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 PROCLAMATIONS. N 0. 14. 1885. 845 except the following described tracts: Townships Number 108 north lic d5>¤¤¤i¤ by Exrange 71 west, 108 north range 72 west, fractional township 108 north °°“°“'°°’d°'·F°b range 73 west, the west half of Section 4, sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 27’1B85' 10, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33 of township 107 north range 70 west, fractional townships 107 north range 71 west 107 north range 72 west 107 north range 73 west the west half of township 106 north range 70 west and fractional township 106 north range 71 west: and except also all tracts within the limits of the aforesaid Old Winnebago reservation, and the Sioux or Crow Creek reservation which are outside of the limits of the above described tracts, and which may have heretofore been allotted to the Indians residing upon said reservation, or which may have heretofore been selected or occupied by the said Indians under and in accordance with the provisions of Article Six of the Treaty with the Sioux Indians, of April 29, 1868, be, and the same is hereby restored to 1868, vol. 15. p. the public domain.” 637. And whereas, upon the claim being made that said order is illegal Saidorderbeing and in violation of the plighted faith and obligations of the United illqgnl and invin- States contained in sundry treaties heretofore entered into with the l°?‘K°t,;’f gF°°*·7 Indian tribes or bands, occupants of said reservation; and that the fur- {gu 29 ;868'°°x’ ther execution of said order will not only occasion much distress and ’ ` suffering to peaceable Indians but retard the work of their civilization, and engender amongst them a distrust of the national government, I have determined after a careful examination of the several treaties acts of Congress and other odicial data bearing on the subject, aided and assisted therein by the advice and opinion of the Attorney General of the United States duly rendered in that behalf that the lands so proposed to be restored to the public domain by said Executive order of February 27, 1885, are included as existing Indian reservations on the east bank of the Missouri River by the terms of the second Article of the treaty with the Sioux Indians concluded April 29, 1868, and that 1868, vol. is, p. consequently being treaty reservations the Executive was without law· 636- ‘ ful power to restore them to the public domain by said Executive order, _ whiizh is therefore deemed and considered to be wholly inoperative and ogrmax V0! · void. And whereas, the laws of the United States provide for the removal And as laws of of all persons residing, or being found upon Indian lands and territory qgltgd $¤•*¤¤ nwwithout permission expressly and legally obtained of the Interior De- “ ° Qgmgg Wnmcnb uingmithout r- Now therefore, in order to maintain inviolate the solemn pledges and mission, on imiiom plighted faith of the Government as given in the treaties in question |•¤d¤; an for the purpose of properly protecting the interests of the Indian tribes as well as of the United States in the premises, and to the end that no person or persons may be induced to enter upon said lands where they will not be allowed to remain without the permission of the authority aforesaid, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, do hereby declare and proclaim the said Executive order of February 27, 1885, to be in contravention of the treaty obligations of the United States with the Sioux tribe of Indians and therefore to be inoperative and of no efect, and I further declare that the lands intended to be em- The n i d debraced therein are existing Indian reservations and as such available •¤¤ib•>¤ing for Indian purposes alone and subject to the Indian Intercourse Acts of gg2d:';:, "t2:‘,i",;j the United States. I do further warn and admonish all and every per- d,,,, ,,,,,.,,,,",, son or persons now in the occupation of said lands under color of said alone, an {mm Executive order, and all such person or persons as are intending or pre- U6 f¤rl>¤d ¤¤ tv paring to enter and settle upon the same thereunder, that they will ggwhzmgugf neither be permitted to remain or enter upon said lands, and such per- d,, ,,,,,1.;,,,,,,,,, sons as are already there are hereby required to vacate and remove mer or ness. therefrom with their eifects within sixty (60) days from the date hereof; Such WMS ¤!— and in cass a due regard for and voluntary obedience to the laws and Exgizhsgyhg treaties of the United States, and this admonition and warning be not sufficient to effect the purpose and intentions as herein declared, all the