Post by hermin1 on Apr 27, 2011 18:16:55 GMT -5
Communications mentioned in Old Betsy,the Life And Times Of A [/b]Famous Dakota Woman and her Family. Mark Diedrich:Mar. 15,1875 Dole- letter of Rev. Hinman requesting 10,000 acres(12 sections) of land on Upper Mississippi river, from that which was to be put up for sale. The letter was forwarded to SDI Usher, who gave his approval, 2 days later.
Mar. 23,1865 Hinman to Whipple.tells Whipple that he has secured the lands for Taopi and the others-80 acres per family. Supt. Thompson will furnish the seed and have the land plowed. William Welsh is to raise 3000--3500 dollars to subsist the Indians until the crops are harvested.Hinman rounded up 250 of the Indians(men,women and children).
Given that Hinman asked for 12 tracts of land comprising 10,000 Acres,for 80 Acre allotments per head of family, that comes to 125 heads of families. What we don't know is if some of-or how much of this land-was going to be kept in reserve for those Indians who returned to Minnesota, from the Civil War(sioux Scouts and Soldiers).
April 27,1865,Hehry H. Sibley wrote to Hinman saying that General Pope(Sibley's superior) of the Army had sent orders to stop the plan.
1869 CIA Ely S. Parker gave Rev. Whipple go ahead to select 12 sections of land at the old Reserve. Whipple acknowledged this in a letter dated June 5, 1869.Whipple later found only 2 sections available, and were too close to the Sisseton Reserve, so he dropped the plan.
Henry H. Sibley in the fall of 1875 offered to sell some of his land for @2000 dollars minus his personal donation of land worth 200 dollars, to Rev. Knickerbocker.The reverend notified CIA Smith(October 20, 1875). Smith replied"these Dakotas have tribal rights on the reservations at Santee,Flandreau, and Sisseton, therefore no funds can be used for them at Mendota."
Knickerbocker again approached CIA Smith re. land.
Smith in Letter of Reply dated Nov. 26,1875,"...the financial condition of this office does not justify at present(this expense)....I do not recognize that these Indians failing to comply to previous requirements as to their removal, have any claims upon this office.if they choose the privileges of independence, they must also asume its responsibilities."
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(1)the thesis, Dakota Presence in Minnesota 1824-1995 by Caroline Ruth Anderson. 1997.Indiana State University.UMI press. Grand Rapids mich. this can be downloaded at the cost of $40.00 from UMI Press's website.the leters mentioned are in chapters three, and chapter four: Return to Prairie Island.
legislation that pertains to the 1863 Acts:
Act of May 25, 1864 Appropriations to injured parties per Act of Feb. 16, 1863
Act of mar. 6,1868 this Act extended the time that those settlers who had pre-empted on the unsold lands now included in the late Sioux Indian Reservation of Minesota, 2 years within which to prove their claims and pay for the lands.
Act of June 10,1876 chap. 122. an Act Transferring the custody of certain Indian Trust Funds, from the Secretary of the interior in trust ...shall be be,within 30 days of the passage of the act, to the Treaurer of the United States, who shall become the custodian thereof, and shall collect all interest due, and shall make all purchases of stocks and bonds authorized byact s of congress, when requested by the Secretary of the Interior...... it also says that this act won't affect the powers and duties in regard to Indian Affairs which may now be vested in the Secretary of the Interior as Trustee for various Indian tribes, except as to the custody of the bonds and collection of interest.
Mar. 23,1865 Hinman to Whipple.tells Whipple that he has secured the lands for Taopi and the others-80 acres per family. Supt. Thompson will furnish the seed and have the land plowed. William Welsh is to raise 3000--3500 dollars to subsist the Indians until the crops are harvested.Hinman rounded up 250 of the Indians(men,women and children).
Given that Hinman asked for 12 tracts of land comprising 10,000 Acres,for 80 Acre allotments per head of family, that comes to 125 heads of families. What we don't know is if some of-or how much of this land-was going to be kept in reserve for those Indians who returned to Minnesota, from the Civil War(sioux Scouts and Soldiers).
April 27,1865,Hehry H. Sibley wrote to Hinman saying that General Pope(Sibley's superior) of the Army had sent orders to stop the plan.
1869 CIA Ely S. Parker gave Rev. Whipple go ahead to select 12 sections of land at the old Reserve. Whipple acknowledged this in a letter dated June 5, 1869.Whipple later found only 2 sections available, and were too close to the Sisseton Reserve, so he dropped the plan.
Henry H. Sibley in the fall of 1875 offered to sell some of his land for @2000 dollars minus his personal donation of land worth 200 dollars, to Rev. Knickerbocker.The reverend notified CIA Smith(October 20, 1875). Smith replied"these Dakotas have tribal rights on the reservations at Santee,Flandreau, and Sisseton, therefore no funds can be used for them at Mendota."
Knickerbocker again approached CIA Smith re. land.
Smith in Letter of Reply dated Nov. 26,1875,"...the financial condition of this office does not justify at present(this expense)....I do not recognize that these Indians failing to comply to previous requirements as to their removal, have any claims upon this office.if they choose the privileges of independence, they must also asume its responsibilities."
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(1)the thesis, Dakota Presence in Minnesota 1824-1995 by Caroline Ruth Anderson. 1997.Indiana State University.UMI press. Grand Rapids mich. this can be downloaded at the cost of $40.00 from UMI Press's website.the leters mentioned are in chapters three, and chapter four: Return to Prairie Island.
legislation that pertains to the 1863 Acts:
Act of May 25, 1864 Appropriations to injured parties per Act of Feb. 16, 1863
Act of mar. 6,1868 this Act extended the time that those settlers who had pre-empted on the unsold lands now included in the late Sioux Indian Reservation of Minesota, 2 years within which to prove their claims and pay for the lands.
Act of June 10,1876 chap. 122. an Act Transferring the custody of certain Indian Trust Funds, from the Secretary of the interior in trust ...shall be be,within 30 days of the passage of the act, to the Treaurer of the United States, who shall become the custodian thereof, and shall collect all interest due, and shall make all purchases of stocks and bonds authorized byact s of congress, when requested by the Secretary of the Interior...... it also says that this act won't affect the powers and duties in regard to Indian Affairs which may now be vested in the Secretary of the Interior as Trustee for various Indian tribes, except as to the custody of the bonds and collection of interest.
