1863 Executive Order concerning Crow Creek Reserve
INDIAN AFFAIRS: LAWS AND TREATIES
Vol. I, Laws (Compiled to December 1, 1902)
Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1904.
SOUTH DAKOTA
Crow Creek Reserve.
[Occupied by Lower Yauktonai, Lower Brulé, Miniconjou, and Two Kettle Sioux; area, 175 square miles; treaty, April 29, 1868, and act March 2, 1889 (25 Stat., 888).]
USHER’S LANDING, Dak.
July 1, 1863.
SIR: With this report I transmit a plat and field notes of the surveys made for the Sioux and Winnebago Reservation by Mr. Powers, and to which I desire to call your attention.
The reservation for the Sioux of the Mississippi is bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at a point in the middle channel of the Missouri River, opposite the mouth of Crow Creek, in Dakota Territory, follow up said channel of the Missouri River about 14 miles, to a point opposite the mouth of Sne-o-tka Creek; thence due north and through the center of the stockade surrounding the agency buildings for the Sioux of the Mississippi and Winnebago Indians, about 3 miles, to a large stone mound; thence due east 20 miles; thence due south to the Cedar Island River or American Creek; thence down the said river or creek to the middle channel of the Missouri River; thence up said channel to the place of beginning.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
CLARK W. THOMPSON,
Superintendent of Indian Affairs.
Hon. WILLIAM P. DOLE,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
(See An. Rep. Ind. Office for 1863, p. 318, and Stats. at Large, vol. 15, p. 635. Also Old Winnebago Reserve, Ex. orders February 27, 1885, and April 17, 1885.)
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