INDIAN TERRITORY. 



June 30, 1886. 



The following data as to the Indian Territory are given, as it contains 

 almost one-third of the Indian population , and seems to be the next 

 point of interest in the Indian question. Mr. Catlin visited almost all 

 of the tribes in this Territory, and in his portraits, from No. 1 to No. 

 310, has preserved the portraits of many of the persons of the several 

 tribes. 



Not an organized Territory. 



Population 1880, 79,769. 



Population June 30, 1870, 68,152. 



Area, 68,991 square miles, or 44,154,240 acres, given by House committee, 1886, as 

 containing 41,102,546 acres of land ; by General Land Office Report, 1886, 64,215 

 square miles, or 41,097,333 acres. 



Unsurveyed lands in the Territory, estimated, 17,150,250 acres ; unoccupied lands, 

 9,991,167 acres. 



Attached for judicial purposes to the western district of the State of Arkansas. . 



That portion of the United States called " Indian Country" is described in the act 

 of March 30, 1802. (2 Stats., p. 139.) 



After the Louisiana purchase in 1803, Congress, by the fifteenth section of the act 

 of March 26, 1804, (2 Stat., p. 283), provided for the removal of the Indians on the 

 east to the west side of the Mississippi River ; and in May 28, 1830 (4 id., p. 411), the 

 laying off of these lands west of said river was provided for, &c. 



In June 30, 1834 (4 id., p. 729), what was to be known as Indian country was again 

 described in the first section of that act. 



By Article II of the treaty of May 6, 1828 (7 id., p. 311), the Cherokee Nation were 

 granted lands by metes and bounds as therein described. See supplementary treaty 

 of February 14, 1833 (7 id., p. 414), and also the treaty of December 29, 1835. (7 id., 

 p. 748.) 



By article II, treaty of October 18, 1820 (7 id., p. 210), the United States cedes to 

 the Choctaw Nation lands to the south of those granted the Cherokees in said " In- 

 dian Country." Boundary line between the Choctaws and the United States fixed by 

 first article treaty of January 20, 1825. (7 id., p. 234.) 



Boundaries of Choctaw grant made more specific by second article treaty of Sep- 

 tember 27, 1830. (7 id., p. 333.) 



By the first article treaty of February 12, 1825, the Creek Nation were ceded by the 

 United States lands in said " Indian Country." (8 id., p. 257.) 



For boundaries of Creek grant see Article II, treaty February 14, 1833 (7 id., p. 417.) 

 By this treaty (fourth article) Seminole Indians made part of said Creek Nation. 



The land granted the Cherokee Nation in the said Indian country west of the Mis- 

 sissippi Eiver was patented to them as a nation December 31, 1838, pursuant to said 

 treaty stipulations. 



The Choctaws as a nation received a patent for the lands ceded them in said Indian 

 country, March 23, 1842. 



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