Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-01-28
srNaTE JOINT MEMORIAL AND
RESOLUTION.
Relative to the Walker River ana
pyramid Lake Reservations


orial and Resolution; ii Is OF great I'M
norlance TO The people of ibis seclIon,
and the poor men OF mis- o'a'e' "no
NAV find an easier living through the
result of the resolution, will remember
the author Nj,
The people of the State of Nevada,
Represented in Senate and Assem-
bly. do memorabilia the Congress
of The United States as follows;
WHEREAS, a long continued contro-
yersv has existed between the people
of ,he State of Nevada and the Indian
Department of the United States, in
relation to the boundaries Of the Pyra-
mid Lake and Walker River Indian
reservations, their comparative advan-
tares to the Indians and disadvantages
10 the people of said State;
WHEREAS the Monroe survey,
under whicli'the Pyramid Lake Roser
yation is held was made in 1865 and
aent to the Department at Washington,
but was not acted upon until 1874 nav
ing no legal existence or Withdrawal OF
lands until that date; but in the mean
time many locations were made with
In the limits there claimed, including
the town Of Wads worth, on the Cen
trail Pacific Railrord, and the knowl-
edge of its boundaries was so limited
that the Government itseif'disposed of
lands claimed by said " Munroe Sur
vey;" and
WHEREAS said Pyramid Lake
Reservation now includes the entire
Pyramid Lake and large tracts OF land,
comprising total of three hundred
and twenty-five thousand acres, or an
area of five hundred and three square
miles, said lake containing an inn
mense supply of food fishes, and said
land valuable in many respects to the
people of This State, of which The
Indians occupy and use a very limited
area at the southerly portion OF I'D
lake, and also occupy a very liml. ii
portion of said land situated near the
mouth of the Truckee River and near
the southerly shore of said lake; and,
WHEREAS. said Walker Riverg
ervation is also located in this Slate Al.
q distance of only forty miles from
said Pyramid Lake Renovation, and
comprises all the waters OF Walker
Lake and also large tracts Of land
more or less valuable, EN- bracing three
hundred and eighteen thousand, eight
hundred and fifteen acres, or four
hundred and ninety eight square niles,
and said lake is also filled with food
fishes, more than adequate for all the
Indian population of the State; and
WHEREAS, the people OF this State
are entirely excluded from taking SAID
food fishes from said lakes; their boats
are seized and are now held by the
Government; they have been prose-
cuted and Imprisoned for fishing on
said lakes and the agents OF the Gov
eminent now threaten TO exclude peo-
pie entirely from fishing at said Lakes,
and also to .dispossess and drive from
their homes, settlers who for many
years have occupied said lands; and
improvements made prior to the with
drawal of said lands in 1874, while the
Indians are at said reservations but a
very limited portion of their time and
prefer to locate at the various towns
and camps of the State, being allowed
to fish in all the waters and take game
from VI portions OF the State, without
regard to the fish and game laws OF
the State; and
WHEREAS, the public highway and
mail .rout necessarily runs along the
west shore of said Pyramid Lake for Il
distance of about thirty miles, and the
Government employees refuse a permit
for convenient stations for the accom-
mediation of the. travelling public, ana
the mail carriers; and,
adWHEREAs, Government Agent &. a.
Bateman, in his report to the Indian
Department in 1874, and Government
Agent Barnes, in his report OF 1876,
also recommended that said reserVa-
tions be reduced in extent, as they
were of larger proportions than was
requisite for reservation purposes ;.and,
WHEREAS, the interests of this State
require that said Walker River Reser-
walton be abandoned, and that Pyra-
mid Lake Reservation be reduced to
the following limits, viz:
Commencing at Station No. 4, OF
said Monroe survey, running thence
northerly to station No. 6; thence west
crly across said lake, To station No. IL
thence southerly, To station No. l3i
thence westerly, to the place of begin
ning-contaiuing within said bDunda
ries about twenty-five thousand, sin
hundred acres, or forty square miles OF
land, about nineteen thousand, two
hundred acres, or thirty square mile;
of water at said reservations which
said limits would include all land,
under cultivation by the Government
and all the waters of said lake, ordina
rily used by the Indians, as well as Tho
mouth of the Truckee river at sale
lake, and would comprise much
larger area of land and water thar
could be utilized for the purposes oil
said reservation; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, 5y the Senate and Assem-
bly, concurring, that our Senator's hl
instructed and that our Representative
in Congress be requested to use al
reasonable means to effect the aband
onment of SAID Walker River Reser
walton, and to reduce the limits of sale
Pyramid Lake Reservation TO til,
boundaries heretofore deserted anC
that the Government surveys be ex
tended over the territory, thus aband
ened, at the earliest day practicable
RESOLVED further, that the Cover
nor be and is hereby requested to
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