township 11 south, range 3 east, sections 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35, 36, and fractional sections 29, 30, and 32; township 12 south, range 2 east, sections 3, 10, 14, 15, and fractional section 13; township 12 south, range 3 east, sections 1, 2, 12, and fractional sections 3, 4, 10, 11, 13, and 14; Pala, township 9 south, range 2 west, northeast quarter of section 33, and north half of the north half of 34; Agua Caliente, township 10 south, range 3 east, southeast quarter of section 23, southwest quarter of 24, west half of 25, and east half of 26; Sycuan, township 16 south, range 1 east, section 13; Inaja, township 13 south, range 3 east, northeast quarter of section 35; Cosmit, township 13 south, rauge 3 east, north half of northeast quarter of section 25 Be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from sale, and set apart as reservations for the permanent use and occupancy of the Mission Indians in Lower California. May 15, 1876.—It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands in San Bernardino County, Cal., viz: Portrero, township 2 south, range 1 east, section 36; Mission, township 2 south, range 3 east, sections 12, 13, and 14; Agua Caliente, township 4 south, range 4 east, section 14, and east half of southeast quarter and northeast quarter of section 22; Torros, township 7 south, range 7 east, section 2; Be, and the same hereby are, withdrawn from sale, and set apart as reservations for the permanent use and occupancy of the Mission Indians in southern California, in addition to the selections noted and reserved under Executive order dated 27th December last. May 3, 1877.—It is hereby ordered that the following lands, situate in California, viz: Township 10 south, range 1 east, sections 16 and 36, San Bernardino; township 7 south, range 2 east, section 36; township 14 south, range 2 east, section 36; township 11 south, range 3 east, section 36; township 9 south, range 2 west, north half of northeast quarter, section 33, being lands withdrawn from the public domain for the Mission Indians by President's order of December 27, 1875; also, the following: Township 2 south, range 1 east, section 36; township 7 south, range 8 east, section 16, being lands withdrawn by President's order of May 15, 1876, for the same purpose,-be, and the same are hereby, restored to the public domain. August 25, 1877.-It is hereby ordered that the following lands in California, to wit: All the even-numbered sections and all the unsurveyed portions of township 2 south, range 1 east; township 2 south, range 2 east; township 3 south, range 1 east; and township 3 south, range 2 east, San Bernardino meridian, excepting sections 16 and 36, and excepting, also, all tract or tracts the title to which has passed out of the United States Government.-be, and the same hereby are, withdrawn from sale and settlement, and set apart as a reservation for Indian purposes. September 29, 1877.—It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands in Califoria, to wit: All the even-numbered sections and all the unsurveyed portions of township 4 south, range 4 east; township 4 south, range 5 east, and township 5 sonth, range 4 east, San Bernardino meridian, excepting sections 16 and 36, and excepting also any tract or tracts the title to which has passed out of the United States Government,-be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from sale and settlement, and set apart as a reservation for Indian purposes for certain of the Mission Indians. January 17, 1880.-It is hereby ordered that so much of the order of December 27, 1875, as relates to the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation in California be, and the same is hereby, cancelled. It is also hereby ordered that said order of December 27, 1875, so far as the same relates to the Santa Ysabel Indian Reservation, be, and the same is hereby, cancelled to the following extent, viz: All that portion of sections numbered 25, 26, and 27, township 11 south, range 3 east, lying north of the following line, viz: Beginning on the north boundary line of section 25, township 11 south, range 3 east, of San Bernardino meridian, at a point 51.59 chains west of the northeast corner of said section 25; thence according to the true meridian south 251° west, 56.50 chains, to a granite stone marked "P," at the north side of a granite bowlder 8 feet high; thence south 74° west, 34.60 chains, to a black oak marked "Pxxi"; thence north 56° west, 52 chains, to a granite stone marked “P” in stone mound; thence north 39° west, 40.46 chains, to a point on the north boundary of section 27; thence east along the north boundaries of sections 27, 26, and 25, of township 11 south, range 3 east, to the place of beginning. March 2, 1881.-It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands in California, viz: sections 26 and 35, in township 10 south, of range 1 west, and sections 2 and 3, in township 11 south, of range 1 west, of the San Bernardino meridian, be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from sale and set apart as a reservation for the permanent use and occupancy of the Mission Indians in California: Provided, That this withdrawal shall not affect any existing valid adverse rights of any party. March 9, 1881.—It is hereby ordered that all the unsurveyed portions of township 2 south, range 1 east, San Bernardino meridian, California, excepting any tract or tracts the title to which has passed out of the United States Government, be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from sale and settlement, and set apart as a reservation for Indian purposes. June 27, 1882.-It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands, situated and lying in the State of California, viz: sections numbered 26, 27, 28, 34, and 35, in township numbered 8 south, of range numbered 2 west, of the San Bernardino meridian, be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from sale and settlement, and set apart for Indian purposes: Provided, however, That any tract or tracts the title to which has passed out of the United States or to which valid legal rights have attached under existing laws of the United States providing for the disposition of the public domain, are hereby excluded from the reservation hereby created. July 24, 1882.—It is hereby ordered that the Executive order dated December 27, 1875, setting aside certain described lands in the State of California for the use and occupancy of the Mission Indians be, and the same hereby is, cancelled so far as relates to the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 34, township 9 south, range 2 west, of the San Bernardino meridian. EXECUTIVE MANSION, February 5, 1883. It is hereby ordered that the following lands, situate in California, viz: the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, the north half of the southeast quarter, and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 3, township 12 south, range 2 east, of San Bernardino meridian, being lands withdrawn from the public domain for the Mission Indians by Executive order of December 27, 1875,-be, and the same are hereby, restored to the public domain. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, June 19, 1883. It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands, situate in the State of California, San Bernardino base and meridian, viz: section 28, the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter, and lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, of section 31; the north half, the southeast quarter, the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, and lots 1 and 2 of section 32, and the north half of section 33, township 4 south, range 1 east; section 2, the south half of section 3, the fractional south half of section 4, the fractional north half of section 10, and the fractional northeast quarter of section 9, township 5 south, range 1 east; the east half of the southeast quarter of section 8, and the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 9, township 12 south, range 2 east, and sections 10, 11, 14, 15, 22, 22, 28, and 33, township 14 south, range 2 east,—be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from sale and set apart for the permanent use and occupation of the Mission Indians in the State of California: Provided, That this withdrawal shall not affect any existing valid rights of any party. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 25, 1886. It is hereby ordered that the Executive order dated June 27, 1882, setting aside certain described lands in the State of California for Indian purposes, be, and the same is hereby, cancelled, so far as relates to lot 2 in section 28, township 8 south, range 2 west, of the San Bernardino meridian. GROVER CLEVELAND. EXECUTIVE MANSION, March 22, 1886. It is hereby ordered that the Executive order dated June 19, 1883, setting apart certain described lands in the State of California for Indian purposes, be, and the same is hereby, cancelled so far as relates to east half southeast quarter, northwest quarter southeast quarter, and southwest quarter northeast quarter, and southwest quarter southeast quarter, southeast quarter southwest quarter, northeast quarter southwest quarter, and southeast quarter northwest quarter, section 28, township 4 south, range 1 east, San Bernardino meridian. ROUND VALLEY AGENCY. GROVER CLEVELAND. [Post-office address: Covelo, Mendocino County, Cal.] ROUND VALLEY RESERVATION. How established.-By act of Congress, April 8, 1864, and March 3, 1873; and executive orders, March 30, 1870; April 8, 1873; May 18, 1875; July 26, 1876. Area and survey.-102,118 acres, of which 2,000 are classed as tillable. Out-boundaries surveyed. Acres cultivated.-Five hundred and forty acres cultivated by the Indians in 1884.2 Tribes and population -The tribes living here are the Konkau, 154; Little Lake, 165; Pitt River, 23; Potter Valley, 10; Redwood, 32; Wailakki and Yuki, 215;3 total population, 599.4 Location. This reservation is in the northeastern portion of Mendocino County. By actual survey there are 102,118.19 acres included within its boundaries. Deduct from this 3,600 acres of school and other lands, patents to which had been obtained before the change of the boundaries in 1873; 1,080 acres claimed as swamp lands; and 90,000 acres of grazing lands in the possession and use of settlers who have never been paid for their improvements. Of the remaining 7,438 acres, 4,938 are rough and mountainous, and 2,500 lying in the valley are capable of cultivation." Report of Indian Commissioner, 1884, p. 304. Ibid., p. 284. 5 Ibid., 1880, p. 8. 2 Ibid. 3 Ibid., 1884, p. 256. Government rations.-Twenty-five per cent. of the Indians were subsisted by Government rations in 1886.1 Mill and employés.-The saw and grist mill was started in 1864. Indian apprentices have worked at carpentering, blacksmithing, milling, herding, and office work. Indian police.-None reported. Indian court of offences.-Established in 1883. School population, attendance, and support.2 The school population estimated in 1886 as. Cost to Government (headquarters). Cost to Government (lower quarters). 145 40 80 34 40 12 $780.00 780.00 Missionary work.-The Baptist Church has charge, aided by the Woman's National Indian Association. Round Valley (Nome Cult) Reserve.3 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, SIR: In accordance to your recommendation the Secretary of the Interior has directed that the entire Nome Cult Valley shall be retained as a reservation, and you are required, immediately after the receipt of this letter, to give public notice to that effect. SIR: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 31st ultimo, inclosing a diagram indicating the public surveys in Round Valley, California, together with accompanying papers pertaining to allegations respecting an Indian reservation in that valley; and in reply to your inquiry in relation to evidence of the existence of a reserve in that locality, I herewith inclose a copy of a letter from this Office to late Superintendent Henley, of November 18, 1858, from which you will perceive that by order of the Secretary of the Interior the entire valley of Nome Cult, designated by you as the Round Valley, was set apart and reserved for Indian purposes, and Mr. Henley was directed to give public notice to that effect. In regard to the alleged statement of late Superintendent Henley to Deputy Surveyor Hatch, that he had appropriated a portion of said valley for an Indian farm, but that the same had never been recognized by the Government, I would remark that said valley was selected for Indian purposes by Mr. Henley in 1856; and Special Agent A. P. Storms gave it the name of Nome Cult, under the impression that he was 1 Report of Indian Commissioner, 1886, p. 412. 2 Ibid., p. lxxxviii. 3 Ibid., pp. 308-12. the first discoverer of a new valley. An Indian farm was then established at that point under his supervision, which has been cultivated and improved at the expense of the Government from that period to the present time, and is still held for Indian use. There is a letter on file here, dated May 7, 1858, from the then superintendent, Henley, in which he makes use of the following language in regard to the Nome Cult farm: "This farm seems in a prosperous condition, and bids fair, in my judgment, to become the best location for the subsistence of Indians we have yet selected." Again, in a letter of the 28th of February last, he called attention to intrusions upon the rights of Indians in this valley, and inclosed, for the information of this Office, a copy of a letter from Special Agent Storms, in charge of the "Round Valley farm." These facts are deemed sufficient to show that the Round Valley has been set apart and recognized by the Department for an Indian reservation; and I have to request that you will respect the same upon the books of your office, and notify the local office in California accordingly. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOSEPH S. WILSON, Esq., Acting Commissioner General Land Office. A. B. GREENWOOD, Commissioner. (June 21, 1860, the General Land Office transmitted to this office plat of a survey of the boundaries of this reserve, certified by the surveyor-general of California May 4, 1860, which showed the reserve as surveyed at that time to be situated in townships 22 and 23 north, of ranges 12 and 13 west of Mount Diablo meridian, California, and to embrace 25,030.08 acres.) (For act of Congress April 8, 1864, see preceding pages, under California.) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Washington, D. C., March 30, 1870. SIR: I have the honor to transmit here with a communication, dated the 4th instant, from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and accompanying papers, map, etc., recommending the enlargement of Round Valley Indian Reservation, in Mendocino County, Cal., to the extent indicated by the Commissioner and as delineated on the said map. I concur with the Commissioner in the opinion that the Indian service in California requires that all of "Round Valley" be reserved for Indian purposes, and have the honor to request that said valley be set apart as an Indian reservation as the same is enlarged, in accordance with the report of Superintendent McIntosh, plat, fieldnotes, and schedule of lands, marked A, B, and C, which are herewith inclosed. With great respect, your obedient servant, [Inclosure B.] J. D. Cox, OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN AFFairs, California, San Francisco, February 18, 1870. SIR: I have the honor to inclose to you the field-notes of the recent survey of the Round Valley Indian Reservation. I also forward a proposed description of lands to be set apart for an Indian reservation at Round Valley, Mendocino County, Cal. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. B. MCINTOSH, Bvt. Maj. Gen., U. S. A., Supt. of Indian Affairs. Hon. E. S. PARKER, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. |