1869 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.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,
Washington, D. C., July 6, 1869.
SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, dated the 2d ultimo, asking information relative to the Santee Sioux Indian Reservation, situated between the Big Sioux and James Rivers, and between the forty-fourth and forty-fifth parallels of north latitude, in Dakota Territory, and suggesting that if those lands are no longer occupied by Indians, necessary steps should be taken to restore them to the public domain.
This office has informally obtained from the General Land Office the inclosed copy of a letter and indorsements, by which it appears that Lewis V. Bogy, as a special commissioner, selected the above-described reservation, and that upon the recommendation of Hon. O. H. Browning, then Secretary of the Interior, the said lands were withdrawn from market by order of the President, dated March 20, 1867.
The Santee Sioux Indians have never occupied this reservation. They have a reservation on the Niobrara River, in Nebraska, where I deem it proper they should remain. It is not practicable for them to be located upon the reserve above described.
I therefore respectfully recommend that the order of the President withdrawing the above-described lands from market may be rescinded.
Please return the accompanying papers.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
E. S. PARKER, Commissioner.
Hon. J. D. COX,
Secretary of the Interior.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, July 10, 1869.
The proposition of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is approved, and I respectfully recommend that the lands withheld be restored to market.
J. D. COX, Secretary.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, July 13, 1869.
I hereby rescind the Executive order of March 20, 1867, referred to, and direct the restoration of the lands withheld to market.
U. S. GRANT.
(For other lands see “Niobrara reserve,” Nebraska.)
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