Nez Perce US Governement General Land Grants 1885

Allotment was supposedly the solution to the "Indian question," the hotly debated nineteenth-century issue among whites of what to do about Native Americans' lands and rights. Many believed its solution had been found in the General Allotment Act of 1887, often called the Dawes bill after its sponsor, Senator Henry Dawes. The bill was the product of much debate and effort by humanitarian "Indian reformers" who by the 1880s sought to bring Native Americans into the mainstream of American life instead of segregating them on tribally held reservations.

Allotment or severalty -- owning property by individual right -- would grant every member of an Indian tribe a plot of land (an allotment) and United States citizenship. All tribal "surplus" land left after each individual (man, woman, and child) had chosen land (been allotted) could be bought by the government from a tribe and sold to settlers, who were seeking new opportunities to start farms. The theory was that the Indians could see by their white neighbors' example how to move from their tribal existence -- its language and traditions -- into the dominant Christian, Euroamerican civilization. Allotment was intended to force Indians to convert from their mutually supportive tribal ways into economically independent (by white standards), white-educated, property-owning citizens with equal rights.

Breaking down tribal culture and language and assimilating white ways were thought to provide Native Americans with the means to survive the sweeping effects of white encroachment. This assault on tribes was already devastating enough; the "surplus" land sale provision of the Dawes bill was disastrous. It is estimated that allotment cost Native American tribes in the United States all but approximately 2% of their original territory; it was not an estimate but a fact for the Nez Perce.

Before 1855, the Nez Perce had traditionally lived on territory (in present-day Idaho, Washington, and Oregon) now estimated to be in excess of ten million acres. After the Treaty of 1855, the size of that territory was reduced to about seven million acres. When the Treaty of 1863 was negotiated (because gold was discovered on Nez Perce land), the Nez Perce retained 785,000 acres -- losing over six million acres. Allotment further reduced tribal lands by another 575,000 acres and the Nez Perce ended the allotment process owning less than 200,000 acres.

Name	SEX	Lots Allotted	Recorded Volume and Page	Date	Doc.
I currently have 4 that are for sale and 5 NOT FOR SALE
Tse no (Martha) Note: Mother of Kah lu la san any	F	The Lots numbered 3, 4, 13 and 14 of Section 33 in Township 33 North of Range 1 East of Boise Meridian in Idaho, Containing 80 acres	Vol. 41 P.116	March 18th 1895	1064

NOT FOR SALE
Kah lu la son my BIRTH: 1851 Family 1 : John MILES (Son) Charles D Miles	F	The Lots numbered 7, 8, 9 and 10 of Section 33 in Township 33 North of Range 1 East of Boise Meridian in Idaho, Containing 80 acres	Vol. 40 P.244		590

NOT FOR SALE
We yah wah tsits kan (John Miles) Husband of Kah lu la son my	M	The Lots numbered 1, 2, 15 and 16 of Section 32 in Township 33 North of Range 1 East of Boise Meridian in Idaho, Containing 80 acres	Vol. 40 P.243	March 18th 1895	589

NOT FOR SALE
Wechee ne nikt (Charles Miles) Son of John and Kah lu la son my	M	The Lots numbered 5, 6, 11 and 12 of Section 33 in Township 33 North of Range 1 East of Boise Meridian in Idaho, Containing 80 acres	Vol. 40 P.245	March 18th 1895	591

NOT FOR SALE
Salpness McConnville Grandson of John Miles Nephew of Charles Miles	M	The Lots numbered 13, 14, 15 and 16 of Section 32 in Township 34 North of Range 1 West of Boise Meridian in Idaho, Containing 80 acres	Vol. 44 P.78	October 9th 1895	1967
NOT FOR SALE
Salpness MCCONNVILLE BIRTH: 1892 Father: Charles Kom-e-pa-li-kin MCCONNVILLE Mother: Alice MILES _____________________ \| Charles Kom-e-pa-li-kin MCCONNVILLE\| \| (1862 - 1906) \| \|_____________________ \|--Salpness MCCONNVILLE Son of Alice((1892 - ....)Grandson of John Miles Cousin of Charles D. Miles) \| John MILES (1851 - 1928) Alice MILES 1871 - 1900) Charles D. Miles KAH-LU-LA-SON-MY+

Mrs. Hannah Jonas Mother of Julia	F	To much info to type	Vol. 40 P.55	March 19th 1895	394
FOR SALE $250.00
Julia Jonas	F	The Lots numbered 31 and 32 of Section 35 and Lots 25 and 26 of Section 36 in Township 35 North of Range 4 West of Boise Meridian in Idaho, Containing 80 acres	Vol. 40 P.56	March 18th 1895	395
FOR SALE $250.00
Wep tes wa hakt (Thompson)	M	To much info to type	Vol. 40 P.29	March 18th 1895	366
FOR SALE $230.00
Yal ma hor tsute (Charlie)	M	The South half of the North West quarter of Section 23 in Township 36 North of Range 2 West of Boise Meridian in Idaho, Containing 80 acres	Vol. 43 P.393	July 30th 1895	1809
SOLD ON eBay for $228.50

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The United State of America

To all to whom these Presents shall come, GREETING:

Whereas, There has been deposited in the General Land Office of the United States a

schedule of allotments of land, dated March 18,1895, from the Commissioner

of Indian Affairs, approved by the Secretary of the Interior March 19,1895

whereby it appears that under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved February 8,1887,

(24Stats.,388,) as amended by the Act approved February 28,1891 (26 Stats.794)

or Kah lu la san any---------------------------------------------, an Indian of

~~the~~ residing on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation ~~tribe or band~~, has been allotted the

following described land viz:

The Lots numbered seven, eight, nine and ten of

Section thirty-three in Township thirty-three North of

Range one East of Boise Meridian in Idaho, containing

eighty acres

Now, Know Ye, that the United States of America, in consideration of the premises and

in accordance with the provisions of the fifth section of said Act of Congress of the 8th February, 1887,

HEREBY DECLARES that it does and will hold the land thus allotted (subject to all the restrictions and con-

ditions contained in said fifth section) for the period of twenty-five years, in trust for the sole use and

benefit of the said Kah lu la san any------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------, or in the case of her

decease, for the sole use of her heirs, according to the laws of the State or Territory where such

land is located, and that at the expiration of said period the United States will convey the same by

patent to said Indian, or her heirs, as aforesaid, in fee, discharged of said trust and free of all

charge or incumbrance whatsoever: Provided, That the President of the United states may, in his

discretion, extend the said period.

In Testimony Whereof, I Grover Cleveland , President of the

United States of the America, have caused these letters to be made Patent and the seal of the General

Land Office to be hereunto affixed

Given under my hand at the City of Washington, the Thirteenth

day of June in the year of our Lord one

thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, and of

the Independence of the United States the one hundred

and nineteenth

Recorded Vol. 40, p 244

(12695-10M.)

By the President: Grover Cleveland

By M M c Kean, Secretary.

L.Q. C. Lamar

Recorder of the General Land Office

Salpness MCCONNVILLE