tery. (Art. 9.) Authorized roads to have right of way on usual terms. (Art. 10.) President and Senate to adopt policy beneficial to said Indians. (Art. 11.) Use of in toxicating liquors to be suppressed. (Art. 12.) Sales of allotments made under act of 1843 to be examined. (Art. 13.) Sale of sundry lots provided for. (Art. 14.) Payments by United States not to exceed an aggregate of $5,000, to be made for ceded improvements within one year. (Art. 15.) Persons herein named to have patents in fee of certain lands in full of all claims. (Art. 16.) So much of treaties of September 3, 1839, and November 24, 1848, as in conflict with stipulation of this treaty hereby abrogated and annulled. (Art. 17.) Agreement binding when ratified. (Art. 18.) The further sum of $12,000 for Stockbridge, and $6,000 for Munsee, Indians, to be expended by Secretary of the Interior for stock, if necessary, and to discharge tribal debts. Amended April 18, 1856; proclaimed September 8, 1856.1 For treaty of February 11, 1856, see Menomonee treaty of same date-Wisconsin. An act for the relief of the Stockbridge and Munsee tribes of Indians in Wisconsin, February 6, 1871.2 The two townships situated in the Shawanaw County, Wis., set apart for the Stockbridge and Munsee Indians, to be examined and appraised by three appraisers selected by the Secretary of the Interior. Lands to be subject to public inspection thirty days. Copy of appraisement returned to land office of district and Secretary of the Interior within six months. (Sec. 1.) The land advertised by sale at public auction, and to be sold for cash only. Secretary of the Interior authorized to reserve from sale a tract not exceeding eighteen contiguous sections embracing such as are now actually occupied and improved and best adapted to agriculture, subject to allotment to members of the Indian party of said tribe. (Sec. 2.) From proceeds of sale the expenses of the same to be paid; amount due individuals for appraiser improvements; debts contracted by sachem and counsellors amounting to $11,000, according to certified schedule. (Sec. 3.) After these payments a statement to be made up of the whole amount due from the United States to the Stockbridge and Munsee Indians. (Sec. 4.) This amount to be divided among the citizen and Indian parties of said tribe according to the rolls. Citizen party to receive their share per capita. Indian party to have their claim held by the United States at 5 per cent. interest, the interest to be expended for them under direction of the President. Sum of $30,000 of their money may be expended in securing a new location and moving thereto. If said Indian party so remove, the eighteen sections herein reserved to be sold and proceeds placed to their credit. (Sec. 5.) Two rolls to be prepared, one to contain names of all who desire to become citizens, the other to embrace all who desire to retain their tribal relations. No one of full age to be placed on citizen roll without his or her full consent personally given to superintendent of enrolment. Nor shall any person, or his or her descendants, be entered upon either of said rolls who may have heretofore separated from said tribe and received allotments of land under the acts of Congress of March 3, 1843, and August 6, 1846, or the treaty of February 5, 1856, or who shall not be of Stockbridge or Munsee descent. Said rolls to be signed by sachem and counsellors of said tribe, certified to by the person superintending the same and returned to Commissioner of Indian Affairs. After said rolls shall be made and returned, the same shall be held as a full surrender and relinquishment on the part of the citizen party, each and every one of them, of all claims to be thereafter known or considered as members of said tribe, or in any manner interested in any treaty or law made for its benefit, and said persons shall thenceforth be admitted to all the rights and privileges of citizens of the United States. (Sec. 6.) The Indian party to be known as the "Stockbridge tribe of Indians," to be located United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XI, pp. 663-678. Ibid., Vol. XVI, p. 404. on reservation set apart in section 2 of this act, or other lands with the consent of their counsel; their adoption of any one not of Indian descent null and void. (Sec. 7.) Reservation to be surveyed and allotted. Family of four persons, 80 acres; if numbering more, counsel may permit 80 additional acres to be allotted; each male over eighteen, not member of a family, 80 acres; orphans, 40 acres; land to be inalienable; heirs to inherit; in case of no heirs land to revert to triba; 40 acres held in common for church, parsonage, and school; a woman marrying out of tribe to forfeit right to land. (Sec. 8.) Allotments to be made within one year, title to be in the United States in trust. Surplus land to be sold for benefit of tribe. No change in allotments unless approved by Secretary of the Interior. (Sec. 9.) Indian appropriation act, June 22, 1874.1 To enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the provisions of section 4 of act of February 6, 1871, by causing to be credited to said tribe (Stockbridge and Munsee) the estimated value at 60 cents an acre of 11,803 acres of land remaining unsold of the two townships referred to in said act, the expenses of enrolment, and payment of expenses required by the provisions of said act, shall be defrayed from the amount herein appropriated, $7,081.80. LA POINTE AGENCY. [Post-office address: Ashland, Ashland County, Wis.] There are nine reservations under the care of this agency, as follows: Lac Court Oreilles, Lac du Flambeau, La Pointe, Red Cliff, in Wisconsin; Boisé Fort, Deer Creek, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Vermillion Lake, in Minnesota. LA POINTE AGENCY. LAC COURT OREILLES RESERVATION. How established.-By treaty of September 30, 1854;2 lands withdrawn by General Land Office, November 22, 1860; April 4, 1869.3 Area and survey.—Contains 69,136 acres. Surveyed.* Acres cultivated.-Five hundred acres cultivated by the Indians.5 Tribes and population.—The tribes living here are the Lac Court d'Oreille band of Chippewas of Lake Superior. Population, 1,170. Location.-It is situated in Sawyer County, and is heavily timbered with hard wood. Government rations.-Five per cent. of these Indians subsisted by Government rations, as reported in 1886.8 Mills and Indian employés.—Not reported. A white farmer reported. Indian police.-Not reported. Indian court of offences.-Not reported.. 1 United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XVIII, p. 174. 3 See report by Secretary of the May 29, 1872, Vol. XVII, p. 190. Ibid., p. 436. 6 Ibid., p. 255. Interior, March 1, 1873; 4 2 Ibid., Vol. X, p. 1109. act of Congress approved Report of Indian Commissioner, 1856, p. 390. 8 ibid., 1886, p. 424. 7 Ibid., 1885, p. 209. Missionary work.-The Presbyterians and Roman Catholics have missions among these Indians.1 For treaties see Chippewa treaties-Michigan. For act of May 29, 1872, see Fond du Lac Reservation-Minnesota. Lac Court d'Oreilles Reserve.2 WASHINGTON, D. C., February 17, 1873. SIR: I have the honor to inclose herewith, in accordance with your instructions dated December 18, 1872, a list of the lands selected as a permanent reservation for the Lac Court Oreille bands, Chippewas of Lake Superior, after consultation with the chiefs and head-men. It is believed that the above-mentioned selection, while satisfactory to the Indians and fulfilling the spirit of the treaty under which it is made, fully secures the interests of the General Government, as well as those of the State of Wisconsin. It is of the greatest importance that a survey of the exterior boundaries of the reservation be made at the earliest practicable period. The boundary marks of the first survey are generally indistinct, and, besides, do not conform to the boundaries as now proposed. Persons may trespass with little danger of discovery or hindrance now, but would be prevented if the boundaries of the reservation were distinctly defined and marked so that the Indians themselves could understand them. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Hon. H. R. CLUM, S. N. CLARK, United States Indian Agent. Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, February 24, 1873. SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith the following selections of land for a permanent reservation for the Lac Court Oreilles bands of Chippewas, of Lake Superior, as recommended in a report to this office from Agent S. N. Clark, under date of the 17th instant, pursuant to instructions of December 18, 1872, amounting in the aggregate to 69,136.41 acres. I now respectfully recommend that the remainder of lands withdrawn from market by orders from the General Land Office, of November 22, 1859, and April 4, 1865, from which to select a permanent reservation for said Indians, be restored to market. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, The Hon. SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. H. R. CLUM, Acting Commissioner. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, March 1, 1873. SIR: I transmit herewith copy of a letter from the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, dated the 24th ultimo, submitting selections of land for a permanent reserva 1 Report of Indian Commissioner, 1886, p. xcviii. 2 Ibid., p. 378. tion for the Lac Court Oreilles bands of Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior, amounting in the aggregate to 69,136.41 acres. The recommendation of the Acting Commissioner that the remainder of lands withdrawn from market by orders from the General Land Office of November 22, 1859, and April 4, 1865, from which to select a permanent reservation for said Indians, be restored to market, is hereby approved, and you will be pleased to carry the same into effect. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, The COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE. C. DELANO, Secretary. LAC DE FLAMBEAU RESERVATION. How established.-By treaty of September 30, 1854; lands selected by Indians; and act of Congress approved May 29, 1872.3 2 Area and survey.-Contains 69,824 acres, of which 30 acres are tillable. Surveyed.4 Acres cultivated.-Twenty acres under cultivation by these Indians." Tribes and population.-The tribes living here are the Lac de Flambeau band of Chippewas of Lake Superior. Total population, 484.6 Location.-At the end waters of the Flambeau River and Flambeau Lake, Lincoln County, and is heavily timbered with pine." Government rations.-Five per cent. of these Indians subsisted by Government rations, as reported in 1886.8 Mills and Indian employés.-None reported. Indian police.-None reported. Indian court of offences.-None reported. Missionary work.-No missionary work reported. For treaties, see Chippewa treaties-Michigan, Mackinac Agency. For act of Congress May 29, 1872, see Fond du Lac Reservation, Minnesota. 1 United States Statutes at Large, Vol. X, p. 1109. 2 See report of Superintendent Thompson, November 14, 1863, and report to Secretary of the Interior, June 22, 1866. 3 United States Statutes, Vol. XVII, p. 190. 4 Report of Indian Commissioner, 1886, 7 Ibid., 1885, p. 209. 8 Ibid., 1886, p. 391. p. 424. 5 Ibid., 6 Ibid., p. 408. LA POINTE (BAD RIVER) RESERVATION. How established.-By treaty of September 30, 1854.1 Area and survey.-Contains 124,333 acres, of which 1,000 are classed as tillable.3 Surveyed.* Acres cultivated.-One thousand acres under cultivation by the Indians.3 Tribes and population.—Tribes living here are the La Pointe band of Chippewas of Lake Superior. Total population, 693.5 Location.-Situated on Lake Superior, and is watered by three riversthe Bad, White, and Kakagon. It is heavily timbered, and the soil is very rich.6 Government rations.-Three per cent. of these Indians subsisted by Government rations as reported in 1886.7 Mills and Indian employés.-Not reported. Indian court of offences.-Not reported. School population, attendance, and support.-School population as estimated in 1886, 118.8 No Government school reported, but there are mission day schools of the Presbyterian and Roman Catholic Churches. Accommodation, attendance, etc., not reported.9 Missionary work.-Mission work under Presbyterian and Roman Catholic Churches. For treaties, see Chippewa treaties-Michigan, Mackinac Agency. Bad River Reserve (Fishery).10 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, SIR: I inclose here with a diagram of Madeline Island, as the same is laid down in plats of townships 50 and 51 north, range 2 west, fourth principal meridian, lately received at the General Land Office from the surveyor-general, in order that you may indicate thereon by legal subdivision the 200 acres of land reserved for the La Point band and other Indians on the northern extremity of Madeline Island for a fishing-ground, under the second clause of the treaty (second article) of September 30, 1854. You will be particular to specify the quantity embraced in each legal subdivision selected, whether by lots or otherwise, to make up this quantity; and, also, to transmit a description of each tract to accompany the diagram. When so marked, you are requested to return the diagram and the required description to this office at as early a day as possible. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. M. FITCH, Esq., Indian Agent, Detroit, Mich. J. W. DENVER, Commissioner. In respect to the above, I have the honor to report that I have visited Madeline Island and there held a council with the head chief of the La Point bands of Indians, 1 United States Statutes, Vol. X, p. 1109. p. 391. 2 Report of Indian Commissioner, 1886, 5 Ibid., p. 408. 9 Ibid., 1885, p. 208. 6 Ibid., 1885, p. 208. 10 Ibid., 1886, p. 377. |