due E. to the crest of said mountains at their western extrem- 

 ity; and thence following the southern crest of said moun- 

 tains to the eastern extremity thereof ; thence iu a northerly 

 direction in a direct line toa point iu the middle of the main 

 channel of Milk river opposite the mouth of Peoples creek; 

 thence up Milk river, iu the middle of the main channel 

 thereof, to the place of beginning. 



Indians of I For these Indians the lands bounded as follows: Beginningata 

 Blackfoot ! point in the middle of the main channel of the Marias river 

 agency. ! ojiposite the mouth of Cut Bank creek; thence up Cut Bank 

 creek, in the middle of the main channel thereof, 20 miles, fol- 

 lowing the meanderings of the creek; thence due N. to the 

 northern boundary of Montana ; thence \V. along said bound- 

 ary to the summit of the main chain of the Rocky mountains; 

 thence in a southerly direction along the summit of said 

 niouutaiusto a point due W. from the source of the N. fork of 

 Birch creek [this is interpreted to mean the fork now known 

 as Blacktail creek. C. T.] ; thence due E. to the source of said 

 N. fork; thence down saidN. fork to themaiu stream of Birch 

 creek; thence down Birch creek, iu the middle of the main 

 channel thereof, to the Marias river; thence down the Marias 

 river, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the place 

 of beginning. 



TTintah TJta . 



July 4 



Sept. 1 



Act of Con- 

 gress. 



Act of Con- 

 gress. 



Stat. L., 

 XXV, 240. 



Stat. L., 

 XXV, 452. 



Winnebago . 



Bannock and 

 Shoshoni 

 ofFortHaU 

 reservation. 



Congress restores part of the Uintah valley reservation to the 

 public domain, as follows: Beginning at a milepost numbered 

 19, Uu Bois' survey, from the initial point established in T. H 

 S., K. 20 E., Salt Lake meridiau; thence southerly to the 

 NE. corner of T. 2 S., R. 1 E., Uintah special meridiau; 

 thence S. along the E. boundary of T. 2 S., R. 1 E., Uintah spe- 

 cial meridian, to the SE. corner of T. 2 S., R. 1 E., Uintah 

 special meridiau ; thence E. along the N. boundary of T. 3 

 S., R. 2 E., Uintah special meridian, to its iuterseetion with 

 the E. boundary of the Uintah Indian reservation; thence 

 in a N\V. diection with the eastern boundary line of said 

 reservation to the beginning. 



Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to sell the following 

 lands iu the State of Nebraska: Lots 3 and 4, the S. half of 

 the NE. quarter and the SE. quarter of sec. 33, lots 5 and 

 6, the S. half of the NW. quarter, and the S\V. quarter of 

 sec. 34, all in T. 27 N., R. 6 E., sixth principal meridian. 



Congress ratifies agreement by which said Indians surrender 

 the following lauds, all of which are contained in T. 6 S., 

 R. 34 E., of Boise meridian: W. one-half sec. 25; all of sec. 26; 

 E. one-half sec. 27; NW. quarter see. 36; N. half sec. 35; NE. 

 quarter of SW. quarter sec. 35 ; NE. quarter of the NE. quar- 

 ter of sec. 34; comprising an area of 1,840 acres, more or less, 

 saving and excepting so much of the above-mentioned 

 tracts as has been heretofore and is hereby relinquished to 

 the U. S. for the use of the Utah and Northern and Uregou 

 Short Liue railways. 



