The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-11
sale OF Indian Trust Lands ii Kan
sas Territory. 4f8 f6#
PRocIANATlnN.

By TIE PRESIDENT OF IHE UNITED STATES.
TN pursuance Of Law. /. FRANKLIN PIERCE,
i President Of the Tinted States. do lseeby
declare and make known that : pubiie sale
Uin be hed 1t Iowa Point, DoiIiphan County,
n the Territory # Kansas. commencing On
tuesday. the tfth day CT Nay next. for the
disposal Of sueh o. the lbhds held in trust by
the Elli5ed States for tie beneht of the Iowa
tTibe Of Indians Us ara situated within the un-
degHaensioned townships Of / nd in said Ter
ritaiy, and eeded by sid Indi-ns IN trust as
.foTesasa, 10 wit.
lS4sl II fas base line end sasf IF lie sizfk
rrsaeipat sztfidiea.
Townships No. eas In ranges fifteen, sixteen,
seventeen. eighteen, nineteen and twenty.
Townships No. tseo, IN ranges seventeen,
eighteen. nineteen and twenty, excepting there
from 4 few special grants designated IN the
treaty amounting IN the whole 70 eight hun
dred ACES. and situated in townships two, Of
Ta1gs nineteen and twenty.
Aise, at Paoi, Lykins County, IN said Terri
tory commencing on Tuesday. the twenty
sixth day of May next. for the disposal of such
of the lands held in trust by the United States
| for the benefit Of the confederated bands of
Kaskaskia, Peoria, Pinkeshaw. and Wea Indi-
ans as are situated within the aforementioned
! townships Of said Territory, and ceded by said
/ confederated bands as aforesaid, to wit:
| .SAM # the base liae and east cf the si1th
/ griaeiad Baeridiaa.
! townships fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen, Of
range twenty.
| townships fifteen, sixteen. and seventeen, Of
| range twenty
| townships fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen, Of
range twenty-five.
| Townships fifteen, sixteen seventeen, and
eighteen, ef range twenty three.
| Townships fifteen sixteen. seventeen, and
eighteen. Orange twenty -four.
townships fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, and
eighteen. ofrange twenty-five.
| ProyiSionhavipg been made by the second
and third articles Of the treaty OF eession that
each individual member of said eonfedcrated
bands shoun be entitled to one hundred and
sixty acres f land; and, in addition, that ten
sections shGld be selected and set apart as 8
national reservation; and by the fifth article
one section of six hundred and forty acres
should alsobe selected and set apart for the
benefit of ele American Indian Mission Asso-
leiatiop; and said lands. amounting to about
| fcrtv-eight tiIUusGrd aeroz having been select
ell in the following townships above named, u
j Sit:
Townships sixteen and seventeen range twen'
lty-two.
townships fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, ant
Eighteen range twenty three.
/ townships sixteen and seventeen, rang
Twenty -four.
!.
"a iy-fSe, are hereby set apart and reserved iron
kale.
1 Also. at Lecompton. in said Territory. com
itnencing ON Tuesday. the twenty-third day o
June next, for the disposal of such of the land
held in trust by the United States for the bene
ct of the Delaware tribe of Indians as are stu
,ted within the aforementioned townships
comprising the tcestern portion OF the lands q
ded by the said Delaware Indians, IN trust ;
aforesaid, to wit:
Ssuth # tie bare line and eaH y the sal
Erinei al meridian.
Townships FIVE six. seven, eight, nine, tel
faud eleven, of range fifteen.
Townships seven, eight, nine, ten, and ele'
en-. of range sixteen.
Townships six seven, eight, nine, ten, al
eleven. Of range seventeen.
| Townships six. seven, eight, nine, ana te
Of range eighteen.
The terms of said sales will be cash. and
n s6d WIfr ,v~-:-I h-.I- .l-a aai,aatin,a plao
upon the several tracts by the commissions
duly appointed for the purpoee Of classify i
and yaiuing the same; and upon payment .
inc made. receipts in duplicate will be exc -ut
therefor. one of which viii be delivered to
purchaser.
Patents will subsequently, be issued fer {
lands so purchased in accordance with the la
in force regulating the issue thereof.
The offering of the above lands will be COZ
menced ON the days respectively appointed a
will proceed in the order in which they are a
vertised with all convenient despatch, until I
whole shall have been offered and the sales ti
. closed.
All purchases not paid for on the day of 5
will be reoffered on the following day at
: risk of the defaulting purchaser.
20 Given under my hand at the city OF wa
~ ineton this twenty-sixth day OF Februa
i' eighteen hundred and fftyseven.
, FRANKLIN PIERCE
- BY the President:
- GEO. w. MANYPENNY.
~ Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
M w n. B.-No newspaper is authorized TO p
- lish the foregoing advertisement without s
ciaI instructions to that effect from the Ct
p missioner of Indian Affairs.
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