The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-05-16
Sale Of Indian Trus. Lands in Kan
PROCLAMATION.


By THE PRESIDENT OF THE USTTED STATES.
TN pursualeeofhw 4, FRANKLIN PIERCE,
i President of the United States, do hereby
declare and make known thst public sale
viii be held at Iowa Point, :Deniphan County,
in the Territory Of Kansas, commencing on
Tuesday; the eth day of Nay next, for The
disposal of such of the lands held IN trust by
the United States for the benefit. of the Iowa
tribe of Indians IS are situated within the m
dermentioned Townships of land in said Ter
ritory. and ceded by said Indiaas in trust Is
aforesaid, to wit:
South Of tie base lias and east Of lie sixfA
fFfaipaE faSri9iaa.
Townships No. oas, In ranges fifteen, sixteen.
seventeen, eighteen, ninetesn and twenty.
Townships No. fsoo, in ranges seventeen,
eighteen, nineteen and Twenty, excepting there
from few special grants designated in ne
treaty, amounting IN the whole TO eight hun
dred acres, and situated in townships two, Of
ranges nineteen and twenty.
Also. at Paoh, 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 eonfederated bands of
Kaskaskia, Peoria, Pnkeshaw, and Wea Indi-
ans Is are situated within the undermentioned
townships of said Territory, and ceded By said
confederated bands es aforesaid. to wit:
PrSSci2a} nseriaiaa. AI 4lS
Townships fifteen, sixteen, and ses euteen, Of
range twenty.
Townships fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen, Of
range twenty-one. -5 k2
Townships fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen, of
range twenty-five.
Townships fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, and
eighteen, of range twenty-three.
townships fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, and
Of -Fo,1r
Townships fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, and
eighteen. of range twenty .sesl
Provision having been made by the second
and third articles Of the treaty of cession thai
each individual member of said eonfederated
bands should be entitled to one hundred and
sixty acres of land; and, in addition, that ter
sections should be selected and set apart as &
national reservation; and by the 6tbh srticlt
one section of six hundred and forty acre:
should also be selected and set apart for the
benefit of the American Indian Mission Asso-
citation; and said lands, amounting to about
forty-eight thousand acres, having been select
ed in the following townships above named, K
wit:
Townshipssixteen and seventeen, range twen.
ty-two.
townships fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, anG
eighteen, range twenty
Townships sixteen and seventeen, rang
twentyfour.
Townships sixteen and seventeen range TWEEN
ty-five, are hereby set apart and reserved from
sale.
| Also, at Lecompton, in said Territory com.
meneing on Tuesday, the twenty-third day Of
June next, for the disposal of such of the iand
| held in trust by the United States for the bene
| fit of the Delaware tribe of Indians as are stu
ated within the undermentioned townships
comprising the 1geSteTn portion of the lands ce
ded by the said Delaware Indians, in trust a
aforesaid, to wit:
SoutA Of the base line and east Of the siatl
| principal meridian. -
| Townships five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten
aud eleven, of range fifteen.
Townships seven, eight, nine, ten, and elev
| en-, of range sixteen.
townships six, seven, eight, nine, ten, an,
| eleven, of range seventeen.
] Townships six, seven, eight, nine, and ten
| of range eighteen.
The terms of said sales will be cash, and n
| bid viii be received below the valuation placg
upon the several tracts by the commissioner
| duly appointed for the purpoee of classifying
and valRing the same; and upon payment be
ing made, receipts in duplicate will be executet
therefor, one OF which viii be delivered to th
purchaser.
| Patents viii subsequently be issued for tn
lands so purchased in accordance with the law
| in force regulating the issue thereof.
! The Offering of the above lands will be com
menced on the days respectively appointed an,
viii proceed in the order in which they are ad
vertiBed, with all iconvenient despatch, until tn
whole shall have been offered and the sales thu
closed.
All purchases not paid for on the day of sal
will be reoffered on the following day at tn
| risk of the defaulting purchaser.
Given under my hand at the city of Wash
| ington this twenty sixth day of February
eighteen hundred and ffty-seven.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
| By the President:
| GEO. w. MANYPENNY,
| Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
n. B.-No newspaper is authorized to pub
| lish the foregoing advertisement without spe
| cial instructions to that effect from the Com
missioner Of Indian Affairs.
| Apr IL Il June