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Executive Order establishing Columbia Reservation, 1872
SIR: I have the honor to invite your attention to the necessity for the setting apart by Executive order of a tract of country hereinafter described, as a reservation for the following bands of Indians in Washington Territory, not parties to any treaty, viz:
The Methow Indians, numbering 316
The Okanagan Indians, numbering 340
The San Poil Indians, numbering 538
The Lake Indians, numbering 230
The Colville Indians, numbering 631
The Calispel Indians, numbering 420
The Spokane Indians, numbering 725
The Coeur d'Alene Indians, numbering 700
And scattering bands 300
Total 4,200 found to be in the British possessions, the following are the natural boundaries of the proposed reservation, which I have the honor to recommend be set apart by the President for the Indians in question, and such others as the Department may see fit to settle thereon, viz: Commencing at a point on the Columbia where the Spokane River empties in the same; thence up the Columbia River to where it crosses the forty-ninth parallel north latitude; thence east with said forty-ninth parallel to where the Pend d'Oreille or Clark River crosses the same; thence up the Pend d'Oreille or Clark River to where it crosses the western boundary of Idaho Territory, the one hundredth and seventeenth meridian west longitude; thence south along said one hundredth and seventeenth meridian, to where the Little Spokane River crosses the same; thence southwesterly, with said river, to its junction with the Big Spokane River; thence down the Big Spokane River to the place of beginning.
The papers hereinbefore referred to are respectfully submitted herewith.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
F. A. WALKER, Commissioner.
The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Washington, D.C., April 9, 1872.
SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith a communication dated the 8th instant, from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and accompanying papers, representing the necessity for the setting apart, by Executive order, of a tract of country therein described for certain bands of Indians in Washington Territory not parties to any treaty.
The recommendation of the Commissioner in the premises is approved, and I respectfully request that the President direct that the tract of country designated upon the inclosed map be set apart for the Indians referred to, and such others as this Department may see fit to settle thereon.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
B. R. COWEN, Acting Secretary.
To the PRESIDENT.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, April 9, 1872.
It is hereby ordered that the tract of country referred to in the within letter of the Acting Secretary of the Interior, and designated upon the accompanying map, be set apart for the bands of Indians in Washington Territory named in communication of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs dated the 8th instant, and for such other Indians as the Department of the Interior may see fit to locate thereon.
U.S. GRANT.
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