The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-23
INDIAN RESERVATIONS.
DEpARrMENr oR 90 IN

! sS W GiesVliA VIA 10 VA can UA occupied anu
ss'led py while men; So what rart Of such ter
rtoIy-bas bten referred TO this bureau for answer,
and, in reply thereto, have the hon,r 10 srate -:
That me country hcith OF the Platte and west Il
The state 81 iowa IS occupied by tie Onnsbas Paw,
lees, and Sioux and other indigenous Indians and
their tide to the same has bsen ex.jp9njshed
except The strip ceoed by the Pawnees AZ Grand
| la,anu fCr military yurpo es
That the cODn,Ty south OF the Platte and inmedt.
ately west Of the State Of Iowa is occupied by tho
Otioss and iler title has never been exsinyushed.
That tie county along tie whole western b1ulds..
~ OF Aiesouri, (exccp. snail strip Of land between
tho southern bne II The Miarnies and the northern
line OF The Cherokee 'Nears Groundn trnct) is oc-
enpisd by the oitoes, tho halfbrceds Of yarioua
trtss, TIE Iowas, Sacs and Foxes Of TIA Missouri
EicsaIocs, DelaxsIca, Nyando.tS. Po.tewatomics,
shannees, Pesnksshaws, Weas, Pecrias, kaslas.
k,as, O,sowas, Chiplewas, Sacs and Foxes OF tbc
Mississippi. ansas, Iiabes, Osages Cherokee "Ncu-
trol Ground" tract, Quopaws, Seuecas and Shawnecs
End stEecas in tho ORDER il which they are nainedS
lr.n north 10 f0Hlh. lie snail strip besssen tho
MigMies and the Cherokee Neutral Grcunl Was
So apart ftr the various tribes Of Indiana ia tho
State Of New York; but II d,es not appear that they
have ever yet ayBiltl them ewes Of ia.
Iho country T,ft Of The STATE Of MisslaY and
lying between tie ArsaBsas IN tho Platte, (exceG
NE r'Jip owned by the Otioe@) was pu:erstood To
have belonged originally 10 tie Pa snees, Kansas
ard Csases to The sources OF TIE Kansas, The head.
waters Oh The Republican Fork Of tie hensas, and
| 30 tie Junction u the South Fora wign tie North
| Fork ot The Platte. TIE Pawn.es ai-0 owned, ana
tti own, .efsion CT iit country north Ct and bor-
/ dering IN the Platte.
The tile u The Osages To all TIE country lying week
Of the Stale OF Missouri, and hc theB) territory Of
Arhanss north aid west of the led river, soath II
the Kansas river, east Of i.,e to De drawn FROM
the head sources Of the Kansas southWarlly through
The Rock Saline" &c, was eytingushed by the
U,ed Ssniss by treaty ctncuied on tae I'd June,
lS25. (U S. st tutes at Large. vol. T. page 2i0.)
The title Of the Kensss to nj. the lands TO which
| they then had ttlo, or claimed lynn, west OF the
State OF Missouri and within ,he following boundar-
les viz: Beginning at the trance OF the Kansas
.s,tC tbn ,ex fr.,p VIlnr>.0 IN
tle Qhcn) northwest Of the State Of Missouri
FIX m 81 eUce Westwai0iy 10 the Nodewa river, thirty
miles from It's eptsance into the Missouri; from
thence 10 the entrance 81 tire Big Nemaha river into
the Missouri and villa that river to its saIrre; from
thence 10 the source Uf the Kansas river leaving the
old village Of the Panice (PasIee) republic TO the
west; from thepce On Inc ildge avd!ny me watefs
al The Kansas river from those OF the Arkansas To
the western boundary OF the State line OF Missouri,
and ith that line thirty miles to the place Of begin
ming" was extn2uishsd by the United States, by
treaty concluded on the 30 June, 1875. U. 5. Sta.
tutes Ut Large, vol. Z, page 244
The title of the Pawuees to all their night and in.
tsrest in lands lying south Of the Platte river was
ex,ing,shed by The United states by treaty, on the
Sth Os,Oher 1888. tU. s. Statutes 1t Large VOL z,
page 44S)
In the treaties with the Ossces ard Kansas br
dams here were rcfeiy atoms made ior thoT 5lse ana
occupation.
The second arti,le Of the treaty with the Pawneaa
is in he following Words. The land cedcd and
reInquisbed hereby, 60 far as The same ID NOT and
snail not De GSSigLeO any or tJDc5, sbAu
nain common bunting ground during the pleasure
ofthe President for Tie Pa vnees and Other friendly
Indians, who shall be permitted by the President
to hunt on TIE same"
boundary OF Iowa AID The southern boundary Of Mis-
souri and west OK the Omaha ard Pavnee country,
and wet OF the Pawiee, Kansas, and Usage ceg-
sioDs is in the occupancy OF the Sioux Ayapahoes,
CbeyeDnes. and ether ndie erOus IEGians aAl their
title baa not been eXtingushed by the United Ssates
In extiDguishing the title of the Pawnees, Kansas,
and Osages, to the country they Claimed at she date
Of the treaties, in 1926 and 1885, che object Of the
government WAS to obtain q home for Inc several
tribes then residing in an occupying lands within tho
States an0 orsaniZed territories. Add Congress, by
tie act OF May %, $780, (Statnes az Larse, vol.
PIP. All 4l2,) expressly authorized t,e President
TO divide The country Eeat to 1biuh The Indian title
had been eAtnguisned, into suitable districts, and
10 exchange such districts with any If the ihss then
residing within the limits Of any Of the States Terri
tories and with which The United ; ats then had ex.
sting treaties for tie whole any portion o. tie terri
tory uhen) claimtd AID occupied by such tribe, &C.
The third section OF the act pr.ydes that in max
ing such exchanges the President may solennly as.
sure the tfte or nat.Un with which tie exchange n
mace, that the United States will forever and
guaranty to them, olid their beers SUCCESSORS the
country exchanged with them, aud ii they prefer
it, tie United States viii patent or grsut ia
he made to them for the sane, aith the prOvisO,
however, that II tie Indiaus hecome extinct. or
abandon the came, the land shall revert to the UNI
| ted States
The principles of This act are embodied in all the
various treaties with the numerous tribes new located
Immediately west OF Missouri and by which treaties
the possession ard occupancy Of their present lands
is guaranteed to them And several Of the treaties
provide, in addition tsas tile United States qua
1antee that said lands the lands granted to the tribe
or tribes, and on which they now reide) shah never
be within The limits Of any State or Territory" &c.
| The country coded by the Oslges the Kansas,
and the Pawnees 70 tie United States, lying north
is not now in the specific occupancy Of any Indian
tribe, by virtue Of treaty stipulation, has been occu-
pied continuously from the date Of these cesions
until tho present time by the Pa~nees and other
friendly Indians AS common hunting ground and it
does not appear that the Presi lent has ever mani
Tested his displeasure, but the contrary The policy
OF the government has tended to san ssion is.
The arst "act to authorize the President OF the
United States to cause road to be marked 0at from
the western frontier Of Missouri to the confines OF
New Mexico approved March Sd, 1885, (3tatutes at
Large, vol l. p. 1909 provides for the appointment
Of commissioners to mark cut said Rad: Provided.
That the said commissioners shall first obtain the
consent Ct tie intervening tbe Of Indians by TSev
to the making Of the said road, and 70 the Ebmoss
ed use thereof to the citizens Of the (nitei States
OIL d Of the Mexican republic"
The report Of the commissioners, Stokes, Els-
| Hefih, and Schermerhoin, TO the Secretary of War
dated February 10, 1884, says that she country to
which the Indian title has been extnguished west of
the Mississippi, for the purpose Of providing land
which to remove the Indians from the east Is very
extensive. 1t ia situated between Red river, north
latitude 80 deg 80 min, aud north latitude 43 deg
80 min., and from the western boundary line Of the
Territory Of Arkansas and State Of Missouri in west
longitude II deg. 80 nin and tho Mississippi river
to the republic Of Mexico in west longitude % deg.
from Washington" blouse Reports 23d Congress,
LIST session, Rep. No. 47l)
The first section Of the act to sulate trade and
intercourse with the IDdsn tribes, and B., preserve
peace on the frobtier," approved June 80, 1884,
(Statutes at Large vol. w., pages 723 20 1857 pro.
vides Tibet all that part on the United States west
Of the Mississippi, and not within lbe States If Mis-.
souri, and Louisiana, Or the territory Of Arkansass
and also that part Of the United States east of the
Mississippi river, and not within any State 10 which
the Indian title has not been extiDguished for tho
purposes Of this act, be taken and deemed TO be the
! Indian country"
| The tenth section of said act Is in these words:
"rhat tie Superintendent Of Indian Affairs, and In
Clan eSents and subagepts. shall have authority tn
| remove from the Indian country all persons found