St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-18
THE SInI-N RESERVATION

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lies wholly in Dakota, excepting small
square near Pine Ridge agency. in the
extreme southwest, which is in Ne
braSka. On the east bank of the Mis-
souri,. opposite the great Sioux land, are
the old WinnebagO, the Crow Creek, and
the 1ankton reservations. The Mis-
souri, river forms the eastern boundary
of the Sioux reservation: Nebraska on
the south. Cedar creek, or the south fork
of Cannon Ball creek, is the border Oh
the north, and on the west the 103d de-
gree, excepting where the Belle Fourche
1.-THE north fork and the South Chey-
enne make rude triangle, the apex of
which is their confluence on the east
when they become the Big Cheyenne.
The reservation is almost equally di-
vided north and south by the Cheyenne,
whose valley forms as natural road
way from the Missouri westward as the
North or South Platte. This territory
comprises 1906 square miles, or 81 ,40S,-
SOL acres, nearly One-third of Dakota, OF
an area equal to that of New Hamp-
shire, Massachusetts. Connecticut and
Vermont combined, or of the entire
state of New York. There are five
agencies now upon the reservation,
namely: The Standing Rock on the Mis-
souri,. i'll the northeast part, where Sit
ting Bull and his people with allied
tribes are: the Cheyenne River. at the
mouth of the Cheyenne, also on the
Missouri: the Lower Brule, at the mouth
of White river. and opposite the Crow
Creek reservations; the Rosebud, or
Spotted Tail, Oh southern atfluent of
White river, and in the center of the
southern quarter of the reservation:
and the Pine Ridge agency, in the eX-
IRENE southwest. At the latter place
the weli-kn0wn ObStructiOniSt, Red
Cloud. an Ogallalla Sioux, is stationed
with those Indians and some other MEN,
berS of the great Sioux family. In
round numbers there are some a 900 to
$1,000 Indians at these several agencies.
On the Crow Creek reservation there
are about LOCO Indians. who have a
tract OF SIS square miles, or 203,397
acres.
AT present there are two bills before
congress for the opening of the reserva-
ton. the Dawes and Jones bills. The
bill Introduced by Senator Jones pro-
vides. upon its becoming law, for the
Immediate survey of Pine Ridge, Lower
Brule. Rosebud, Crow Creek, Standing
Rock and Cheyenne River agencies, and
thereupon the Indians are to select their
lands in Severalty. All the lands not
reserved by and for the Indians are to
be returned to the public domain. and
are to be open to homestead settlement
only. 1t is stipulated that any one en-
titled to enter $50 acres of this land shall
i'll addition to the homestead clause pay
so cents an acre, and shall in all cases
be required to reside on the claim for at
least four years before receiving his
patent. excepting the usual right of sol
dierS pas is now given them of home
stead entry. Provision is also made to
protect the Indians in the use of water
for irrigation.
Another very important and COM
mendable feature of this bill, is that re-
garding
INDIAN EDUCATION.
1t provides for uniform system of
public schools, and not less than thirty
school houses are to be erected to fur
nish the Indian and any white children
who may be there with educational ad-
vantageS. And there is also a strict
prohibitory clause added, which forbids
Indians from purchasing Intoxicating
liquors from the whites.
Under the Dawes bill 10000. 900 acres
would be thrown open to settlement
and for this the Indians would receive
S5.000.000 Not only that, but each In
dian family, besides $1,000, its share of
the fund, would receive $500 acres of
land, and would continue to receive IA
tons from the government.
The number of square miles and num-
Der of acres provided for in the new
reservation proposed is as follows: