Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-19
by the Second Crowd of Oklahoma
Boomers Billed for Tuesday.
THE PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION,
Throwing Open the New Tract for Settle
ment, Issued at Last.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ENTRIES

be entered upon on next Tuesday, the 22C
lust, at u o'clock noon, central STANDARD
time. Following is the Presidents proc
lamation:
WHEREAS, BY 4 written agreement made
81 on June T. 1880. the Sac and Fox nation o
Indians. in the Territory of Oklahoma
,ceded and conveyed to the United States oi
America all title or interest of said Indians
in and to the lands particularly described in
article of the agreement. except the inter.
section OF land on which the Sac and Fox
Agency Is located; and provided, that the
section of land now designated and set
apart near the Sac and Fox Agency for Il
school and farm shall not be subject either
10 allotment or TO homestead entry; that
every citizen of said nation shall have an q l.
lotnent OF land, in quantity therein stated,
10 be selected within the tract OF country so
CeQeu. except in sections l6and 36 in each
Congressional township. and except the
agency quarter section and section set apart
for school and farm. as above mentioned, or
other lands selected in lieu thereof.
UNCLE SANS PORTION.
When the allotnents TO the citizens of the
Sac and Fox Nations are made the Secretary
or the Interior shall cause trust patents to
issue therefor in the name OF the allottees,
'%and that as soon as such allotments are SO
made and approved by the Department of
the Interior and the patents provided for
issued, then the reSidue of said tract of COM
try shall, as far as the sac and Fox Nations
i concerned, becomc public lands of the
United States and under such restrictions
as may be imposed by law, be subject to
white settlements: and
hcreaS. BY a certain other agreement
with the Iowa tribe of Indians residing on
the Iowa reservation. in said territory made
on { he 2.th day of May. 1890, said tribe sur
rendered and relinquished to the United
states all their title ana interest in and to
The lands of the said Indians in said terri
forE ana particularly described in article one
OF said agreement.
PROVIDED that each and every member of
SAID tribe shall have an allotment of so acres
OF land upon said reservation and upcn the
approval of such allotments by the Secre-
ta'E OF the Interior that trust patents shall
bc issued therefor, and that there shall be
excepted from the operation of said agree
ment a tract of land not exceeding ten
hacIvS in a square form. including the church
and school house and graveyard Mt or near
the Iowa village. which shall belong to said
Iowa tribe Of Indians in common, subject to
the conditions and limitations in said agree
rnent expressed: that the Chief of the Iowas
may select an additional ten acres in a
square form for the use of said tribe in said
reservation, conforming in boundaries to
the legal subdivisions OF land therein which
snail be held by the tribe in common. sub
lect 70 the conditions and limitations as ex-
pressed in relation thereto.
TERMS OF SETTLEMENT.
Whereas, 1t is provided in the act of Con-
Ercos approved February I3. 1891 C26 statutes
pages 75S. 759), section :, accepting ratifying
and confirming said agreements with the
sac ana Fox Indians and the Iowa tribe of
Indians, that whenever anv of the lands ac-
qutUea by the agreements in this act ratified
and confirmed shall by operation of law or
proclamation Of the President of tine United
states be open to settlement they shall be
disposed OF to actual settlers only, under the
provisions OF the homestead laws, eScept
section 250l, which shall not apply
Provided, however, That each settler,
under and in accordance with the provisions
o. SAID homestead laws, shall, before receiy-
lng a patent for his homestead, nav to the
United States for the land so taken by him.
IN addition to the fees provided by law. the
sum OF s. p FOR each acre thereof and sucE |
person having complied with all the laws |
relating to such homestead settlement NAV
a. ms option. receive patent therefor at !
the expiration Of y months from date of
settlement upon said homestead, and any
person otherwise qualified who has at
tempted to- but for any cause, failed to
secure a title in fee to homestead under ex-
IstnE law. or who made entry under what is
Known as the commuted provision of the
homestead law, shall be qualified to make a
homestead entry upon any of said lands.
STILL ANOTHER CEssIoS.
Whereas. BY a certain other agreement
WIKI the citizen band of Potta wattomie
Indians in said Territory, made on the 25th
day of June, 1890, the said band of Indians
Celcd and absolutely surrendered to the
and 10 the lands in said Territory, and par
ticu)arly described in article of said agree |
menT. and provided that all allotments of |
land heretofore made, or then being made |
or to he made to members of said citizen !
band OF POttawattomie Indians under the |
provisions OF the general allotment ap- |
proved February :, lSS7, shall be confirmed. |
In ali allOtments to be thereafter made no |
person snail have the right to select his or |
ncr allotment in sections lG and sc in any |
Congressional township; nor upon any land |
heretofore set apart in said tract Of country 1
loT any use by the United States, or for 1
schools. .aTm or religious purposes; nor
shall said sections 10 and &c be subject to
homestead entry, but shall be kept and used |
Tor school purposes; and further, that the |
south half OF section and the north half of |
section lo, in township 6 north range east
heretofore set apart by a written agreement /
between said band of Indians and certain
Catholic fathers for religious, school and
Tarm purposes, shall not be subject to allot-
lnent or homestead entry, but shall be held
by the nlted States for the Sacred Heart
Mission, the name under which said associa-
tIon o. fathers are conducting the church,
school and farm on said lands: and,
THE SHAWNEE LANDS.
Whereas. By q certain agreement with the |
absentee Shawnee Indians in said Territory
made on the 26th day OF June, 1890, said last
named Indians ceded, relinQuished and sur
rendered to the United States all their title
and interest in and TO the lands in said terri
tory, and particularly described in Article l
OF said agreement, provided that all allot-
ments OF lands heretofore made. or then
being made, or to he made to said absentee
Sn&Wnees, under the provisions of the gen
erai allotment act provided February 8, 1ss7,
shall be confirmed: that in all allotments to |
be thereafter made, no person shall have the
right TO select his or her allotment in sec
tions 10 and 55 in any Congressional town
ship, nor in any land heretofore set auart in
said tract of country for any use lyy the
United States, or for school, farm or re-
ligiOus purposes: nor shall said sections Is
and So he subject to homestead entry but
shall be held by the United states for such
purposes SO long as the United States shall
see tit to use them.
Whereas, 1t is provided in the act of Con-
greSS accepting, ratltylng and confirming
said agreements with the citizen band OF
Potta Wa ttOmie Indians and the absentee
Shawnee Indians approved March 3 1891
Us stats, pp. $50 to lG44), section Is, that
whenever any Of the lands acquired by
either OF the foregoing agreements respecf-
ing lands in Indian or OklahOma Territory
snail py operation of law or proclamation of
the President OF the United States be opcn
to settlement they shall be disposed OF to
actual settlers only under the provisions of
the homestead and town site laws Except
section 2@0l of the Revised Statutes OF the
United States, which shall not apply.
THE PRICE OF THE LAND.
Provided. however. that each settler on
said lands shall before making final proof
and receiving a certificate of entry, pay to
the United States for the land so taken by
him, in addition 10 the fees provided by law,
and within five years from the date OF the
n1St original entry, the sum of 81 50 per acre,
one-h&li OF which shall be paid within two
! ears; but the rights of honorably dis
yea IhlOn soldiers and sailors, as de-
hngu ana described in sections 1904 and
: .'uo o; the Revised Statutes of She United
SJlies shau not be abridged, except as to the
suln 10 DC paid as aforesaid, and all the
ANUS IN oklahoma are hereby declared to