I. In that part of these lands called the Oklahoma country no Indians
have been allowed to reside by any action of the Government, nor has any
execution been attempted of the limiting condition of the cession of
1866.
The quantity of these lands carefully computed from the surveys is
1,392,704.70 acres.
II. The remainder of these unassigned lands has been appropriated in
some degree to Indian uses, although still within the control of the
Government.
Thus by three Executive orders the following Indian reservations have
been created:
Acres.
1. By President Grant, August 10, 1869, the
reservation of the Cheyennes and Arapahoes,
which embraces of this land 619,450.59
2. By President Arthur, August 15, 1883,
the reservation for the Iowas, containing 228,417.67
3. By President Arthur, August 15, 1883,
the Kickapoo Reservation, embracing. 206,465.61
4. A tract set apart for the Pottawatomies by the
treaty of February 27, 1867 (15 U.S. Statutes
at large, p. 531), followed by the act of
May 23, 1872 (17 U.S. Statutes at large, p. 159),
by which individual allotments were authorized
upon the tract, though but very few Indians have
selected and paid for such allotments according
to the provisions of that law.
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