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PART III.EXECU1'IVE 0,RDERS RELATING TO INDIAN RESERVES. 

Arizona 1 California I Color,ado I,Idal.1o.J lndian Territory I Iowa [ 

Kansas I Michigan I ~innesota I ~ontaia ( Nebryka I Nevada I New 

~exieo I North Dakota I Oklahoma I Oregon I South Dakota I Utah I 

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ARIZONA 

Camp Grant Reserve. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 

BOARDbOF INDIAN COWI.MISSIO,NERS, 

Camp Grant, Ariz.,, Septeniber 18, 1871. 

SIR: The boundaries of the reservation selected with the approval of the President and 

Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of War, .at Camp Grant, Arizona Territory, within 

the limits of which all peaceably-disposed Arivapa, Pinal, and other roving bands of 

Apache Indians are hereafter to be protected,'fecl, and otherwise provided, will be as 

follows. /. 

Bounded north by the Gila River; west by a%ne 10 miles from and parallel to the general 

course of the San Pedro River; south by a line at right angles to the western boundary, 

crossing the San Pedro 10 miles frorib Camp Grant; east by a line at right angles to the 

southern boundary, touch'ing the western base of Mount Turnbull, terminating at the Gila 

River, the northern boundary. 6 

Citizens who have built or are now working ranches within the above-described 

boundaries will be allowed to remain to secure their crops and care for their property, 

until further orders from Washington, D. C., provided they conform to the laws prescribed 

by Congress for the government of lndian reservations. A copy of the laws and 

regulations governing this as well as all other lndian reservations will be forwarded to you 

on my return to Washington. 
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Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

VINCENT COLYER, 

Commissioner. 

Lieut. ROYAL E. WHITMAN, U. S. A., 

In charge Indian Reservation, Camp Grant, Ariz. 

(For other correspondence relating to this reserve and Executive order of November 9, 

1871, and also for order restoring same to the public domain, see "White Mountain 

Reserve.") 

Camp Verde Reserve. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 

BOARD OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS, 

Camp Verde, Ariz.,, October 3, 7871. 

GENERAL: Having personally inspected the country and condition of the Apache 

Mohave lndians on the Verde River, above the post, and findirrg the lndians to be, in 

considerable n~~mbers, destitute and 

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in a starving condition, having no boundaries defining their homes, their country overrun 

by hunters who kill their game, and not unfrequently kill the Indians--gold prospectors 

and others, none of whom locate in this section of country-agreeably to the powers 

conferred upon me by the President, and communicated to me in the letter of the 

Secretary of the Interior dated July 21, 1871, and the orders of the Secretary of War of 

July 18 and 31,4871, and in harmony with the humane action of Congress in providing 

funds for this purpose, I have concluded to declare all that portion of country adjoining on 

the northwest side of and above the military reservation of this post on the Verde River 

for a distance of 10 miles on both sides of the river, to the point where the old wagon 

road to New Mexico crosses the Verde, supposed to be a distance up the river of about 

45 miles, to be an lndian reservation, within the limits of which all peaceably-disposed 

Apache Mohave lndians are to be protected, fed, and otherwise cared for, and the laws 

of Congress apd Executive orders relating to the government of lndian reservations shall 

have full povvbr and force within the boundaries of the same, ~lnless otherwise ordered 

by congres6or the President. 

Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

VINCENT GOLYER, Commissi~ner 

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BVT. MAJ. GEK: C. GROVER, 

Commanding Camp Verde, Ariz. 

(For further correspandence relating to this reserve, and Executive order of November 9, 

1871, see "White Mountain Reserve." post page 812.) 

EXECUTIVE MANSION, April 23, 7875. 
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All orders establishing and setting apart the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, in the 

Territory of Arizona, described as follows: "All that portion of country adjoining on the 

northwest side.of and above the military reservation of this [Camp Verde] post, on the 

Verde River, for a distance of 10 miles on both sides of the river to the point where the 

old wagon road to New Mexico crosses the Verde, supposed to be a distance up the 

river of about 45 miles," are hereby revoked and annulled; and the said described tract of 

country is hereb,y restored .to the public domain. 

U. S. GRANT. 

Chiricahua Reserve. 

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(For Executive order of December 14, 1872, setting apalt this reserve, see "White Mountain 

Reserve," post page 812.) 

EXECUTIVE MANSION, October 30, 1876. 

It is hereby ordered that the order of December 14, 1872, setting apart the followingdescribed lands in the Territory of Arizona as a reservation for certain Apache Indians, 

viz.: Beginning at Dragoon Springs, near Dragoon Pass, and running thence 

northeasterly along the north base of the Chiricahua Mountains, to a point on the SI-~mmit 

of Peloncillo Movntains, or Stevens Peak Range; thence running south-easterly along 

said range through Stevens Peak to the boundary of lVew Mexico; thence running south 

to the boundary of Mexico; thence running westerly along said boundary 56 miles; 

thence running north- 

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erly, following substantially the western base of the Dragoon Mountains, to the place of 

beginning, be, and the same is hereby, canceled, and said lands are restored to the 

public domain. 

U. S. GRANT. 

Colorado River Reserve, 

. [In the Colorado River Agency; occupied by the Chemehuevi, Walapai, Kowia, Cocopa, 

- Mohave, and Yuma tribes; area, 376 square miles; established by act of March 3, 1865 (1 3 

Stat., 559, and following Executive orders.] 

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EXECUTIVE MANSION, November 22, 1873. 

It is hereby ordered that the following-described tract of country in the Territory of 

Arizona be withdrawn from sale and added to the reservation set apart for the Indians of 

the Colorado River and its tributaries, by act of Congress, approved March 3, 1865 (U. S. 

Stat. at Large, vol. 13, p. 559), viz: All that section of bottom-land adjoining the Colorado 

Reserve, and extending from that reserve on the north side to within 6 miles of 

Ehrenberg on the south, bounded on the west by the Colorado River, and east by 
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mountains and mesas. 

U. S. GRANT. 

EXECU'TIVE MANSION, November 16,1874. 

It is hereby ordered that a tract of country embraced within the following-described 

boundaries, which covers and adds to the present reservation, as set apart by act of 

Congress approved March 3, 1865 (Stat. at Large, vol. 13, p. 559), and enlarged by 

Executive order dated November 22, 1873, viz: 

Begir~ning at a point where the La Paz Arroyo enters the Colorado River, 4 miles above 

Ehrenberg; thence easterly with said Arroyo to a point south of the crest of La Paz 

Mountain; thence with said crest of mountain in a northerly direction to the top of Black 

Mountain; thence in a north westerly direction across the Colorado River to the top of 

Monument Peak, in the State of California; thence southwesterly in a straight line to the 

top of Riverside Mountain, California; thence in a southeasterly direction to the point of 

beginning, be, and the same is.hereby, withdrawn from sale and set apart as the 

reservation for the Indians of the Colorado River and its tributaries. 

U. S. GRANT. 

EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 15, 1876. 

Whereas an Executive order was issued November 16, 7 874, defining the limits of the 

Colorado River lndian Reservation, which purported to cover, but did not, all the lands 

theretofore set apart by act uf Congress approved March 3, 1865, and Executive order 

dated November 22,1873; and "whereas the order of November 16, 1874, did not revoke 

the order of November 22, 1873, it is hereby ordered that all lands withdrawn from sale 

by either of these orders are still set apart for lndian purposes; and the following are 

hereby declared to be the boundaries of the Colorado River lndian Reservation in 

Arizona and California, viz: 

Beginning at a point where La Paz Arroyo enters the Colorado River and 4 miles above 

Et-refiberg; thence easte-rly with said Arroyo toa-pintsouth of the crest of La Paz 

~ountain; thence with said mountain crest in a northerly direction to the top of Black 

Iklountain; thence in a northwesterly direction over the Colorado River to the top of 

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Monument Peak, in the State of California; thence southwesterly in a straight line to the 

top of Riverside Mountain, California; thence in a direct line toward the place of 

beginning to the west barik of the Colorado River; thence down said west bank to a point 

opposite the place of beginning; thence to the place of beginning. 

U. S. GRANT. 
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Gila Bend Reserve. 

[Pirna Agency; occupied by Papago tribe; area 35 square miles.] 

EXECUTIVE -MANSION, December 12, 1882. 

It is hereby ordered that the following tract of country in the Territory of Arizona, viz, 

townstiip~5 s6uth, range 5 west, Gila and Salt River meridian, excepting section 18 

thereof, be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from sale and settlement and set apart 

for the use and occupancy of the Papago and other lndians now settled there, and such 

other lndians as the Secretary of the Interior may see fit to settle thereon. 

CHESTER A. ARTHUR. 

(See Papago.) 

Gila River Reserve. 

[In Pima Agency; occupied by Maricopa and Pima tribes; area 558 square miles; 

established by act of February 28, 1859 (1 1 Stat., 401), and Executive orders, for which 

see "Pima and Maricopa Reserve," post p. 806.1 

Hualpai [Walapai] Reserve. 

[In Walapai Agency; occupied by Walapai tribe; area 1,142 square miles.] 

EXECUmrI,VE MANSION, January 4, 1883. 

It is hereby ordered that the following-described tract of country situated in the Territory 

of Arizona be, and the same is hereby, set aside and reserved for the use and 

occupancy of the Hualpai lndians, namely: Beginning at a point on the Colorado River 5 

miles eastward of Tinnakah Spring; thence south 20 miles to crest of high mesa; thence 

south 40 degrees east 25 miles to a point of Music Mountains; thence east 15 miles; 

thence north 50 degrees east 35 miles; thence north 30 miles to the Colorado River; 

thGriCe aloTg saidriv2r tolhe-place af-beginning; the southern bo-wndary-being at-least 2 

miles south of Paach Spring, and the eastern boundary at least 2 miles east of Pine 

Spring. All bearing and distances being approximate. 

CHESTER A. ARTHUR. 

EXECUTIVE MANSION, 

Washington, May 14, 1900. 

It is hereby ordered that the northwest quarter (NW. 'A) of section fifteen (1 5) in township 

twenty-three (23) north of range thirteen (1 3) west, Gila and Salt River base and principal 

meridian, in Arizona, conveyed to the United States by quitclaim deed of the Santa Fe 
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Pacific Railroad Company dated September'l2, 1899, be and the same is hereby set 

apart, subject to certain exceptions, reservations, and conditions made by said company 

as set forth in the deed aforesaid, for lndian school purposes for the Hualapai lndians as 

an addition to section ten (1 0) of the township and range above mentioned, set aside by 

Executive order dated December 22,1898, and designated therein as the "Hualapai 

lndian School Reserve." 

WILLIAM .MCKINLEY,.. 

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Hualapai lndian School Reserve. 

EXECU'I'IVE MANSION, December 22, 7898. 

It is hereby ordered that section 10, township 23 north, range 13 west, Arizona, be, and 

the same is hereby, set apart as a reservation for lndian school purposes for the 

Hualapai Indians, to be known as the "Hualapai lndian School Reserve." 

WILLIAM MCKINLEY. 

Moqui (Hopi) Reserve. 

[In Navajo Agency; occupied by the Moqui (Hopi) tribe; area 3,863 square miles.] 

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 76, 7882. 

It is hereby ordered that the tract of country in the Territory of Arizona lying and being 

within the following-described boundaries, viz, beginning on the one hundred and tenth 

degree of longitude west from Greenwich, at a point 36 degrees and 30 minutes north, 

thence due west to the one hundred and eleventh degree of longitude west, thence due 

south to a point of longitude 35 degrees and 30 minutes north, thence due east to the 

one hundred and tenth degree of longitude, and thence due north to place of beginning, 

be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from settlement and sale, and set apart for the 

use and occupancy of the Moqui and such other Indians as the Secretary of the Interior - 

may see fit to settle thereon. f 

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CHESTER A. ARTHUR. f 

Navajo Reserve. 

[In Navajo Agency; occupied by Navajo tribe; area 12, 029 square miles.] 

For order relating to part of Navajo reserve in Arizona, and Utah, see New Mexico, post 

page 875. 
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Papago Reserve. 

[In Pima Agency; occupied by Papago tribe; area 43 square miles; established by act of 

August 5, 1882 (22 Stat., 299), and following Executive order.] 

EXECUTIVE MANSION, July 1, 1874. 

It is hereby ordered that there be withdrawn from saie or entry and set apart for the use 

of the Papago and such other Indians as it may be desirable to place thereon, the 

following tract of country around San Xavier del Bac, in Arizona, viz: 

Beginning at the northeast corner of section 9, township 15 south, range 13 east; thence 

west one-half mile to the quarter-section corner; thence south 3 miles to the section line 

between sections 21 and 28 of same township; thence west along north boundary of 

sections 28, 29, and 30, up to the northwest corner of section 30, same township, 

continuing thence due west 9 miles to a point; thence south 7 miles to a point; thence 

east 3 milesto the southwest corner of section 30, township 16 south, range 12 east; 

thence east along the south boundary of sections 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, and 25, township 16 

south, range 12 east, and sections 30, 29, 28,27,26, and 25, township 16 south, range 

13 east, to the southeast corner of section 25, same township; thence north along the 

range line between ranges 13 and 14 east to the northeast corner of section 24, 

township 15 south, range 13 east; 

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thence west to the northwest corner of section 22, same township; thence north to the 

place of beginning, to be known as the Papago Indian Reserve. \ 

U. S. GRANT. 

(See Gila Bend, ante page 804.) 

Pima and Maricopa or Gila River Reserve. 

[In Pima Agency; occupied by Pima and Maricopa tribes; area 558 square miles; 

established by act of February 28, 1859, and Executive orders.] ,J 

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EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 31,4876. 

It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands in the Territory of Arizona, viz, 

township 4 south, range 7 east, sections 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, north .half of 

section 35 and section 36; township 5 south, range 7 east, northeast quarter of section I.# 

township 4 south, range 8 east, southwest quarter of section 19, wsst*half andsoutheast 

quarter af section 29, sections 30, 31, 32, and southwest quarter of section 33; township 

5 south, range 8 east, southwest quarter of section 3, section 4, north half of sectian 5, 

north half of northeast quarter and northwest quarter of section 6, and northwest quarter 

of section 10, be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from the public domain and set 

apart as an addition to the Gila River Reservation in Arizona for the use and occupancy 

of the Pima and Maricopa Indians. 

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U. S. GRANT 

EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 10, 1879. 

It is hereby ordered that all the public lands embraced within the following boundaries 

lying within the Territory of Arizona, viz, commencing a1 the mouth of the Salt River, 

running thence up the Gila River to the soulh line of township No. 2 south, Gila and Salt 

River base-line; thence east with said line to the southeast corner of townstiip No. 2 

south, range 6 east; thence north with said line to a point 2 rr~iles south of the Salt River; 

thence following the course of said stream in an easterly direction, and 2 miles south of 

the same, to the west line of the White Mountain Resenration; thence north with the line 

of said reservation, or the extension of the same, to a point 2 miles north of said river; 

thence in a westerly direction, following the course of said river, and 2 miles north of the 

same, to The east line of range 6 east; thence north with said line to the northeast corner 

of township 2 north, range 6 east; thence west with the north line of said township to the 

Gila and Salt River meridian line; thence south with the said line to the Gila River, and 

thence by the said river to the place of beginning, be, and the same are hereby, L, 

withdrawn from sale and set apart for the use of the Pirna and Maricopa Indians, in 

addition to their present reservation in said Territory. 

R. B. HAYES. 

EXECUTIVE MANSION, June 14,1879. 

In lieu of an executive order dated January 10, 1879, setting apart certain lands in the 

Territory of Arizona as a reservation for the Pirna and Maricopa Indians, which order is 

hereby canceled, it is hereby ordered that there be withdrawn from sale and settlement 

and set apart for the use of said Pima and Maricopa Indians, as an addition to the 

reservation set apart for said Indians by act of Congress approved February 28, 1859 (1 1 

Stat., 401), the several tracts of 

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country in said Territory of Arizona lying within the following bo&daries, viz: 

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Beginning a1 the point where the range-line between ranges 4 and 5 east crosses the 

Salt River; thence up and along the middle of said river-.to a point where the easterly line 

of Camp McDowell military reservation, if prolonged south, would strike said river; thence 

northerly to the southeast corner of Camp McDowell reservation; theme west along the 

southern boundary-line of said Camp McDowell reservation to the$outhwes't corner 

thereof; thence up and along the west boundary line of said reseriation until it intersects 

the north boundary of the southern tier of sections in township 3 north, range 6 east; 

thence west along the north boundary of the southern tier of sections in township 3 north, 

ranges 5 and 6 east, to the northwest corner of section 31, township 3 north, range 5 

east; thence south along the rangeline between ranges 4 and 5 east to the place of 

beginning. 

Also all the land in said Territory bounded and described as foll~ws, viz: 

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Beginning at the northwest corner of the old Gila Reservation; thence by a direct line 

running northwesterly until it strikes Salt River 4 miles east from the intersection of said 

river with the Gila River; thence, down and along themiddle of said Salt River to the 

mouth of the Gila River; thence up and along the middle of said Gila ~iver toits 

intersection with the northwesterly boundary line of the old Gila ~eservation; thence 

northwesterly along the said last-described boundary line to the place of beginning. 

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It is hereby ordered that so much of townships 1 and 2 north, ranges 5 and 6 east, lying 

south of the Salt River as are now occupied and improved by said Indians, be 

temporarily withdrawn from sale and settlement until such time as they may severally 

dispose of and receive payment for the improvements made by them>on said lands. 

R. B. HAYES. 

EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 5, 1882. 

It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands, situated in the Territory of 

Arizona , viz: 

Beginning at a point where the south boundary of section 15, township 3 south, range 3 

east, intersects the western boundary of the present reservation south of the Gila River; 

thence west along the south boundary of sections 15 and 16, township 3 south, range 3 

east, to the southwest corner of Section 16; thence,no& along the section line to the 

northwest corner of section 16; thence due west along the south boundary of sections 8 

and 7, injownship 3 south, range 3 east, and sections 12, 11, and 10, in township 3 

south, range 2 east, to the southwest corner of section 10; thence north along the west 

boundary of sections 10 and 3, to the northwest corner of section 3, in township 3 south, 

range 2 east; thence west along the north boundary of said township to the southwest 

corner of section 33, in township 2 south, range 2 east; thence north along the west 

boundary of sections 33 and 28 to the northwest corner of section 28; thence northwest 

in a straight line to a point on the Gila River meridian 2 rr~iles south of the initial point on 

the Gila River base line; thence north along the Gila River meridian to the middle af the 

Gila River; thence with the boundary of the present reservation along and up the middle 

of the Gila River to a point where the said boundary leaves the said river; thence 

continuing along said boundary south 18" 38' east to the place of beginning, be, and the 

same is hereby, withdrawn from sale and settlfment, and set apart for;the use of the 

Pima and M-x&opa India-n_s, in addifion- to their present reservation in said Territory: 

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however, That any tract or tracts of land included within the foregoing described 

boundaries the title to which has passed out ofAd United States Government, or to 

which valid homestead and pre-emption rights have attached under the laws of the 

United States, prior to the date of this order, are hereby excluded from the reservation 

hereby made. 

CHESTER A. ARTHUR. 
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EXECUTIVE MANSION, November 15,1883. 

It is hereby ordered that the tract of country in the Territory of Arizona embraced within 

the following-described boundaries, which covers'and adds to the present reservation as 

set apart by act of Congress approved February 28, 1859 (1 7 Stats., 401), and Executive 

orders dated August 31, 1876, June 14, 1879, and May 5, 1882, viz, beginning at a point 

in the middle of Salt River 4 miles east from the intersection of said river with the Gila 

River, being the north'east corner of the Executive addition of June 14, 1879; thence 

southeasterly along the boundary line of said Executive ,addition torhe Zownstiip line 

between townships 1 and 2 south, range 2 east of the 'Gila and Salt River meridian; 

thence east on the township lines be'tween'townships 1 and 2 south to the northeast 

corner of township 2 south, range 4 east; thence south on the range line between ranges 

4 and 5 east to the southeast corner of township 2 south, range 4 east; thence east on 

the township lines behveen townships 2 and 3 south to the northeast corner of township 

3 south, range 6 east; thence south on the range line between ranges 6 and 7 east to the 

southeast corner of township 3 south, range 6 east; thence east on the township lines 

between townships 3 and 4 sol-lth to the-quarter-section corner on the north boundary of 

section 3, township 4 south, range 8 east; thence south through the middle of sections 3, 

10, 15, 22, 27, and 34, in township 4 south, range 8 east, and section 3, in towns hi,^ 5 

south, range 8 east, to the northeast corner of the present reservation as established by 

Executive order dated August 31, 1876, being the northeast corner of the southwest 

quarter of section 3, township 5 south, range 8 east; thence following the boundary line 

of said reservation southwest and north to the northeast corner of section 2, township 5 

south, range 7 east; thence south on the section lines to the southeast corner of section 

11, in township 5 south, range 7 eastfcthence west on the section lines throu.gh ranges 7, 

6, and 5 east to the soufhwest cwner of section 7, township 5 south., range 5 east; 

thence north on the range line between ran*ges 4 and 5 east to the northwest corner of 

section 18, township 4 south, range 5 east; thence west on the section lines through 

ranges 4, 3, and 2 east to the southwest corner of section 7, township 4 south, range 2 

east; thence north on the range line between ranges 1 and 2 east to the northwest corner 

of section 19, in township 2 south, range 2 east; thence west on the section lines throu<gh 

range 1 east to the southwestacorner of section 18, township 2 south, range 1 east on the 

Gila and Salt River meridian; thence north on the Gila and Salt River meridian to a point 

in the Gila River opposite the middle of the mouth of Salt River; thence up the middle of 

Salt River to the place of beginning, as approximately represenfed on the accompanying 

diagram, be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from sale and settlement and set apart 

for the use and occupancy of the Pima and Maricopa Indians: Provided, however, That 

any tract or tracts of land included-within the foregoing-described boundaries the title of 

which has passed out of thednited States Government, or to which valid homestead or 

preemptionrights have adched-underthe laws of the United States prior to the date of 

this order, are hereby exclbded from the reservation hereby made. 

CHESTER A. ARTHUR. 

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Salt River Reserve. 

(See Pima and Maricopa or Gila Rives- Res., Ex, order June 14, 1879, ante p. 806.) 

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[Occupied by Suppai [Havasupai] tribe; area, 60 square miles.] 

EXECU'TIVE MANSION, June 8, 1880. 

It is hereby ordered that the following-described country, lying within the boundaries of 

the Territory of Arizona, viz, beginning at a point in the middle of Cataract Creek, 2 miles 

below the lowest fall, south of the settlement of the Suppai Indians; thence due east 2 K 

miles; thence in a northerly direction 12 miles to a point 2 ?4 miles due east of the middle 

of said creek; thence due west 5 miles; thence in a southerly direction 12 miles to a point 

2 K mmis due west of the middle of said creek; thence due east 2 % miles to the place of 

beginning, to embrace the settlements and improvements of the Suppai Indians, be, and 

the same is hereby, withdrawn from sale and settlement, and set apart for the use and 

occupancy of said Suppai Indians. 

R. 6. HAYES. 

EXECUTIVE MANSION, November 23, 1880. 

It is hereby ordered that the following described country, lying within the boundaries of 

the Territory of Arizona, viz: 

Qeginning at a point in the middle of Cataract Creek, 2 miles below the lowest fall north 

, of the settlement of the Suppai Indians; thence due east 2 K miles; thence in a southerly 

direction 12 miles to a point 2 '/2 miles due east of the middle of said creek; thence due 

west 5 miles; thence in a northerly direction 12 miles to a p~int 2 1J2 miles due west of the 

middle of said creek; thence due east 2 1/2 miles to the place of beginning, to embrace 

-the settlements and improvements of the Suppai Indians, be, and the same is hereby, 

withdrawn from sale and settlement, and set apart for the use and occupancy of said 

Suppai Indians, and the Executive order dated June 8, 1880, withdrawing from sale and 

setting apart a reservation for said Indians, is hereby revoked. 

R. 6. HAYES. 

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EXECU'TIVE IVIANSION, March 37, 1882. 

f It is hereby ordered that the following-described country lying within the boundaries of 

the Territory of Arizona, viz, so much of the bottom'land of the caAon of Cataract Creek, 

bounded by walls of red sand-stone on the east and west, as is included within certain 

- - lines, viz, on the south, an east and w.est line (magnetic) crossing said caAon at a narrow 

g pass maiked by a monument oT stone, placed in the summer of 1881, by Lieut. Carl 

..= Palfrey, of the Corps of Engineers of the Army, about 2.miles above the village of the 

Yavai Suppai Indians, and on the north, a line bearing N. 55" E. (magnetic) crossing said 

canon at the crest of the third falls of Cataract Creek, and marked by Lieutenant,Palfrey, 

by two monuments of stone, one .on each side of the stream, be, and the same is-hereby, 

withdrawn from sale and settlement, and set apart for the use and occupancy of said 

Yavai Suppai Indians, and the Executive order dated November 23, 1880, withdrawing 

from sale and settlement and setting apart a reservation for said Indians, is hereby 

revoked. 
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, . CHESTER A. ARTHUR. 

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Walapai Reserve. 

(See Hualapai.) 

Whife Mountain or San Carlos Reserve. 

[Formerly called White Mountain or Camp Apache Reserve. Occupied by Arivaipa, Chilion, 

Chiricahua, Coyotero, Membreno, Mogollon, Mohave, Pinal, San Carlos, Tonto, and YumaApache tribes; area 2,866 square miles; established by Executive orders, acts of February 

20, 1893 (27 Stat., 469), and June 10, 1896 (29 Stat., 358).] 

ENGINEERS'S OFFICE, 

HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE PACIFIC, 

San Francisco, Cal., January 37, 7870. 

SIR: I respectfully forward the following description of the proposed lndian reservation in 

Arizona; the boundaries of the reservation to be as follows, as shown in red on the 

accompanying map: Starting at the point of intersection of the boundary between New 

Mexico and Arizona with the south edge of the Black Mesa, and following the southern 

edge of the Black Mesa, to a point due north of Sombrero or Plumoso Butte; then in the 

direction of the Picache Colorado to the crest of the Apache Mountains, following said 

crest down the Salt River to Pinal Creek, and-then up the Pinal Creek to the top of the 

Pindl Mountains; then following the crest of the Pinal range, "the Cordilleras de Ja Gila," 

the &Idqu#147;Almagra Mountains,'' and other mountains bordering the north bank of the 

Gila River, to the New Mexican boundary near Steeple Rock; then following said 

boundary north to its intersection with the south edge of the Black Mesa, the startingpoint. 

H. M. ROBERT, 

Major Engineers. 

General W. D. WHIPPLE, 

Adjufant-General Military Division of the Pacific. 

DEPARTMEiNT Of THE INTERIOR, 

BOARD OF INDJANCOMMISSIDNERS, 

Camp Apache, Arizona Terriiow, Sepfember 5,1871. 

SIR: As the White Mountain region has been set apart by the War Department as an 

lndian reserva'tion, and there are several bands of peaceably disposed Apaches, who 

have for many years lived in this country, who can not be removed without much 

suffering to themselves, risk of war and expense to the Governmenf, I have concluded to 

select the White Mountain Reservation, the boundaries of which were defined in letter of 

H. M. Robert, major of Engineers, dated Headquarters Military Division of the Pacific, 

San Francisco, Cal., January 31, 1870, as one of the lndian reservations upon which the 
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Apache lndians of Arizona may be collected, fed, clothed, and otherwise provided for 

and protected, agreeable to the power conferred upon me at the suggestion of the 

President by the honorable Secretary of the Interior, under date July 21, 1871, and 

supplementary orders July 31, 1871, copies of which are herewith inclosed. 

Agreeable to your wish that I should name the articles and amount of provisions to be 

issued, I would suggest that one pound of-beef and one pound of corn per capita be 

issued with salt daily, and sugar and coffee occasionally. 

Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

VINCENT COLYER, Commissioner. 

Lieut. Col. JOHN GREEN, 

First Cavalry U. S. A., Commanding 

Camp Apache, Arizona Territory. 

{Page 81 1) 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 

BOARD of INDIAN COMMlSSlO NERS, 

Washington, D. C., November 7, 1871. 

SIR: Reservations for the roving Apache lndians of New Mexico and Arizona were 

selected under your instructions of 21st July, 1871, as follows: 

For the Mimbres and Coyoteros at Tularosa Valleyla in New Mexico. (See accompanying 

paper A.) 

a For the Executive order setting apart Tularosa Valley Reserve see New Mexico, post 

page 878. 

For the Coyoteros and Chiloccos of Arizona, at Camp Apache, in White Mountains, 

Arizona. (See Appendix B.) 

For the Arrivapis and Pinals, at Camp Grant, Arizona. (See Appendix C and 

accompanying map.) 

For the Mohave Apaches, at Camp Verde, Arizona. (See Appendix D.) 

A detailed description of the Camp Apache Reservation, which was established by 

Major-General Thomas, will be found on file in the War Department. , 

Q 

I also requested, with the advice of General Crook and the several post commanders, 

that temporary asylums, where the Tontos, Hualapais, and Western band of Apache 

Mohaves might be protected and fed, should be established at Camp McDowell, Beal 

Spring, and Date Creek, until such times as the lndians collected there could be removed 

to the above reservations. 

Very respectfully, etc., 

VINCENT COLYER. 
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Hon. C. DELANO, . Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D. C. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 

Washington, D. C., November 7, 1871. 

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of a communication addressed to this 

Department by the Hon. Vincent Colyer, ane of the board of lndian peace commissioners 

who recently visited Arizona, wherein'he states his views in relation to the Apache 

Indians, and describes certain tracts of country in Arizona and New Mexico which, during 

his recent visit to said Indians, he has selected to be set apart as reservatians for their 

use, as authorized to do by orders issued to him before visiting the Apaches. 

I have the honor to recommend, in pursuance of the understanding arrived at in our 

conversation with the Secretary of War on the 6th instant, that the President issue an 

arder authorizing said tracts of country described in Mr. Colyer's letter to be regarded as 

reservations for the settlement of Indians until it is otherwise ordered. * * * 

I would further suggest that the War Department will, for the present, select some 

suitable and discreet officer of the Army to act as lndian agent for any of the reservations 

in Arizona which may be occupied by the Indians, under the order herein contemplated. 

Such agents will be superseded by persons hereafter appointed by this Department, at A 

such times as the President may hereafter deem proper. t 

Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

C. DELANO, Secretary. 

The PRESIDENT. 

(Page 812) 

These recommendations were approved by the President as follows: 

EXECUTIVE MANSION, 

Washington, D. C., November 9, 1871. - 

J Respectfully referred to €he SecEtary of War, who will take suc3-1 action as may be 

necessary to carry out the recommendations of the Secretary of the Interior. J 

U.5. GRANT. ,- 

And indorsed by General Sherman thus: 

HEADQUARTERS, ARMY of the LINJTED STATES, 

Washingfon, D. C., November 9, 1871. 

GENERAL: I now inclose you copies of a correspondence between the Secretary of the 

Interior and War Department on the subject of the policy that is to prevail in Arizona with 

the Apache Indians. The Secretary of War wishes you to'give all the necessary orders, to 

carry into full effect this policy, which is the same that prevails in the lndian country ,;' 
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generally, viz: to fix and determine (usually with the assent expressed or implied of the 

lndians concerned) the reservation within which they may live and be protected by all 

branches of the Executive Government; but if they wander outside they at once become 

objects of suspicion, liable to be attacked by the troops as hostile. The three reservations 

referred to in these papers, and more particularly defined in the accompanying map, 

seem far enough removed from the white settlements to avoid the dangers of collision of 

interest. At all events these lndians must have a chance to escape war, and the most 

natural way is to assign them to, homes and to compel them to remain thereon. Whjle 

they remain on such reservations there is an implied condition that they should not be 

perrnitted to starve, and our experience is that the lndian Bureau is rarely supplied with 

the necessary money toprovide food, in which event you may authorize the commissary 

department to provide for them, being careful to confine issues only to those acting in 

good faith, and only for absolute wants. 

The commanding officer of the nearest military post will be the proper person to act as 

the lndian agent until the regular agents come provided with the necessary authority and 

funds to relieve them; but you may yourself, or allow General Crook to appoint these 

temporary agents regardless of rank. 

The citizens of Arizona should be publicly informed of these events, and that the military 

have the command of the President to protect these lndians on their reservations, and 

that under no pretense must they invade them, except under the leadership of the 

commanding officer having charge of them. 

The boundaries of these reservations should also be clearly defined, and hny changes in 

them suggested by experience should be reported, to the end that theJl may be modified 

or changed by the highest authority. 

After-general notice to lndians and whites of this policy, General Crook may feel assured 

that whatever measures of severity he may adopt to reduce these Apaches to a peaceful 

and subordinate condition will be approved by the War Department and the President. 

I am, your obedient servant, 

W. T. SHERMAN, General. 

Gen. J. M. SCHOFIELD, 

Commanding Military Division Pacific. -- 

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 74, 7872. 

It is hereby ordered that the following tract of country be, and the sameis hereby, 

withheld from sale and set apart as a reservation for 

P - 

(Page 81 3) 

certain Apache lndians in the Territory of Arizona, to be known as the "Chiricahua lndian 

Reservation," viz: 

Beginning at Dragoon Springs, near Dragoon Pass, and running thence northeasterly 

along the north base of the Chiricahua Mountains to a point on the summit of Peloncillo 
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~ountains or Stevens Peak range; thence running southeasterly along said range 

through Stevens Peak to the boundary of New Mexico; thence running south to the 

boundary of Mexico; thence rur~ning westerly along said boundary 55 miles; thence 

running noitherly, following substantially th.e western base of the Dragoon Mountains, to 

the place of beginning. 

It is also hereby ordered that the reservation heretofore set apart for certain Apache 

Indians in the said Territory, known as the "Camp Grant lndian Reservation," be, and the 

same is hereby, restored to the public domain. 

It is also ordered that the following tract of country be, and the same is hereby, withheld 

from sale and added to the White Mountain lndian Reservation'in said Territory, which 

addition shall hereafter be known as the "San Carlos division of the White IWountain 

lndian Reservation," viz: 

Commencing at the southeast corner of the White Mountain Reservation as now 

established, and running thence south to a line 15 miles south of and parallel to the Gila 

River; thence west along said line to a point due south of the southwest corner of the 

present White Mountain Reservation; thence north to the said southwest corner of the 

aforesaid White Mountain Reservation, and thence along the southern boundary of the 

same to the place of beginning; the said addition to be known as the "San Carlos division 

of the White Mountain Reservation," which will make the entire boundary of the White 

Mountain Reserve as follows, viz: 

1 

Starting at the point of intersection of the boundary between,~ed~exico and Arizona 

with the south edge of the Black Mesa, and following the southern edge of the Black 

Mesa to a point due north of Sombrero or Plumoso Butte; thence due south to said 

Sombrero or Plumoso Butte; thence in the direction of the Piache Colorado to the crest 

of the Apache Mountains, following said crest down the Salt River to Pinal Creek to the 

top of the Pinal Mountains; thence due south to a point 15 miles south of the Gila River; 

thence east with a line parallel with and 15 miles south of the Gila River to the boundary 

of New Mexico; thence north along said boundary line to its intersection with the south 

edge of the Black Mesa, the place of beginning. 

U. S. GRANT. 

1 

DEPARTMENT 0.F THE INTERIOR, 

rwashington, D. C., July 30, 1873. 

Respectfully submitted to the President, with th'g recommendafion that all that portion of 

the valley of the Gila River in the Territory of Arizona hithertoincluded in the San Carlos 

division of the White Mountain lndian Reservation as estayished by Executive order 

dated December 14, 1872, lying east of and above the SSZ of old Camp Goodwin, be 

restored to the public domain, as recommended by the Acting Commissioner of lndian 

Affairs. 

B. R. COWAN, Acting Secretary, 

EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 5, 1873. 

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Agreeable to the above recommendation of the Acting Secretary of the Interior, it is 

hereby ordered that the land therein described be restored to the public domain. 

U. S. GRANT. 

{page 814) 

EXEGUTIVE MANSION, July 21, 1874. 

It is hereby ordered that all that portion of the White Mountain lndian Reservation in 

~rizona Territory lying east of 109 degrees 30 minutes west longitude be restored to the 

public domain. 

U. S. GRANT. 

EXECUTIVE MANSION, April 27, 1876. 

It is hereby ordered that all that portion of the White Mountain Indian Reservation in 

Arizona Territory lying west 0-f the following-described line, viz: Commencing at the 

northwest corner of the present reserve, a point at the southern edge of the Black 

Mesas, due north of Sombrero or Plumoso Butte; thence due south to said Sombrero or 

Plumoso Butte; thence southeastwardlybp Chromo Peak; thence in a southerly direction 

to the mouth of the San Pedro River; thence due south to the southern boundary of the 

reservation, be, and the same hereby is, restored to the public domain. 

U. S. GRANT. 

EXECUTIVE MANSION, October 30, 1876. 

It is hereby ordered that the order of December 14, 1872, setting apart the followingdescribed lands in the ~erritbry of Arizona as a reservation for certain Apache Indians, 

viz, beginning at Dragoon Springs, near Dragoon Pass, and running thence northeasterly 

along the north base of the Chiricahua Mountains to a point on the summit of Peloncillo 

Mountains, or Stevens Peak Wnge; thence running southeasterly along said range 

through SteveFs Peak to the$o~j~d~-of-f~GW M~im;~the~c~-iUnriirlg~~Dth-h-tooth-eboundary of Mexico; thence funning westerly along said boundary 56 miles; thence 

running northerly, folloying substantially the western base of the Dragoon Mountains, to 

the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby, canceled, and said lands are 

restored to the public domain. r - 

.# F U. S. GRANT. 

EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 26, 1877. 

It is hereby ordered that all that portion of the White Mountain lndian Reservation in 

Arizona Territory lying within the following-described boundaries, viz: Commencing at a 
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point known as corner I of survey made by Lieut. E. D. Thomas, Fifth Cavalry, in March, 

1876, situated northeast of, and 31 3 chains from, flag-staff of Camp Apache, magnetic 

variation 13 degrees 48 minutes east; thence south 68 degrees 34 minutes west, 360 

chainsItto corner II, post in monument of stones, variation 13 degrees 45 minutes east; 

thence south 7 degrees 5 minutes west, 240 chains, to corner Ill, post in monument of 

stones, variation 13 degrees 43 minutes east; thence north 68 degrees 34 minutes east, 

360 chains, to corner IV, post in monument of stones, magnetic variation 13 degrees 42 

minutes east; thence ncsrth.7,degrees 15-minutes east, 240 chains, to place of beginning, 

comprising 7,421 .I4 acres, be restored to the public domain. 

U. S. GRANT. 

EXECUTIVE MANSiON, March 31, 7877. 

It is hereby ordered that all that portion of the White Mountain Indian Reservation in the 

Territory of Arizona lying within the following-described boundaries be, and the same 

hereby is, restored to the public domain, to wit: Commencing at a point at the south bank 

of the Gila River where the San Pedro empties in the same; thence up and along the 

south bank of said Gila River 10 miles; thence due south to the southern boundary of the 

said reservation; thence along the southern boundary to the western boundary thereof; 

thence up said western boundary to the place of beginning. 

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0 , R. 6. HAYES. 

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- Yuma Reserve. 

(For order relating to Yuma Reserve in Arizona, see California, post page 831 .) 

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