1863 Old Winnebago 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.
Old Winnebago Reserve.
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 Reservations by Mr. Powers, and to which I desire to call your attention.
The reservation for the Winnebago Indians is bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at a point in the middle channel of the Missouri River where the western boundary of the Sioux of the Mississippi Reserve intersects the same; thence north and through the center of the stockade surrounding the agency buildings of the Sioux of the Mississippi and Winnebago Indians, and along said boundary line to the northwest corner of said Sioux Reserve; thence along the northern boundary of said Sioux Reserve 10 miles; thence due north 20 miles; thence due west to the middle channel of Medicine Knoll River; thence down said river to the middle channel of the Missouri River; thence down the said channel to the place of beginning.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
CLARK W. THOMPSON,
Superintendent of Indian Affairs.
Hon. WM. P. DOLE,
Commissioner Indian Affairs.
(See An. Rep. Ind. Office for 1863, page 318, and also Stats. at Large, vol. 15, p. 635.)
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