The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-10-03


], Corresponds with the opinion OF
1,oy. Clark Of Missouri. as ex.
I! s,. s oii;cial letter written by him
g : , 81 Of Indian Affairs, da,
Il Y ~ q f3, 1888. In this letter Gem
|It s.In. the year 10 u, Lthink
4 9;el John G. Sullivan was en-
81; u The United States SURVEYOR
'ls William Rector, to rum, and did
|Gsas "a mark the line which has sin g
Iaa y ,ted IN most if not all maps astheI
pc s. md northern boundaries Of tel
go 3 Missouri, commencing at the
So I. = e the Kansas river and running
cow ss.,sdred miles, and thence east to the
90 hume Times river. The language in the
| b. ms : % much of the line as runs north
lsfsIs ' IN miles from Tie mouth Of theI
Co., y. r;rsr, and the impression was We
any, saerally prevalent, after the adoption
II gsas s,,,s constitution, that the survey
Y, Y, Sullivan was not only part of1he.I
OO., . Int the northern line of the state,
s 8 = fact tina. both were synonymous
sn y = !. Indian boundary line Gov.
wv n iarther states, that "as early assthe
~ ,s s four years after the constitu-
r. ysa 4, ], formed, and when the subject Of
- s. ". was still fresh in recollection,
''s s.,;.s we're made with the loways and
r 9 ii Foxes. in which the northwest
- 70. rsJ the state is expressly referred
| 80. ,nd in one Of them Col. snllivan's sur
'. = / mentioned. In 1928 the treaty
II he Kansas again refers to the north
W., y, corner Of the State, and as late as
wa s.a he same term is used in the treaty
IL 81 with various tribes at Prairie du
C CI The foregoing treaties referred
NV H. Cen. Clark, as we'll as several sub
.,,sent ones concluded with various tribes
Indians. TO wit: the treaty concluded by
Can Scott for the purchase Of the pres
-. SS' surveyed part Of Iowa Territory, re-
g.. = the northern boundary Of the State
C Missouri; 50 does the treaty concluded
.s;,h M Sac and Fox Indians at Wash
;,n,on. ii 1897: also all the treaties con-
.l,ied With various tribes of Indians for
~ uuchase Of the land lying between the
-. line of the State of Missouri river,
,,ter to the northwest corner of Nilsson
! and some Of them fix this corner one
| Kindred miles north of the Kansas river.
The line knosn as Sullivan's line has
ben recognized as the boundary between
lie Surveyor Generals district Of Nilsson
i and Illinois, and the Surveyor General S
district Of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and
Wisconsin. All the surveys Of the pub
| lie lands have been governed by thatline.
and # has been referred to in all the acts
dcongress creating land districts, both in
Missouri and Iowa. bordering on said line
and the land over which the authorities
Of Missouri now wish to exercise iuris
dictiol was surveyed under the direction
d the Surveyor General at Cincinnati
Ohio, as lying within the boundary o
Wisconsin. and returned to the Registe'
Of the Land Office at Burlington, low;
Territory, and by proclamation Of the Pre-
yident Of the United States, was sold a
thatplace as lying within the Territor,
ofIowa; and the citizens Of the Unite
States over which the authorities of Mis-
souri, now wish to exercise jurisdiction
ad.o levy taxes upon them purchase
kands on which they live from the Un
MStates as lying within the Territory {
bra, and settled upon them as such.
The line that has universally bee
Known as Sullivan's or the Indian bound
NJ line, and which. has been recognize
" all the authorities as above cited, is til
line to which the Territory Of Iowa, &C
ing under the authority of the u. State:
has heretofore exercised uninterrupted il
rsdiction, and it is the line to which it il
tshds to exercise jurisdiction until Cor
gess declares some other line to be tn
boundary OF the Territory. We have n,
YER pretended to exercise or claim iuri.
dic,ion south Of that line, neither do "
desire 10 do so until the question Of boul
dairy is definitely settled by Congress-.
With the foregoing incontrovertibl
facts, present d to the calm considerable
Of the citizens Of the United States, W
submit our cause to their decision and as
them to judge between the authorities
Iowa aud those of Missouri, and dete
nine, from the facts in the case. how f;
The Governor Of Missouri has been SUI
tanned 10 his assertion, that the Territor
o. Iowa is now seeking to extend an III
NARRATED and unauthorized lurisdictio
over . portion Of Missouri whether tn
assertion has any foundation in truth
reason and whether it is not, on the co
lrafy, the authorities Of Missouri that a
nov seeking to extend an unwarrantt
ana unauthorized jurisdiction over pc
saoa Of the citizens Of the United Stat
,lss'llng in the Territory of IOWA.
The Governor Of Missouri, after proclaim
,ns the law Of that State, approved Fe
y 1899, which appears to have pass
n no Of the act Of Congress of Il
louhof June, 1888, authorizing the PI
soent Of the United States to cause I