Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-07-27

I.yme 9fTufonatioa Respecting the chse,aws
ana Ch!clsasawA

l.Ume ef Information Rosy 26cuuG the -heelnws
ana cholsasawA
Tho Agency for the Choctaws and CAickassv3
has been permanently located near Fort Na-alg1,
by order OF the Secretary Of the Interior,
Tho Commissioners Of gndan Affairs has dscl.
ed tug. lie Shawnee, kickOpoo and Delaware ln'
CLANS, who have for some time been residing or
wandering Ia tho country south OF the AFIa0'as
River, have rights In common with their respect
i've tribes, who reside IN Kansas both 20 land and
Nnnui.ies, and have no right elsewhere, Ibs,
these bands RTe excluded from settlement on the
Leased District, by the provisions Of the treaty
of 1855 between the United States and the Ch1c'
taws and Chickasaws s; and can therefore remain
In lha Chocta and ChickasGw country only with
the consent Of these tribes.
In regard 20 The jurisdiction OF the Agent ilE
the WiGhitRs, nud other bands TO BE located in
tho Leased District It has been decided that Mr..
Blain is not Agent for the Leased District, lut
simply for the tribes 20 he located in i, That
these tribes are 10 be located upon distinct re.
soryati0rs, with circumscrihcd limita, containing
only so much land a. may be necessary lot IaeiF
actual occupancy and use--it being the Intention
Gs soon GG il can be done, 20 divide the re5clya'
toni into small pGrccla amongst them in seycrNity,
Over the tndiuns 50 colonized, and over and with
in the reservations assigned to them, the iurisdio
ton OF Agent BGin, subject 20 the supervision o.
| the Superintendent of Indian Affairs, will be ex'
elusive and Supreme. Choctawg and ChieSGfaw;
residing m unassigned portion Of the Leased Dis
,Mct will be under tho Jurisdiction OF their Agent
/ Licenses TO trade in the Lcnsed District, viii
only bo 10 trade with the Wichin' md other In
dang who colonilcl there, ani will cmnatc from
Agent Ban.
The Line between Texas and the ChooNw and
Chckasaw country, on the l0Oth Meridian Ncst
LONGITUDE from main Red River 10 main Canadi-
an, has been established and monuments erected
at each mils. Distance from Red River to Can.
adam 90 miles The line is 50 miles west OF
Camp Radzmin,ki, on Otter Crcok--which drains
the western slope of the Wichita Mountains, and
seven miles west Of tho Anuiopn hi!!S, on 'ho
Canadian.
from 0S degrees wcss Longitude, tho vest line
Of the Chickaslw district to the 90th west Ion.
gtudo, the land is generally good-wo.i watcred
and timherel. From 90th TO l0C.h 10 merely
sandy desert. except the lands on Waohlta and
Canadian, which are good TO the i0Oth Meridian
". Longitude, and even further west Ga22
aboundj throughout the country.
The WasilitG rises about so miles vss! Of 81 .
lOnth meridian. The distance no.Lh from main
Rel River to tho middle Fork is 20 mi!cs~:o tie
North Fork so milco, to tho Washitr 80 mi!Ga
leavinr only ten miles between tho Ea6iitG ana
Canadian riTere Length Of limo 20 rnifa7
Mai Roctor io row cngNged IN seIsotirF suit
able rite for tho Wichita Agency, and locluona
lor tho different bands to he placed IN tho Leased
dietrict.
Mai. Coiehbors /, ordered tc movo tho Toxa2
Indians into the Leased district, forthTi'h.-
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