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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF IISTDI^N 



Where or how 

 concluded 



Reference 



1889 

 Mar. 2 



Act of Con- 

 gress. 



Stat. 



XXV, 



Fine Bidge 

 Siouz. 



B s e b u d 

 Sioux. 



Standing 

 Bock Sioux. 



Cheyenne 

 Biver Sioux. 



Description of cession or resnrvation 



For the ludiaiis receiving rations ami annuities at Pine Ridge 

 agen<y, the lauds bounded as follows : Beginning at the iutt-r- 

 Becti<iu of the one hundred and third meridian of lougitude 

 with the northern boundary of the State of Nebraska ; thence 

 N. along said meridian to the S. fork of Cheyenne river, and 

 down said stream to the month of Battle creek; thence due 

 E. to White river; thence down White river to the mouth 

 of Black Pipe creek on White river; thence due S. to said 

 N. line of the State of Nebraska ; thence W. on said N. line to 

 the place of beginning. Also the following tract of land 

 situate in the State of Nebr.iska, namely: Beginning at a 

 point on the boundary line between the state of Nebraska 

 and the territory of Dakota where the range line between 

 ranges 44 and 45 W. of the sixth principal meridian in the 

 territory of Dakota inter.sects said boundary line; thence E. 

 along said boundary line 5 miles; thence due S. 5 miles; 

 theuce due W. 10 miles; thence due ^'. to said boundary 

 line; thence due E. along said boundary line to the place of 

 beginning. 



For the Indians receiving rations and annuities at Rosebud 

 agency, the lands bounded as follows: Commencing iu the 

 middle of the main channel of the Missouri river at the inter- 

 section of the S. line of Brule county ; thence down said 

 middle of the main channel of said river to the intersection 

 of the ninety-ninth degree of W. longitude from Greenwich; 

 thence due S. to the forty-third parallel of latitude; thence 

 W. along said parallel to a point due S. from the mouth of 

 Black Pipe creek; theuce due N. to the mouth of Black 

 Pipe creek; thence down White river to a point intersecting 

 the W. line of Gregory county extended N. ; thence S. on 

 said extended W. line of Gregory county to the intersection 

 of the S. line of Brule county extended W.* thence due E. 

 on said S. line of Brule coiiuty extended to the point of 

 beginning in the Missouri river, including entirely within 

 said reservation all islands, if any, in said river. 



For the Indians receiving rations and annuities at the Stand- 

 ing Kock agency, the lauds bounded as follows: Beginning 

 at a point iu the center of the main channel of the Missouri 

 river, opposite the mouth of Cannon Ball river ; thence down 

 said center of the main channel to a point 10 miles N. of the 

 mouth of the Moreau river, including also within said reser- 

 vation all islands, if any, iu said river; thence due W. to 

 the one hundred and second degree of W. longitude from 

 Greenwich ; thence N. along said meridian to its intersection 

 with the S. branch of Cannon Ball river, also known as 

 Cedar creek ; thence down said S. branch of Cannon Ball 

 river to its intersection with the main Cannon Ball river, 

 and down said main Cannon Ball river to the center of the 

 main channel of the Missouri river at the place of beginning. 



For the Indians receiving rations and annuities at the Chey- 

 enne River agency, the lands bounded as follows : Beginning 

 at a point in the center of the main channel of the Missouri 

 river, 10 miles N. of the mouth of the Moreau river, said 

 point being the southeastern corner of the Standing Rock 

 reservation; thence down said center of the main channel 

 of the Missouri river, including also entirely within said 

 reservation all islands, if any, iu said river, to a point 

 opposite the mouth of the Cheyenne river; thence W. to 

 said C'heyenue river, and up the same to its intersection 

 with the one hundred and second meridian of longitude; 

 thence N. along said meridiau to its intersection with a line 

 due W. from a point in the Missouri river 10 miles N. of the 

 mouth of the Moreau river; thence due E. to the place of 

 beginning. 



