1889-Minnesota_Chippewa_Commission-INDEX

page 1 - "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States is hereby authorized and directed, within sixty days after the passage of this act, to designate and appoint three Commissioners... " ... "...and as to the Red Lake Reservation the cession and relinquishment shall be deemed sufficient if made and assented to in like manner by two-thirds of the male adults of all the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota; and provided that..."

page 2 - "...faithful discharge of their duties, each give a bond to the United States in the sum of ten thousand dollars, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and conditioned for the faithful discharge of their duties under this act, and they shall also each take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States, and to faithfully discharge the duties of their office..." ... " ...That as soon as the census has been taken, and the cession and relinquishment has been obtained, approved, and ratified, as specified in section one of this act, all of said Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota, except those on the Red Lake Reservation, shall, under the direction of said commissioners, be removed to and take up their residence on the White Earth Reservation... "

page 3 - "... information, but such valuation shall not be at a rate of less than three dollars per thousand feet, board measure of the pine timber thereon, and thereupon such lists of lands so appraised shall be... "

page 4 - "... Provided, That nothing in this act shall be held to authorize the sale or other disposal under its provision of any tract upon which there is a subsisting, valid, pre-emption or homestead entry, but any such entry shall ..."

page 5 - ".. [first annual pay-]ment of interest herein contemplated and provided for, which money shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in conformity with ..."

.	Total	Adults		Minors		Orphans
.	Total	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Red Lake and Pembina bands:	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Red Lake	1,168	303	359	237	247	15	7
Pembina	218	83	63	38	33	...	1
Total	1.386	386	422	275	280	15	3
Mississippi bands:	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .
White Earth	1,169	284	279	300	292	9	5
Gull Lake and scattering	277	61	75	49	89	1	2
White Oak Point	661	176	211	129	114	15	16
Mille Lac	895	213	289	180	204	6	3
Total	3,002	734	854	658	699	21	26
Pillagers and Lake Winibigoshish bands:	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .
Leech Lake	1,141	324	348	239	215	8	7
Otter Tail	657	164	180	154	158	...	1
Cass Lake	241	67	71	53	43	1	6
Lake Winibigoshish	169	45	50	34	33	3	4
Total	2,208	600	649	430	449	12	13
Grand Portage, Bois Forte, and Fond du Lac bands:	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .
Grand Portage	294	73	85	60	71	2	3
Bois Forte	743	228	224	153	132	3	3
Fond du Lac	671	157	187	168	140	14	15
Total	1,708	458	496	381	343	14	16
RECAPITULATION	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .
Red Lake and Pembina bands	1,386	386	422	275	280	15	8
Mississippi bands	3,002	734	854	658	599	31	26
Pillagers and Lake Winibigoshish bands	2,208	600	649	480	449	12	18
Grand Portage, etc., bands	1,708	438	495	381	343	14	16
Total	8,304	2,178	2,421	1,794	1,771	72	68