The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-05-30
Sale Of Indian Trust Lands In Kan
sas Territory.
PROcIAM ATloN

EY TIE PRESIDENT OF THI UNITED STATES.
/ n pursuance Of Law, ], ,FRANLKINPIERC
i President of the United States, do hereby
declare and make known that pubiie sale
viii be held at Iowa Point, Doniphan County.
in the Territory of Kansas. commencing on
Tuesday, the fifth day of May 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 es are situated within the nm
dermentioRed Townships Of land in said Ter
ritory, and cedsd by said Indians in trust rs
aforesaid. to wit:
.Souta 4 tie base Iins Gnd east Of tie sixtA
PftHespal 1sersdiGE.
Townships No. ons, in ranges fifteen, sixteen,
seventeen, eighteen, nineteen and twenty.
Townships No. ttno, IN ranges seventeen,
eighteen. nineteen and twenty, exeepting there
from few special grants designated in he
treaty, amounting IN the whole to eight hum
dred acres, and situated in townships two, of
ranges nineteen and twenty.
Also. 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
fer the benefit of the confederated bands Of
kaskaskia, Peoria, Pinkeshaw, and Wea lndi-
ans as are situated within the aforementioned
townships Of said Territory, and ceded by ssid
eonfederated bands as aforesaid, to wit:
iSDttth # tie base liHs and east ef the siaA
PrTsci2sf neyidiaa.
Townships fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen, Of
range twenty.
Townships fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen,o Of
range twenty-one.
Townships fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen, of
range twenty-five.
Townships fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, and
eighteen, of range twenty three.
Townships fifteen, sixteen, seventeen. and
! eighteen, of range twenty-fonr.
Townships fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, and
eighteen, of range twenty-five.
Provision having been made by the second
and third articles of the treaty. of cession that
each individual member of said eonfederated
bands should he 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 fifth article
one section of six hundred and forty acres
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. t
wit:
Townships sixteen and seventeen, range TWEEN
! ty-two.
Townships fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, ant
eighteen, range twenty-three.
Townships sixteen and seventeen, rang
! twenty-four. - -Al iasssS
Townships sixteen and seventeen, range TWEEN
ty-five: are hereby set apart and reserved fron
/ sale.
Also, at Lecompton, in said Territory, com
mencing on Tuesday, the twenty-third day oi
June next, for the disposal of such of the land
/ hold in trust by the United States for the bene
/ fit of the Delaware tribe of Indians as are stu
ated within the aforementioned townships
comprising the ,restJn portion Of the lands ce
ded by the said Delaware Indians, in trust a,
aforesaid. 10 wit: :
ISoutk ef the base line ead east Of tie si4l
principal nleridiGR.
Townships Ave, 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, and
eleven, Of range seventeen.
/, Townships six, seven, eight, nine, and ten,
of range eighteen.
The terms Of said sales will be cash, and no
bid will be received below the valuation placed
upon the several tracts by the commissioners
duly appointed for the pnrpoee of classifying
and valuing the same; and upon payment be
ing made, receipts in duplicate viii be executed
therefor, one Of which will be delivered TO the
purchaser.
Patents viii subsequently be issued for the
lands so purchased in accordance with claws
in force regulating the issue thereof.
The Offering of the above lands will be COM
menced on the days respectively appointed, and
will proceed in the order i'll which they are ad-
vcrtised, with all convenient dcspasch, until the
whole shall have been offered and the sales thus
closed.
All purchases not paid for on the day of sale
will be reofered on the following day at the
risk of the defaulting purchaser.
Given under my hand at the city of Wash
ington this twenty sixth day of February,
eighteen hundred and fifty-segen.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
BY the President:
GEo. w. MANYPESNY,
Commissioner of Indian AfffiaaiFEse!,ns
\. B.-No newspaper is authorized TO pub
lish the foregoing advertisement without spe-
cial instructions TO that effect from the Con-
missioner Of Indian Affairs.
Anr Ii II June