[Footnote 653: November 18, 1873.] [Footnote 654: United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XIX, p. 120.] [Footnote 655: January 30, 1877.] [Footnote 656: September 8, 1877.] [Footnote 657: Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to the President, June 21, 1879.] [Footnote 658: June 23, 1879.] [Footnote 659: United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XIX, p. 187.] [Footnote 660: January 27, 1877.] [Footnote 661: Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs for 1877, pp. 21-23.] [Footnote 662: Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs for 1878, p. xxxvi.] [Footnote 663: United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XXI, p. 380.] [Footnote 664: Act of May 27, 1878, United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XX, p. 63.] [Footnote 665: Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs for 1879, p. xl.] [Footnote 666: Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs for 1881, p. lxiii. The removal was accomplished between October 5 and October 23.] [Footnote 667: Deeds were executed June 14, 1883, by the Cherokee Nation to the United States in trust for each of the tribes located upon Cherokee country west of 96°, such deeds being in each case for the quantity of land comprised within the tracts respectively selected by or for them for their future use and occupation. See Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for 1883, p. lii.] [Footnote 668: February 27, 1871.] [Footnote 669: April 14, 1871.] [Footnote 670: May 4, 1871.] [Footnote 671: The survey was approved by the commissioners December 11, 1871.] [Footnote 672: Acts of July 25, 26, and 27, 1866.] [Footnote 673: May 13, 1870.] [Footnote 674: May 21, 1870.] [Footnote 675: May 23, 1870.] [Footnote 676: June 13, 1870.] [Footnote 677: The persons affected by this action were comprised within four classes, viz: 1. White persons who had married into the tribe. 2. Persons with an admixture of Indian blood, through either father or mother. 3. Adopted persons. 4. Persons of African descent who claimed rights under the treaty of 1866.] [Footnote 678: February 15, 1876.] [Footnote 679: October ----, 1876.] [Footnote 680: April 4, 1879.] [Footnote 681: December 12, 1879.] [Footnote 682: A bill to this effect was introduced into the Senate by Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, June 3, 1879, and reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs, with amendments, June 4, 1880, by Senator Williams, of Kentucky.] [Footnote 683: December 6, 1879.] [Footnote 684: October 16, 1880.] [Footnote 685: November 23, 1880.] [Footnote 686: January 26, 1882.] [Footnote 687: May 9, 1883.]