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

IfDve.
/. That iii 1866 TIL. Ni,ii..ay,-s
coded their reservation - I'll. gov
erHmrnt for SOM. ias.s. hi Nebraska.
and left Dakota.
= That iii Is5o tne Sant..e Sioux
left Dakota permanently far the San
Zee reservation lii Nebraska. by ar
rangencnt o. tic government. i..ai
have since laid 10 81 lii II t..e.s,.
lands. They occupied tn Crow
Creek land.
.. That from Is5s; - 1870 there
were ITO Indians OH either the Crow
Greek or Winnebago Lands. the only
occupants being two white men i'll
charge or the yaeatci government
buildings. one Of whom. Iaj. Hansei,.
principal. say. the tract was not iii.
cludci in a reseryati,n.
1. That White Ghost and his banil,
who now claim the land. drew ration-
at Standing Rock Agency in 1868, IL
these lands in 1870, with no authori-
ty. except that they have since been
suffered TO remain.
). That the records show the lan.l
was withdrawn from market by
Executive order III 1875, and re-
stored in 1885 by the same authority
| IF by treaty OF -6s' it was INDIAN
land. Why did if need to be- withdrawn
from settlement?
g. That the records show portion
OF this land was surveyed in 1868,
after the treaty, and plots filed in
Springfield land Office for settlement
in 1870, and remained until with
drawn in 1915; Il part having been
surveyed in 1874. If Indian land by
treaty Of ''6S." why was this done,
7. That ii was not the intention, as
shown by letters from Mcssrs. San
born and Terry, two Of the 1865 COM
missioners, and Mr.. Hinnman, their
interpreter. TO include this tract i'll !,
! reservation, nor was ii SO under
stood by the indians at 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 ut the
treaty as shown by the records, and
had formed erroneous opinions about
it, he having been here the previous
year instead,
g. That the reservations on the
east banks OF the Missouri river in
the 1868 treaty. referred to the Yank-
ton, Sisseton. and Devils Lake res
eryations. The word hank" occurs
by clerical error, and should read
'side." Witness two commissioners
interpreter. and MeSsrs. Hansen and
Williamson, missionary
10. That in 1868 there was nothing
on record showing the present boun-
daries OF these two reservations
They were never fully given until
1879, showing then Il reservation by
Executive order and not by ..trea-
ty.' This accounts for the maps.
IL. That the 1882 Siorx commits
sion expressly told these Indians thai
they had no title to these lands
thereby not recognizing INDIAN right
to the land, but treating for it 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.
L. That the missionary at Yankton
agency, Rev. Jno. p. Williamson
who thoroughly understands the
situation, says these Indians have
no right or title to these lands by
virtue Of any treaty whatever.
IL That White Ghost often here
in town disciaims any authorship &c
the letter SO often Inoted by the
Eastern press, over his name.
IL. That agent Gassman has woe.
fully misrcpresented the truth con.
q rning the Indians ard whites, il,
his official reports ~ the Govern
ment.
| Il. That the settlers have been
perfectly praceab,e. built good
houses, aud want nothing but what
legally belongs TO them.
Is. That ii large majority OF tlles.
Indians prefer to move back to Wlefs
they can hun. and fish, the game be-
ing all gone where they are.
IL. That the tract still left to the
Indians Is larger thin the Original
Ninnebago aud Grow reservation
Respectfully submitted by
REV. q. II. OWEN,
D&. a. nj. TTTTLE,
| Secretary Settlers Union.
Chamberlain, D. I. June 10.