...contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said Territory, so long as such rights shall remain...between the United States and such Indians, * * * or to affect the authority of the government of the United States to make any regulations respecting such...

...contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said Territory, so long as such rights shall remain...between the United States and such Indians, * * * or to affect the authority of the Government of the United States to make any regulations respecting such...

...contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or .property now pertaining to the Indians in said Territory, so long as such rights shall remain...between the United States and such Indians, * * * or to affect the authority of the Government of the United States to make any regulations respecting such...

...Constitution of the State shall be construed "to include any territory which by treaty with a Tribe of Indians is not, without the consent of said Tribe, to be included...State or Territory; but all such territory shall be excepted out of the boundaries and constitute no part of the State of Kansas, until such Tribe shall...

...said state shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said territory, so long as such rights shall remain...between the United States and such Indians, . . . or to affect the authority of the government of the United States to make any regulation respecting such...

...the rights of persons or property pertainingto the Indians in any territory so long as such rights remain unextinguished by treaty between the United...with any Indian tribe is not, without the consent of such tribe, embraced within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any state or territory; but all...

...United States and such Indians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with any Indian tribes, is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included...state or territory; but all such territory shall be excepted out of the boundaries, and constitute no part of the Territory of Montana, until said tribe...

...n'crritory'not the Indians in said Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unex- impaired, tinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians,...said tribe, to be included within the territorial limite or jurisdiction of any State or Territory ; but all such territory shall be United Stales excepted...

...South Platte Valley seemed expressly exempted from the bill as "territory which, by treaty with an Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of said...limits or jurisdiction of any State or Territory." 67 At best, whatever legal claims the Indians had to the land were based on their previous occupancy...

...that nothing in the Act would "impair the right of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said Territory, so long as such rights shall remain...treaty between the United States and such Indians." Moreover, the Indians would not have their lands included in the territory of Nebraska without their...