854 THE GEORGE CATLIN INMAN GALLERY. 



The Creek Indians as a nation received patent for their lands in said Indian Country 

 August 11, 1852. 



These three patents included all the lands in what is now called Indian Territory, 

 and some of the lands now included in the State of Kansas, except those lands lying 

 in the northeast corner of said Territory, claimed by the Senecas and other tribes. 

 These lands in Kansas have been relinquished. 



For change of boundaries of said patented lands, see 11 Stats., p. 611 ; 14 id., pp. 

 785, 799. 



After the lands were ceded to said Indian nations they were called " Indian Coun- 

 try," " Indian Nation," and lastly " Indian Territory." This latter name has been 

 accepted and recognized by the Executive in issuing orders, &c, and by Congress in 

 establishing post-routes, &c, as the proper name to apply to this region of country. 



In pursuance of treaty stipulations, &c, a portion of the lands known as Indian 

 Territory have been surveyed. 



For Executive orders and treaties relative thereto, see the report of the Hon. Com- 

 missioner of Indian Affairs for 1879, pages 220, 221. 



The survey and patenting of the lands in this Territory are done by the Commis- 

 sioner of the General Land Office upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of 

 Indian Affairs, approved by the Secretary of the Interior. 



No part of said Territory has been brought under the operation of general laws so 

 as to make them subject to settlement as public lands. 



The various treaties and acts of Congress relative to lands in this Territory have, 

 as far as is known, been construed to reserve them for Indian purposes. 



The maps and plats of the surveys of said Territory are on file in the General Land 

 Office, and also in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 



INTERNAL CONDITION— SURVEYS— LAND-HOLDING RATES. 



The following tracts of country in the Indian Territory have been surveyed: 



Surveys of reservations and tracts. 



Acres. 



Quapaw Reservation 56, 685 



Peoria, &c, Reservation 50, 301 



Modoc Reservation 4, 040 



Shawnee Reservation 13, 048 



Wyandot Reservation 21, 406 



Seneca Reservation 51, 958 



Osage Reservation 1, 466, 167 



Kansas Reservation 100, 141 



Pawnee Reservation 283,026 



Unoccupied Cherokee lands west of 96°, east of Pawnee reserve 105, 456 



Unoccupied Cherokee lands west of 96°, west of Pawnee reserve 6, 239, 106 



Unoccupied Creek lands north of Cimarron River and west of Pawnee reserve 683, 139 



Sac and Fox Reservation 479, 667 



Pottawatomie ' ' 30-mile square " tract : - - . 575, 877 



Chickasaw Reservation T 4, 650, 935 



Kiowa and Comanche reservation 2, 968, 893 



Wichita Reservation 743,610 



Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation 4, 297, 771 



Unoccupied Creek and Seminole ceded lands 1, 645, 890 



Unoccupied Choctaw and Chickasaw leased lands 1, 511, 576 



Total area surveyed 25,948,692 



Of these the Sac and Fox Reservation and the Pottawatomie " 30-mile square" 

 tract, the Quapaw, Peoria, Modoc, Shawnee, Seneoa, and Wyandot Reservations have 

 been surveyed and subdivided into 40-acre tracts; the remainder into sections, as the 

 public surveys are made. 



The object of these surveys was the fulfillment of treaty stipulations, and to enable 

 the Department to ascertain the exact location, quality, and quantity of these several 

 tracts, with a view to the settlement of friendly Indians upon the unoccupied lands, 

 and to aid the various tribes of Indians already settled upon reservations in the adop- 

 tion of habits of civilized life and their permanent settlement upon individual allot- 

 ments of farms. 



