The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-04-20
THE KIMBALL GRAPHIC.
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The sioux Re,eryn,,on.

The Sioux Reservation.
The Sioux reservation bill which has
passed both houses of congress. been
agreed to by the conference committee.
and which it Is expected will be signed
by the president and soon become q law,
provides for the throwing open to set.
Element of about 10. 600. 900 acres of fer
tile agricultural lands on the west side of
the Missouri river in South Dakota, and
situated principally between the White
river on the south and the Cheyenne
river on the north and reaching west to
the Black Hills; also a portion of the
Winnebago and Grow Greek reserya-
tons on the east side OF the Missouri
river. Sections l6 and SO in each town,
ship are reserved for school purposes.
Tho bill establishes permanent bound.
aries for the Indian agencies as they nov
exist, but cuts them down materially.
The lower boundary to the land opened
to settlement will touch the Missouri .
few miles below Chamberlain and the
northern boundary q few mile above on
the west side of the river This viii
make a narrow strip Of country running
west from the river opposite Chamber
lain for fifty miles or more before the
main body of land opened to settlement
Is reached.
The land IS TO be opened for home.
steads only. and paust be resided upon
for the full time required by law; viz:
i've years, except that the right of SOL
diers to a credit for the time served in
the wal is not abridged. In addition to
the usual homestead fees (sl4) fifty cents
per acre must be paid for the land.
Settlers who took land on either the
Crow Greek or Winnebago reservations
under the proclamation of President
Arthur between the eth day of Febru.
airy and the 18th day of April. 1885. are
given 80 days prior right 20 rc-enter
their claims after the lands are opened
by the presidents proclamation.
The c. M. s. st. P. and the Dakota
Central railways are given the right of
way through the lands, but must com
plctc their lines within three yeas or
forfeit their rights.
The bill requires that the signatures OF
thrce-fourth of all the adult male In
dams on the reservation must be OBJ.
tanned within the period of one year or
it is null and void. 1t is thought that
this work will take all summer. The
secretary of the Interior will appoint
commissions to obtain the signatures,
and an appropriation of SIS, 600 has
been made to pay the expenses of the
task. Among the inducements offered
the Indians are the following: An APP
preparation of 81 900, 900 has psen made.
the interest on which, together with 1C
per cent. of the principal is to be annual.
~ distributed among them; the proceeds
OF the land are to constitute a cash fund
which will be annually distributed on q
per capita basis; %, 900 cows and 1,0Ot
bulls are to be distributed to the tribes al
once. Indians who desire to take land
in severalty are to be given oxen, wag.
ons, farm machinery, etc, sufficient TO
start them in farming, and also $50 in
cash, thirty school houses are to be n,
NICE erected, and schools established
under the change of q general supcrin.
tendent. 1t is anticipated these consid.
erations will be sufficient to induce the
red men to act white, but it is thought
by many that there will have to be some
hard and careful work done to obtain
the necessary signatures. This part of
the bill is what is known as tie sub,
mission clause" and has been from first
to last n bone of contention between
Dawes and the Indian Rights Associ.
alton vs.. the Oak ia contingent labor.
ing to get the lends opened. The Dako.
ia quota agreed to it in order to ret q
bill through of some kind. Possibly it
is just as well, for Il is more than prob
able that the president would veto the
bill without this provision-and perheps
he will. a~nyway-for he has said that he
is something Of q crank on the Indian
question. II he vetoe the bill it will be
easy to believe him.