The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-01

President cl.vslaaa 1svos,, The Order
Opening the Wlnasbaso ana Grow 0reet
8eServationS.
OF THE pnooLAMAr,

TEXT OF THE PROCLAMATION
Whereas, BY an executive ijrdor bearing dste
tho 9th Of February, 1886, it was ordered that
sall that tract Of country in the territory Of
Dakota, known as tho old Winnebago rsserva-
tion. and the Sioux or Crow Creek reservation,
and lying OH the east bank of tho Missouri river,
set apart and resolved by executive order dated
Jan. II, 1875, a,d which is not coversd BY the
esistSf easa Sf ss Sssnds:sa sn a @
II, 1875 except tho following described tracts:
Township No. 1CS north, range Il west; lOS
north, range q west; fractional township lO8
north, range q west; tho west half Of section
Il !, sections @ g; !, "a 49, Il. - 49, g. 81. @
vs,: @ an a. IS or,h Sf township = ~ north
north, range Is west; the west half Of town.
ts sssons a aSsn ss~nAp range rs orS SS''s r.ss ses
q wsstt qtd ~, sxcept aise; :sil t1S
tracts within tho limits Of the aforesaid Winne-
bago reservation and the Sioux or Grow Creek
reservation, which sre outside Of the limits of
tho above described tracts, and which may have
heretofore been allotted to the Indians residing
upon said reservation, or which may have
heretofore bccn selected or occupied by the
said Indians under and in accordance with
sica. Indians ii April q. 1858, be and the same
is restored to the public domain. And, where
az, upon the claim being made that said order is
Illegal and in violation Of tho plighted faith and
obligations of tho United States, contained in
slndry treaties heretofore entered into with
tho Indian tribes or bands occupants Of SAID
reservation, and that the further execution Of
said order with not oceasipn much DISTRESS and
suffering to tho peaceable Indians, and en-
gender amQnKs them, a, ,distrnst d. ths national
government, have determined after careful
examination of the several treaties, acts Of
H. la
the subject aided and assisted therein by enc
ADVICE and rptnish Of the attorney general
sf the United States, duly rendered In
that behalf, that the lan,ls 30 proposed
to bc restored to the public domain, BY said ex-
ae!,tlve ofuer OF Feb N lsss arc included -
existing !nt1ifn fehef vatiUns on the east bank
ond article of the treaty with the Sioux Indians
concluded April %, 1858, and that consequently
being treaty reservations, the executive was
without lawful power to restore them 10 tho
public domain BY said executive order, which
L, tllerefnre dohmed and cGnsidered to ,bs
laws Of tho United States provide fSr the
ing foi,nl. ,.hpdn Indian fsnds shd
torritory without permission expressly
and legally. obtained Of tho interior depart
ment: Now, therefore, in order to maintain
inyiclate ti. A., tho solemn pledges and plighted
ties IN question, and for the purpose of prop
erly protecting tho interest OF tho Indian
tribes as well as of the United States in the
premises, and to the end that no person or per-
sons may be induced to enter upon said lands,
where they will not be allowed to remain with.
out tho permission of the authority aforesaid, L,
Grover Cleveland, president Of tho United statesj
DO hereby declare and proclaim th6 sald execu-
tive order Of Feb ,.5, iSS5, to be III contravell
ton Of tho treaty obligations of the United
States with tho Sioux tribe of Indians, and
therefore to bc imperative and of no effect
And further declare that the lands intended
to 10 embraced therein in existing reseryations.
and AZ such arc available frr Indian purposes
alone nna sibject to tho Indian intercourse
acts of tho United States do further warn
and admonish all and every porson or per-
sons now in the occupation of said lands,
under color of said executive order,
and all such person or persons
as arc intending or preparing to enter and set
tic upon tho same Hereunder, that they will
neither be permitted to- rtttiain Or onttf ,hp6li
said ias'ds, and such persons rs are already
there are hereby requested to vacatet and re-
move therefrom with their effects within sixty
days from tho date hereof, and in case y due
regard for and voluntary obedience to the
laws and treaties OF the United States and this
a.monition and warming be not sufficient to
effect tho purposes and intentions as herein
asclarc!, nj! tho power of the government will
treaties and laws of tho United States herein
referred to.
In testimony thereof, hcrcunto sot my hand
and cause the seal of the United States to be
affixed.
Done at tho city of Washington, this 18th day
Of April. 1855, and in the Independence Of tho
United States of America the lt.th.
[Signcd] GROVER CLEVELAND.
By tho president
L. +. BAYARD, Secretary of State.