In 1825 the Osage Nation was given a reservation in eastern Indian territory in what is now Kansas.
When Congress passed the Kansas–Nebraska Act on May 30, 1854, it set the southern border of the Kansas Territory as the 37th parallel north.
[citation needed] The situation languished during the troubles in Kansas leading up to the Civil War.
The survey, approved December 11, 1871, found that the border was "off by 2.46 miles" (3.96 km).
As required, the proceeds were placed in the United States Treasury subject to order of the Cherokee national council.