The Kanzas news., 1859-03-26
: The New York Indian Lands.
WASHINGTON CITY,l
M3rS a. 185q


.s Mar. A, 1889 i
FRIEsD sroTLER: In your paper. which
have Just received, ] find notice to the
effect that s.the New York Indian Lands
are open for settlement. ;, This is an en-
tire mistake; THEY ARE Hor oPEs FOB sEr-
rLEMENT, and are not likely to be for some
time. At the former session of Congress
the following Bill passed the Senate;
q BILL providing for the allotment of lands TO
certain New York Indians, and for other pur-
Be { enacted b. fze Senase and House Of represent
Gtires of the United States Of Arerioa IN Congress
assea5led: @t
That the President be, and he Is hereby d.
rected, as soon as practicable, to three hun
dred and twenty acres, one half section of land,
to De set apart and allotted to each individual In
dian entitled to lands in the tract set apart for the
use Of the New York Indians, and R0tc residing
thereon, by the treaty of January fifteen, eighteen
hundred and thirty-eight, made and concluded at
Buffalo Creek, in the State of New York. and the
treaty made At the place on the twentieth
day Of May, eighteen hundred and forty-two;
said lands to be selected within said reserve in
Kansas Territory, in conformity to the legal sub
divisions of the public surveys, and so as TO in
elude the Improvements tif any there be) of each
Indian, and patents for the same shall be issued
10 the head of each family When the selections
shall have been thus made and allotted, the re-
mainder Of said reserve shall be considered part
Of the public lands, and shall be subject to set
tement, pFe-emption and entry, as other lands
belonging to the United States.
AT the beginning of this session the
House of Representatives took up the above
Senate bill and amended it as follows:
Strikeout al in Senate bill after line six, and
insert the following:
Who removed under the provisions of the treat
les hereinafter referred to, and to their children,
in the tract of land set apart for the use of the
New York Indians, by treaty of January Is, 1888,
made and concluded at Buffalo Greek, in the State
of New York, and the treaty made at the same
place on the Doth day of MAY 1842; said lands
to be selected within said reserve in Kansas Ter
ritory, In conformity to the legal subdivisions of
the public surveys, and so as to include the i'm
proyements (if any there be) of each Indian, and
patents for the same shall be issued to each ind
vidual Indian adult, or to heads of families for
themselves and their minor children, they to To-
cate their lands within the space of one year from
the passage of this act; and when the locations
shall have been thus made and allotted, and after
the expiration of said year, the remainder of the
reserve shall be considered part of the public
lands and shall be subject to settlement, pre-
emption and entry, as other lands belonging to
the United States; but no settlements other than
by the Indians above referred to- shall be made on
said reserve for the space of year from and af
ter the passage of this act All settlements here
tofore made on said reserve shall be recognized
from the date of such settlement and be entitled
been Government lands and subject to settlement:
Provided, That the Indians named shall have
precedence any other settler, where the same
may in conflict
Sec 2. After paying all the moneys necessary
for carrying out the provisions of this act, the
nainder Of all moneys accruing from the sales by
pre-emption, private entry or otherwise, of any
land within the tract reserve above named;
shall be paid into the Treasury of the United
States, and kept as separate and distinct fund;
and held subject to any future action of Congress
in relation to said New York Indians, or to the
provisions of any treaty made, hereafter to be
made, with said Indians, or any of them, in ref
erence thereto.
Sec. 8. The district courts of the United States
for the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska shall
severaily hereafter, for the purpose of enforcing
the act of june 80, 1884, have the same iurisdic
ton as was conferred by the twenty section
of the intercourse act upon the United States
courts for the State of Missouri and that so much
of the twentyfourth section of the act of June 30
1884, known as the intercourse act as conflicts
with this act. be- and the same is hereby repealed
On the last night of the session, the
amended bill was taken up in the Senate,
and after considerable discussion aoas laid
on the table. In the bill as passed by the
House you will see that the proUiso in the
first section, gave the preference to the
Indian over the settler, and allowed the
Indians one year to make their selections,
which placed the settlers in precarious
position. AS the matter now stands moth
| ing can be done till next session of Con-
gress We have had several interviews
with the Delegation of New York Indians
who are here, and have advised them to
make Treaty with the Government, and
take lands which may be purchased from
the Sac d Fox, or the Usage tribe of Indians,
both of which have more land than they
want, and desire to sell a portion. If the
Government will buy land from them, and
give it to the New York Indians in lieu of
the present New York Indian Reservation,
it will save much trouble to the settlers on
the New York Indian Lands, as also to the
Indians. learn there are about five hun
dred of the Indians nolO IN -feio York, who
intend to go to- Kansas and get possession
of their lands. Others proposed to sell,
and certain spectators who are here were
ready to purchase TINS bringing the spec
ulator IN conflict with the actual settler
and by the proviso the speculator would
have the advantage-but it fortunately was
defeated, and next session will have to be
watched. have made myself thoroughly
acquainted with the matter, and will give
any information in my power to the settlers
on that reserve, if applied to, when re-
| turn home
! ! i leave here to-day for Kansas, and hope
to see you before many weeks.
w. F. NJ. ARM.
= The roads in this section are getting in
6rst-rate travelling condition again. and as 8
consequence teaming is becoming brisk