The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-06-17
sale of Indian Trust Lands i'm Kansas Terri
PROCLAMATION
PROCLAMATION
ny THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED State

PROCLAMATION
or THE UNITED
TN pursuance Of law, |, FRANKLIN PIERCE, Pres.
dent Of the United states do hereby declare and make known
Territory % sansas correnrng tuesday tho hh day o. May
States the benefit the Iowa tribe sns Sans as are situated
IN the townships Of land in said Territory and eeded
by said Indians in trust as aforesaid, TO viii:
Soa dc has line f szb plncipal y.eridian
Townships No one in ranges heen sixteen eighteen
townships No l in ranges seventeen esheen nineteen and
treaty amounting In the whole eight hundred situate
townships two OF ranges nineteen and twenty
Also at Pao Iykns county said Territory commencing
Tuesday the twenty sixth day May disposal such
Of the lands held in BY the benefit
eouedcrated bands Of Kaskakt Peoria ankeshaw wea
Territory aud ceded by said conderaed bands aforesaid
SOA n tic base Ire and cat ef tie sizta psncpal meam
Townships nneen, sxtoen and range twenty.
Townships fifteen, sixteen and range
Townships fifteen sixteen aud range twenty
ty-three Z. h.
townships aeen sixteen seventeen eighteen range
townships fifteen sixteen seventeen and eighteen Of range TWEEN
ty-nye.
having been made by the second and third articles Of the
treaty Of ccssion that each individual
in addition that apart a
ona reservation and by the h article ssccs Of six hundred
the American Indian Mission Association and said lands amounting 10
about forty eight thousand having been selected The following
townships above naased, 70 Wit;
townships sixteen seventeen, range twenty two
Townships fifteen sixteen seventeen and eighteen twenty
Townships sixteen seventeen, range twenty four
Townships sixteen and hereby
apart aud rcserved from sale.
Also at ompton said Territory, commencing Tuesday
twenty third day disposal
held In trust by the United States
OF Indians situated within the townships
png the tcn portion OF the lands cedcd by the
/ dans, In trust as aforesaid, TO wit:
South Of The base line and east Of The ~ principal
Townships Ave- seven eight nine eleven range
teen.
Townships eight nine and eleven range sixteen
Townships SIX seven eight nine and eleven Of
| teen.
Townships six, severn eight nine and ten OF eighteen
The terms Of said sales viii cash. received
below the valuation placed the
duly appointed for the classifying yang
aud payment being made receipts duplicate will be
therefor, OF which will be delivered TO the purchaser
Patents viii subsequently be issued for the lands purchased
accordance with the laws in force regulating the issue thereof
The Offering OF the aboye lands will be
spectvey appointed and VIII proceed the they
advertised with all despatch shall
/ have been offered and the sales thus closed.
following day at the risk OF the defiulng purchaser
Given under my the city Washington twenty sixth
| day OF February eighteen hundred and 1ity-seyen.
| FRANKLIN FIERCE
| BY the President:
GEc W. MASYTgSSy
| Commissioner OF Indian Affairs
BNo newspaper publish foregoing adver
somcnt without special that the
| sioncr OF Indian Affairs
! Feb 2s-lawtlJune.