Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-21
Ryg THE rgEsIDENJ Of THE ySJrEp STATES TIA

"A
June eishie n hnndrst and niney the sac ana Fox
esdsd and sonyeyed to Tie United states q AneTss
paricSiariy d scrIed in Article Of the
except the quarter section of land which the Sac
sna and @ :hs
and Fox Agency for school and farm shall not be
that every citizen Of said Nation shall have aIiot
81 within fa the y ouny so 70 ne
III sections sixteen u6) and thirty-sx $3.50 in each
ter section aud section apart Tor schoo! and LIN
as above mentioned; or etasr lands selected IN lieu
the and Fox Nation made. the Secretary of the
tine name TIE nlloitecs. and tina, as slci
rllotincnts made. and approved by the Depart
issued. then the resilne OF SAID tract Of country
n as far as s Sac sn asd Of f9 se aa :
and under such restrictions US may be imposed
WHEREAS, by a certain other agreement wi:h The
Iotea tribe lndiahs residing the lowe Reserve
May. eighteen hundred and ninety, said tr be sur
title and interest III and tu the anus OF said INDIANS in
said Territory. and o. tt:cUariy described III Article
er Of sa Ss an ' o sn on e fysty
acres Of Land Gpor SAID reservation, and upon APP
terror that trut patents shall bc issued therefor and
aIs ss5g sd D. iron" We operation OF sad
Asqnae form, including the church and school house
belong to said Iowa tribe u Indians in common sab
iect t. the conditions and lim,t tons in said
lect an additional ten acres in form The
o. SAD trite said reservation. conforming i'll bou TIA
which shall be held Ly said title in COM
u's1s Sc the rsaSn ana I
WHEREAS. it ~ provided in the OF Congress APP
ninety.onc c.6 Stats M. s,S i:l9), section = accept
ing ra,iiy'ng, AMI conhr3nins said agreements with
OF Indians. That Whenever any OF tine Iauds acquired
by ihe IN tins act rt fed anu niirniea
shall by operation oil law or rrocaato OF the Presi
dent OF the United States tie open to settlement. they
provisions OF the homes; cad laws, EXCEPT section
twenty-t!lree hundred and which shall not apply
ccrdancc with tine prov sions sud homestead laws
shall before receiving patent for his homestead, pay
addition % the fees protad iS law, the sum Of cMe
dottdI aud tTsyfrc c1nis FOR eacn acre thereof and
to such Homestead settlement may at his option re-
months from date OF settlement uTon SAID homestead
AMI any person otherwise qualified who has attempted
10 but ior iaied to title ia tee 20
homestead under existing law. who made entry I'M
der what is known as the committed provision OF the
entry upon any of sad lands.' and WHLREAS,
Tand n bottapa,o,ae Ind ans in said Territory nade
on the twenty fifth day OF june eighteen hundred and
surrendered to the United states all their title and
terest in and 20 the lands said Territory and psrticu
vided that all liotents of land Heretofore made
then being made lie made members OF said Ctizen
band oi Iott"aoinie Indians under the PROVISIONS Of
the seneral allotment act approved February eRnt.
shall have the right 70 select his or her allotment IN
township; nor upon amy land heretoIoro st APART
said tract OIL country BY the Tinted States,
shall SAID sections and thirty subject
homestead entry but shall DE Kept and used 'or school
purposes shall lands for the
United States or TOR school, sciocl-iarm. or religious
held by United States for such purposes 80 ol.F as
the United States shall Mt 10 them and iurt her,
of section eighteen i'll township north. five
east thereoiore set apart by written sRree.nt be-
Fathers or religious. school and farm purposes shall
s hU, p set 70 aE; n or 1 or ri S%t
Mission. the na'ne Under which said association o.
OIL said lands and WiiEREAs ~ certain agreeinent
with the absentee SLd"ee Indians. IL said Territory.
and ninety. sad last named Indians reded, relnl
pushed and surrendered. TO the United states, all
rtory. and rarc ilarly described ~ Artcie Of said
agreement provided tat al. a"; !ef5 OF aiics t!cre
tofore made or then being made or to bs made to sad
Abs ntee Shawnees under the Provisions OF the general
hundred and eighty seven sLai 10 COT irned that IN
all aonents 20 he thereafter made. person shall
sixteen and thirty-sx any Congressional townships
nor amy land 50. apar in SAID tract OF
farm or relisions purposes nor shall SAID sections
snr ba and shall be he'd ID 'q ~ the to nsa
for such purposes so long as the United
SmHhESs . +. pee psovidsd in s
sSPtn 1 r,tynRS, and cgpnnrmin5 said agreeents
the Absentee shawnee Indians. approved March
bird (; h sasssS an! d s@s
the lands occurred by ei her Of the foregoing
homa Territory shall by operation OF law procia
nation of the President OF the United States lie open
settlers only under the provisi the homestead
and townsite laws Except section twenty three nun
United States. which shall not apply: Pr0rnled.
horersr that each setter on said anss shat! before
making final proof and receiving certificate Of entry
pay tn. United States the land taken by him
in addition to the fees provided by law, and within
no
sum OF one dollar ahd fI cents per acre. one liI OF
Lonorabiy DISCHARGED Union soldiers and sailors as
defined and described in sections twenty-tn nun
the Revised Statutes of tue United States shall
and ali the lands Oklahoma are hereby declared to
be agricuiturni lands, and proof OF their
eesd.t.cs prssedet to hnal estry yeaa aSd
WHEREAS. allotInents OF land in seyeraity to said
of Pcttswaones. and said Absentee Shawnee Indians
have been made ana and pro, isona patent
visions OF the aforementioned agreements with them
been selected said Iowa tribe to be held
by said tribe IN common IN accordance with the pro-
with them aud VA. NEAs. the lands acquired by
the several agreements herenbeiore mentioned
have been divided into counties. by the
the Interior US required by sad last-nenone act
ConTress before tine SAM shall be open to settlement.
therein required; and MHLkEAS. is provided by
soa approved MAJ i that thare shall al be-
served puDlc highways tour rods wiae between each
ing the centers OF said highways. but deduction
shall lie made from cash payments from each quarter
section by reason thereof. and WHEkEAS, all the
terms conditions. and considerations required by said
several agreements made respectively with said tribes
of Indians hereinbefore mentioned. and OF the re-
lating thereto. precedent to opening said several
tracts Of land to settlement. have been as
hereby declare. provided tor. paid and compiled with
WOW, THEREFORE,, 4, BENJAMIN HAkRI-
son, PEEsIDENT OF THE United STATES, by
virtue OF tine POWER III vested Ly the
! statutes herelnbefore mentioned, also an act OF
ConHrt s. entitled An act making appropriations for
the and contingent expenses Indian De-
GUS lnlan tribes the year ending June thireth
heen hundred and ninety and other purpuses
approved March second, eighteen hundred eighty
and by other the laws the United States and
by SAID several agreements, do hereby declare cnd
make known that all OF the lands acqu from tne
dans the Citizen Band OF Iottawatoniie Indians and
the Absentee Shawnee Indians. by the four several
agreements aforesaid, saving and excepting lands
allotted 10 the Indians Us IN said agreements provided
or otnerwse reserved Ill pursua OF the provisions
said agreements anu the sand acts OF Congress
and alter the twelve stand
ard tlnle) TUESDAY. the twenty second day TINS
present month OF september, and before he opened
to settlement under the ters and subject all
conditions, nIlItationS reservations, RESTRICTION
contained III said agreements the Statutes specI
Inc lands be opened to settlement greater
convenience purticu arty described i'll the pany
ing schedule entitled Schedule OF lands WITHIN tne
anu Fox Iowa, Pottawatonlie tand Absentee Shawnee
Reservations, IN OklalOIna territory, opened
nent by proclamation Of the PRESIDENT dated Sepcl
hereof. Each entry shall be in square nearl,
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