New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-08
THE FAIR LANDS OF THE SIOUX.
SECRETARY NOBLE CONGRATULATES THE
COMMISSION on ITS WORK.
PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OPENING THE REsER-
WALTON TO sE1TLEMENT-THE INDIANS
VEIL CARED FOR BY CONGRESS.

PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OPENING THE REsER
WALTON TO sE1TLEMENT-THE INDIANS
WELL CARED FOR BY CONGRESS.
Washington, Aug. 7.-secretary Noble this morning
received the following telegram announcing the sue
cessful completion OF the work of the Sioux Com
John W Noble Secretary Of the Interior. Washington,
D. c.:
We have won the fight We will leave here tomorrow
morning for Chicago. Will write you fully from Chicago.
CHARLES FOSTER. Chairman
Secretary Noble much gratfed at the receipt
Of this Information. lie said that the settlement of
this matter affected the welfare Of large number OF
people, and great thing for the Indians as well
as for the people in that section OF the country He
Immediately sent the following congraulatory tele-
gram TO the Commissioners:
My congratulations and sincere thanks for your able
efforts and great You have done great work
for humanity, the Indians included. Have sent your
telegram to the President, who is at Boston to-day
According to the act Of Congress under which the
agreement made the unrelnqulshed portion Of the
Sioux Reservation is divided into six reservations, as
follows: Standing Rock, Cheyenne River, Lower
Brtlle Crow Creek Pine Ridge and Rosebud, so
separated that large portion Of the renquished part
Of the reservation divides them into sets Of two, one
set being on the northern end of the reservation.
another on the eastern and the third on the southern
The land thrown open TO settlement will aggregate
about IL 100000 and will be disposed of by the
United States to actual settlers only, at the following
rates: Fl % per for all lands taken within the
first three years after the act takes effect 10 cents
per for all lands disposed Of within the succeeding
two years, and 80 cents per for the residue OF the
lands then uEdspOsed of, All lands still open to
settlement under the agreement at the end Of ten
years from the taking effect of the act shall be
ccpcd by the United 80 cents per acre. which
amount shall be added to and credited to the Indians
as part Of their permanent fund.
The act provides for furnishing the necessary seed
10 the Indians for two years, for which adequate ap
preparation is made, In addition thereto there is to
be set apart the sum of $3,000,00O, which IS to be
deposited in the United States Treasury to the credit
Of the Sioux Nation Of Indians as a permanent fund,
the interest Of which at per cent per is TO be
appropriated under the direction of the Secretary Of
the Interior TO the of the Indians. After the
Government has been reimbursed for the money ex
pended for the Indians under the provisions of the
act the Secretary Of the Interior may
in his discretion cXpend, in addition to the inter
est of the permanent fund not exceed 10 per
per annum of the principal of the fund in the
ploymcnt Of farmers and in the purchase of agH-
cultural instruments teams. ETC.. necessary TO assist
the Indians in agricultural pursuits At the end OF
fifty Yeas the fund Is TO be expended for The purpose
Of promoting education, civilization and self support
among the Indians or otherwise distributed among
them as Congress may determine.
All the new reservations include the land in the
vicinity of the agencies where the Indians
living. The land to be thrown open to settlement is
not occupied at present by the Indians The num-
Der Of India on the reservation IS -, 567.
The act provides that the agreement now entered
into must be submitted to Congress at its next session
for ratification. I'm case the agreement is approved
and further legislation Is enacted. the Secretary of
the Interior will proceed to carry into effect tho pro
visions Of the law.
A. r. Lea an agent Of the Interior Department, is
In Dakota, and has been ordered 10 proceed 10
take q of the Indians with view of ascertain
ing how many of them able to support themselves
and their physical capacity 10 work the land owned
occupied by them. either individually collectively
the value of the land its to market its gen
cral prOductveness and such other facts and circum
stances VIII assist Congress in determining how
many II the Indians are capable OF seltsupport