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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Indian Land Cessions in the United States, 1784 to 1894
Date: November 18, 1854
Where or how concluded: Council ground, Rogue river, Oregon.
Reference: Statutes at Large, Volume X, page 1122.
Tribe: Chasta, Sco-ton, and Grave Creek.
Description of cession or reservation: Cede tract within the following boundaries: Commencing at a point in the middle of Rogue river, 1 mile below the mouth of Applegate creek; thence northerly on the western boundary of the country heretofore purchased of the Rogue River tribe by the U. S. to the head waters of Jump-off-Jo creek; thence westerly to the extreme northeastern limit of the country purchased of. the Cow Creek band of Umpquas; thence along that boundary to its extreme southwestern limit; thence due W. to a point from which a line running due S. would cross Rogue river midway between the mouth of Grave creek and the great bend of Rogue river; thence S. to the southern boundary of Oregon; thence E. along said boundary to the summit of the main ridge of the Siskiou mountains, or until this line reaches the boundary of the country purchased of the Rogue River tribe; thence northerly along the western boundary of said purchase to the place of beginning.
Indians to remove to Table Rook reserve.
Historical data and remarks: These were sometimes called the Galeese (Galice) Creek and Illinois River Indians.
View maps: Oregon 1
Designation of cession(s) on map: 343
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