Date: March 10, 1865
Where or how concluded: Washington,
D. C.
Reference: Statutes
at Large,
Volume XIV,
page 675.
Tribe: Ponka
Cession: 471 (a)
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Description of
cession or
reservation: Cede the portion of their
reservation
under treaty of Mar. 12, 1858, lying W. of the range line between Ts.
32 and 33
N., Rs. 10 and 11 W., of sixth principal
meridian,
estimated to contain 30,000 acres.
U. S. cede to Ponca
Indians the
following-described fractional townships: T. 31 N., R. 7 W.; fractional
T. 32
N., Rs. 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 W.; fractional
T. 33 N., Rs. 7 and 8 W.; also all that
part of T. 33 N., Rs. 9 and 10 W. lying S.
of Ponca creek; also all the
islands in the Niobrara or Running Water river, lying in front of lands
or
townships above ceded to the U. S.
Historical data and
remarks: The language of the treaty
covers in its description not
only what is therein added to the Ponka
reserve, but
also the remnant of their old reserve that was left to them after the
cession
by the first article of this treaty, which latter tract is shown on
Dakota map
1--colored scarlet--as original unceded Ponka territory (No. 472). The addition referred
to covers
territory previously ceded to the U. S. by the Ponka
(see treaty of Mar. 12, 1858) and comprises the country between
Missouri and
Niobrara rivers lying E. of the line between ranges 8 and 9 W. This
whole Ponka reserve was subsequently
included within the limits
of the reservation assigned to the Sioux by the treaty of Apr. 29,
1868.
By acts of Congress
approved
Aug. 15, 1876, and Mar. 3, 1877, the Ponka
were
removed to