[First indorsement.] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, April 15, 1864. Respectfully submitted to the President with the recommendation that the lands within described be withdrawn from sale for the purpose indicated. EXECUTIVE MANSION, February 4, 1874. Referring to Executive order dated April 16, 1864, withdrawing from public sale, for Indian purposes, the undisposed-of lands embraced in townships 34, 37, 38, and 39 north, of range 3, and townships, 34, 35, 36, 37, 33, and 39 north, of range 4 west, in the State of Michigan, I hereby revoke, rescind, cancel, and declare said order to be void and of no effect from and after the date hereof, and the lands above described are hereby restored to the public domain. U. S. GRANT. CHAPTER XV. INDIAN RESERVATIONS OF MINNESOTA AND MONTANA. MINNESOTA. For early history of the Territory from which Minnesota was formed, see Dakota. Organized as a Territory March 3, 1849,' and admitted as a State February 26, 1857.2 Of the Indians residing within the limits of this State, the Winnebagoes, Sioux, Sacs, and Foxes, and Otoes have been removed; only the Chippewa tribes remaining in the reservations given below. The Indian population is 7,039. There are ten reservations, having an aggregate area of 4,755,716 acres. There is one agency, the White Earth Agency, having in charge Leech Lake, Mille Lac, Red Lake, White Earth, and Winnebagoshish Reservations. The Boisé Fort, the Deer Creek, the Fond du Lac, the Grand Portage, and Vermillion Lake Reservations are under the charge of the La Pointe Agency in Wisconsin. WHITE EARTH AGENCY. [Post-office address, White Earth, Becker County, Minn.] WHITE EARTH RESERVATION. How established.-By treaty of March 19, 1867; Executive orders, March 19, 1879, and July 13, 1883. Area and survey.-Contains 796,672 acres. Surveyed. Tillable acres, 552,960,3 Acres cultivated.-Five thousand six hundred and eighteen acres cultivated.5 Tribes and population.-The tribes living here are the Chippewas of the Mississippi, Gull Lake, Pembina, Otter Tail, and Pillager Chippewas. Population, 2,684.6 Location. This reservation is well supplied with wood and timber, and has also an abundance of prairie land finely adapted for stockraising as well as raising cereals." Government rations.-Forty per cent. of these Indians subsisted by Government rations as reported in 1886," Mills and Indian employés.-One mill. No Indian employés reported. Indian police.-Established. Indian court of offences.-Established. 1 United States Statutes at Large, Vol. IX, p. 403. port of Indian Commissioner, 1886, p. 430. p. 400. "Ibid., 1885, pp. 114-115. 41 bid., 2 Ibid., Vol. XI, p. 166. 3 Re 6 Ibid., School population, attendance, and support.1 Aggregate school population of reservations under this agency, 1,373. Missionary work.-Protestant Episcopalians and Roman Catholics have missions among these Indians. By authority of the act of March 3, 1873, $35,000 were appropriated to purchase from the Mississippi Chippewas township 144, range 42, in the White Earth Reservation, for the use and benefit of the Pembina band of Chippewa Indians.2 By act of April 18, 1874, the Secretary of the Interior was directed, by and with the consent of the Mississippi Chippewas, to patent 80 acres to the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church, provided that said estate shall cease and be determined when the land and the erections thereon are no longer used by said society for missionary and school purposes.3 By act of June 22, 1874, the Otter Tail Pillager band of Chippewas were settled upon White Earth Reservation and appropriation made for their subsistence.4 These Indians were given equal rights with the Mississippi band of Chippewas by the Indians, July 4, 1872 in accordance with the provision of section 3, act of May 29, 1872.5 White Earth Reserve. EXECUTIVE MANSION, March 18, 1879. It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands, situated in the State of Minnesota, viz: Beginning at the northwest corner of the White Earth Indian Reservation, being the northwest corner of township 146 north, range 42 west, and running thence north to the northwest corner of township 148 north, range 42 west; thence west to the southwest corner of township 149 north, range 42 west; thence north to the northwest corner of township 149 north, range 42 west; thence east on the line between township 149 north and township 150 north to the intersection of said line with the southwestern boundary of the Red Lake Indian Reservation; 1 Report of Indian Commissioner, 1886, p. xciv. Vol. XVII, p. 539. 3 Ibid., Vol. XVIII, p. 31. XVII, p. 189; also Indian Laws 1883, p. 139. p. 335. 2 United States Statutes at Large, 4 Ibid., p. 173. 5 Ibid., Vol. Report of Indian Commissioner, 1886, thence southeasterly to the most southerly point of the Red Lake Indian Reservation; thence in a northeasterly direction and along the line of the Red Lake Indian Reservation to a point due north from the northeast corner of the White Earth Indian Reservation; thence south to the northeast corner of White Earth Indian Reservation, and thence west along the northern boundary line of White Earth Indian Reservation to the point of beginning, be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from sale and settlement and set apart as a reservation for Indian purposes: Provided, however, That any tract or tracts of land included within the foregoing-described boundaries, the title to which has passed out of the United States Government, or to which valid homestead or pre-emption rights have attached under the laws of the United States, are hereby excluded from the reservation hereby made. R. B. HAYES. EXECUTIVE MANSION, July 13, 1883. It is hereby ordered that the Executive order dated March 18, 1879, withdrawing from sale and settlement and setting apart certain described lands north of and adjoining the White Earth Reservation, in the State of Minnesota, as a reservation for Indian purposes, be, and the same is hereby, cancelled, the lands embraced within said. reservation not being required for the purposes for which they were set apart. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. For treaties in which these Indians took part, see Chippewa treaties-Michigan. LEECH LAKE RESERVATION. How established.-By treaty of February 22, 1855; Executive orders November 4, 1873, and May 26, 1874. Area and survey.-Contains 94,440 acres. Tillable acres not reported separately. Partly surveyed.' Acres cultivated.-Not reported separately. Tribes and population.-The tribes living here are the Pillager and Lake Winnebagoshish bands of Chippewas. Total population, 1,174.2 Location. This reservation is to be abandoned, and the Indians incorporated with those at White Earth and Red Lake Reservation.3 School population and accommodation given under general report of White Earth Agency. Leech Lake Reserve.5 EXECUTIVE MANSION, November 4, 1873. It is hereby ordered that the description of the first-named tract of country reserved for the use of the Pillager and Lake Winnebagoshish bands, and provided for in the second clause of the second article of the treaty with the Mississippi bands of Chippewa Indians, concluded February 22, 1855 (Statutes at Large, Vol. X, p. 1166), be amended so as to read as follows: Beginning at the mouth of Little Boy River; thence up said river through the first lake to the southern extremity of the second lake on said river; thence in a direct line to the most southern point of Leech Lake, and thence through said lake, so as to include all the islands therein, to the place of beginning; and that the additional land therein embraced be withdrawn from sale, entry, or other disposition, and that the same be set apart for the use of said Indians. 4 Report of Indian Commissioner, 1886, p. 385. 2 Ibid., p. 400. Ibid., p. xciv. 5 Ibid., p. 334. U. S. GRANT. 3 Ibid., p. 170. EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 26, 1874. It is hereby ordered that there be withdrawn from sale, entry, or other disposition, so much of the following tracts of country as are not already covered by treaty with the Chippewas, concluded February 22, 1855, and set apart for the use of the Pillager and Lake Winnebagoshish bands of said Indians, viz: Commencing at the point where the Mississippi River leaves Lake Winnebagoshish, it being the beginning-point of the second tract of land reserved for said bands (Stats. at Large, Vol. X, p. 1166); thence northeasterly to the point where the range line between ranges 25 and 26 west intersects the township line between townships 146 and 147 north; thence north on said range line to the twelfth standard parallel; thence west on said parallel to range line between ranges 28 and 29; thence south on said range line till it intersects the third river; thence down said river to its mouth; thence in a direct line to the place of beginning. Also, all the land embraced in township 143 north, range 29 west. in the State of Minnesota. U. S. GRANT. For treaties in which these Indians took part, see Chippewa treaties-Michigan. By Indian appropriation act approved May 15, 1886, $15.000 was appropriated To enable the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate with the several tribes and bands of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota, for such modification of existing treaties with said Indians and such change of their reservation as may be deemed desirable by said Indians and the Secretary of the Interior, and as to what sum shall be a just and equitable liquidation of all claims which any of said tribes now have upon the Government, but no agreement made shall take effect until rati fied by Congress.1 * * # For a report of the commission acting under the above act, see Senate Executive Document No. 115, Forty-ninth Congress, second session. MILLE LAC RESERVATION. How established.-By treaties of February 22, 1855, and article 12 of May, 1864. Area and survey.-Contains 61,014 acres. Surveyed." Acres cultivated.-Not reported separately. Tribes and population.—The tribes living here are the Mille Lac and Snake River bands of Chippewas. Total population, 942.3 Location.This reservation to be abandoned and the Indians consolidated with those living on the White Earth and Red Lake Reservation.* School population and accommodation given under general report of White Earth Agency.5 For treaties in which the tribes took part, see Chippewa treatiesMichigan. RED LAKE RESERVATION. How established.-By treaty of October 2, 1863. Area and survey.-Contains 3,200,000 acres. Tillable acres, 1,000,000. Outboundaries surveyed. United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XXIV, p. 44. sioner, 1886, p. 385. 3 Ibid., p. 400. 1884, p. 310. "Ibid., 1886, p. 340. Report of Indian Commis- 8 Ibid., 1881, p. 265. Ibid., p. 170. |