[662] Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs for 1878, p. xxxvi.
[663] United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XXI, p. 380.
[664] Act of May 27, 1878, United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XX, p. 63.
[665] Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs for 1879, p. xl.
[666] Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs for 1881, p. lxiii. The removal was accomplished between October 5 and October 23.
[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.
[668] February 27, 1871.
[669] April 14, 1871.
[670] May 4, 1871.
[671] The survey was approved by the commissioners December 11, 1871.