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888 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Ssss. II. Ons. 404, 405. mss. thousand five hundred dollars; relaying roads and walks, three thousand eight hundred dollars; repairs to oiHcers’ quarters, twothousand dollars; re airs to foreman’s and soldiers’ quarters, two thousand six hundred dollars; repairs to office, five hundred dollars; repairs to shops and store-houses, one thousand dollars; machinery for sho s, four thousand dollars; clearing ground about ranges, six hundred dollars; laying narrow gauge tramway to proof butts and targets, five thousand three hundred and twenty dollars; in_ all, twenty-ive thousand three hundred and twenty dollars: Promded, That all material purchased under this act shall be of American manufacture. Approved, March 2, 1889. March 2, isa;. CHAP. 405.-An act to divide a portion of the reservation of the Sioux Nation wi; of Indians in Dakota into separate reservations and to secure the relinquishment of the Indian title to the remainder, and for other purposes. _ _ Be it enacted hi; the Senate and House of Representatives of the ”§;*g*¤DI¤]d'¤¤ *‘°°°*'· United States of meriea in Congress assembled, That the following Sun-divisicnot. tract of land,being a part of the Great Reservation of the_Sioux A"‘°·P· “· Nation, in the Territory of Dakota, is hereby set apart for a permanent reservation for the Indians receiving rations and annuities at &°R‘d€°B“°"* the Pine Ridge Agency, in the Territory of Dakota namely: Begin- Boundaries. ning at the intersection of the one hundred and third meridian of on- °“‘°°" gitude with the northern boundry of the State of Nebraska; thence - north along said meridian to the outh Fork of Cheyenne River, and down said stream to the mouth of Battle Creek; thence due east to White River; thence down White River to the mouth of Black Pipe Creek on White River; thence due south to said north line of the State of Nebraska; thence west onsaid north line to the lplace of be- • Also, the following tract of land situate in the State of Ncbmkn- ebras , namely: Beginning at a point on the boundary-line between the State of Nebraska and the Territory of Dakota where the range line between ran es forty-four and forty-five west of the sixth principal meridian, in the Territory of Dakota, intersects said boundary-line; thence east along ·said boundaryline five miles; thence due south five miles; thence due west ten mi es; thence due north to said boundary-line; thence due east along said boundary-line to the place {ygvmh mmm of beginning: Provided, That the said tract of land in the State of ° "“ Nebraska shall be reserved, by Executive order, only so long as it . may be needed for the use an protection of the In 'ans receiving - rations and annuities at the Pine Rid e Agency. ,,§,‘f“”“d R°“°'"‘ Sec. 2. That the following tract ofgland, being a part of the said Great Reservation of the Sioux Nation, in the Territory of Dakota, is hereby set apart for a permanent reservation for the Indians receiving rations and annuities at the Rosebud Agenc , in said Terri- F°¤¤¤¤‘¤¤¤~ tory of Dakota, namely: Commencing in the middle of the main channel of the Missoum River at the intersection of the south line of Brule County; thence down said middle of the main channel of said river to the intersection of the ninety-ninth degree of west longitude from Greenwich; thence due south to the forty-third parallel of latitude; thence west along said parallel to a point due south from the mouth_ of Black Pipe Creek; thence due north to the mouth of Black Pike Creek; thence down White River to a point intersecting the west lme of Gregory Coimty extended north; thence south on said extended west line o Gregory County to the intersection of the south line of Brule County extended west; thence due east on said south l1ne_ of _Brule County extended to the point of beginnin in the Missouri River, including entirely within said reservation ad islands, if any, m said river.