Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1884-03-22

Of the one hundred and third meridian
Of longitude with the northern boundary
Of the state of Nebraska; thence north
along said meridian to the South Fork
of the Cheyenne river, and down said
stream to a point due west from the i'm.
tersectcn Of White river with the one
hundred and second meridian; thence
due east to said point Of intersection
and down said White river to point la
longitude one hundred and one degrees
and twenty minutes west thence due
south to said north line Of the state OF
Nebraska; thence west on said nortl,
line to the place of beginning.
Sec. 3. That the following tract ol
land, being part Of the said great res.
crvation of the Sioux Nation, in the ter.
rtory of Dakota, is hereby set apart for
a permanent reservation for the Indians
Rerebud agency, in said territory OF
Dakota, namely : Beginning on the north
boundary Of the state Of Nebraska at a
point in longitude one hundred and one
degrees and twenty minutes west, and
running thence due north to White
river thence down said White river TO
a point in longitude ninety -nire degrees
and thirty minutes west thence due
south 10 said north boundary ofthe state
Of oh cHn nd a
north boundary to the place of begin.
ming
Sec. g. That the following tract OF
land, being part of the said great res
ervation Of the Sioux Nation. in the ter
ri,ory Of Dakota, is hereby set apart for
a permanent reservation for the Indians
receiving rations and annuities at the
Standing Rock agcncy, in The said terri
tory Of Dakota, namely: Beginning ut q
point at low water mark on the east
bank Of the Missouri river opposite the
mouth Of Cannon Ball river; thence
down said east banl along aaid low
water mark to point opposite the
mouth of Grand river; thence westerly
to said Grand river, and up along the
middle channel Of the same to its inter
section with the one hundred and Sec
ond meridian Of longitude; thdnce north
along said meridian to intersection
with the south branch Of Cannon Ball
river, also known rs Cedar creek /;
thence down said south branch Of Can.
non Ball river to its intersection with
the main Cannon Ball river, and down
said Cannon Ball river to the Missouri
river at the place Of beginning.
Sec. 1. That the following tract of
land, being part of the said great res.
crvation Of the Sioux Nation, in the ter
ritory of Dakota, is hereby set apart for
a permanent reservation for the Indians
receiving rations and annuities at the
Cheyenne river agency, in the said ter
,i.ory of Dakota, namely: Beginning at
a point at low water mark on the east
bank Of the Missouri river opposite the
mouth Of Grand river, said point being
the southeasterly corner of the Standing
Rock reservation; thence down said
east bank of the Missouri river along
said low water mark to point opposite
the mouth Of the Cheyenne river /;
thence west to said Cheyenne river, and
up the same to its intersection with the
one hundred and second meridian of
thence north along said
meridian to its intersection with the
Grand river; thence down said Grand
river, along the middle channel thereof,
to the Missouri river at the place of be-
ginning.
Sec. 5. The following tract Of land,
being part of the said great reserva-
ton of the Sioux Nation, in the terrific
ry Of Dakota, is hereby set apart for a
permanent reservation for the Indians
receiving rations and annuities Mt the
Lower Brule agency, in said territory Of
Dakota, namely: Beginning on the Mis-
souri, river at Old Fort George; thence
running due west to the western boun-
dary Of Presho County thence running
south on said western boundary to- the
forty fourth degree of latitude thence
south on said parallel to an intersecting
line running due west from Fort Look
out, eastwardly on said line to the Mis-
souri river at Fort Lookout; thence
north on said river to the original start
ing point.
Sections and refers to the Crow
Creek agency in Dakota and the Santee
in Nebraska and are omitted as Of no
interest to our readers.
Sec. s. That the president of the
United S.atcs il hereby authorized and
directed to cause patent to issue for
each Of the reservations established by
this act. which patents shall be Of the
legal effect, and declare that the United
States does and will hold the lands
described in said patents, respectively,
for the period of twenty five years, in
trust for the sole nse and benefit Of the
Indians receiving rations and annuities
at the agencies on said reservations, re-
spectively, and that at the expiration Of
said period the United States will con-
vey the same to such tribe or band Of
Indians as NAV then be interested i'm