The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-03-01

Result Of Tire Labors Of tie sionez Com
1ISiGSiOn,

Indians for the REIMBURSEMENT Of the
Black Hills reservation has concluded it's
labors and made its report to the secre-
tary Of the interior. The commission
has more than succeeded in inducing the
savages to comply with the terms Of last
sessions Indian appropriation bill, name
ly: That the Indians should relinauish
all right and claim to any country out
side Of the boundaries OF the permanent
reservation established by treaty of 1868
for said Indians, and also 90 much of
their reservation as lies west of the one
hundred and third meridian of longitude;
also a convenient and accessible way over
| said reservation to the country thus
ceded for wagon and other roads from
points on the Missouri river, in all not
more than three in number; that the In
dams hereafter shall receive their sup
plies at such places on their reservation
in the vicinity of the Missouri river
as the president may designate, and also
that no further appropriation for them
for subsistence shall hereafter be made
until some agreement shall have been en-
tered into by them with the president
which is calculated to enable them to
become self-euppOrting. Accompanying
the report is a treaty entered into by the
commissioners on behalf of the govern
ment with the Indians. The principal
provisions of the treaty are as follows:
By the terms of this agreement the
Sioux surrender all claim to any country
lying outside the boundaries of their
permanent reserve, as defined BY the
treaty of 1868, and 80 much of said re-
serve as lies west of the one hundred and
third meridian of longitude and as is
included between the north and south
forks of the Cheyenne river east of said
meridian. The government thereby Sc
cures full possession of a tract of
country which includes the Black Hills
and is defined by natural boundaries.
The Indians grant right of way over
their reservation for three routes from
the Missouri river to the coded territory,
the routes to be designated by the psesi-
dent. They also agree to receive all sub
sistence which may hereafter be fur
nished at such points on or near the
Missouri river at the president may des-
iguate. In consideration of these con-
cessiOns the commissioners on behalf of
the United States agree to furnish sub
sistence to the Sioux until such a time as
they shall become selfsuPPorting, the
rations to be issued to heads of families,
and in case the Indians are located on
lands suitable fer cultivation, farming
machinery viii be afforded by thegovern-
ment, and educational facilities pro-
vided. The issue of ratiOns is to be con-
tingent on the performance of labor by
the Indians and the attendance of their
children at school. Assistance in the
way of schools and instruction in agri-
cultural and mechanical arts. as pro-
Vided by the treaty of 1868, are guaran-
teed. The building of comfortable |
houses ON allOtments in severalty is pro-
vided for, and the Sioux are declared |
amensble to the laws of the United .
States. The Indians further agree to
select allOtments as soon as possible af- |
ter their removal to their permanent |
home, and to use thsir best efforts to .
cultivate the same. 1t will be seen by /
this abstract that the Sioux have granted !
the government 50 much of their perma-
nent reservation set apart in 1868 and
lying east of the 1880 meridian as lies
between the north and south forks of the
Cheyenne river, which exceeds the re-
quirements of the act creating the COM
and completes the title Of the
government TO the entire Black Hills
The rights OF way granted
over the permanent reservation to the
1ewly-ceded territory viii afford transit
through a country which has been, in
recent years, the most unsafe to travellers
Of any in the west. The area ceded in
the treaty is estimated at from 10000 to
%, 900 square miles.
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