New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-30
INDIAN RESERVATIONS.
DfPasTsssr OY tbs iSrsRioR,
0Hsr. I-dfsu Arsirs Augnss 10 1898

INDIAN hISbh' "A ioNc'
Dfpaerrssr oy rHs Isrssos,
Oficc Indisn Anurs August IS, 1893
SIR Your letter OF tho SO lEt 10 1s Score
TRY OF tie ut.r r ah, him ~-ner IN bi- opinon un
Der easing laws AID treaties with the v~r"ds inal1n
tribes any portion Of the ,erncry ymg vest VI Missouri
md Iowa oan occupied and settled by xhie il So
ha. par: Of such itntory-ha been referred ms on
Iesu FIR and, in reply thereto, bs'e The h'hor U
state: $780,
STATE of Iowa is occupied by the OnGhss Pa"neeS ana
sioux AND other Indigenous Indians snd tneir title 70 the
sr bs. neyer been tzirguishd except the stp ceded
BY the PAwIees Gralc island ior military PURPOSES:
That ihe G, unity south oi tl- Platte aud inn7ii.eiy
west Of the State CT Iowa is occupied BY tae Oces ana
tleiriitle bee never been ex'iugurh-d
That The tF Along he ~hoie western boundary OF
MssCuii e kept ~ al strip o. land between the s9utn
era lie Of the Mamie ~ the northern Inc OF tho
Crerokte Neutral Ground tractl IL occSpitd oy the
Otto. the hsELr.eos Of various nb,s, tho lc~ass Sacs
arc Foxes Of the Missouri hck9poos Del1Eares' MyAn'
duts Pote~eicniss, Shssh'>, Pesaks-bSws M-As,
PeoIas kaSksak4s OtOwas, Chippewa. .cs aud Foxes
of the Mississippi karsa-, Dsuiss, Os ge- Cherokee
Neutral GTouHd" trac, Q1apaws, >enecss AID ShAF,
Iees ana Serecss IN the IL winch tney are na ned
from moth t. south The small stup bet"--n The Mamies
AID TIE Cherokee Neutral Ground was set apart Tor
he vsou. tribes OF Iod,sps in The St-e Of Nv YORK
but il sfpesr that they have ever Jet svaled
themselves Of t.
The country f the state of Missouri aud lying be
wesn the Alar the Platte except the sip owned
~ H.. q - was pndefs God to have belonged origin
sy 10 tic Kansas and Oages to The sources Oh
M Kansas the he OF ,le ~ F"rs OF ils
Kersas arg 10 tie junction a south Fork With the
North Fork Of IN. Pi,ue The Ps~ne-s also owned, sud
t own portion OF The country north OF and oo'doing
Oh The Ii8ue. .
NJ ,ie Of the Osaees to al the country lying vest of
The state Il Missouri ana tine them Territory OF Arkansas
n,r,l nd v.st of the Rcd River south oi the ksrss
kytr arc Of Inc 10 be drawn ITO the hsad sources
81 Il Ksrsas -ouhwsroy through the Rock ; hn-, &c,
va by the tred S;ats b. treaty c0neiddtd
On he &c June lssj ~. satues at Large vol page
2sC) $3.50
be title Of the Kansas all the lands 70 which Trey thea
Rad tile claimed siDg --.t oi The STATE oil h--our
eIc within he ioliowrg eounoaris, VIZ; "BeSnnng al
The erefce q the ksDs-s River Into the Missouri RIVER
om tttIoe noIih thu htpl noTth1eS; corner ct tho
sste Of Missouri from thence weswaroiyt Z" IN Ncdera
River, thirty D.f fiom lie entrance iuto The his,eal
"fon theIce 70 the ertrsnce OF tie Big Nemani hVsr
into ih- Missouri and It'll that nN-i Z" " soa,c- non
";htrce 70 the OF TIE Kansas RIVER leaving the old
,s ge tr PsDice P~sn.. Republic 10 ti- vest rom
"ibeIaO The rid. Civ .aing tho ".rs " iAe "a. sS
Ev,r ff n th,s. of the g. tue ~sern boundary
"of tie state Inc Missouri, snd -h tbs. iins thirty
en- les 10 n place c Dgnn < e1n- 1lshed uy ths
TpIed S-t-s by tieets concluded ID Juue, ls25
IT, ;. sta'utts ~ Llrge, vol T. page eii)
lie tile Of the Ps~pe-- 10 s ther night aud Interest ~
lauos bius south al the Platte River WIS exns uished ~
The United States by rez, on the ,h October i-'1 ~
u SistDies st Large, Vol. :, page SO
IL TIE treaties The Cssges ac Kansas Indians there
were reservation made icf h,f md Ocrup-t"n
gie seo. Il article treaty with tie P.wneeS IS IN
he following woes; "Ii- land ced.d and rehnqusoed
hereby the IS lot and hall no b. sssisncd
70 sry tribe cr tribes, shsli common hunn.
ground opiiIg the S Of to- Pr eide at for the PA~
"nees c'orer eLoy indais' VINO shall De permitted
b, th. Pr. -idri {. hunt on the ssn-
IL. toui, .h TIE parallels VI the northern bcuI O.
~ Of Iowa eno tne southern bouudr, o -sourl .nd
of the Omaha and PaWuee ooUL. and S.si oil The
P1rree hsisss ana Oszge c'ssions, IN the occup Ancy
of a.. Sioux s.sho, Ches aud other incl S-boas
irclsIq and atF has net been exrDgulsaed oy the
Unieu States.
In .xtugui.hrg the title Of th- Ps~Dees Kan.a-, and
O,sle lie o,u'ry they claimed - the cate # mo 're'
res II IS -5s. The ocjet Ct the Govern neat Fas
H. bisn ho f,r he sewers. tib- thea resiits Ia sod
CO u yn laLcs Wrain ae STATE @1a organized lesfH1
re And Congress 10y the 1T ol Ms. p ieSo, >isu,-s
81 Lsrse Vol pp III and ia -1pEesg authorized The
Prsicti 70 Ovid the country west 20 shicn the tna-n
til, been exiting ui h int sui able istroto aho 70 eA
ct.ree such cstfts with any the uoes tnsn resdns
s 10 tie hu " s,y If the Stats Territories, an
nh Unto States ;Atn LA tIis;isg IN al 10;
Whole " 81 pVEucnv i Inc Ieicy ln-hl eiAeo ALI
| ,,,Vp,o ~ such ME &c.
ltelrd sectr Of TIE act provides ths u making sucn
lclaIg, tie i esid ~ nsy so u! sssur7 To Iioe of
Gt,L With ~hch tie exchange mad, TIA. tie United
>sie ~ forever ana guaranty u them sud th-ir
tis 81 sUcetssgIs the Try so txchslgc 9Th them
ara hey pr,f H. the Uri,o States viii cause patent
sTeit o be Ia them Tor TIE s-u- - The pr'si-
that If the ircars become e1iLct or abandon
IT, ZANE, th- land shall revert t. The Univd States.
The pm, p,s Of TIKI at &C n AZ to various
irestss With the numerous roe- lyr-t-d Immediately
wts; OF &souF AID by which treaties the possession AID
occupancy Of iher IrtseDt sncs luAuieed 70 them
A several OF tb- T.st1s pTosi la addition tnaS tie
nitc States guarantee IT,; saG ilncs lihe lands grant
ca to the Tribe uioes, SD "a which they reside
sh.l never be within sAe is .. 10y Site cs Tesrio
lie equity ce1ed b. tie Ossges tie Klnsl aud tn
PGNBess &c tie Uuiso States yil noa AID Wee; OF ks1
RIVER ana souih OF The Platte, wAch Is Let ms N IN
speifc ooCDP1 Il sIy Indian toe. BY virtue Of r. A.!
stipulation has tetr occupied ccniUuoOsy from the Ia,
Of these ces Until the present u-e b. te Pa Tne-
nd otleI eroly Indians q hunting -roaEj
AID does sppeAr that the Pieade las .0is =
"a his cispisAsure tut the contrary - policy OF IT,
| Gaverrm.ni lee tended 10 sal, ITO l.
The krst act suihoiize tn President # The Unites
Estates 10 csuse road a. De marked ron the vssterI
aoltisr Of Missouri a. the con6nts oi Ns~ Mexico
proved Asreh Sd, iss5' tss,ues It Lugs, vol p 100
irovaes 4 the sppOIfH int 4 uusior 20 marx
aid road: Prridsd. That the said nisson-rs sht
frt obtain the ccps-Et OF the Intervening tbe Of IL
-asrs hy treaty 10 The making of tn s4ic road sid
fe u.s. thertOf 10 the cizsns Of the unisS
| SAFE. srd 81 The Mexican Z "a he
The rsport ofihs muis'iouefs stokes tsEorta, an'
stru,ihorp 10 the Sc r,tAr It War dated fsirusry 10
lC3, that the country 70 Vii the iaoits ii- ha
ten tSfp. wished ~est OF The Aisals up ~ ies pa5po
proNie ng land OF tieh T. reDov- N 44us 'f'1