Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-02-21

of Township So north, Range ~ west
Of the Fourth principal meridian,
thence west to the southwest corner
of said township. thence south along
the Third guide meridian to the point
where it crosses the Mississippi river
thence down the said river to the
mouth of Crow Wing river. thence IN
westerly direction following the
southern boundary of said treaty to
the point where it intersects the line
between Townships 50 and 36 west OF
the Fifth principal meridian, thence
north along said line to the northeast
corner of Township 1856 north. Range
6 west, thence west along the line be-
tween Townships 1856 and 1877 north
to the point where it intersects the
boundary line established by said
treaty, thence along said boundary to
the point of beginning.
Il therefore recommend that con-
gress modify the article of said treaty
so as to exclude from the operations
of it's provisions all of the territory
coded by said treaty to the United
States except that Immediately above
described"
Three Executive Orders.
The executive orders exempting the
operations of the old Indian treaties
are three in number. They cover the
treaties of 1881, 1881 and 1863 These
treaties, so far as they relate to the
selling Of liquor, are abrogated by the
order of the executive. The order as
to the 1881 treaty makes that instru-
ment apply only in the following de-
scribed territory:
Beginning at point where the
line between Township As and 40 north
intersects the line between Ranges
Is and 16 west of the Fourth principal
meridian, thence north along said line
to the northeast corner of Township
So north, Range 16 west, thence west
along the line between Townships So
and 81 north to the point where it IN
tersects the western boundary estab-
lished by said treaty of Sept. 30. 1884,
thence following the said treaty line in
a southwesterly direction to the point
where It intersects the line between
Townships As and 46 north, thence due
east along said line to the point of be-
ginning, and all that portion of the
state of Minnesota which lies east of
the Fourth principal meridian.
"And the provisions of said Article
of said treaty shall continue to be
in full force and effect within the ter
ritory excepted from operation of this
order until otherwise ordered by the
president. The treaty of 1851 is made
not to apply in the future except to
the following territory:
beginning at a point where the
line between Townships 1923 and 1870
north crosses the Boise de Sioux river,
thence east along said line to the
northeast corner OF Township 129
north, Range As west, thence south
along the said range line to the north.
east corner of Township 1922 north,
Range As west, thence east to the
northeast corner of Township 1872
north, range A west, thence south
along said range line to the point
where it intersects the line established
by said treaty of July %, 1851. thence
in a northwesterly direction along the
said treaty line to the point where
it touches Lake Traverse. thence
north along said lake to the mouth OF
the Boise de Sioux river, thence up
said river to the point of beginning"
Speaking of the treaties of 1863 and
1S47, the president said the territory
covered by the latter treaty shall no
longer be held as Indian land.
His order as to the 1868 treaty is as
follows:
"By virtue Of the power vested in
me by the provisions OF Article OF
the treaty of Oct. 2, 1868 G3 Stat.
L. 667), it is hereby ordered that the
provisions of said Article of said
treaty shall not hereafter apply to or
be Of any force or effect throughout
the territory coded to the United
States by said treaty, except in that
portion lying east Of the Sixth guide
meridian, and said Article Z of said
treaty shall continue to be in full
force and effect throughout the terri
tory excepted from the operations OF
this order until otherwise directed by
congress or the president of the Unit
ed States"
MoroRMAN ARRESTED.