"Treaty of Fort Laramie, 1851". Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1904. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2013. Article 5 describes the Crow lands as follows: "The territory of the Crow Nation, commencing at the mouth of Powder River on the Yellowstone; thence up Powder River to its source; thence along the main range of the Black Hills and Wind River Mountains to the head-waters of the Yellowstone River; thence down the Yellowstone River to the mouth of Twenty-five Yard Creek; thence to the head waters of the Muscle-shell River; thence down the Muscle-shell River to its mouth; thence to the head-waters of Big Dry Creek, and thence to its mouth."
"Treaty of Fort Laramie, 1851". Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1904. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
"Treaty With the Crows, 1868". Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1904. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
"Treaty With the Sioux-Brulé, Oglala, Miniconjou, Yanktonai, Hunkpapa, Blackfeet, Cuthead, Two Kettle, Sans Arcs, and Santee—And Arapaho, 1868". Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1904. Archived from the original on November 26, 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2013. The Treaty with the Sioux in 1868, in Article 16 gave the Sioux "the country north of the North Platte River and east of the summits of the Big Horn Mountains" as "unceded Indian territory", and this same Article committed the U.S. to abandoning the military posts in this area, and the "road leading to them" (i.e. the Bozeman Trail) "shall be closed". This huge grant of an area had only a western and southern boundary, and presumably had a boundary on the western edge of the ceded lands of the Sioux reservation, but had no northern boundary.
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"Treaty of Fort Laramie, 1851". Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1904. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2013. Article 5 describes the Crow lands as follows: "The territory of the Crow Nation, commencing at the mouth of Powder River on the Yellowstone; thence up Powder River to its source; thence along the main range of the Black Hills and Wind River Mountains to the head-waters of the Yellowstone River; thence down the Yellowstone River to the mouth of Twenty-five Yard Creek; thence to the head waters of the Muscle-shell River; thence down the Muscle-shell River to its mouth; thence to the head-waters of Big Dry Creek, and thence to its mouth."
"Treaty of Fort Laramie, 1851". Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1904. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
"Treaty With the Crows, 1868". Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1904. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
"Treaty With the Sioux-Brulé, Oglala, Miniconjou, Yanktonai, Hunkpapa, Blackfeet, Cuthead, Two Kettle, Sans Arcs, and Santee—And Arapaho, 1868". Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1904. Archived from the original on November 26, 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2013. The Treaty with the Sioux in 1868, in Article 16 gave the Sioux "the country north of the North Platte River and east of the summits of the Big Horn Mountains" as "unceded Indian territory", and this same Article committed the U.S. to abandoning the military posts in this area, and the "road leading to them" (i.e. the Bozeman Trail) "shall be closed". This huge grant of an area had only a western and southern boundary, and presumably had a boundary on the western edge of the ceded lands of the Sioux reservation, but had no northern boundary.
