Presidential Order Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order—Approving Secretary Letter on Arickaree, Gross Ventre, and Mandan Indians

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Tuesday, April 12, 1870

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1 min read (147 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Ulysses S. Grant on 1870-04-12, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "—Approving Secretary Letter on Arickaree, Gross Ventre, and Mandan Indians." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on —Approving Secretary Letter on Arickaree, Gross Ventre, and Mandan Indians.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

147

910 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

13.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order, "Executive Order—Approving Secretary Letter on Arickaree, Gross Ventre, and Mandan Indians," Ulysses S. Grant (Apr 12, 1870). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-approving-secretary-letter-arickaree-gross-ventre-and-mandan-indians.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., April 12, 1870. Sir: I have the honor herewith to lay before you a communication dated the 2d instant, from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, together with the accompanying papers, reporting the selection by Captain Wainwright. Twenty-second Infantry, of a reservation for the Arickaree, Gros Ventre, and Mandan Indians, and respectfully recommend that the lands included within the boundary lines of said reserve be set apart for those Indians by Executive order, as indicated in the inclosed diagram of the same. 1 have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, J. D. Cox, Secretary. The President. Washington, D.C., April 12, 1870. Let the lands indicated in the accompanying diagram be set apart as a reservation for the Arickaree, Gros Ventre, and Mandan Indians, as recommended in the letter of Secretary of the Interior of the 12th instant. U. S. Grant.