The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-18
THE wINNEBAGo RESERVATION.
Proclamation from the President Ordering
Settlers to vacate the Lands.
WASHINGTON, April 17.-President Cleveland
to-day issued the following proclamation:

WASHINGTON, April 17.-Presldent Cleveland
to-day issued the following proclamation:
Whereas, By an executive order bearing date of the
xath day OF February. 1854, it was ofd nreat .n anoa al,
as the old Winnebago reservation, and the Sioux or
Grow Creek reservation, and lying on the east bank OF
order dated Jan. IL, 1875, and which is not covered
by the executive order dated Aug. 9, 1879, restoring
certain of the lands reserved by the order of Jan. IL,
ships No.. 1O8 north, range II west; 1oS
1 1os nors sSnss range ss 7s sss' vest as''s sIe ws sNwni half
# s fss 90, 4 Il, %s ss. ss' s. {; s. s. g. 3 and g, 8 s. i IL, town. w,
ship LOT north, range 70 west; fractional township
1O7 north, range II west; 107 north, range ~ west;
19s north NORTH range 20 west vest. t aSd west fy.c aaln u t sownsnlp
LOG north, range II west; and except, also, all tracts
within the limits of the aforesaid Winnebago reserva-
are outside of the limits of the above-described tracts,
and which may have been heretofore allotted to the
Indians residing upon said reservation, or which may
have heretofore been selected or occupied by the SAID
Indians under and in accordance with the provisions
of article 6 of the treaty with the Sioux Indians of
April %, 1865, be, and the same is hereby restored
Whereas, upon the claim being made that said order
is illegal and in violation of the plighted faith and
obligations of the United States contained in sundry
treaties heretofore entered into by the Indian tribes
or bands, occupants of said reservation, and that the
further execution of said order will not only occasion
much distress and suffering to peaceable Indians, but
hOtbho shO OAA VI VIVA 0AN A6ShN0
amongst them a distrust of the national government, l
have determined, after a careful examination of the
several treaties. acts of Congress, and other official
data bearing on the subject, aided and assisted therein
by the advice and opinion of the Attorney General
of the United States, duly recorded in that behalf,
that the lands SO proposed to De restored ore &c 70
1855, are included as existing Indian reservations on
the east bank of the Missouri river by the terms OF
dams, concluded April 20, 1868, and that, conse-
q~uently, being treaty reservations, the executive was
without lawful power to restore them to the public
domain by said executive order, which is therefore
deemed and considered to be wholly imperative and
void; and
Whereas, The laws of the United States provide
upon Indian lands and territory without permission
expressly AID legally obtained of the Interior Depart
ment, now, therefore, in order to maintain inviolate
the solemn pledges and plighted faith of the govern
ment, as given in the treaties in question,
and for the purpose of properly pro-
teeting the interests Of the Indian
ises, and to the end that no person or persons may be
induced to enter upon said lands, where they will not
De o eailoMea &c remaan wl1 Gconsr e1 @dpa ermlSsio ppoiene
of the United States, do hereby declare and proclaim
the said executive order of February 81, 1885, to be
in contradiction of the treaty obligations of the United
States with the Sioux tribe of Indians, and, therefore,
to be imperative and of no effect; and I further de-
clare that the lands intended to be embraced therein are
situated in Indian reservations, and, as such, available
for Indian purposes alone. and subject to the Indian
intercourse acts of the United States.
/ further warn and admonish all and every person
or persons now in occupation of said lands, under
color of said executive order, and all such person or
persons as are intentending or preparing to enter and
settle upon the same. that they will neither be per.
mitted to remain or enter upon said lands; and such
persons as are already there are hereby required to
vacate and remove therefrom, with their eff
ects, within sixty days from the date
hereof, and In case a due regard for and
voluntary obedience to the laws and treaties of the
United States, and of this admonition and warning be
not sufficient TO effect the purposes and intentions as
herein declared, all the power of the government will
be employed to carry into proper execution the treat
les and laws of the United States herein referred to.
In testimony whereof, l hereuntolset my hand and
cause the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done
at the city of Washington, this 18th day Of April,
1885. and of the independence of the United States
of America, the lO9th. GROVER CLEVELAND.
By the President:
T. f. BAYARD, Secretary of State.