The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09
THE CROW CREEK RESERVA.
TIOy.
What the Grow Creek settlers Can
Prove

|. That III 1865 tlls Nihne!,ago-s
ccdcd their reservation 10 the gov
eminent for som" land III Nebraska
AMI left Dakota.
= That iii lSoo the SIni.e Sioux
left Dakota permanently fsr thc San
ice reservation in Nebraska. by ar
rangement OF tue government. and
have since laid 10 claim u I..es,,.
lands. They occupied The Cr3.
Greek land.
3. That from iS5i "a 1870 thel.
Were no Indians OH either the Grow
Greek or Winnebago lands. the only
occupants being TIVE white men iii
charge Of the vacated government
buildings. one OF whom. Maj. Hansen
principal. 7ay, the tract was not iii.
cluica III a Reservation
/. That White Ghost and his banl
who now claim the land, drew ration
at Standing Rock Agency in 1868, y
shown by the records. and came Oh
these lands in 1870, with no authori.
~, except that they have sincc been
suffered To remain
). That the records show the Land
was withdrawn from market by
Executive order IN 1875, and re.
stored in 1885 by the same authority
Of by treaty OF "6s' it was INDIAN
land. why did it need to be- withdrawn
from settlement?
&. That the records show portion
OF this land was surveyed i'm 1868,
after the treaty, and plots filed in
Springfield land Office for settlement
in 1870, and remained until with
drawn in 1870; il part having been
surveyed in 1874. If Indian land by
treaty OF .'6S." why was this done,
Z. That ii was not the intenti.,n. as
shown by letters from Messrs. San
born and Terry, two Of the 1865 COM
missioners, and Mr.. Hinnman, their
interpreter. to include this tract in /,
reservation, nor was it SO under
stood by the indians ut this time.
8. That in Il recent interview, Gen.
Sherman, another member OF the
commission, stated that he now re-
members to have been absent at the
treaty us shown by the records, and
had formed erroneous opinions about
it, he having been here the previous
year instead,
9. That the reservations on the
east banks OF the Missouri river" in
the 1868 treaty, referred to the iaak-
ton, Sisseton, and Devils Lake res
crvatiOns. The word "bank" occurs
by clerical error, AMI should read
side" Witness Two commissioners.
interpreter, and Mcssrs. Hansen and
Williamson, missionary
10. That in 1865 there was nothing
on record showing the present boun-
daries OF these two reservations.
They We're never fully given until
1879, showing then a reservation by
Executive order" and not by .'trea-
ty." This accounts for the MAPS.
IL. That the 1882 Sionx commits
sion expressly told these Indians that
they had no title to these lands,
thereby not recognizing INDIAN right
to the land, but treating for ii with
that across the river. for conv~n-
fence. believing it WAS The easiest
and quickest way to get possession
OF it. but not the only way.
II. That the missionary at Yankton
agency. Rev. Jno. p Williamson.
who thoroughly understands the
situation, says these Indians have
no right or title 10 these lands by
virtue Of any treaty whatever.
13. That White Ghost often here
in town disciaims any authorship 10
the letter SO often quoted by the
Eastern press. over his name.
IA. That agent Gassman has Woe
fully misrepresented the truth con.
corning the Indians and whites, in
his official reports Il the Govern
ment.
l.. That the settlers have been
perfectly praceab;e, built good
houses. aud want nothing but what
legally belongs to them.
rs. That Il large majority Of these
Indians prefer to move back TO where
they can hunt and fish. the game be-
ing al gone where they are.
IL. That the tract still left to the
Indians Is larger THAN the Original
Winncbago and Grow reservation.
Respectfully submitted by
fRey.) G. j. OWEN,
DIX. 4. NJ. FUTILE,
Secretary Settlers Union.
Chamberlain, D. I. June 10.
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