930 



INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



[ ETH. ANN. 18 



SCHEDULE OF INDI^N^ 



1889 

 Mar. 1 



Where or how 

 concluded 



Reference 



Act of Con- 



stat. L., 

 XXV, 757. 



2 Executive or- 

 der. 



Ac of Con- 

 gress. 



Act of Con- 

 gress. 



Stat. L., 

 XXV, 1013. 



Stat. L., 

 XXV, 888. 



Hnscogee or 

 Creek. 



Malheur Ses- 

 ervation In- 

 dians. 



Wea, Peoria, 

 et al. 



Description of cession or reserralion 



Ratifies and confirms agreement made Tvith the Creeks Jan. 

 19, 1889, by which they cede to the U. S. the half of their 

 "doinaiu" lying ^^ • of the division lino established by treaty 

 of June 14, 1866, and all claims and interests in any other 

 lands, except so much of their domain as lies E. of said line 

 of division. By proclamation Mar. 23, 1889, the President 

 declared the lauds so obtained to be open to settlement and 

 described them as follows: Begiuniuj; at a point where the 

 degree of longitude 98 W. of Greenwich, as surveyed in the 

 years 18.58 and 1871, intersects the Canadiau river; thence 

 ''N. along and with the said degree to a point where the same 

 intersects the Cimarron river; thence up said river along the 

 right bank thereof to a point where the same is intersected 

 by the S. line of what is known as the Cherokee lands lying 

 W. of the Arkansas river, or as the Cherokee outlet, said line 

 being the N. line of the lands ceded by the Muscogee (or 

 Creek) nation of Indians to the U. S. by the treaty of June 

 14, 1866; thence E. along said line to a point where the same 

 intersects the W. line of the lands set apart as a reservation 

 for the Pawnee Indians by act of Congress approved Apr. 10, 

 1876, being the range line between ranges! and 5 E. of tlie 

 Indian meridian ; thence S. on said line to a point where the 

 same intersects the middle of the main channel of the Cimar- 

 ron river ; thence up said river, along the middle of the main 

 channel thereof, to a point where the same intersects the 

 range line between range 1 E. and range 1 W. (being the 

 Indian meridian), which line forms the western boundary of 

 the reservations set apart respectively forthe Iowa and Kicka- 

 poo Indians, by Executive orders dated, respectively, Aug. 

 iri, 1883; thence S. ahmg said range line or meridian to a 

 point where the same intersects the right bank of the N. 

 fork of the Canadian river; thence up said river, alonir the 

 right bank thereof, to a point where the same is intersected 

 by the W. line of the reservation occupied by the Citizen 

 band of Pottawatomies and the Absentee Shawnee Indians, 

 set apart under the provisions of the treaty of Feb. 27, 1867, 

 between the U. S. and the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians, and 

 referred to in the act of Congress approved May 23, 1872; 

 thence S. along the said W. line of the aforesaid reservation 

 to a point where the same intersects the middle of the main 

 channel of the Canadian river ; thence up the said river, along 

 the middle of the main channel thereof, to a point opposite 

 to the place of beginning, and thence N. to the place of 

 beginning (saving and excepting 1 acre of land, in square 

 form, in the N\V. corner of sec. 9, in T. 16 N., R. 2 W. of 

 the Indian meridian in Indian territory, and also 1 acre 

 of land in the SE. corner of the NW. (jnarter of sec. 15, T. 

 16 N., R. 7 \V. of the Indian meridian in Indian territory, 

 which last-described 2 acres are hereby reserved for Govern- 

 ment use and control). 



The President restores to the public domain the remainder of 

 their reservation, as follows: Fractional sees. 7, 8, 17, 18, and 

 19, T. 22 S., R. 32A E., Willamette meridian, Oregon, area 

 317.65 acres, and comprising the N. half of what is locally 

 known as the old Camp Harney military reservation. 



Provides for allotment of lands in severalty, etc 



An act to divide a portion of the Great Sioux reservation of 

 Dakota into separate reservations, as follows : 



