The Falls City tribune., 1909-02-26

/ portion OF tile p0DII1 ld1st~ If.
served from sale. OF settlement.
bv reason Of any treaty chen
known To- eNi~tt and.
WHEREAS. II ha- since such
settlement Wis made. been as.
certaiHcj that tn authorized
SURVEYORS, we're erroneous. and
that the correction ii such err.
.ror. sill include within tb.
boundaries Il the Hall Breed
Reservation. a portion d thy
/ lands so settled upon. therefOl
placing an inseperdble barrier
TO their acquiring title thereto,
by preemption or any other
known law, and summarily de
priving them OF their home
steads. taking from them the
fruits of their toll and labor
without redress, except the
same can be given them by Il
special act oil Congress-, for their
relief: and believing it to be a
duty incumbent upon us, IL the
representative of HE people,
TO aid them in obtaining redress
for grievances. which i'm no wise
resulted from any disregard of
law ON their part, - far as it
may be Iegi6uateIE within our
power. and believing as We do,
that the haraships and losses
that must inevitably result to
the inhabitants aforesaid. makes
it an imperative duty for our
most earnest effort; therefore.
be it
RESOLVED, BY TIE COUNCIL
AND House or REPRESENTA-
TIVEs OF TIE TERRITORY OF
NEBRASKA, That our delegate
in Congress is hereby respect
fully requested to present to
that honorable body a bill, set
ting forth the hardships which
must result to a portion of our
inhabitants, and 10 urge the
immediate passage Of such bill.
for their relief, So far as they
may have power 10 do. and
strict Justice to the parties az
grieved. demand.
AND BE IT FURTHER Re
sOLNED, That the secretary of
the Territory be requested to
transmit a copy Of the fore@o-
ing preamble and resolution,
forthwith to our delegate i'm
Congress.
Approved February 9, 1e57."
3rd Session, page IS.
1t viii appear that the legie-
lature was impressed by the
same notion Of error in the Nc
Coy survey that was put for
ward at Washington as sufficient
reason for abrogating the Nc
Coy survey and ordering an
other to be made as the memo
rial recites:
Whereas, 1t has, since such
settlement was made, been as
certained that the authorized
surveyors were erroneous, and
that the correction of such err
ror, will include within the
boundaries of the Half Breed
Reservation Il portion of the
lands SO settled upon etc.
And this upon the assumption
of error in the first survey,
which they said would, when
corrected, put those settlers
(the people of Archer among
them on the Half-Breed tract.
Now what was that error?
Judge Dundy said the claim was
as | have stated-by the sur
veyor following the meander-
ings of the river instead of run
ming L straight line up the val
ley of the river without refer
ence toits winding course there
in, And it is in that particular
Mr.. Watkins thinks have fallen
into an error.
When l wrote the article in
question | had never looked into
the matter of the Mccoy survey
at all and merely mentioned the
fact, a. given to me by Judge
Dundy that the claim was put
up that the Mccoy survey was
wrong because of the mode in
which he had made it. But since
my distinguished friend at Lin
coin has questioned the correct
ness Of that statement nrO