1867 Santee Sioux 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.
Santee Sioux Reserve.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
OFFICE INDIAN AFFAIRS,
Washington, D. C., March 19, 1867.
As special commissioner I have concluded a preliminary arrangement with the Santee Sioux now at the mouth of the Niobrara, by which they consent to go into a reservation in the Territory of Dakota, and lying between the Big Sioux on the east, and the James River on the west, and between the forty-fourth and forty-fifth parallels of latitude. This reservation is selected with the approbation of the governor of the Territory and the Delegate in Congress, as also the surveyor-general of the said Territory. I am informed that there are no white settlements within its limits, and no part of it has yet been surveyed by the United States.
I would therefore request that an order be issued by the President to withdraw from market the lands embraced within the limits of the said reservation, so as to keep the whites from attempting any settlement within it. This, I am informed, has been the practice in many similar cases.
As it is important that the Indians should be removed as soon as possible, I would request that this order be issued immediately.
I am, with great respect, your obedient servant,
LEWIS V. BOGY,
Special Commissioner.
To the SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
Washington City.
P. S.—I hand you a letter from General Tripp, surveyor-general of Dakota, recommending the withdrawal of this land from market.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, March 20, 1867.
I respectfully lay before the President the proposition of Special Commissioner Bogy as herein contained, and recommend that the lands described be withdrawn from market.
O. H. BROWNING, Secretary.
Let the lands be withdrawn as recommended.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
MARCH 20, 1867.
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