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Show 80 . REPORTI OF TUE COM~ ~ S S ION~Rb:~ INDIAN AFFAIRS. '., The consideratiop stipulated in'the agreement for. the chssionbf all rights, title, and interes6 in and to the hnds of the o.utletis of six . kinds, via: . . First. The removdof all persGns in &he Cherokee Nation not recog-nized by the a~~thoritieosf that nation a8 citizens and not.eutitled to be there under provision of law or treaty. ' Second. The abrogation of article 15 of the treaty of 1866, which provides fgr the settlementof friendly Indians in the Cherokee com-try east of the 96th meridian of longitude. ~hi rd.T he reaffirmation to the Oherokee Nation of the~ighotf local self-government. Fourth. The statement of accounts between the United States and the Cherokee Nation under various treaties since 1817.~ Fifth. The allotment in the ceded country of 80 acres each to not more than 70 members of the Cherokee Nation, to bepaidfor out ofthe money consideration providbd to be paid. j Sixth. The paymeuf to the Cherokee Nation, "at such time and in such manner as the Cherokee national cou'ncil shall determine, the sum of $8,595,736.12," over, and above all other sums hat have been received by theCherokees on account of linds of the outlet that have been heretofore sold for the use of friendly tribes of Indiana. The concluding proviso to the agreement is- If this agreement ahallnot be ratified by Congress, aria the ilppropriation of money as herein provided for made on or before Maroh 4,1893, it shall be utterly void. My report to you of February 6,1892, discussed the prohsions i t this agreement and submitted a draft of legislation for its ratification, which was forwarded to.Congress by the President, March 9, 1892. The ratification of this agreement would make available for public settlement something over 6,000,000 acres of:land, a partof which is reported to be the best agricultural land in that section of the country. ~ r o mall . parts of the United States inquiries have come to this office as to the probability of the outlet being opened to settlement at an Barly date; and the office is informed that for over two years (ever since the first settlements were permitted in Oklahoma), a large num-ber of people have been waiting bn the southern hound~ary of Kansas for the opening of the lands of th'e outlet. ~hip~ewa~c s e r z r aAtI&ioes~ot a.-My annual report for1890 referred 'to the agreement8 negotiated with the Chippewas of Minnes@Wby the. Chippewa Oommission under the acC of January 14,1889 (25-Stats., 624), by which theIndians ceded to the United States all their land except the White Earth and Red Lake reservitioni, reservibg the right -either to take allotments upon these ceded lands prior to their being opened to settlement, or to remove thence to the White Earth reserve and receive allotments there. Portions of the White Earth and Red, Lake reserves were also ceded. |
