ABSTRACT OF AGREEMENTS, ETC., WITH INDIAN TRIBES, AFFECTING INDIAN LANDS. Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws and Chickasaws, and Seminoles. Under authority of the act of Congress of July 27, 1866, the several treaties made the same year with the Indians above named, and the decisions of the Department of the Interior of May 21, 1870 (approved by the President May 23, 1870), and March 31, 1882, the construction of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad westward from Vinita, Cherokee Nation, has been resumed. March 27, 1882, the railroad company made an agreement with the Cherokee Nation for the purchase of materials for the construction of the road through the Cherokee country, and has given bond of $500,000 (agreement and bond approved by the Department April 3, 1882) for the performance of the obligations imposed by the law of July 27, 1866. The company having com pleted its road through the Cherokee and Creek country has obtained permission from the Department, subject to the consent of the Indians, for the exploration of a more southern route for the continuation of the line, through the country of the Creeks, Sacs and Foxes, Cheyennes, and Arapahoes. (Ante, pp. 1187, 1188, 1189, 1193, 1213. 14 Stat., 292, 755, 769, 785, 799.) Choctaws and Chickasaws. August 2, 1882.-Congress passed an act granting a right of way to the Saint Louis and San Francisco Railway Company for a railroad and telegraph line through the lands of these Indians in the Indian Territory, from a point contiguous to Sebastian or Scott Counties, in Arkansas, south westerly, in the direction of Paris, Tex.; the company to pay for the privilege quarter annually $750 to the treasurers of said nations for the benefit of the schools therein, &c. (Ante, p. 1189, No. 2726.) Crows. August 22, 1881.-The Crow Indians surrendered to the United States a strip of land By agreement ratified by act of Congress of April 11, 1882, the Crow Indians sold Flatheads, Upper Pend d'Oreilles, and Kootenays. In the summer of 1882 an agreement was negotiated under authority of the Interior Department with the above-named Indians, in accordance with treaty provisions and acts of Congress, by which a right of way for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company 200 feet wide, through the Joco (Flathead) Reserve in Montana, about 53 miles distance, with additional land for stations, &c., was relinquished to the United States upon the payment of $16,000, to be deposited in the Treasury upon ratification of the agreement by Congress, and expended for the benefit of the Indians under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and $7,500 to be paid for the improvements of individual Indians. (Ante, pp. 1195, 1199, 1222. 12 Stat., 975.) Iowas. June 18, 1881.-The Atchison and Nebraska Railroad Company obtained permission from the Iowa Indians on the Iowa Reserve, Nebraska, to construct a road north and south through their reservation, in accordance with treaty stipulation, the quantity of land taken being six and a half acres, for which the company paid $25 per acre. The agreement was approved by the Secretary of the Interior August 4, 1882. (10 Stat., 1069. Änte, p. 1196.) Kickapoos. By act of Congress of July 28, 1882, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cause to be appraised and sold certain parcels of the Kickapoo lands in Kansas reserved for mill-site, missionary, and agency purposes, as described in said act, by legal subdivisions, the net proceeds to be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the Kickapoo Indians. (10 Stat., 1078; 13 Ib., 623–9. Ante, p. 1197, No. 2740.) Miamis. By act of Congress of May 15, 1882, the unallotted lands of the Miami Indians in Kansas were authorized to be sold to the bona fide settlers on said lands, not exceeding 160 acres to each, at the appraised value; and those not thus dis posed of to be offered at public sale, the proceeds to belong to the Indians. (10 Stat., 1093-8. Ante, p. 1200, Nos. 2005, 2052, 2055, 2060, 2738, 2739.) Omahas. April 19, 1880.-The Saint Paul and Sioux City Railroad Company obtained permission to cross the Omaha reservation in Nebraska with its road, in pursuance of treaty stipulations. (10 Stat., 1043; 14 Ib., 667. Ante, p. 1203, No. 2760.) By act of Congress of April 7, 1882, the Secretary or the Interior is authorized, with the consent of the Indians, to cause to be surveyed and sold that part of the Omaha Reservation in Nebraska lying west of the right of way granted by said Indians to the Sioux City and Nebraska Railroad Company, under the agreement of April 19, 1880, approved by the Acting Secretary of the Interior July 27, 1880. (10 Stat., 1043; 14 Ib., 667. Ante, p. 1203, Ños. 2120, 2123, 2760.) Osages. By act of Congress of March 3, 1881, the trust and diminished reserve lands of the Osage Indians in Kansas, lying east of the sixth principal meridian, remaining unsold June 30, 1881, are directed to be offered for sale at public auction for cash, and those remaining unsold from time to time to be reoffered at graduated prices, as specified in said act. No proceeding to be taken under the act until two-thirds of the adult males of the Osage tribes assent to its provisions. (Ante, p. 1204, No. 2737.) 'Otoes and Missourias. In October and December, 1880, the Republican Valley Railroad Company obtained permission from the Otoes and Missourias, under treaty provisions, to cross their reservation in Nebraka. (10 Stat., 1038; Ib., 1130. Ante, p. 1206, Nos. 2735, 2742, 2756.) By act of Congress of March 3, 1881, the sale of the remainder of the reservation of the Confederated Otoes and Missourias tribes of Indians in Nebraska and Kansas was authorized and provided for. (Ante, Nos. 2735, 2742, 2756.) Pah-Utes. April 13, 1880.-An informal agreement was made by the Carson and Colorado Railroad Company with the Pah-Ute Indians, for a right of way across the Walker River Reserve in Nevada, and the company constructed its road without procuring the further necessary legal authority, but apparently in good faith. Under direction of the Interior Department, a formal agreement has been prepared and executed, under date of August 9, 1882, in due course to be submitted to Congress for ratification. (Ante, p. 1222.) Papagoes. By act of Congress of August 5, 1882 (in partial recognition of an informal agreement of April 21, 1882, between the Arizona Southern Railroad Company and the Papago Indians), a right of way, not to exceed 200 feet in width, was granted to said company through the Papago Reserve in Arizona, a distance of about 8 miles, subject to the consent of the Indians and to the payment to the Secretary of the Interior of a compensation to be fixed by him, and to be expended for the benefit of the Indians. (Ante, No. 2707.) Pawnees. In the sundry-civil appropriation bill of August 7, 1882, an appropriation is made of $2,200, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase 160 acres of land in addition to that now owned by the Government on the old Pawnee Reservation in Nebraska, for the purposes of an industrial school, pursuant to act of Congress of May 17, 1882. (11 Stat., 729; 22 Ib., 76. Ante, p. 1206, No. 2759.) Poncas. In the deficiency appropriation bill passed March 3, 1881, $165,000 was appropriated to enable the Secretary of the Interior to secure to the Ponca Indians lands in severalty on either the old or new reservations, and for other specified purposes, and $50,000 for the purchase of 101,894 acres in the Indian Territory, where a large portion of said Indians are located. (Ante, p. 1208, No. 2724.) Poncas and Pawnees. By the appropriation bill for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, passed May 17, 1882, a section of land in the Indian Territory, near to the Ponca and Pawnee Reservations, is reserved for the purposes of an industrial school, which the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to establish. (Ante. No. 2725.) Shoshones and Bannocks. By act of Congress of July 3, 1882, an agreement with the above-named Indians is recognized and ratified, by which the tribes release to the United States a right of way for the Utah and Northern Railroad Company through the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho, 100 feet in width (except at Pocateleo Station, where it is 200 feet), with other lands along said right of way, for stations, sidings, &c., as particularly described in said act. (15 Stat., 673, Ante, p. 1186, No. 2721.) Sioux Mixed Tribes. June 12, and December 23 and 31, 1880. The Dakota Central Railroad Company, made an agreement with said Indians living on the Sioux Reservation in Dakota for a right of way east and west through said reservation, in accordance with treaty stipulations; also for a section of land to be located, which the company has located at Fort Pierre, on the west side of the Missouri River. The company has paid into the Department $3,200 as consideration therefor, also $375 for right of way through the old Winnebago Reserve, east of the river, under the agreement of December 31, 1880. (15 Stat., 635; 19 1b., 254. Ante, p. 1216.) Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux. May 24, 1880. The Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company obtained permission to cross the Sisseton Reserve in Dakota, under treaty stipulation. The company has since paid into the Department, for the use of the Indians, $13,911, partial payment for right of way, &c., the balance to be paid after the company has constructed 100 miles of road on the reserve. (15 Stat, 505; 18 Ib., 167. Ante, p. 1217.) Umatillas. By act of Congress of August 5, 1882, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cause to be surveyed and laid out into lots and blocks so much of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon, contiguous to the town of Pendleton, as may be necessary to allow said town needful extension, not exceeding 640 acres, the consent of the Indians to be first obtained. (Ante, p. 1221, No. 2766.) 86 L 0- -VOL II Uncompahgre and White River Utes. By act of Congress of July 18, 1882, all that portion of the Ute Indian reservation, in Colorado occupied by the above-named Indians is declared to be public land, and its disposal as such provided for, under the limitations of the act June 15, 1880. (21 Stat., 199. Ante, p. 1222, No. 2715.) Utes. May 12, 1880.-The President, by proclamation, authorized the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company, in accordance with treaty provisions, to construct its line of road through the Ute Reservation in Colorado. The road has been constructed without compensation to the Indians (who objected to the work for that reason), and notwithstanding the company was notified by the Secretary of the Interior to stop the work until the consent of the Indians should be obtained and compensation made. The question of compensation has not been determined, unless the act of Congress of June 15, 1880, ratifying the agreement with the Utes for the sale of their reservation, has that effect. (15 Stat., 619. Ante, 1222, Nos. 2192, 2715.) Walla Wallas, Cayuses, and Umatillas. June 10, 1881.-The Oregon Railway and Navigation Company made an agree ment, in accordance with treaty stipulations, with said Indians for the construction of its line of road across the Umatilla Reserve in Oregon. (12 Stat., 945. Ante, p. 1222.) Appropriations for examining surveys, mineral deposits, coal-fields, and timber districts. for indemnity to Ponca Indians... 1354 1318 and purchase of lands for them in Indian Territory. 1318 for survey of boundary line of Crow Indian Reservation for survey of Sioux Indian Reservation. for industrial school for Indian children in Dakota for industrial school near Ponca and Pawnee Reservation.. for reclaiming arid and waste lands.. for Shoshone and Bannock Indians for survey of lands of Crow Indians.. and first installment under agreement with said Indians. for survey of Indian reservations.... for survey of parts of certain townships in Crawford County, Wisconsin. for survey of private claims in Arizona... for survey of private land claims, and public lands in California for surveys in Louisiana... for surveys of public lands and private claims. 1313 1318 1352 1315 1335 1335 1339 1353 1349 .1307, 1308 1310 1313 1331 1310, 1344, 1353 1353, 1354 135.3, 1354 for surveys of public lands... part to be apportioned to Louisiana, how employed. for Yellowstone National Park.. 1334, 1339, 1353, 1354 to be expended for Osage Indians.. 1329 to carry into effect agreement with Crow Indians for right of way, &c..1335, 1338 to carry into effect act for sale of lands of Umatilla Indians.. 1347 to indemnify Creek Indians 1321 to purchase land for industrial school for Indian children in Nebraska.. grant of right of way to, through Papago Indian Reservation.... compensation for, how fixed Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fé Railroad Company may purchase land in Fort Dodge military reservation... not to exceed one section... Burlington, Iowa title of United States to lands in, released to... 1325 1325 1323, 1324 |