While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
Order of the Secretary of the Interior, July 8, 1864;
Executive order, Oct. 1,1886. 471 acres set aside for school
purposes; the residue, 3,753.63 acres, was restored to the
public domain for Indian homestead entry. 36 Indians made
homestead selections, covering all the land.
Executive orders, Apr. 19, 1879, Mar. 6, 1880, and Feb. 23,
1883; Indian appropriation act of July 4, 1884 (xxIII,
79). Agreement made July 7, 1883, ratified by act of July 4,
1884 (xxIII, 79).
Executive orders, May 1, 1886, Mar. 9, 1894; department orders
of Apr. 11 and Apr. 20,1894, and Executive order of Jan. 19,
1895. 25,172.30 acres allotted to 40 Indians (see Executive
order of May 21, 1886, and act of Mar, 8, 1906,
xxxiv, 55).
Executive orders, Apr.9 and July 2, 1872; agreement made
July 7,1882, ratified by act of July 4, 1884 (xxiii,
79); act of July 1, 1892 (xxvii,
62); acts of Feb. 20, 1896 (xxIx,
9), and July 1, 1898 (xxx,
593). 50,900.30 acres in the northern half were allotted to 648
Indians; the rest of the northern half, estimated at 1,449.268
acres, was ordered to be opened to settlement on Oct. 10, 1900,
by a proclamation of the President dated Apr. 10, 1900 (xxxi,
1963); the residue, estimated at 1,300.000 acres, is unallotted.
Act of Feb. 7, 1903 (xxiII,
803).
Treaty of Pt. Elliot, Jan. 22,1855 (xII,
927); Executive order, Nov. 22,1873. Allotted 11,634 acres to 85
Indians; reserved for Government school 80 acres; unallotted and
unreserved 598 acres.
Treaty of Neah Bay, Jan. 31, 1855 (xII,
939); Executive orders, Oct. 26, 1872, Jam. 2 and Oct. 21, 1873.
Lands now in process of allotment, except timber lands.
Treaty of Pt. Elliot, Jan. 22, 1855 (xii,
927); order of the Secretary of the Interior, Oct. 21, 1864.
5,909.48 acres were allotted to 39 Indians, and the residue of
1,375 acres was not allotted.
Muckleshoot, Nisqualli, Puyallup, Skwawknamish (Squaxon),
Stailakoom (Steilacoomamish), and five others.
Acres
Established by
Treaty of Medicine Creek, Dec. 22. 1854 (x,
1132); Executive orders, Jan. 20, 18.57, and Sept. 6, 1873.
17,463 acres were allotted to 169 Indians. Agreement made Nov.
21, 1876, ratified by act of Feb. 20, 1893 (xxvii,
464). (For text see Ind. All. Rep., 1893, p. 518.) The residue,
599 acres, laid out as an addition to the city of Tacoma, has
been sold, with the exception of 39.79 acres reserved for
school, and 19.43 acres for church and cemetery purposes, under
acts of Mar. 3, 1893 (xxvii,
612), June 7, 1897 (xxx,
62), and June 21, 1906 (xxxiv,
377).
Treaties of Olympia, July 1, 1855. and Jan. 25, 1856 (xII,
971): Executive order, Nov. 4, 1873. Under acts of Feb. 8, 1887
(xxiv, 388), and
Feb. 28, 1891 (xxvii,
794), 121 Indians have been allotted 9,737.94 acres, leaving
unallotted 214,262.06 acres, now in process of allotment.
Treaty of Pt No Point, Jan. 26, 1855 (xII,
933): Executive order. Feb. 25.1874. Allotted in treaty reserve,
4,990 acres: residue, none. Allotted in Executive order,
addition, known as the Fisher addition, 814 acres; residue,
none. 62 allotments.
Executive order, Jan. 18, 1881. Agreement made Mar. 18,
1887, ratified by Indian appropriation act approved July 13,
1892 (xxvii, 139).
Joint resolution of Congress of June 19, 1902 (xxxii,
744). Lands now in process of allotment.
Treaty of Walla Walla, June 9, 1855 (XII,
951). Agreement made Jan. 13, 1885, ratified by Indian
appropriation act approved Mar. 3, 1893 (xxvii,
631). Executive order, Nov. 28, 1892; agreement, Jan. 8, 1894,
ratified by act of Congress approved Aug. 15, 1894 (xxvii,
320). 255,056.03 acres were allotted to 2.823 Indians, and
1,020.24 acres reserved for agency, church, and school purposes:
the residue of 543,916.13 acres is held in common. Act of Dec.
21, 1904 (xxxiiI,
595), recognizing claim of Indians to 293,837 acres additional
land subject to the right of bona fide settlers or purchasers,
acquired prior to Afar. 5, 1904.
