St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-11
DETAILS OF THE DEAL.
The Report of the Sioux Commits
sion Transmitted to CONGRESS-.

Il AIs
The Report of the Sioux Commits
sion Transmitted to Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. FOREST
dent Harrison to-day sent to congress
| the report of the commission appointed
to negotiate with the Sioux Indians for
a surrender of portion Of their reser-
Walton in Dakota. The president in his
| letter Of transmittal says that the COM
| mlSSlonerS had no right to bind either
| congress or the executive by their con.
| structlon of statute. but they were the
agents of the United States: first, to
submit a definite proposition for the
acceptance of the Indians, and that fail
ing, to agree upon modified terms to be
submitted TO congress for ratification.
Good faith demands that if the United
| States accepts the lands ceded, the bene-
| fetal construction OF the act given by
| our agents should also be admitted and
observed. The secretary of the interior
submitted, with his letter transmitting
the report of the commission, the draft
Of a bill embodying the recommends
lions of the commission requiring legis-
lation. The appropriation necessary to
carry into effect the provisions of the
act, the president says, should be
available The bill provides for the fol.
lowing appropriations to
CARRY OUT IT'S TERMS.
For 10000 cows and 1000 bulls, $780,
600; for mich cows, oxen, harness.
farming implements and houses fifty
each). and for Indians taking allotments,
$780, 900; for day schools, teachers and
furniture with provision for compul-
sorry attendance of children), $3.50
coo; for. Thirty school buildings,
$4,000; for one years interest on
the sum of s3,OO0,0 0O-s15O, GOO; to paw
for ponies taken by the military, $780,.
600; to pay the Crow Greek Indians for
deficiencies in the allOtments, $1S7 ,O39;
for extra beef rations. 100000; to pur-
chase land for the Santee Sioux, ST., 200.
Additional sections require the pur.
chase of Indian produce at fair prices
for supplies for adjacent military posts,
and prescribeS how the secretary of the
treasury shall credit the Indian funds.
The report of the Sioux commission has
been anticipated in all its main feat
ures. The views of the commission on
the school question Is expressed in the
following paragraph: '''Fhe instruction
most likely to prove permanently use.
full will be best taught in schools estab-
lished on the reservations. The In
dians are now thoroughly in favor OF
them, and there is no further necessity
for sending children away long distances
from their homes in order to be taught
the elementary branches of English
education" By executive order issued
to-day two land offices have been eStabs
lished for
THE TERRITORY RECENTLY CEDED
to the United States by the Sioux In.
dians. The land Office for the northern
district is located at Pierre, and for the
southern district at Chamberlain. The
boundaries of the Chamberlain district
are as follows: Beginning at point ON
the southern boundary Of the state OF
South Dakota at the southeast corner
of the Black Hills land district; thence
from the eastern boundary line of said
land district to point where the line Of
the second parallel north, extended
west from the Missouri river, interSects
said eastern boundary Of the Black
Hills land district; thence east on said
standard parallel to the east bank OF
the Missouri river: thence following the
bank Of said river down to a poins
where the second standard parallel in-
teTseets said ast river tno at pc point in n
parallel to the northeast corner
of township 108 north, range 6S west;
thence south between townships 81 and
IS west to the southeast corner of town.
ship 106 north. range 6S west: thence
east on the line between townships los
and LOG north, to the northeast corner
of township los north, range 81 west;
thence south on the line between ranges
66 and 81 west. to the base line between
townships 100 and 101 north: thence
west on said base line to the Missouri
river; thence along the same, south
easterly to the 43d parallel; thence
crossing thelMissouri river and running
due west to the place of beginning.
The boundaries of
THE PIERRE DISTRICT
are described as follows: Beginning at
a point on the north bank of the Mis-
souri, river in township 100 north. where
the range line between ranges 73 and
"a west intersects the same; thence rum
ming north on line between ranges rs
and ri west. to the third standard par
allel north; thence west to the east
boundary of the Fort Sally military res
ervation; thence southeast to the
southeast corner of said reserva-
ton to the Missouri river; thence up the
east bank of said river standard parallel
when extended to the 102d meridian:
thence south aleng said meridian to the
northern boundary Of the land district
as last above described; thence along
said north boundary of said last-named
land district TO the place OF beginning.
All that part of the ceded lands south
of the 43d paralleI, north latitude, is
added to the O'Neill, Nebraska, land
district, and the Jurisdiction of the stato
of Nebraska is extended over it. Tho
Black hills, the Huron and the Mitchell
land districts are changed so as to con-
form to the districts above described.
Indian Inspector Armstrong will leave
Washington tonight for the Sioux
reservation. twill be his special duty
to see that none of the settlers who
enter the reservation under the prest.
dents proclamation intrude upon the
diminished Indian reservation lands.
The general land Office officials are also
making preparations to send to the
reservation number of experienced
clerks and two special agents to assist
the local land officers when they shall
have been appointed.