fourth principal meridian, Wisconsin; township 52 north, of ranges 3 and 4 west, fourth principal meridian, Wisconsin. For the preservation of which, until the contemplated selections under the sixth clause of the Chippewa treaty of 30th September, 1854, can be made, I respectfully recommend that the order of the President may be obtained. The requisite reports on the subject of the new surveys, and respecting pre-emption claims, referred to in the same order, will be prepared and communicated at an early day. This plat represents by the blue shade certain land to be withdrawn with a view to a reservation under Chippewa treaty of 30th September, 1854, and as more particularly described in Commissioner of the General Land Office's letter of 6th September, 1855. The subject was referred to the President for his sanction of the recommendation made in Secretary's letter of 8th September, 1855, and the original papers cannot now be found. This plat is a duplicate of the original received in letter of Commissioner of the General Land Office of this date, and is recommended to the President for his sanction of the withdrawal desired. R. MCCLELLAND, Secretary. Let the withdrawal be made as recommended. FEBRUARY 21, 1856. FRANKLIN PIERCE. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, September 3, 1858. SIR: My attention has just been called to the subject of your communication of the 31st of May last, together with the papers inclosed therewith, pertaining to the selection of the four sections of land reserved for that subdivision of the La Pointe band of which Buffalo was chief, under the sixth clause of the second article of the Chippewa treaty of September 30, 1854. This matter formed the subject of a communication from this office to the Secretary of the Interior on the 5th of September, 1855, a copy of which is herewith inclosed, in which it was recommended that the necessary means should be taken to cause township 51 north, range 3 west, the northeast quarter of township 51 north, range 4 west, and township 52 north, range 3 and 4 west, to be reserved from sale until the selections were made, under the provisions of the aforesaid treaty, for the bands of Indians of which Buffalo was then chief. Agreeably to the suggestions of this Bureau, your office was directed by the Secretary of the Interior, sometime in the month of September, 1855, to adopt appropriate steps to have said tracts reserved from pre-emption and sale until the selections for the Indians had been made. I find by an examination of a letter from Col. G. W. Manypenny, dated at La Pointe, Wis., August 24, 1855, that he (by mistake) designated the northeast quarter of township 51 north, of range 4 west, to be withheld from sale; whereas it should have been the southeast quarter of the same township and range; and I have now to request that you will direct the register and receiver of the proper local land office to withhold from pre-emption or sale sections 25 and 36 in the southeast quarter of the aforesaid township, the same being a portion of the lands selected by the Chief Ge-gi-qui-on, and that said sections should be respected upon the records of their office. In view of these facts, I am of the opinion that no pre-emption claims presented subsequent to the selection of the land for Indian purposes in 1855 should be admitted to the prejudice of the rights of the Indians under the treaty. The treaty evidently contemplated the selection of the land on or near the lake shore, and therefore it is not deemed requisite that the location should embrace four full secions, as such a construction, in view of the meanders of the lake, would prevent the tocation at that point; and as the legal subdivisions selected by Ge-gi-qui-on are in as 1compact a form as practicable, although the aggregate exceeds by 32.61 acres the area of four full sections of one square mile each, yet as the selections conform to the requirements of the treaty as nearly as possible, I hereby approve the location of the following tracts, and have to request that the same may be respected upon the books of your office, and that the proper local land office be notified of the same, to wit: In T. 51, R. 3 west of the fourth meridian: ot No. 3 in the northwest fractional quarter of section 20, containing The west half of the southeast fractional quarter of section 30, containing- Lot No. 1 in the northeast fractional quarter of section 31, containing.. The northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 31, containing. In T. 51, R. 4 west of the fourth meridian: The whole of section 25, containing The whole of section 36, containing Total Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOSEPH S. WILSON, Esq., Acres. 55.35 56.70 60.72 54.38 39.43 22.88 37.62 40.00 80.00 160.00 320.00 37.70 61.58 40.00 80.00 42.15 44.10 80.00 640.00 640.00 2,592.61 CHARLES E. MIX, Commissioner. Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, May 25, 1863. SIR: I herewith transmit a plat showing a proposed enlargement of the Red Cliff Indian Reservation, in Wisconsin, it being that portion bounded by Lake Superior and the yellow lines upon the plat, and would respectfully ask that you cause the lands embraced therein to be withheld from sale until definite action can be had upon the proposed enlargement. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Hon. JOSEPH S. WILSON, Acting Commissioner General Land Office. W. P. DOLE, Commissioner. NOTE.-By letter of the General Land Office, dated May 27, 1863, to the local land officers at Bayfield, Wis., said officers were instructed to "withhold from sale or location until further orders all the lands in townships 51 and 52, 3 west, sections 2 and 6, in township 51, 4 west, and township 52, 4 west, sections 1, 2, 3, and 4, township 51, 5 west, and township 52, 5 west." Subsequently, by letter of September 11, 1863, the General Land Office advised said ocal officers at Bayfie d, Wis., that the islands in the above-named sections and townships were excluded from the operations of said order of withdrawal. The plats in the General Land Office show the following lots and parcels of land to have been withheld from sale in consequence of said order: Sections 6, 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 29, 30, and 31, township 51, range 3 west. Lot 1, section 31, township 52, range 3 west. Sections 1, 2, and 6, township 51, range 4 west. Lot 1, section 21, lot 1, section 22, and sections 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36, township 52, range 4 west. Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4, township 51, range 5 west. Schedule showing the names of Indian reservations in the United States, agencies, tribes occupying or belonging to the reservation, area of each reservation in acres and square miles, and reference to treaty, law, or other authority by which reservations were established. Act of Congress approved Mar. 3, 1865, vol. 13, p. 559; Executive orders, Nov. 22, 1873, Nov. 16, 1874, and May 15, 1876. Executive order, Dec. 12, 1882. Act of Congress approved Feb. 28, 1859, vol. 11, p. 401; Executive order, Jan. 4, 1883. Executive order, Dec. 16, 1882. Executive order, July 1, 1874, and act of Congress ap- Executive order, June 14, 1879. Executive orders, June 8, Nov. 23, 1880, and Mar. 31, 1882. Executive orders, Nov. 9, 1871, Dec. 14, 1872, Aug. 5, 1873, July 21, 1874, April 27, 1876, Jan. 26 and Mar. 31, 1887. Schedule showing the names of Indian reservations in the United States, agencies, tribes occupying or belonging to the reservation, &c.-Continued. 1,878 Treaty of July 3, 1868, vol. 15, p. 673; Executive orders, Treaty of June 9, 1863, vol. 14, p. 647. Unratified treaty of Sept. 24, 1868, and Executive order 1, 167 100 Total 2,611, 481 4,080 INDIAN TERRITORY. Cheyenne and Arapaho. Cheyenne and Apache, Southern Arapaho, and Northern and b4, 297, 771 Arapaho. Southern Cheyenne. Cherokee c5, 031, 351 7,861 Sac and Fox Osage.. Iowa and Tonkawa 6228, 418 357 6,715 Executive order, Aug. 10, 1869; unratified agreement 7,267 Kansas or Kaw 6100, 137 156 Kickapoo Kiowa and Comanche. Sac and Fox Mexican Kickapoo. 6206, 466 322 Act of Congress approved June 5, 1872, vol. 17, p. 228. Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Comanche (Komantsu), Delaware, b2, 968, 893 4,639 Treaty of Oct. 21, 1867, vol. 15, pp. 581 and 589. and Wichita. and Kiowa. Osage. and Otoe. Osage.. Great and Little Osagé and Quapaw. b1, 470, 059 6 Agreement with Eastern Shawnees made June 23, 1874 Act of Congress approved Mar. 3, 1881, vol. 21, p. 381; Treaty of Feb. 23, 1867, vol. 15, p. 513. Act of Congress approved Apr. 10, 1876, vol. 19, p. 29. (Of 78 Treaty of Feb. 23, 1867, vol. 15, p. 513. Partly in California. Not on reservation. |